10 Jun, 2012 | Ski Staff Profiles
Works at: Rookie Academy After initially giving ski instructing a go before settling into a “real job”, Dougie instead found himself hooked, developing a deep passion for skiing and teaching whilst working between New Zealand and Japan. Now nine years into the...
8 Jun, 2012 | Ski Staff Profiles
Naoko was born and raised in Osaka, Japan. She started skiing as soon as she could walk and grew up ski racing from a child and through her teenage years in Nagano Region. Naoko continued skiing while she was studying in the USA, Australia and Japan. Her first visit...
6 Jun, 2012 | Ski Staff Profiles
Works at: Mt Hutt Snowsports School Originally from Australia, Jay started his ski career in 2016 on a training program at Mt Hutt. It was initially just going to be a gap year, but things changed after he found teaching and skiing to be more fun than his alternative...
30 May, 2012 | Ski Staff Profiles
Works at: NZSki Emily’s love for skiing began at the age of two on the slopes of France. What started as family ski holidays quickly grew into a passion for ski racing, leading her to train at a ski racing academy in Italy during her teenage years. She later earned a...
29 May, 2012 | Ski Staff Profiles
Works at: Mt Hutt Growing up at the lofty altitude of 6m in Cambridge, England doesn’t exactly lend itself to Snowsports, but after being completely baffled by the mogul skiing at the ‘98 Olympics a school trip at aged 13 is where the hooks were well and truly stuck....
26 May, 2012 | Ski Staff Profiles
Works at: Cardrona x Treble Cone Growing up in the north island, travelling the then unsealed Gentle Annie from Hawke’s Bay most weekends, Fraser first learnt to ski at Tūroa, Mt Ruapehu. It was there where he eventually worked alongside the same instructors that had...
