17 Jun, 2023 | Snowboard Staff Profiles
Ben found gold (a snowboard) at the end of the “Rainbow” in 1994. He qualified in 1996, and made the move to Mt Hutt in 1998. Mt Hutt helped propel Ben into the Northern Hemisphere and further into the grasp of the SBINZ. He gained his Level Three in 1999 and then...
21 Apr, 2023 | Snowboard Staff Profiles
Works at Mt Hutt Rich started teaching snowboarding in Canada in 2010 on a gap year, that year quickly became a decade spending winters in NZ, Japan and the United States. After a stint at Turoa, in 2014 it was time for a move to the Mighty Methven where he now lives...
30 May, 2022 | Snowboard Staff Profiles
Works for CAMP3 Snowboarding Keith (a.k.a Stubbsy) has spent the majority of his adult life immersed in the world of winter, following the snow around the globe. Stubbsy has been in the snowboard industry since 1999, clocking up countless seasons across four different...
29 May, 2022 | Snowboard Staff Profiles
Works for: NZSIA /SBINZ and Niseko Academy Paul grew up in the the North Island, NZ chasing the surf from coast to coast. He first strapped on a snowboard in 1990 at Turoa, more than three decades ago. Paul went on to make snowboarding as big a part of his life as...
27 May, 2022 | Snowboard Staff Profiles
Originally from England, Luke now spends most of his time snowboarding in Japan and New Zealand. Having previously worked around the Southern Lakes district since 2008 at Coronet Peak and The Remarkables, he’s now happy to call Cardrona home where he works as an...
27 May, 2022 | Snowboard Staff Profiles
Claire has been in the snowsports industry since 2002 when she trained with the Otago Polytech at Cardrona. Since then Claire has instructed, coached freestyle/race, represented NZ, trained ITC students at Cardrona and examined SBINZ Children’s Cert, Level One...
