BPS SKI CAMPS

5-10th Nov 2024

3 Spots left

COACH:

• Jason Simpson

Camp Outcomes:

Start your season off right in the high alpine of Austria with 6 days devoted to establishing a solid foundation for your best season. Nip those bad habits before they have time to take hold through daily video analysis and drill patterning. Finally get the answers to your technique questions and make solid inroads to greater confidence and proficiency

Ability Level and Terrain: Intermediate/ Advanced

Ability to ski groomed black runs. Great technique is not required but a good level of fitness is essential.

Physical: 

You should be in good physical shape to be able to ski all day for 6 of days.

Accomodation: Hotel Hafele

                                                https://www.hafele-kaunertal.com

The Half Board is a great option including Breakfast and Dinner.

Resort info and getting there:

https://www.kaunertaler-gletscher.at/en/

Plan to arrive 1 day early to acclimate and get settled. Fly into Innsbruck and take the shuttle to Feichten im Kaunertal. Arrange a shuttle to the hotel. Approx 1 hour travel time.

6th-8th Jan 2025

COACHES

• Demelza Clay

• Jason Simpson

Camp Outcomes:

With a focus on rebuilding your skiing from the ground up:

• Ski boot setup

• Stance and alignment using drills

• A focus on edging skills to help you steer, carve and control your speed

• Concepts that work across all turn types and terrain giving you the foundation to progress further using Big Picture Skiing content.

• Efficient turn transitions technique

• Refinement of a basic parallel and medium radius carved turn

Ability level (Intermediate & Advanced)

This is the perfect place to start if you have not taken part in a BPS camp before. You must be a strong parallel skier who is comfortable skiing steep groomed blue runs and/or gentle groomed black runs. You will also need to feel ready to increase your speed on gentle blue runs to get the most out of the program. The camp will start with a boot fitting clinic then step you through some of our foundational BPS concepts, drills and exercises to help you tighten up your technique and knowledge so you can ski more confidently over the whole mountain in all snow and terrain conditions. You will learn to ski short turns, long turns and how to carve the ski at different levels of ski performance. We will also work on mogul skiing and off piste technique on friendly, fun and forgiving runs. 

Terrain: comfortable skiing steep groomed blue runs and/or gentle groomed black runs

Physical:

In good shape to make the most of 3 days of skiing all day and not hold the group up. 

Accomodation and Lift Tickets:

Travel to the resort, lift tickets and accomodation are not included in the price of the camp. These are left up to the individual to organise.

*We can arrange for discounted lift tickets and accommodation at Panorama Mountain Resort. This will be arranged via email after confirmation of payment. 

Resort Info and getting here:

Panorama is the perfect place to practice alpine skiing in all its forms. With 4200’ vertical feet of perfectly groomed runs and virtually no crowds, Panorama’s wide sweeping runs allow you to cross the fall line without fear.  Uncrowded slopes and no lift lines are essential ingredients when acquiring new skills. it is possibly the best training environments in Canada.

https://www.panoramaresort.com

13-15th Jan 2025

COACHES

• Demelza Clay

• Jason Simpson

Camp Outcomes:

With a focus on rebuilding your skiing from the ground up:

• Ski boot setup

• Stance and alignment using drills

• A focus on edging skills to help you steer, carve and control your speed

• Concepts that work across all turn types and terrain giving you the foundation to progress further using Big Picture Skiing content.

• Efficient turn transitions technique

• Refinement of a basic parallel and medium radius carved turn

Ability level (Intermediate & Advanced)

This is the perfect place to start if you have not taken part in a BPS camp before. You must be a strong parallel skier who is comfortable skiing steep groomed blue runs and/or gentle groomed black runs. You will also need to feel ready to increase your speed on gentle blue runs to get the most out of the program. The camp will start with a boot fitting clinic then step you through some of our foundational BPS concepts, drills and exercises to help you tighten up your technique and knowledge so you can ski more confidently over the whole mountain in all snow and terrain conditions. You will learn to ski short turns, long turns and how to carve the ski at different levels of ski performance. We will also work on mogul skiing and off piste technique on friendly, fun and forgiving runs. 

