Alpine Coaching.
Alpine Coaching.

 

Partner Instructors

On some of our adventures we partner with other professional snowsport instructors. The instructors listed below have been chosen for their incredible ability to deliver an outstanding and enjoyable Snowsports experience.

Austrian Registration / EU rules on providing snowsport services

Our snowsports school follows the officially registration process in the state of Tirol / Austria where we are legally permitted to teach, coach and lead as part of  an agreed framework. Our team are also registered in Tirol with their professional qualifications ( Diplom schilehrer / Landeschilehrer).

Lead coach Pete Gillespie in a European register instructor holing the highest European qualifications (Level 4 CTT) and permitted to deliver coaching and guiding within in the EU.

Guy Nason

 We have been working with Guy since 2009. Having qualified as an ISIA ski teacher. Guy has a supportive style of coaching and has proved very popular with our guests looking for development in bite size chunks. 

Qualifications and experience:

  •  BASI and IASI Alpine ski teacher (level 3 ISIA)

  • Registered Landeschilehrer Tirol

  • BASI off piste / mountain safety module

  • Race performance coach

  • Adaptive instructor (second discipline)

  • Member International ski instructors association ISIA

 

Tom Pilling

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE:

Coming soon

 

Sarah JonesAli Smith

Qualifications and experience:

Coming soon

Scott Hammond

Qualifications and experience:

Coming soon!

Dan Gillespie

Dan has a real passion for freeride and back country skiing and specializes in introducing and coaching freestyle to rookie riders. Dan is now based in Verbier Switzerland where he is a coach with the Warren Smith Ski Academy.

Dan runs many of our UK based IASI courses and is often a regular on the early season Autumn and Winter adventures.

Qualifications and Experience: 

  • IASI level 3 ISIA + L4 technical, teaching, Off piste security

  • IASI Alpine Educator

  • ISIA Off piste mountain safety award

  • Freestyle coach

  • Snowboard instructor (second discipline)

 

Ali Smith

 Ali Smith has been a career ski teacher for over 25 years working in Europe and the southern hemisphere. Beginning with seasons in Tirol, Austria Ali soon found himself working back to back winters between Austria and Australia. During this time experience was gained taking qualifications both with BASI and the Australian professional ski instructors association. In recent years he has gained recognition as a trainer for BASI and Snowsport Scotland running instructor training and leadership courses. In addition to this Ali was the head of snowsports at Snozone Milton Keynes between 2005 and 2011.

Ali is now a very active Educator with IASI and runs his own program www.skidefinition.com

Qualifications and experience:

  • IASI level 4 Alpine instructor CTT

  • IASI Alpine Educator

  • Swiss Full certified Snow pro

  • Snowsport Scotland tutor

  • snowboard instructor (second discipline)

  • ISIA off piste and mountain safety award

  • European off piste security EMS

  • Member of International ski instructors association ISIA

  • Member of International federation snowsport instructors IFSI

  Toby Fishel

Toby has a huge wealth of snowsport experience gained from many years of teaching and coaching in Austria and around Europe. A Dual British / Austrian  national Toby has benefited from being involved with skiing from a very young age growing up in Tirol. In recent years his focus has been coaching high performance skills to both potential ski teachers and racers. Toby is a highly technical skier and is popular with our guests seeking total perfection.

 Qualifications and experience:

  • BASI 4 Alpine ISTD

  • Swiss full certified Snow Pro

  • Austrian State level ski instructor and ski guide - Staatlich geprufte skilehrer und skifuhrer

  • Austrian state race trainer

  • Member of International ski instructors association ISIA

  •  As well as being part of our team Toby also runs his own programme:

  •  www.developyourskiing.com

Penny Chapman

 Penny has joined as a guest coach with Alpinecoaching on many occasions As a regular coach at The Snow Centre Penny is very active in developing the performance of many regular skiers who then sought further on the mountain guidance and coaching. This formula has proven to be a great success.

In addition to development coaching Penny is also a recognized IASI Educator and delivers the IASI level 1 instructors courses at The snow Centre.

 Qualifications and experience:

  •  IASI Alpine ski teacher (level 3 ISIA)

  • IASI Educator

  • ISIA Off piste / mountain safety module

  • BASI Telemark level 1 instructor

  • Snowsports England Development coach IVSI

  • Member International ski instructors association ISIA

  • Member of International Federation of Snowsport Instructors IVSI