Skiing

I'm planning on going to work in any crappy job (really - I'll clean toilets for a living if needs be) in France so that I can snowboard all day long. If anyone finds anyone good to work for, or has anything useful, do tell.

Snowboarders ... what useless people

You just wish you were as cool as me.

No I definitely don't. I tried it last week and there is nothing 'cool' about that sport. Give me a pair of skis any day.

It's the best. For a start, you don't have to carry horrid poles around all day long.

No, instead you just end up with bruises everywhere, sitting on your arse half the time and crashing into everyone and everything.

Snowboarding is for people without the grace, class, or balance needed for skiing

Can do actually have to know how to ski before you do these instructor courses or do they teach you?

Some of them like 'Ski le Gap' and 'Base Camp Group' will teach you from scratch. Others like you to be comfortable on certain runs, usually red. The only reason i'm not going with one of the above companies is because i wont be qualified until march as they dont start until January and by that time it will be too late to get an instructors job I really want to instruct, it sounds like so much fun so i'll settle for going with one of the less well known courses, but still, hopefully im going to get a job doing something i love

So where do they do the training, in the uk? So im confused, your not going to be qualified until March, so will you go to teach in the summer period?

I worked at a Ski resort as a lift attendant. It was pretty easy and fun. I got to ride the snowmobile around lots