Terrain: comfortable skiing steep groomed blue runs and/or gentle groomed black runs

Physical:

In good shape to make the most of 3 days of skiing all day and not hold the group up. 

Accomodation and Lift Tickets:

Travel to the resort, lift tickets and accomodation* are not included in the price of the camp. These are left up to the individual to organise. Sun Peaks is part of the Ikon Pass.

* we can arrange for discounted lift tickets and accomodation at the Sun Peaks Grand Hotel once your spot has been paid for. This will be arranged via email after confirmation of payment. 

Resort Info and getting here:

Sun Peaks is an ideal location for technical ski improvement. Great snow and grooming, a wide variety of terrain, fast lifts and no crowds. Camp participants commented on how ideal Sun Peaks was for improving their skiing. 

Please see the Sun Peaks Website for further information. 

https://www.sunpeaksresort.com

2nd-4th Dec 2024

COACHES

• Demelza Clay

• Jason Simpson

Camp Outcomes:

With a focus on rebuilding your skiing from the ground up:

• Ski boot setup

• Stance and alignment using drills

• A focus on edging skills to help you steer, carve and control your speed

• Concepts that work across all turn types and terrain giving you the foundation to progress further using Big Picture Skiing content.

• Efficient turn transitions technique

• Refinement of a basic parallel and medium radius carved turn

Ability level (Intermediate & Advanced)

This is the perfect place to start if you have not taken part in a BPS camp before. You must be a strong parallel skier who is comfortable skiing steep groomed blue runs and/or gentle groomed black runs. You will also need to feel ready to increase your speed on gentle blue runs to get the most out of the program. The camp will start with a boot fitting clinic then step you through some of our foundational BPS concepts, drills and exercises to help you tighten up your technique and knowledge so you can ski more confidently over the whole mountain in all snow and terrain conditions. You will learn to ski short turns, long turns and how to carve the ski at different levels of ski performance. We will also work on mogul skiing and off piste technique on friendly, fun and forgiving runs. 

Terrain: comfortable skiing steep groomed blue runs and/or gentle groomed black runs

Physical:

In good shape to make the most of 3 days of skiing all day and not hold the group up. 

Accomodation and Lift Tickets:

Travel to the resort, lift tickets and accomodation* are not included in the price of the camp. These are left up to the individual to organise. Sun Peaks is part of the Ikon Pass.

* we can arrange for discounted lift tickets and accomodation at the Sun Peaks Grand Hotel once your spot has been paid for. This will be arranged via email after confirmation of payment. 

Resort Info and getting here:

Sun Peaks is an ideal location for technical ski improvement. Great snow and grooming, a wide variety of terrain, fast lifts and no crowds. Camp participants commented on how ideal Sun Peaks was for improving their skiing. 

Please see the Sun Peaks Website for further information. 

https://www.sunpeaksresort.com

5-7th March 2025

COACHES

• Tom Gellie

• Demelza Clay

• Jason Simpson

Camp Outcomes:

You will learn and do:

• Creativity and playing with terrain

• Advanced Carving techniques for steeper terrain

• Retraction-Extension turns

• Advanced Mogul skiing techniques and tactics.

• Exercises to improve upper body stability.

• Short Turns in steep terrain

Ability level (Advanced)

A solid level of skiing similar to that of a level 3 CSIA or PSIA Ski Instructor is mandatory.  You should be comfortable Pure Carving on Blue runs and skiing fall line black diamond moguls. We will be skiing at higher speeds and a foundational level of all skills is necessary to participate as well as a willingness to ski black bump runs.

Terrain: Ability to ski all terrain including black diamond bump runs. 

Physical:

In good shape to make the most of 3 days of skiing all day and not hold the group up. 

Accomodation and Lift Tickets:

Silver Start resort is the perfect location for an adevanced camp. It has some of the steepest groomed black runs on its famed backside of the mountain. It is Demelza’s home resort and the first place Tom worked as a ski instructor. We think you will love the village feel and varied terrain.

