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Warren Smith, Ski Instructor (Bonus Episode #28)

Podcast |: The Ski Podcast
Publisher |: The Ski Podcast
Media Type |: audio
Podknife tags |: Interview,; Outdoor Sports,; Skiing,; Snowboarding,; Sports & Recreation
Categories Via RSS |: Hobbies,; Leisure,; Places & Travel,; Society & Culture,; Sports,; Wilderness
Publication Date |: Aug 29, 2022
Episode Duration |: 00:53:05

Iain was joined by Warren Smith, eponymous founder of the Warren Smith Ski Academy, for this bonus episode of The Ski Podcast. Intersport Ski Hire Discount Code Save money on your ski hire by using the code ‘SKIPODCAST’ at intersportrent.com, or simply take this link for your discount to be automatically applied at the checkout. SHOW NOTES

Warren learned to ski at the Hemel Hempstead dry ski slope, before it was recreated as The Snow Centre – an indoor snow slope
His first snow experience was on a school trip to Saalbach in Austria, when the coach broke down
Phil Gordon presents the ‘Legends of the Brand’ podcast (3:30)
Warren’s first qualification was as a UK dry slope instuctor (4:45)
He first taught on snow in Seefeld in Austria, before moving to Verbier in 1994 (5:00)
Joyce Read from Ski Verbier was an early mentor (6:00)
You can watch Blizzard of Aaaahs – the famous ‘extreme’ ski movie – on YouTube
Jamie Strachan designed top sheets for Volkl and brought Warren on the their team in winter 1998/99 (8:45)
Strachan also designed many of the legendary ChamJam posters (9:30)
Listen to Iain’s interview with GB Snowsports coach Pat Sharples in this bonus episode of The Ski Podcast (10:15)
Stu Brass and Spencer Claridge were behind the AIM Series of events and built the freestyle features for events like the London Ski Show and The Jump (11:00)
Iain launched Natives.co.uk in April 1999 (12:00)
Other early freestyle projects that Warren set up were the British Freestyle Camps and the Ride Series
Pat talks about the impact of the Salomon 1080 on the freestyle scene in this interview, as does Jim Adlington (founder of Planks) in our bonus episode with him (14:00)
Paddy Graham came out of the Sheffield dry slope scene and is still producing award-winning movies with the ‘Legs of Steel’ crew (17:30)
Warren also produced movies such as the ‘Snow’s In The House’ series and ‘Snow Odyssey’ featuring a 16-year-old Candide Thovex (19:00)
Warren’s ‘Go Ski’ technique book and DVD is available online (25:00)
Rob Sawyer from the Farinet Bar in Verbier recommended Warren to England rugby player Laurence Dallaglio (28:00)
Other celebrities that Warren has skied with or instructed in Verbier include James Blunt, Princess Eugenie and Prince Harry (33:00)
Listen to Peter Hardy’s anecdotes about James Blunt in our special episode
Louis Smith, Spencer Matthews and Jason Robinson were among the quickest learners that Warren coached for the wintersports reality show ‘The Jump’ (35:00)
The Warren Smith Ski Academy now has a team of 15 instructors with key focus on biomechanics (39:00)
Find out about the Carv device here (45:00)
The Academy also offers ‘Gap Year’ Instructor Qualification courses, having changed from BASI to the Irish IASI qualification in 2013 (45:30)
The Warren Smith Ski Academy will be at the National Snow Show at the Birmingham NEC on 15/16 October 2022 (48:00)
Courses start in Cervinia from 06 November for five weeks, then on to Verbier. Warren will be leading a trip to Japan in February (50:00)

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