NEWS ARCHIVE
Sept (2009)
WARREN SMITH SIGNS 3 YEAR SPONSORSHIP DEAL WITH SCOTT SPORTS
In September 2009 Warren Smith signed a 3 year sponsorship deal with Scott Sports SA. The agreement was said to be the biggest sponsorship deal for a British Freeskier to date. Read more...
Sept (2009)
WARREN SMITH SKI ACADEMY AT THE METRO SKI & SNOWBOARD SHOW
The combo of Ski Technique, Ski Physiology and Ski Biomechanics in one package, is being labeled as the “New Wave” in ski coaching. This is now readily available after many years of development to the general public and will be showcased at the Metro Ski & Snowboard Show, London. Read more...
Sept (2009)
UK COACHING TOUR THIS AUTUMN
The Warren Smith Ski Academy UK Coaching Tour will be taking place during October and November. To read more information and to book courses, click here.
Sept (2009)
SUMMER GAP YEAR SKI INSTRUCTOR COURSE SUCCESS
This summer saw the first ever Warren Smith Ski Academy – Summer GAP Ski Instructor Course take place in Saas-Fee. To read more, click here...
Sept (2009)
JAPAN POWDER CAMPS 2010 - BOOK NOW
This summer saw the first ever Warren Smith Ski Academy – Summer GAP Ski Instructor Course take place in Saas-Fee. The course ran from 4th July to the 5th September and worked to the same format as the winter Verbier GAP program. It proved to be a massive success and now many of students are looking at working this coming winter in ski resorts across the Alps.
Read more...
Sept (2009)
£2500 COMPETITION OFFER FROM ACADEMY + SWISS INTERNATIONAL AIRLINES
We have teamed up with our Academy airline sponsor Swiss International Air Lines, to give the Warren Smith Ski Academy newsletter members the chance to win a major holiday for two in Verbier this winter. Two places on a Warren Smith Ski Academy course, two business class flights to the Alps and 4 star accommodation in the famous Hotel Farinet located in the centre of Verbier. More here...
Sept (2009)
WARREN SMITH SKI ACADEMY JOIN FACEBOOK
You can now sign up to the ‘Warren Smith Ski Academy – Official Facebook Group’. Warren Smith has recently set up the group on Facebook so as to be able communicate with Academy Member and people interested in the Warren Smith Ski Academy. Read more here...
May (2009)
SUMMER SNOW CONDITIONS FANTASTIC
The Warren Smith Ski Academy Summer Ski Courses on the Allalin glacier in Saas-Fee are approaching fast. This year the conditions are the best they have been in years. With the consistently good snowfall all season, and then in April and May, the glacier looks to be in perfect summer skiing conditions. Read more...
May (2009)
SUMMER GAP ALMOST FULL
his summer, the Warren Smith Ski Academy will be running its first summer GAP Ski Instructor course. The Academy GAP courses are the most critically acclaimed GAP ski instructors courses in the industry with a 100 per cent pass rate proven system. Read more...
May (2009)
SNOW CENTRE HEMEL HEMPSTEAD
The 6th of May 2009 saw the opening of the new Snow Centre in Hemel Hempstead. The centre is the largest in the UK with a huge 160m main slope as well as the UK's largest indoor lesson slope. Read more...
May (2009)
SUMMER SKI FIT
If you are joining us in Saas-Fee this summer or in Verbier on the November or December courses, it will greatly benefit you if you take some time a few weeks before your course to do some exercises that will tune up the muscles that will be in use during the ski course. Read more...
May (2009)
WINTER DATES & BOOKING NOW ONLINE
The winter 5 day group courses run from Sunday to Friday with the Wednesday off. They are designed to build and develop skill and confidence, to enable people to ski all terrains including Moguls, Steeps, Variables, Powder and how to Carve effectively on piste. Read more...
May (2009)
ACADEMY TEAM URBAN BREAK
The Academy team, Warren Smith, Phil Hopper, Rob Stanford, Tom Goldney, Tom Lewis and Charlie Tate are now on their regular May 'urban break'. Read more...
