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GET SKI READY BEFORE THE WINTER STARTS! ⛷️💪

The Ski Technique Lab UK Tour kicks off this October at a venue near to you! 🥳

Learn how to get the best out of your body and equipment to help build better technique. 🛠️🎿

Join the Academy team and lots of like minded skiers for a fun and informative evening.

Use the Eventbrite link in our bio to find and book your venue. 📲

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SKI TECHNIQUE LAB 2.0
UK TOUR 2026

Formulated over 20 years through collaboration with thousands of skiers, the Warren Smith Ski Academy has developed an off-snow skiing system that involves a series of simple screening tests, measuring specific movement patterns and key actions to perform the sport efficiently.

This formula helps create a biomechanically sound skier, reduces the risk of injury, and facilitates faster development on skis.

WHAT YOULL LEARN

These programs will educate people on how the 3 Way Lineage works for skiers of all levels.
SKI TECHNIQUE - How our body can move to get the best out of the equipment.
BIOMECHANICS - How our body can move in its best and most efficient way to maximise technique.
EQUIPMENT - This can help or hinder our chances of achieving the best results in any given terrain.

All attendees will be assessed in the Ski Technique Lab’s 6 Way Foundation tests, focusing on Mobility, Stability, and Flexibility drills. You’ll be left with enough data and knowledge to build your own technique development program off snow and dramatically change your skiing before the winter season starts.

THE 6 WAY FOUNDATION TESTS

By measuring how far each persons ankle allows them to flex, we can tell early on if the simple mechanics of the sport will work or not. The ideal test range for safe skiing is between 10 and 15cm with equal range on the right and left ankle.
Many skiers taking the test don’t meet the range needed and also show a difference between left and right.

Symmetry describes how skiers manage their width of stance from the feet up to their hips and maintain a consistently symmetrical position. To test this range we use our simple 10-second test, where attendees try to pull their feet together on a slippery surface in a slow controlled movement without their knees dropping in.
A weakness in this range is usually evident with most skiers and training is needed to get to the 10 second goal.

This describes the ability to inwardly rotate the outside leg of a ski turn. So, if you are turning left, it would be your inward rotation of the right leg which is measured, showing how effectively the ball is rotating inside the socket joint of the hip. Most people show a difference between left and right, and many people show blockages on one side that directly affect their turns in one direction.
Learning the correct action and understanding how to activate the outside leg is essential to achieving edge grip and pressure during your turns. Most people don’t ski with the available range they have and also have a difference between left and right. This test highlights this and shows how to develop quality in stability and mobility.

Learning the correct action and understanding how to activate the outside leg is essential to achieving edge grip and pressure during your turns. Most people don’t ski with the available range they have, and also have a difference between left and right. This test highlights this and shows how to develop quality in stability and mobility.

Learning how to move laterally and create angles in the body is a key factor in skiing and a movement range that many people struggle with, especially on one side of the body. This test identifies your limitations and also the difference between left and right. It also gives you a chance to learn to move in this axis in a controlled manner with your hips in the best position for your physiology.

Creating awareness of core strength and how to keep it activated whilst skiing helps deal with the pressure that skiing puts through the middle of your body. You’ll be tested on a LOW, MEDIUM or HIGH core stability rating based on how you perform on the test. Exercises are covered on how to develop this area.

THE SKI TECHNIQUE LAB allows you to understand these ranges and gives you a clear direction for development and success with specific mobility, stability, and flexibility exercises.

The cost of the 3 Way Lineage lecture and 6 Way Foundation testing system, where you’ll be provided with the tools to build your own development program, is £20 per person for the evening. Each evening will run for approximately 1.5 hours and begin at 7pm. (some times may differ. Please check before booking!)

Please visit our Eventbrite page here to book your place at one of our locations.
These events allow skiers to hit the ground running ahead of the fast winter season!
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/warren-smith-ski-academy-17635690693

DATES & VENUES

OCT 3rd - NORTHERN SNOW SHOW - SNOW CENTRE - MANCHESTER
OCT 4th - NORTHERN SNOW SHOW - SNOW CENTRE - MANCHESTER

OCT 5th - RIVINGTON ALPINE - CHORLEY

OCT 6th - BODY THERAPY - TOTTINGTON

OCT 7th - GLIDE AND SLIDE - OTLEY

OCT 8TH - LOCKWOODS - LEAMINGTON SPA

OCT 12th - NASKI SPORTS - CARDIFF

OCT 13th - SKIERS LOUNGE - HORSHAM

OCT 14th - PRO FEET - LONDON

OCT 17th - SNOW SHOW - LONDON OLYMPIA
OCT 18th - SNOW SHOW - LONDON OLYMPIA

OCT 20th - STEPSTONE - LONDON

OCT 21st - ALTIMUS - KENSINGTON HIGH ST - LONDON

OCT 22nd - EQUINOX - KENSINGTON HIGH STREET - LONDON

BOOK YOUR EVENT HERE:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/warren-smith-ski-academy-17635690693

We hope to see you in the UK this Autumn.

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The WSSA & BASI
A new chapter for our
Ski instructor training program!

We are delighted to announce a return to our roots with BASI becoming the Academy’s official qualification partner 🥳

The new partnership will see BASI provide the examinations for the WSSA’s Gap Year Ski Instructor training courses bringing together two organizations that hold a shared passion to develop and inspire the next generation of ski teachers.

Find out more about our Instructor training courses by visiting our website today!

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WSSA X BASI

A NEW CHAPTER FOR OUR GAP YEAR SKI INSTRUCTOR PROGRAMME

After 25 years of delivering its renowned Gap Year Ski Instructor Training Programme, the Warren Smith Ski Academy is delighted to announce a return to its roots, with BASI (British Association of Snowsport Instructors) becoming the Academy’s official qualification partner.

The new partnership will see BASI provide the examinations for WSSA’s Gap Year Ski Instructor Training Programme, bringing together two organisations with a shared commitment to developing highly skilled, knowledgeable and professional ski instructors.
For more than two decades, the WSSA has helped aspiring instructors take their first steps towards a career in the mountains. Generations of skiers have come through the Academy’s training programmes, going on to work and teach around the world.

After more than 20 years of running these courses, it feels like the right time to go back to our roots.
Students train throughout the season in Verbier, Switzerland, working with the WSSA coaching team and becoming immersed in the life of a professional ski instructor.

The partnership with BASI adds another important dimension to that journey, providing a clear pathway towards international instructor qualifications alongside WSSA’s established approach to ski technique, biomechanics and equipment.

Find out more about the WSSA Gap Year Ski Instructor Training Programme and the next intake at the Warren Smith Ski Academy by contacting the team today.

Call: +41 79 578 55 91
Email: nickgolden@warrensmith-skiacademy.com

BASI - British Association of Snowsport Instructors
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