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The Snowboard Instructor Podcast

Snowboard Instructor Podcast

51 episodes

1 month ago

Send us a text In this episode, Alec sits down with long-time mate Jim Hemmingway, Head of Rentals at NZSki, for a deep dive into the often-overlooked world of rental gear and why it's absolutely essential for snowsports instructors to understand what their students are riding. Recorded at the start of the 2025 winter season in Queenstown, New Zealand, the episode kicks off with a warm catch-up before exploring Jim’s journey from his early days snowboarding in the UK and working at Snow and R...

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Send us a text In this episode, Alec sits down with long-time mate Jim Hemmingway, Head of Rentals at NZSki, for a deep dive into the often-overlooked world of rental gear and why it's absolutely essential for snowsports instructors to understand what their students are riding. Recorded at the start of the 2025 winter season in Queenstown, New Zealand, the episode kicks off with a warm catch-up before exploring Jim’s journey from his early days snowboarding in the UK and working at Snow and R...

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The Snowboard Instructor Podcast

Season 3 Ep. 5 Part 1 Jim Hemingway | Head of Rentals at NZSki

Send us a text In this episode, Alec sits down with long-time mate Jim Hemmingway, Head of Rentals at NZSki, for a deep dive into the often-overlooked world of rental gear and why it's absolutely essential for snowsports instructors to understand what their students are riding. Recorded at the start of the 2025 winter season in Queenstown, New Zealand, the episode kicks off with a warm catch-up before exploring Jim’s journey from his early days snowboarding in the UK and working at Snow and R...

1 month ago

1 hour 14 minutes

The Snowboard Instructor Podcast

Season 3 Ep. 4 Richie Webb (@noma_dice) | Sliding Sideways Around the World from UK to Queenstown to Niseko

Send us a text In this fourth episode, we’re joined by the legendary Richie Webb — a true snowboarding nomad with a story that starts on the dry slopes of the UK back in the '90s. From those humble beginnings, Richie carved his way to the rugged peaks of New Zealand, becoming a standout instructor at NZski. We dive into his journey through the SBINZ system, from student to trainer, and hear about his adventures teaching in the US, Italy, Austria, Japan, and beyond. With over 16 seasons under ...

4 months ago

1 hour 46 minutes

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Season 3 Ep. 3 Part 2 Richie Johnston | Strength of SBINZ and Time in Interski

Send us a text The third episode of season 3 is the second part with the amazing NZ shredder Richie Johnston where we continue to talk to Richie about his history through the SBINZ system to then becoming an SBINZ examiner, we go back to talking about strengths of the SBINZ system and it's take on areas of snowboarding such as carving and freestyle, to talking about his time in Interski and what he found interesting. We finish of having a great conversation about his time as a para snowboard ...

6 months ago

49 minutes

The Snowboard Instructor Podcast

Season 3 Ep. 3 Part 1 Richie Johnston | Snow Park NZ, Working in China and SBINZ

Send us a text The third episode of season 3 is the first part with the amazing NZ shredder Richie Johnston where we talk to Richie about firstly a quick overview on his history of snowboarding to the legacy of Snow Park NZ. We then move on to his time instructing in places such Mammoth, Porte Du Soleil and China, to then chatting more indepth of China's snowsports culture as it headed to the Olympics. We finish off this first part about Wanaka and it's beauty. This episode came about from th...

7 months ago

1 hour 2 minutes

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Season 3 Ep. 2 Part 2 Martin Drayton | Guinness World Record Breaking Skateboard Slalom and Life in Park City!

Send us a text The second partar for episode Two is out! In the episode Martin Drayton and Alec continue talking about competing in slalom and boardercross events to then progressing into how martin broke a Guinness World record on the fastest time for skateboard slalom. We then moved to his time in the TV spotlight in such things as Boardstupid and other TV snowboarding projects to then to what/why he moved to Utah Park City and how the snow culture is compared to the Alps. Las...

