 Poster: A snowHead
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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I wonder if it'll work. If you keep employing more and more instructors sooner or later the standard starts to drop.
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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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That's my fear as well easiski. I've had a few lessons with New Gen when they were first established, both classes and privates. One of the things that really impressed me was that all the instructors would ski together at the end of the week to demonstrate various things to each other and to discuss their approach to skiing. The larger they get, and the more centres they establish, the more difficult that quality control will be. I really hope that they manage to make the transition from small to medium-sized without loosing what they have been very good at.
Regards
Rob
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Why would that be the case, it doesn't follow that more instructors mean diminishing quality. If there are set standards that must be met. then the number of instructors is irrelevant.
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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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I would have thought that if anything it would actually improve the quality of tuition. Val d'Isere is a highly competitive environment in terms of ski schools, which means relatively high entry requirements in the first place. You can be sure that if a ski school can't cut it it's not going to last out the season as news travels fast.
rob@rar.org.uk, as a New Generation ISIA trainee I can assure you that team building and continual improvement are definitely still on the agenda - we're all going camping and waterskiing this weekend!
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Tigger, I'm really pleased to hear that. New Gen is the ski school that I recommend the most, and I've benefitted a great deal from several lessons with Warren Hogben (when he was an independent instructor as well as when he helped establish New Gen).
David@traxvax, while I agree with you in theory, in practice I think it is difficult for any small organisation which prides itself on the highest quality (not just 'high') to scale up their operation and maintain that standard. If there were that many great ski instructors around ESF would offer a consistently high quality service!
Regards
Rob
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I agree, it would appear that the ESF standards depend on location. I'm certainly a fan of the ESF in La Rosiere, where the equipe work hard to deliver cosistently high standards. However so to, do Evolution 2 and the ESI, but it seems to me that it's always the ESF that get knocked about quality and consistency, which I'm not sure is justified. In our village I'm certain that the ESF deliver as good, if not better service, than their competitors. When I want to ski off-piste or go heli-skiing our local ESF is my first choice.
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David@traxvax, sadly my girlfriend and I have been on the receiving end of a poor ESF experience on too many occasions to want to risk it any more. For several years we have chosen the resorts we ski in on the basis of ski school quality rather than other criteria. If I felt I could rely on ESF I'm sure I would have skied in a much wider range of areas. As it is we mainly been to Courchevel, Tignes and Val d'Isere because I felt confident that we'd get first class instruction.
Regards
Rob
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