Ski Staff

Unlike many others in the industry Gavin didn't ski as a kid. However once he discovered his passion for skiing and teaching skiing it soon became an obsession. After 30 years of teaching and 20 years examining, Gavin is now the NZSIA Ski Division Manager. When he is...

Yoyo (AKA Yolinde Magill) is a born & bred kiwi chick -a rare breed in the ski industry! She grew up skiing in Wanaka and loved it so much that she became an instructor whilst still in high school. Yoyo became an examiner in 2003 when doing seasons between...

Works at Treble Cone for Rookie Academy Daniel started skiing at the age of 11 on a school ski trip. He loved it so much he convinced his family that it was a sport they should all do. Since then its been all downhill. (Skiing Downhill) . Both Daniel and his brother...

Works at:: Rookie Academy & Telluride Ski and Snowboard School Grew up skiing on Mt Ruapehu/ Turoa as little kid. Spent time teaching/ training at Turoa, Cardrona/ Treble Cone, Japan, China, Utah and Colorado. Current NZSIA Board Member, Ski Committee Member,...

Works at: Coronet Peak & The Remarkables Originally from Scotland, Colin began his ski instructing career at Coronet Peak in 1995. For two decades, he followed the winter seasons between Queenstown, New Zealand, and Val d’Isère, France. Colin has been an Examiner...

Works at: New Zealand Alpine Ski Team I grew up ski racing in Queenstown, and became an examiner in 2016. My full-time job is coaching Alice Robinson on the World Cup. Sponsored by: Salomon, Terrex, Smith

Works for: Cardrona Treble Cone Yusuke is a current member of the NZSIA Technical Team and represented NZSIA at Interski 2019 in Bulgaria. Originally from Japan—the heart of powder skiing—he ventured beyond its shores in 2006 in search of new experiences, learning...

Works for: Rookie Academy, NZski, Hokkaido Collective, NZSIA Harry is a Trainer and Examiner with the NZSIA and has been a member of the NZSIA Technical Team since 2017. He represented New Zealand at Interski in Pamporovo (2019) and Levi (2023). With over a decade of...

Campbell has been skiing since he was knee high to a grasshopper at Cardrona Alpine Resort spending every winter weekend (and most weekdays) skiing as much as he could. Once he finished school and realized that skiing was life he convinced his parents that uni could...

Dave grew up skiing the edge deep powder of Scotland. He learned his trade through the BASI system and working at Nevis Range on the West Coast of Scotland. Dave came to New Zealand in 1998 arriving in wanaka with no job and no house. He slept in an old and very cold...

Scott was bitten by the ski bug from the young age of 10, from there he began his teaching career at the Remarkables in 1988. Scott became an Examiner in 1993. 13 years of back-to-back ski seasons saw Scott playing in Whistler, Blackcomb, Telluride and Beaver Creek....

Works for: Cardrona-Treble Cone Jon first learned to ski in 1985 in the UK, where he grew up. He became a qualified ski instructor in 2000 and has been teaching ever since. For over a decade, he followed the endless winter, spending summers in Europe and winters based...

Work for: Cardrona/Treble Cone Monica found her passion for skiing later in life than most. Starting out as a teenager on the slopes of Whakapapa, Mt Ruapehu before stint in Canada. 6 months turned into 18 and developed Monica's skiing to be able to attain her Levels...

Works at: CoronetPeak/Remarkables I grew up skiing on the slopes of Mt Taranaki.  Started my teaching career at Turoa, moved to Queenstown in 2004 to work at Coronet Peak/Remarkables where I still work.  I have also taught in California and Utah and worked on courses...

Works at: Cardrona / Treble Cone Tomo is a New Zealander who was brought up in Mt Maunganui, on the North Island. His pathway into the ski instructing industry also started with an apprenticeship program through the Tūroa ski school. He attributes much of his passion...

Martin decided to pursue ‘the dream’ in 2009 by travelling to NZ to qualify as a ski instructor. After spending a winter at Porters skiing, training and socialising he realised the ski world was far more fulfilling than the job he had left in England. He immediately...

Works for: NZSki I have been skiing since I was 10, with one of my first memories of it heading straight down the beginer slope and exploding at the bottom because i didnt know how to stop! From there I was hooked. What followed has was a love for skiing, that...

Works for: Rookie Academy My ski career started as a young kid at Mt ruapehu thanks to my father who was a keen skier in his own right, it only needed a good looking forcast to net the week off school and off we would go. This soon progressed to us road tripping...