April (2009)
WINTER GAP 2009 SUCCESS
Congratulations to this year's Warren Smith Ski Academy GAP Students who achieved a massively impressive 39 out of 40 pass rate and are now proudly qualified as ski instructors. Read more...
March (2009)
MAIL ON SUNDAY - 15th MARCH 2009
This weekend on Sunday 15th March, there will be an article written by ski correspondent Neil English on the 'Warren Smith Ski Academy Japan Powder Camps' in the Mail on Sunday. Read more...
February (2009)
JAPAN POWDER SKI CAMP SUCCESS
The Academy made history in being the first ever ski tuition organisation to be granted exclusive permission to take groups off piste in the ‘Sacred trees’ of Furano. Read about the Camp in Hokkaido, Japan, and get access to the blog here...February (2009)
WARREN SMITH BECOMES TECHNIQUE EDITOR FOR DAILY MAIL SKI & SNOWBOARD MAGAZINE
This is fantastic news for the Academy, with an increase in access to skiers in preparation for skiing. Read more...
February (2009)
ACADEMY HELI SKIING COURSES IN VERBIER EXPAND
With the fantastic regular snow this season in Verbier, the heli-skiing conditions have been fantastic. Read about a typical Academy heli-day in the surrounding mountain areas of Verbier here...
February (2009)
UK INDOOR SKI SLOPE COURSE DATES RELEASED
The Academy team will be returning to the UK once again this May for the UK indoor real snow courses. The courses will be run at the Snow Centre Hemel Hempstead, SNO!zone Castleford the Chill Factore in Manchester. Read More...February (2009)
SAAS-FEE SUMMER SKI COURSE DATES
Despite the best winter weather conditions in years, the summer is approaching fast! This year, conditions on the glacier are set to be excellent! Read more...
December (2008)
ISIA TRAINING IN VERBIER
Once again at the beginning of the winter season the Warren Smith Ski Academy began the ISIA Ski Instructor Level 3 training program. Read more...
December (2008)
AMAZING ACHIEVEMENT FOR THE BLISS CHARITY!
The team of the Pyrenees cycle challenge are proud to announce beating their £175,000 target to raise an astonishing £435,000! Read more...
December (2008)
SAAS-FEE SUMMER GAP SKI INSTRUCTOR COURSE
Following massive sucess and great demand on the winter Academy Gap Ski Instructor Courses in Verbier, there will now be a program put on in Saas-Fee in the summer. Read more...
December (2008)
EARLY SEASON ACADEMY COURSE SUCCESS
With the excellent early snow conditions, skiers on the November/December Warren Smith Ski Academy Courses have been extremely lucky. Read more...
November (2008)
WARREN SMITH SKI ACADEMY AT THE O2
This winter The O2 invites you to hit ‘The Slopes’, at London’s first ever indoor artificial twin ski slope. Visitors will be able to ski with the Warren Smith Ski Academy. Read more...
November (2008)
WARREN SMITH SKIING VERBIER 25th NOVEMBER 08
This season has certainly got off to a good start with early snowfall that many people are saying has been the best in certain areas in the Alps for many years. On 25th November 2008, Warren was already skiing the kind of powder that we normally expect mid season. . Watch a clip of Warren skiing on 25th November here.
October (2008)
A GOOD START TO THE SEASON IN THE PRESS
The Academy are constantly working to develop and evolve in technique, style of coaching, use of multimedia and to be an innovator in the world of skiing. For this reason, the UK press and Media have been following closely and this month has been a good one for press. Read the latest here.
October (2008)
SWISS INTERNATIONAL AIRLINES COMPETITION Watch out for our next Newsletter where Swiss International Airlines will be offering Warren Smith Ski Academy members the chance to win a pair of economy class flights within Europe. Tickets will be worth £600.
October (2008)
ACADEMY CONSULATATIONS AT METRO SKI & SNOWBOARD SHOW IN LONDON
After two hugely successful show’s on the Skills Slope, Warren Smith and his Academy team decided to go one on one with the Metro Show public and offer private one to one consultancy on ski technique from the Warren Smith Ski Academy stand situated within the Big Air feature of the show. Read more...
