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SGB Outdoor News
BASI launches OIA appoints new
insurance scheme, board, launches pilot
wins conference scheme
BASI [British Association of Snowsport Instructors] has launched a new The Outdoor Industries Association has confirmed the appointment of a
service exclusive to its members with a customised travel insurance scheme, new Board of Directors, following its conversion into a company limited by
specifically designed to fulfil the needs of a BASI instructor. The new guarantee. The Board has been appointed to fully represent the UK outdoor
insurance package, available for purchase from December 2009, is the result industries, with members from across the sector.
of collaboration with the highly respected winter sports insurance specialist The OIA Board is made up of transfers from the previous OIA Council,
Dogtag and provides a tailor-made package of insurance cover for BASI including co-opts. In addition, the new Board has appointed Sarah Wilson,
instructors who will be travelling and teaching all year round. Marketing Director of Berghaus, and Ken Reeve, Buying and Merchandising
The members-only product is a worldwide annual multi-trip policy that Director of Cotswold Outdoor. Frank Bennett has stepped down as
allows up to 180 days of snowsports per annum as standard and includes Chairman, having filled this position over the last few years, during a very
cover for all activities connected with teaching snowsports such as medical difficult and transitional period. Corry Taylor, Managing Director of
expenses, re-patriation, course cancellation and loss of belongings. Cover Bradshaw Taylor, was unanimously voted in as the new Chairman of the
for public liability is already covered under the BASI licence fee. Board and Chris Tiso, Chief Executive of Tiso Group Ltd, was elected as Vice-
BASI also recently learned it was successful in its bid to host the International Chairman.
Ski Instructors Association (ISIA) conference in Scotland in May 2010. The Meanwhile, the OIA has revealed details of a pilot scheme for retailers that it
conference will be based in Aviemore in the heart of the Scottish Highlands will run early in 2010, as it works towards introducing a new Retail Skills
with delegates invited for a series of workshops and seminars aimed at Certificate for the outdoor industries. Working with Skillsmart Retail, the
tackling growth within the sport. sector skills council for the retail industry, the OIA is developing a
Over 150 delegates will descend on the Spey Valley for discussions with competence-based qualification for outdoor retail staff that will recognise
fellow nations as well as sampling some of the traditional delights including the work they do and provide a benchmark standard for the whole sector.
the opportunity to play golf or participate in a tour of local whisky The pilot project will start mid-February with a select number of OIA
distilleries. member stores, with the full scheme due to launch later in the year
In a busy period for the association, BASI has launched a new instructional following a successful pilot project.
DVD, with the Ski Club of Great Britain – ‘Skiing Skills – off piste & freeride’. The pilot project will involve two to four employees from six to eight OIA
This is the fourth DVD in the Skiing Skills series and is aimed at skiers who members and will be delivered in store by the National Skills Academy for
want to make their first venture into off piste skiing, or who want to Retail Skillshops, a subsidiary of Skillsmart Retail. Successful employees will
improve in powder. be awarded with a Retail Skills Level 2 certificate. OIA member retailers who
BASI has also announced the names of the elite alpine skiers that will are interested in participating in the pilot project should contact Louise
represent the association at the INTERSKI World Congress, taking place in St Ramsay on lramsay@outdoorindustriesassociation.co.uk or call 0131 333
Anton, Austria in January 2011. 4414.
Those selected to represent BASI in Alpine Skiing are Elaine Adam, Alain
Baxter, Dougie Cleland, Paul Garner, Mark Jones, Jaz Lamb, Giles Lewis,
James Lister, Andi McCann, Amanda Pirie and Rupert Tildesley with Neil Outward Bound
McNair leading the Snowboarding team members.
announces
‘Generations’ initiative
The Outward Bound Trust
recently launched its new
Hutton’s
initiative ‘Generations’, a
project reaching out to all
Number One!
those who have ever
participated in an Outward
Bound course since its
beginning in 1941.
Top SGB Outdoor contributor Tom Hutton has been announced as the The Outward Bound Trust
winner of the Words & Pictures category in the 2009 Outdoor Writers has extraordinary and
and Photographers Guild Awards for Excellence. His piece, a five-page ambitious plans to reach
feature about Ski Mountaineering in Norway’s Lyngen Alps, first out and unite over
appeared in a travel magazine. 1,000,000 former Outward ‘Bounders’ who have experienced the
The award recognises the work of authors that are able to combine fantastically life-changing Outward Bound courses over the past 68 years.
entertaining writing with stunning photography rather than specialising The Trust has invested in creating a unique space at
in one or the other. www.outwardboundgenerations.org.uk for all the generations of Outward
Bounders to share their stories.
Editor Jon Bruford and publishers Datateam Business Media wish to Nick Barrett, Chief Executive of The Outward Bound Trust, said: “There are a
congratulate Tom on the deserved recognition of his talent and hard work. million stories of personal growth, adventure and fulfilment waiting to be
told and shared.”
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