Works for: Rookie Academy & Cardrona Hailing from the greatest city in the world—Auckland—Nick left it all behind and moved south to Wānaka to pursue a career as a ski instructor. What began as a way to see the world and ski mountains he couldn’t afford on a...

Works for: NZSIA Mereana grew up skiing the (sometimes) sunshine filled slopes of Mt. Ruapehu. She started ski instructing after a futile year of law school and spent the next 10 years working in New Zealand, Canada and Japan. She became an examiner in 2020 and has...

Works for: Rookie Academy - Treble Cone Lena-May is an Italian Maestra di Sci, NZSIA Examiner, and member of the NZ Tech Team with over 20 years of international experience in ski racing and instructor development. She brings a strong technical foundation and a deep...

Works for: Cardrona Treble Cone Kirsty is a Kiwi who learned to ski when she was 4, up on the old row ropes of Whakapapa. She and her family did regular 'mountain missions' as kid, and that's where she caught the ski bug. After uni she took a year off and ended up...

Works at: Cardrona / Treble Cone Felix is a New Zealander who was raised on the green rolling farmland of the North Island. Riding horses, fixing fences, shearing sheep and ploughing the land behind the wheel of a red tractor were days spent. He is a skier, a farmer...

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Montain works on: Cardrona Sharni currently works at Cardrona and Treble Cone and has worked overseas in Hokkaido, Japan and Canada. Her passion for snow sports has continued to grow, ever since her first skiing experience in a home made ski suit at Happy Valley on Mt...

Works at: NZSKI Being from Scotland most of my skiing in my youth was spent in Europe, just being a holiday skier and enjoying one or two weeks a year.  I wasn’t a ski racer and hadn’t any formal training. I started my ski instructor journey with SITCo in 2011, with...

I began teaching skiing in Australia in 1979. My first Full Certification was with the APSI in 1984. I was lucky enough to make great connections with European instructors which, led to seasons in Switzerland and Austria. 1991 was the year that I represented Australia...

Works for: Rookie Academy Resort: Treble Cone/Cardrona Brendan is from New Zealand and has over 25 plus winters teaching skiing in New Zealand, Japan, Canada and China.  He is a NZSIA trainer and examiner working for Rookie Academy in the New Zealand winters training...

Works for: Cardrona X Treble Cone/Next Stage Snowsports Skiing has brought me to New Zealand and created to opportunity to join the NZSIA Examiner team. Canadian originally, 35+ seasons working there, Japan and New Zealand where I now call home. After over 20 years in...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

Works for: Rookie Academy From humble beginnings on a dry slope in south west England, Jay has grown his passion for sharing skiing across four continents (so far!). Having been employed in training roles since 2012 Jay has lead sessions in Canada, USA, Japan and his...

Works for: Rookie Academy and Hokkaido Collective - Treble Cone Originally from the UK, but New Zealand is now home. I set out to do one season in Japan—ten years later, I’m still chasing winters. A member of the current NZSIA Technical Team. I work as a trainer for...

Works at: NZski Growing up with a ski instructor dad sparked my love for skiing early on. After giving the 9-to-5 life a try, I quickly realised it wasn’t for me, packed my bags for New Zealand, and got certified. Much to my parents' horror, I decided to pursue ski...

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Works for: Turoa Snow School Matt started skiing as a child with his family on Mt Ruapehu. This hobby turned into a passion after a winter season at Cardrona as part of the Otago polytech instructor training course. What was initially a gap year quickly turned into a...

Works for: Mt Hutt, NZ. / Niseko, JP. Hailing from the sunny shores of Weymouth, in Dorset, England. Skiing for me started on dryslopes, then the European alps. Eventually qualifying as an instructor in Wanaka, 2010 I’ve never looked back. Travelling the world through...

Resort working at: Cardrona/Treble Cone Matt got hooked on skiing as a wee nipper thanks to his persistent parents. His first days on the boards were at Round Hill (Tekapo Ski Area). Growing up in the Canterbury area meant he was never too far from one of the South...

Works at: Treble Cone for The Rookie Academy Josh was fortunate to find his passion when he got his first job in a small ski school in the Swiss Alps in 2011. Since then, his passion in snowsports instructing has driven him to make a rewarding career in the art of...

Toby is a North Island boy who grew up skiing on the Magic Mountain of Mt Ruapehu. A little grom skiing a slalom course through the T-bars. Since then Toby has made his Career in the ski industry for 10 years working first as a rookie then moving to coaching and...