News and Articles
Bret Marshall
Bret Marshall is a lifetime member of NZSIA, starting his career in 1991. Bret was a ski trainer from 2002 to 2007. Bret was recently accepted as an associate member by the Ecole Suisse de Ski Morgins. This means that he is now an owner/share holder of the ski school...
Niseko 2012
The SBINZ returned to Niseko, Japan in February to run a Children's Teaching Certification followed by a Level Two exam. Paul Philip is our Children's specialist so he was the lucky examiner who got to go - and he was especially lucky this year as Niseko has had a...
Japan 2011/2012
Recently the SBINZ was lucky enough to be able to run another Level One exam in Niseko, Japan. The snow was amazing (as per usual in Niseko) and it hardly stopped snowing during the entire 5 days. It made things challenging but the candidates handled it well and had a...
Telemark 2012
Two new members for the Telemark committee, Calum Revfem from the North Is. And Claire Newell From Broken River. The Telemark timetable for 2012 will be set so that all those taking the full certs and working towards an ISIA stamp will be able to do the Telemark...
Engagement News
Congratulations to Claire Nash and Adam Dooney on their recent engagement. AdamClaire
ISIA Certification Changes 2012
We have just completed an extensive review process with ISIA for revalidation of our ISIA stamp certification. We have made some changes to the requirements which will affect those not already certified. ISIA stamp will now require: NZSIA/SBINZ Level Three Level One...
Snowboard Course Changes for 2012
Snowboard Level One will now include an Ollie and 50-50 on box. Childrens Course will extend to 3 days. These changes are part of the ongoing process of review and development of SBINZ courses to ensure that we continue to be amoungst the leaders in snowboard...
Ski Course Changes for 2012
Ski Level One will increase from 4 to 5 days. Ski Level Two will decrease from 8 to 7 days with a mandatory day off on day 6. Ski Level Three exam will increase to 4 days. Freeski prerequisite will now be Level Two. These changes have been introduced largely as a...
Rhys Jones Instructor of the year
Rhys has been selected for this year's award which will be presented at the snowsports award ceremony in 2012. Cesar Piotto nominated Rhys - "Rhys has been an integral part of the Snowboard team for a number of years. Rhys is being nominated because of his...
Resit Policy for Level two Exam
This year the SBINZ also introduced a new re-sit policy for the Level Two exam. Instead of taking the entire exam again, those who fail just the Analysis or just the Teaching can re-sit these portions. Candidates join the next scheduled exam but only have to attend...
Jobs in Hong Kong and Japan
See vacancies page for details: http://www.nzsia.org/ski/careers/vacancies/
New SBINZ Trainer Rhys Jones
The SBINZ received several emails this year with requests for funding towards exams, so we decided to use some of our Development Fund in this area. Rhys Jones was one such person who applied for some help towards his Trainers Cert workshop, and the committee gave him...