Majicman Notes

The satisfaction of raising someone’s skiing game in a short space of time is profound, and the riddle of unlocking their potential, as in any form of teaching, is a key part of the challenge.

And the rewards? Working with someone who was frozen in fear due to a previous injury and had a disability, and getting her to the point where she announced, brimming with emotion, that the run we’d just done was her “best ever”. Or taking the Dutch father and his two teenage sons from beginner to parallel skiing in seven and a half hours of lessons.

Mark Urban. BBC’s diplomatic correspondent (side hustle)

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