8 months ago

1 hour 15 minutes

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Season 3 Ep. 2 Part 1 Martin Drayton | Chief Instructor for British Snowboard association and Manging The Snowboard Asylum,

Send us a text The second episode in the brand new season 3 is the first part with the legendary Martin Drayton where Alec talks to Martin about his first time snowboarding after watching Apocalypse Snow to then continuing on to the UK Dryslope and then moving to instructing in the Alps and the stipulations that comes as a snowboard instructor in the 90s. We then chat about Martins move to managing The Snowboard Asylum in Covent gardens to then being involved in the British Snowboard As...

9 months ago

1 hour 7 minutes

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Season 3 Ep. 1 Part 2 Cameron Luke Wilson | Differences and similarities of IASI to SBINZ and other associations

Send us a text The next part of First episode in a ALL NEW SERIES with Cameron Luke Wilson where Max, Alec and Cameron talk about the differences and similarities of IASI to other association by picking apart the riding and teaching elements of each association compared to the Irish system, from carving and dealing with forces to the steps on teaching beginners to turning. This episode is sponsored by snowboardteacher.com. Use the link below for 15% off the self study program. https:/...

9 months ago

1 hour 10 minutes

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Season 3 Ep. 1 Part 1 Cameron Luke Wilson | South African Snowboarder to Snowmaker and going from SBINZ to IASI

Send us a text The First episode in a ALL NEW SERIES is the part 1 with Cameron Luke Wilson where Max and Alec talks his first time on a Snowboard from a South African perspective and how his love of Snowboarding lead him to travel to New Zealand to start his instructing pathway with SBINZ then traveling back to South Africa with being involved in Snowmaking. We also talk about his pathway from SBINZ to IASI and learning from other Snowsports systems such as the American, British and American...

10 months ago

1 hour 1 minute

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Season 2 Ep. 16 Part 2 Stu Innes | Freestyle Coaching and BASI Level 4 pathway

Send us a text This episode is part 2 of Max talking to the Gnarly shredder Stu Innes about his first time on a Snowboard and how his passion of Snowboarding lead him to become more involved in the freestyle scene. In the episode Stu talks about why freestyle is important in Snowboarding and Instructing, his progression in teaching freestyle and his future plans. This episode is sponsored by snowboardteacher.com. Use the link below for 15% off the self study program. https://www.snowboardte...

2 years ago

1 hour 4 minutes

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Season 2 Ep. 15 Part 1 Stu Innes | Freestyle Coaching and BASI Level 4 pathway

Send us a text This episode is part 1 of Max talking to the Gnarly shredder Stu Innes about his first time on a Snowboard and how his passion of Snowboarding lead him to become more involved in the freestyle scene. He also talks about Stu's pathway through the BASI system form Level 1 to Level 4 and his times jumping from Northern Hemisphere winters to Southern Hemisphere winters. This episode is sponsored by snowboardteacher.com. Use the link below for 15% off the self study program. ...

2 years ago

1 hour 13 minutes

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Season 2 Ep. 14 Part 2 Dave Burrows | Snowpros Ski School and Ski Instructor Podcast

Send us a text The second part of this episode we continue our talk with Dave Burrows about his creation of the Ski Instructor Podcast and the Legacy of it, aswell as more about his Ski School, Snowpros and its expansion. This episode is sponsored by snowboardteacher.com. Use the link below for 15% off the self study program. https://www.snowboardteacher.com/?affcode=374473_ar81c2sy We had also partnered up with BASI. The British Association of Snowsport Instructors (BASI) is a UK based me...

2 years ago

1 hour 5 minutes

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Season 2 Ep. 13 Part 1 Dave Burrows | Snowpros Ski School and Ski Instructor Podcast

Send us a text The first part of this episode we are talking with Dave Burrows about his Snowsports Journey and the creation of Snowpros Ski School which is found in the Porte Du Soleil of Switzerland. We also talk about in this first part the Swiss system of Snowsports Instructing and the differences to that of BASI, as well as get into the new Snowboard division of Snowpros ski school and looking at the similarities and differences between Skiing and Snowboarding. This episode is sponsored...

2 years ago

1 hour 46 minutes

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Season 2 Ep. 12 Rob Lane | BASI Trainer and Psychology in Snowsports

Send us a text This episode we are talking with Rob Lane on his working through the BASI system and becoming a trainer. We also talk about his career in other Ski schools such as his time in Onyx and his expertise in Sport Psychology and its relation to Snowboarding . This episode is sponsored by snowboardteacher.com. Use the link below for 15% off the self study program. https://www.snowboardteacher.com/?affcode=374473_ar81c2sy We had also partnered up with BASI. The British Associa...

