SunKid sponsors the “Kids, Juniors, Teens & More“ workshop at INTERSKI 2011

The INTERSKI 2011 took place this January in St. Anton (Austria). Leading ski instructors from all over the world met at the conference in seminars and workshops to work out the path that skiing will or should take in the years ahead. The central theme was the challenge of being able to introduce people of all ages to skiing. Starting with the children…
There are many reasons for which less and less children and teens found their way to winter sports. It doesn’t matter if it’s based on cultural developments or changed leisure activity needs, one fact remains undisputed: children and teens must feel strong enthusiasm towards the “winter sports“ topic. “Hardware” only in the form of lift facilities just isn’t enough anymore.

: Eva Stark, Austrian speaker for children and teen skiing during a presentation at the INTERSKI 2011. ©SunKid

: During Eva Stark’s presentation, participants learned a lot about new methods in the design of kids‘ ski lessons. ©SunKid

Eva Stark recognized this nearly 20 years ago and made it the topic of her degree thesis. Since then, she has been intensely busy with the subject area and very committed to it. Thanks to her dedication in this area, she has meanwhile been appointed as Austrian speaker for children and teen skiing. In this capacity, she gave participants of INTERSKI 2011 a better understanding of the subject with a great number of solution suggestions during the “Kids, Juniors, Teens & More” workshop.

: After the theory it’s off to the kids‘ park where...

: the individual stations were...

: explained in detail to participants. ©SunKid

After the theoretical part, it was immediately off to the slopes of the St. Anton/Nasserein kids‘ park for the participants. Stations were constructed there that are oriented to the individual development stages of the ski novices. Divided into several groups, INTERSKI 2011 participants were lead through the course by certified ski instructors Daniela Orgler and Andreas Neuner. Individual exercises were explained in detail and participants were given the possibility to try out what they learned in practice right away.

The majority of teaching aides presented at this workshop were provided by SunKid and were a result of close cooperation with many ski instructors.

After all, the goal is the same for all: through concepts for new teaching aides, educational games and supporting programs, the ski lesson should be designed in a varied and joyful manner. Ideally, the enthused children or teens will be active winter sports fans even when they become adults. .

: Many visitors used the wonderfully built kids‘ park, even if they were not a INTERSKI 2011 participant ;-). That’s the way it should be! ©SunKid