Poster: A snowHead
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If travel is possible at Easter we're hoping to head out to La Plagne for 2 weeks and our son is keen to have lessons. He's had some recent instruction in Sestriere and was awarded level 5 with 3 stars.
Does anyone know the equivalence of this to ESF levels and what we should be booking him in for in France in terms of level of lessons? We'll probably go the private instruction route with a recommended instructor but that's for another thread!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Whichever ski school you are signing him up for should have a good understanding of the equivalence.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Thanks Pam. I suspect it will probably come to just phoning them/emailing directly and explaining his level for that reason. I am effectively just being lazy as if I know the level equivalence I can book directly without the calls etc. He's desperate to ski some gates so knowing if that is possible with the lesson type is also on his agenda.
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Sounds well worth a conversation to get the right thing for him, rather than just taking pot luck with an online booking.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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@Hoppity, you can see the ESF levels here https://www.esf-uk.co.uk/levels-and-tests/children-lessons/
Assuming you're British, the usual approach is to find the level that most closely approximates your child, then decide they must be at least 2 levels higher
However, if you're going private, it's irrelevant. Almost any ESF instructor doing private work will teach any level.
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Pam, I suspect you're right! I just have to face my dislike of talking to actual people
Hahahaha @snowdave - I am British but will try not to add any levels. We'll probably go private, but as he's keen to ski gates I think we'll need to try to ask them to tie that in (which I guess we can ask for, but isn't anything we've done in getting privates so far). Trying not to over sell his skiing, I think he'd be ready for Bronze (but would definitely need more instruction to be Gold level) - he was 2 Star 2 years ago and is significantly better now.
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@Hoppity, my kids have private lessons, but our instructor ties a lot of gates into them as they're both racers. Seems pretty easy - he just finds out when the competition class will be setting courses, and we share those.
It might affect when you have the lessons (our gates are rarely up after 2pm, and often gone by midday) and where you have them.
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Thank you, that's really helpful to know. We're super flexible with when he has lessons (and also within reason on where as long as we can get across to different areas). He'll be really happy to use gates in any form.
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