(October 2008)
ACADEMY AT BROADGATE WITH SWISS AIRLINES
The Warren Smith Ski Academy will be joining Swiss International Airlines at Broadgate to answer question or queries on ski technique, ski fitness or ski biomechanics. Read more...
(September 2008)
PYRENEES CYCLE CHALLENGE BLOG
Warren Smith and Lawrence Dallaglio start new blog for the Pyrenees Cycle Challenge. Keep up to date with their daily climbs over the Pyrenees, watch video clips and view photos, click here
(September 2008)
BLISS FUNDRAISER RAISES £50,000
What an absolutely fantastic night! The Pyrenees Challenge Launch Party at the Kensington Olympia Pizza Express turned out to be the perfect send off for the brave team and made the great achievement of raising an amazing £50,000 for the Bliss Charity, in addition to the £180,000 already raised. Read more...
(August 2008)
PYRENEES CYCLE CHALLENGE UPDATE
The Pyrenees Challenge Launch Party will not only be a great send off for the brave team but also has the goal of raising £50k for the Bliss Charity. The evening will be hosted by Lawrence Dallaglio who will be joined by his mates Warren Smith, Damien Hopley and the rest of the brave team of sportsmen and the Gondola Group. To read more about the evening and also about Warren's Cycle Training Update, click here.
(August 2008)
SUMMER COURSE SUCCESS IN SAAS-FEE
What a summer it turned out to be! Summer skiing is certainly becoming more popular with each Academy week being full so far. The learning curve this summer was also impressive, with a lot of effort and energy being put in by everybody. To read more and book the last two weeks of the summer, click here.
(August 2008)
SUMMER 2009 GAP SKI INSTRUCTOR COURSE
After having been asked numerous times if there is a summer GAP Year Ski Instructor course running, the Academy realised that there is demand for such a course. Many people participate in the summer courses in Saas-Fee in preparation for their ski instructor training. So with such a perfect location the summer 2009 course is now in the schedule. Read more...
(August 2008)
AUTUMN UK REAL SNOW COACHING TOUR SOON
The Academy team will be returning to the UK once again this Autumn for the UK indoor real snow courses. The courses will be hosted at the SNO!zone venues at Milton Keynes, Castleford and Braehead and at the Chill Factore in Manchester. To find out more about the courses, click here.
(August 2008)
ACADEMY 1 TO 1 CONSULATATIONS AT METRO SKI & SNOWBOARD SHOW IN LONDON
After two hugely successful show’s on the Skills Slope, Warren Smith and his Academy team have decided to go one on one with the Metro Show public and offer private one to one consultancy on ski technique from the Warren Smith Ski Academy stand situated within the Big Air feature of the show. Read more...
(August 2008)
ACADEMY PHOTO REQUEST
The Academy are looking for images from past ski courses, nights out in resort and any moments you would like to share with other Academy members. If you would like to send us your images, we would certainly like to show them in our gallery and later incorporate them into the Academy community which is currently under construction. Read more...
(June 2008)
WARREN SMITH + LAWRENCE DALLAGLIO TO CYCLE 933KMS OVER THE FRENCH PYRENEES FOR CHARITY
After Lawrence received 3 days of coaching from Warren this season, he wanted to return the favour! Warren was a bit shocked when he found out it was 933km cycle over the French Pyrenees but as it was the big man asking and for the Bliss Charity he felt honoured to be a part of it. To read more on this story and how to sponsor Warren, click here.
(June 2008)
JAPAN FILM ACTION OF WARREN SMITH ONLINE
After Warren Smith and Melody Sky went to Japan in February 2008 they were amazed by the quality and volume of the powder snow. They gained several hundred photos and also filmed some High Definition video action to promote the camps to be held next February in Japan. To find out how to book the camps, see the trip itinerary and watch the film action, click here.
(May 2008)
THE CHANGE TO ZIPFIT LINERS - WARREN'S FEEDBACK
In November 2007, Warren signed up to a sponsorship with ZipFit liners to try out the functionality and performance of the liner combined with his Tecnica ski boots. Read more to find out how he got on.
