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Spotlight On St Anton Backcountry Course

Phil Smith, Director of Snoworks Ski Courses gives his top 10 reasons why the St Anton Backcountry Course remains the most popular course in the whole of the Snoworks programme. Known as ‘The Cradle of Alpine Skiing’. It’s said to be the birthplace of skiing and for those who frequent St Anton it’s high on...
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So They Think It’s All Over – Skiing In April & May

Phil Smith Snoworks Ski Course Director reports on skiing in April and May. Come the end of March and many skiers’ minds turn to summer. But are you missing out? Up here in Tignes and the Espace Killy the winter has by no means come to an end. We’ll be skiing into the middle of...
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Aiming Higher – An Evening With Sir David Brailsford

Phil Smith, Director of Snoworks Ski Courses, reports from the British Embassy in Paris where Sir David Brailsford was giving a presentation on his winning ways as head of the British Cycling Teams and Team Sky. Phil was part of a delegation from the British Association of Snowsport Instructors invited to celebrate 200 years of...
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It’s All In The Goal

Phil Smith. Director of Snoworks Ski Courses reports on the many conflicts that seem to appear in ski teaching and the reasons why. After years of frustration in watching and listening to the many conflicts that appear in how skiing is taught I’ve finally been able to put my concerns at rest. I’ve now accepted...
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Where Do You Want To Ski?

Phil Smith, director of Snoworks Ski Courses, is one of a new breed of ski schools and instructors forging ahead with a different approach to teaching skiing. He explains the difference. Skiing has changed. Maybe snowboarding kicked the revolution off. Until then skiing was the winter sports answer to ‘ice dancing’. Skiers would spend painstakingly...
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Snoworks All-Mountain Ski Courses – Open Skills For An Open Environment

Hi, I’m Phil Smith, director of Snoworks Ski Courses. Many years ago we began our journey into all-mountain skiing. Since then our programme has expanded to include more then 15 different types of courses in over 15 ski resorts spanning the whole world. We soon begun to recognize there was a huge difference in teaching...
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The Snoworks Experience

Phil Smith, Director of Snoworks lists his top 10 reasons why skiing with a Snoworks instructor is not just another lesson it’s an experience. 1. PASSION We’re passionate about skiing. We live and breathe skiing. To a Snoworks instructor skiing is not just another job – it’s THE job. It’s the job of our dreams....
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So You Want To Improve Your All-Mountain Skiing?

Many Snoworks guests ask us how they can move up a significant level in their all-mountain skiing. In this blog Phil Smith Director of Snoworks Ski Courses and Emma Carrick-Anderson 4 time Olympic skier and Snoworks instructor, lists their top 20 ways you can step up a level. (Not in order) 1. DESIRE You need...
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Local Knowledge Makes All The Difference

Ted Walker, Snoworks Skier and Adventurer explains why he comes skiing with Snoworks The date of my cherished ski holiday drew closer. I, like many other skiers began looking at the snow reports and webcams eagerly hoping for those perfect skiing conditions.  I had booked to travel on the Vanoise All-Terrain Safari, 3 day course...
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Escaping The Intermediate Plateau

Mike Jones, Snoworks client, describes his journey from a ‘plateau’d’ intermediate to a competent all-mountain skier.
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