Explains and shows how and why Austria’s “National Sports Home” in St. Christoph am Arlberg, first developed under the leadership of Ernst Janner, with help from Hannes Schneider, in the early 1920s, and now referred to as Ski Austria Academy, became the world’s center of snowsports’ study, practice, and development. Consequently, Austria has a worldwide association with ski instruction, and Austrian ski instruction certification was, and continues to be, held in high esteem. This story is told in part by Werner Woerndle - Ski Austria Academy Director, and former Austrian Ski Team Coach..