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Want to Teach Snowboarding in France? Learn to Ski.

By Adam ⋅ July 11, 2006 ⋅ Email this post Email this post ⋅ Print this post Print this post ⋅ Post a comment

This is interesting. According to the article, German and British snowboarding instructors can’t get hired in France, because France doesn’t recognize snowboarding as a discipline that’s separate from skiing.

The end result? Snowboarding instructors technically face arrest unless they get a diploma in skiing.

As the article points out, I can see the logic in requiring knowledge of shared issues like mountain safety. But on a technical level, the disciplines are like night and day. Seems kind of ridiculous to me.

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2 comments for “Want to Teach Snowboarding in France? Learn to Ski.”

  1. It does seem rather strange, I don’t understand that one, surely the French can’t have their own standards?

    Posted by Le Grand Bornand | October 9, 2008, 10:33 am

  2. That’s insane! And I’m an board instructor! Where’s the ISIA??

    Posted by Pam V | October 9, 2008, 2:18 pm

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