And why not become a ski instructor, Patricia Falconnet, ESF instructor in Courchevel, reveals the charm. Bernard Chevallier, President of the ski instructors' union, talks about the constraints of this profession.
The demand of foreign skiers was also strong the resort of Méribel Les Allues and the French ski school organized English language training courses for instructors. And group ski lessons are already offered in English. Interview with Gérard GUERVIN, Director of ESF Meribel
The selection of future ESF ski instructors is rigorous and very selective. To join the Ecole Nationale de Skis et d'Alpinisme (ENSA) Timothé must be on time without his slalom event.
In France, all ESF ski instructors have been trained at the Ecole Nationale de Ski et d'Alpinisme (ENSA). In this report we follow a group of future instructors during fields and classroom training.
To hit the slopes of the White Valley, especially in powder snow, skiers must master the technique of sculling. Also James COUTTET, has created specific courses for the appenweaving of this technique.
At Mont Dore, students from the National School of Physical Education come to take part in a ski camp and train, like Emile Allais, Technical Director of French Skiing.
The resort of Courchevel offers parents to entrust the learning of the practice of skiing of their children to gardeners of snow. They were trained at the National Ski and Mountaineering School in Chamonix.