(May 2008)
UK REAL SNOW COACHING TOUR
The Academy team returned to the UK once again this May for the UK indoor real snow courses. We hosted the courses in the SNO!zone venues at Milton Keynes, Castleford and Braehead and at the
Chill Factore in Manchester. The snow was the best yet in all of these venues and really bridges the gap between the winter and summer ski season. Read More...
(April 2008)
VOLKL SKI TEST WEEK SUCCESS IN VERBIER
On the 12th April 2008, the Warren Smith Ski Academy course in Verbier had the pleasure of welcoming Volkl for the week with a pool of the latest skis for the Academy ski clients to test. It proved to be a huge success with great feedback from clients on the skis and the clients pushing their level even further with the confidence they gain from being on quality equipment. Read More...
(March 2008)
GAP 2008 - 100% PASS RATE!!
Congratulations has to go this month to the Warren Smith Ski Academy – GAP 2008 students who achieved the nearly impossible task of getting a 100% pass rate out of a massive 30 entrants from their BASI Level 2 exam in March. All 3 groups of 10 students that entered the Level 2 passed which is an extremely high volume pass rate for BASI. A lot of the students have been working for Ecole de Ski Verbier over the busy Easter weeks. Big Respect GAPies!! Click here to read the students stories and watch video reviews.
(February 2008)
SKI JAPAN 08
In February, Warren and Melody headed off to Japan to visit the new Japanese destinations for the Warren Smith Ski Academy Freeride Camps in February 2009. The Academy will be working with Inghams to make the perfect package for the trip. Read full news here...
(February 2008)
VOLKL SKI TEST WEEK IN VERBIER
On the12th April Warren Smith Ski Academy course, there will be the added bonus of the testing Volkl Skis available to all participating on the course. The Warren Smith Ski Academy Volkl test week will be run in conjunction with Snow & Rock and Volkl. To book, go to the Booking a Course Page and select 12th April 08.
(February 2008)
SPRING & SUMMER COURSE DATES ANNOUNCED
The Spring and Summer dates for the Indoor Snowslopes in the Uk at the Xscape Snow!zones and the Chil Factor in Manchester have now been announced on the Ski Academy website. Please click here for further information.
(January 2008)
GAP COURSE STARTS
The Warren Smith Ski Academy 2008 GAP Year course got off to a good start with a fantastic and diverse group of people of all ages meeting for the first time. Please keep a look out for an update at the end of their course with video reviews and stories from their season in Verbier.
(December 2007)
RETURN FROM INJURY SKI CAMP SUCCESS
The Warren Smith Ski Academy and Wimbledon Clinics teamed up to offer Europe's first return from injury training camp aimed at intermediate, advanced and expert skiers. The venues included Pre-ski training in Wimbledon, and on snow training in Verbier. The camp was a huge sucess.
(November 2007)
VERBIER WINTER COURSES START
The first course of the winter kicked off on 24th November in Verbier. The snow conditions were the best they had been in at least 5 years for the early season skiing.
(November 2007)
SNOW + ROCK BOOT FITTING
The Warren Smith Ski Academy Team had a boot fitting session in Snow + Rock in preparation for the season. The Academy and Snow + Rock have joined forces to create the ultimate ski boot fitting. With the Academy's years of experience with clients ski boots and the expansive knowlege of ski biomechanics and Snow + Rocks years of experience with ski boots, there should be no better combination to create the best boot fitting technique around. See how the Academy team got on...
(October 2007)
WARREN SMITH ON VOLKL POSTER
This year Volkl have released a campaign of posters and advertisments iternationally of their most highly regarded team riders. Warren Smith was up there on his own poster which can be seen here.
(October 2007)
XSCAPE COURSES @ SNO!ZONE
The Autumn Ski Academy courses at the Sno!zone indoor snowslopes of Milton Keynes, Castleford and Braehead were a huge sucess. Giving people the ability to keep up their ski technique in the off season and prepare for the courses in the winter proves a worthwhile process for the keen skier.