Travel to the resort, lift tickets and accomodation are not included in the price of the camp. These are left up to the individual to organise.

https://www.skisilverstar.com

10-12th March 2025

COACHES

• Tom Gellie

• Demelza Clay

• Jason Simpson

Camp Outcomes:

You will learn and do:

• Advanced Carving techniques for steeper terrain

• Retraction-Extension turns

• Advanced Mogul skiing techniques and tactics.

• Exercises to improve upper body stability.

• Exercises for pole planting in bumps.

• How to ski fast but in control

Ability level (Advanced)

This is a camp for skiers that are ready to try carving steeper slopes and ski moguls on black runs. Ideally for returning BPS Camp participants and Online Academy students. An example of the ability would be to be able to already cleanly pure carve turns on an easy blue run, make short turns on a steep blue run and ski in the fall line in the moguls. We will be skiing at higher speeds and a foundational level of carving skills is necessary to participate as well as a willingness to ski black bump runs.

Terrain: Ability to ski all terrain including black diamond bump runs. 

Physical:

In good shape to make the most of 3 days of skiing all day and not hold the group up. 

Accomodation and Lift Tickets:

Travel to the resort, lift tickets and accomodation* are not included in the price of the camp. These are left up to the individual to organise. Sun Peaks is part of the Ikon Pass.

* we can arrange for discounted lift tickets and accomodation at the Sun Peaks Grand Hotel once your spot has been paid for. This will be arranged via email after confirmation of payment. 

Resort Info and getting here:

Sun Peaks is an ideal location for technical ski improvement. Great snow and grooming, a wide variety of terrain, fast lifts and no crowds. Camp participants commented on how ideal Sun Peaks was for improving their skiing. 

Please see the Sun Peaks Website for further information. 

https://www.sunpeaksresort.com

17-21st Feb 2025

SOLD OUT

COACH

• Tom Gellie

Number of skier spots: 7

5 Days skiing (4 days coaching Mon/Tue/Thur/Fri with Wednesday being free ski/rest day/explore day)

Camp Outcomes:

Depending on weather (Nekoma receives lots of snow) we will work on the following areas of your skiing:

• Powder skiing - Woohoo

• Advanced Carving 

• Short turns

• Moguls (Nekoma is amazing for moguls as it has easy to difficult mogul runs so we can work on building up your skills. 

• Special Guest!: Working on having a superstar guest Japanese mogul coach for one morning. 

• Technique immersion working on various drills that will refine and make you a well rounded skier.

• Video analysis to track progress and understanding.

Ability  level (ADVANCED)

Terrain - Ability to ski black runs including moguls and powder skiing. Don’t have to have great technique but a good level of fitness is essential and a level of confidence to try things above your ability. Please include some video of your skiing in the application if possible. Not absolutely necessary but highly recommended.

Physical - In good physical shape to be able to ski all day for a number of days. No serious physical limitations like chronic back pain that would stop you from completing the five day camp or slowing down others in the group. This is an important respectful consideration to others in the group.  

Outline

• Depending on weather (Nekoma receives lots of snow) we will work on the following areas of your skiing.

• Powder skiing - Woohoo

• Carving 

• Short turns

• Moguls (Nekoma is amazing for moguls as it has easy to difficult mogul runs so we can work on building up your skills.

• Technique immersion working on various drills that will refine and make you a well rounded skier.

• Video analysis to track progress and understanding.

TRAVEL/ACCOMODATION

• Flights are to be arranged by the individual to Tokyo, Japan.

• Tom will help you arrange travel from Tokyo Station up to Nekoma Ski Resort via fast train and then a local train. Travel time here is about 3 hrs.

• Accomodation: 

  • 3 nights at Nekoma Hotel (16th-18th Feb)

  • 3 nights at Urabandai Lake Resort (19-21st Feb)

LIMITED SPOTS AND FOR ADVANCED SKIERS ONLY 

More information from Tom will be available once we receive your application.