1 Jan, 2017 | Snowboard Staff Profiles
Works at: The Remarkables Josh first skied at 3 and snowboarded at 12, but his Journey to enlightenment began in 2007 when he undertook Snow Trainers’ 11 week programme and achieved his Level One and Two. After that, he spent one season instructing at Copper Mt,...
9 Dec, 2015 | Snowboard Staff Profiles
Works at: Nomadice, HME Japan & NZSki My journey began in the 90’s when snowboarding was exploding in popularity. Leaving school, there was only one place I wanted to be: the Alps. Originally from Oxford, UK, I’ve spent 41 seasons developing my skills...
27 Jan, 2014 | Snowboard Staff Profiles
Mark is originally from Christchurch and in his younger days would spend any opportunity that was on offer to ski the surrounding fields. He was introduced to snowboarding in the early 1990’s and shortly after he attended and passed the first ever NZSIA...
27 Jan, 2014 | Snowboard Staff Profiles
The first Japanese Examiner to join the SBINZ ranks, Ricky began teaching skiing when he was 18 years old in his home country Japan. He moved to New Zealand and started to teach skiing full-time in 1996. Ricky began as a Snowboard Instructor around the same time and...
9 Aug, 2013 | Snowboard Staff Profiles
Mountain: Remarkables Works for: NZSKI/FWT Academy Ryan hails from beautiful Newcastle, Australia (or “Gods country” as they like to call it). Fresh out of high school Ryan decided he wasn’t actually very good at school and there were mistakes to be made elsewhere, so...
13 May, 2013 | Snowboard Staff Profiles
Works at: ITC and Cardrona ski school Andrew was born in Britain but grew up in Spain. He fell in love with skiing and the mountains at the age of 6, first on the family farm in Scotland and then on school trips to the ski hills around Madrid. When he was twenty he...