(October 2007)
METRO SKI & SNOWBOARD SHOW
This year, once again, the Warren Smith Ski Academy were training skiers on the indoor skills slope at the Metro Ski & Snowboard Show at Kensington Olympia. It was a huge sucess and proved extremely popular with daunting queues each day. The Academy are already booked for the ski show next year, so make sure and get there early to beat the queues!
(October 2007)
XSCAPE COURSES @ SNO!ZONE
The Autumn Ski Academy courses at the Sno!zone indoor snowslopes of Milton Keynes, Castleford and Braehead were a huge sucess. Giving people the ability to keep up their ski technique in the off season and prepare for the courses in the winter proves a worthwhile process for the keen skier.
(October 2007)
METRO SKI & SNOWBOARD SHOW
This year, once again, the Warren Smith Ski Academy were training skiers on the indoor skills slope at the Metro Ski & Snowboard Show at Kensington Olympia. It was a huge sucess and proved extremely popular with daunting queues each day. The Academy are already booked for the ski show next year, so make sure and get there early to beat the queues!
(November 07)
RETURN FROM INJURY SKI CAMP
Great News for the Injured Skier! The Warren Smith Ski Academy and Wimbledon Clinics offer Europe's first return from injury training camp aimed at intermediate, advanced and expert skiers. The venues will include Pre-ski training in Wimbledon, and on snow training in Verbier. The camp will run in the first week of December for the skier returning from injury. Read More...
(October 07)
HELI SKI CAMPS NEW ZEALAND
This summer, after an amazing 6 weeks of camps in Saas-Fee, Warren Smith headed to Wanaka, New Zealand, for the first ever Warren Smith Ski Academy - Heliski Camps. Warren took a group of 8 skiers down to tackle the terrain and peaks of the Harris Mountains. Find out all about the trip here.
(July 2007)
IPOD & MOBILE PHONE SKI TIPS
The first set of IPOD and 3GP mobile phone Ski Tips and Techniques that you can download onto your IPod or mobile phone. Perfect for that last moment on a chairlift before descending a line of moguls, or even for your journey home on the tube after work! The clips have been designed to enable you to keep learning on the move and give you the essential reminders of what to work on before your ski decent. Demonstration clips available to download free of charge here.
(July 2007)
SKI ACADEMY GLOBAL COACHING TOUR
The Academy will be running a heli trip to the scenic resort of Wanaka in New Zealand in September 07. Click here for more information.
(April 2007)
SKI ACADEMY LESSON 4 RELEASE
The Ski Academy - Lesson 4 DVD gives tips for Freeride, Moguls, Steeps and Carving. Complimented with explanitory 3D graphics and detailled explanation of techniques by Warren Smith, the DVD sets out to improve your performance on and off the piste. DVD extras include downhill Mountain Bike tips, and an inside view of the hotels used on the Warren Smith Ski Academy New Zealand and Saas-Fee courses. To order the DVD today with a 3 day delivery guarentee click , click here.
(March 2007)
WARREN SMITH SKI ACADEMY - MEMBERS CLUB
Due to the popularity of the Academy, from April 2007 it will be benficial to become a member.
Membership will give several benefits and incentives to skiers including free podcast offers, reduced prices on merchandise and ski course booking priority. Information on how to become a member of the Warren Smith Ski Academy will be available from mid April 07.
(March 2007)
'GO SKI' WRITTEN BY WARREN SMITH
The very colourful and descriptive book written by Warren Smith covers beginner to intermediate techniques for skiing. Backed up with colourful imagery demonstrating techniques for ski development on piste, moguls and powder. Explore which skis to choose for different terrains, correct boot fitting, excercises on and off the piste and a whole lot more. The book is accompanied by a DVD. Click here to order your copy.
(March 2007)
NEW ONLINE BOOKING SYSTEM
Making booking a ski course simple. Click here for online booking system.
(March 2007)
GAP Year Ski Instructor Course 2008
BOOKING STARTED
Booking has already started! The 2007 students will be posting their accounts on their season in Verbier and the coaching on the site in April 2007.
To read about the Warren Smith Ski Academy GAP Year Ski Instructor course, click here.
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