2 years ago

1 hour 27 minutes

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Season 2 Ep. 11 Phil Mills | IASI Snowboard Trainer

Send us a text This episode we are talking with Phil Mills on his working through the BASI system and transitioning. We also talk about his career in becoming a IASI trainer and how IASI is unique to other Snowsport Instructor Associations. This episode is sponsored by snowboardteacher.com. Use the link below for 15% off the self study program. https://www.snowboardteacher.com/?affcode=374473_ar81c2sy We had also partnered up with BASI. The British Association of Snowsport Instructo...

2 years ago

1 hour 37 minutes

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Season 2 Ep. 10 Scott Dobson | Dynastar and Lange

Send us a text This episode we are talking with the amazing Scott Dobson about his growing up within the Snowsports scene from Instructing in dry slopes (Swadlincote) to Skiing with in the Armed forces. We also talk about his career in becoming the UK rep for Dynastar and Lange and what roles and responsibilities this involves in creating a great product. This episode is sponsored by snowboardteacher.com. Use the link below for 15% off the self study program. https://www.snowboa...

2 years ago

1 hour 57 minutes

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Season 2 Ep 9 Alastair Nasmyth | Para Snowboard Pathway Coach

Send us a text This episode we are talking with the inspiring Alastair Nasmyth about his time on the slope and the experiences he had the slowly lead to his interest in going to the field of adaptive and para snowboarding. We also talk about his career in becoming the Para Snowboard Pathway Coach for Snowsports Scotland and what responsibilities and outcomes he faces throughout the area of Adaptive snowsports. This episode is sponsored by snowboardteacher.com. Use the link below for 1...

2 years ago

1 hour 30 minutes

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Season 2 Ep. 8 National Snow Show | Jas Bruce, Head of Product and International Relations BASI | Simon Wells Owner of PDS Snowsports

Send us a text This episode we are at the Nation Snow Show, talking with Jas Bruce about he time on skis and how he went through the BASI system and what challenges was presented to him and the progress of BASI for the season 22/23. Also we talk to Simon Wells who is the founder of PDS snowsports, where we talk to him about how he creates great snowsport instructor courses and his history withing the industry. This episode is sponsored by snowboardteacher.com. Use the link below for 1...

2 years ago

1 hour 1 minute

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Interboard Season 2 Ep 7 | CASI Pubchat (Jamie Forbes, Ant Harrison, Rueben Schroeter, Rosie Webb)

Send us a text This episode of Interboard is again integrated with main series of where we gather instructors together and talk about the love of Snowboarding and Instructing. This episode we have Max speaking to the incredible CASI Trainers/ Instructors of Jamie Forbes, Ant Harrison, Rueben Schroeter, Rosie Webb in another relaxed pub setting to discuss their thoughts about the industry and snowsports as a whole. This episode is sponsored by snowboardteacher.com. Use the link below for 15% ...

3 years ago

1 hour 20 minutes

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Season 2 Ep. 6 Gaz Vogan | FIS Olympic Snowboard Judge

Send us a text Welcome back to another fantastic episode of the snowboard instructor podcast. This episode we have the lovely Gaz Vogan. We talk to him about how he start shredding, the indoor domes of the UK, how the system of judging works in the snowsports industry and the famous knee grab controversy in the 2022 Olympics. To know more about each association check out the people we talk to from different Instructor associations in the Podcast. This episode is sponsored by snowboardteache...

3 years ago

1 hour 48 minutes

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Interboard Season 2 Ep5 | CASI Pubchat (Mellen Jay, Jamies Forbes, Ant Harrison, Jeff Chandler)

Send us a text Welcome to our new series called Interboard integrated with main series of where we gather instructors together and talk about the love of Snowboarding and Instructing. This episode we have Max speaking to the incredible CASI Trainers of Mellen Jay, Jamies Forbes and Jeff Chandler in a relaxed setting and their thoughts and discussion about the industry. This episode is sponsored by snowboardteacher.com. Use the link below for 15% off the self study program. https...

3 years ago

1 hour 4 minutes