NZSIA - Key Persons
Andrew Mowat also know as Drew hails from bonnie Scotland. With skateboarding from his early teens Drew decided to try snowboarding out with his first school trip to Italy. Ever since that adventure to Italy he was hooked on snowboarding and the winter environment....
Job Titles:
- Snowboard Staff Member
- Snowboard Course Manager
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...
Works at: Mt Hutt Hailing from Manchester in the UK, Billy first got a taste for sliding on a dry slope aged 13. Following trips to Austria and France with school, at 17 he landed himself a job at an Indoor Slope, working lifts and rentals. He gained his Ski level 1...
Bob's been teaching skiing since 1979 and now has more than 50 seasons experience from across Austria, Switzerland, Australia, New Zealand and North America. Bob spent four years as the Treble Cone Ski School Director and is now a member of the Instructor Training...
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...
From my roots in the Arctic chill of the Northern Canadian Rockies, I'm stoked to be a part of the amazing NZSIA examiner team to train the instructors of the future. Love of the powder and culture of Japan to the Steeps and beauty of Treble Cone New Zealand, skiing...
Job Titles:
- Snowboard Staff Member
- Snowboard Trainer
Works at: Mt Hutt - NZSki Coming to you from the sunny state of California Caity is here to tell you that yes, there is snow in California! Because of her dad's love for skiing, her first taste of the snow was on two planks around the age of 10. She has a background...
Job Titles:
- Ski Staff Member
- Ski Trainer
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...
Carlo hails from Italy, in his younger days you could find climbing a tree, building a fort or kicking a ball. Always in motion, never still. After graduating from High-school, he knew he wasn't looking for a "real" job or a "normal" life. In 2013, Carlo made the bold...
Being a ski instructor has been my dream job since I went on my first school skiing trip to Italy, age 13. Since qualifying, I have worked in France, the U.S., Canada, and came to New Zealand in 2010 "for one winter", but have happily found myself permanently based...
Job Titles:
- Snowboard Committee Member and NZSIA Vice President
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 and...
Job Titles:
- Ski Staff Member
- Ski Trainer
Works at: Coronet Peak & The Remarkables Colin, originally from Scotland, started his ski instructing career at Coronet Peak, in 1995. Since then he has never looked back and has been doing winter seasons between Queenstown and Val d'Isere, France. Colin has been...
Job Titles:
- President of the NZSIA Board
- Ski Staff Member
- President / Ski Trainer
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...
Job Titles:
- Snowboard Staff Member
- Snowboard Trainer and Learning Resources Coordinator
Snowboarding started for Dave as a teenager at Turoa, in the North Island of New Zealand. An instant love for sliding sideways on snow quickly followed with five winter seasons in the United States while studying art and design at Auckland University. Achieving Level...
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...
Works at: The Remarkables for NZSKi and Freeride World Tour Academy Ellie first stepped onto a snowboard during a high school trip to Whakapapa, through the Otago uni years there were a few trips to TC and Cardies but it wasn't until 10 years after that first high...
Works at: NZSki Emily has always loved skiing, her journey with the sport first began at 2 years old in France. Ski holidays with her family quickly transitioned into race camps, spending her teenage years at a ski racing academy in Italy. Emily went on to university...
Job Titles:
- Cross Country Ski Trainer
Works at: Snowfarm Eric started alpine skiing when he was two and half years old at Lake Ōhau. His Dad was a ski instructor from way back over in Bohemia so skiing was inevitable. About 19 years of trips there as well as a year working there and ski patrolling saw...
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...
Works at: Cardrona/Treble Cone HPC, ITC and Ski School I was born and raised in Crested Butte, Colorado, as the daughter of world-renowned Swiss mountain guide Jean Pavillard and Professor Mary Cain. My ski career began with Freeride Competitions and culminated in...
Works at Remarkables/Coronet Peak I'm Gaz from North-West England but now living full time in Queenstown. What originally sparked my interest in snowboarding was a copy of SSX on ps2 when it first came out. Now, there's not many places to ride where I grew up so that...
Job Titles:
- Ski Staff Member
- SkI Division Manager
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...
Job Titles:
- Snowboard Staff Member
- Snowboard Trainer
A born and bred Hamiltonian, Glenn was a relatively late starter when it came to Snowsports, scoring his first day on snow at Coronet Peak as a uni student at Dunedin. Back again at Coronet 10 years later Glenn started his snowsports career as a Rookie Instructor. At...
Job Titles:
- Telemark Course Coordinator
I have been a Telemark instructor and examiner for a few years - 15?? A management board member for about 10 years and now work as Operations manager for the Gorge MTB park in Nelson. I still hope to work winters from next season.
Works at Mt Hutt. A former sea-kayak guide of the Abel Tasman National Park, Greg found his love of snow whilst studying tourism at Christchurch Polytech. Since attaining his Level 1 and 2 in 2006 he has enjoyed 23 seasons between NZ, the USA and Japan. Currently a...
Job Titles:
- Snowboard Staff Member
- Snowboard Trainer
Greg hails from Dunedin, where he lived until 2011 when he left his office job as a Draftsman and made the move up to Wanaka to become an instructor through the Cardrona Polytech Instructor Training Course. He's since been chasing winter to various corners of the...
Works for NZski Guy started snowboarding in the early 90's when he was nine. After growing up and attending High School in Timaru, NZ, Guy moved to Queenstown and trained to become a snowboard instructor at Coronet Peak in 2002. After Gaining his Stage One cert and...
Job Titles:
- Snowboard Staff Member
- Snowboard Trainer
Works at Cardrona Hailing from a small surf town in the north island, Hamish got his first taste of snowboarding at the age of 12 at whakapapa and has been hook-line-and-sinker ever since. It wasn't until 2013 when he moved to the US that he got his first instructing...
Harry Mcfadden started skiing at Mt Hutt and Broken River as a teenager and started his pathway into the ski instruction world in 2010 after leaving school when he enrolled in a training program at Cardrona and completed the Level 1 And Level 2 Certifications. Since...
Growing up in Wellington, Jamie learned to ski at Mt Ruapehu from the age of 3. With a strong desire to learn to snowboard but a whole family of skiers, finally Jamie convinced her parents to let her put a board on at the age of 12 and never looked back. Joining the...
Jane has been an Adaptive Ski Examiner since 1995 and worked full-time in able bodied and disabled teaching and coaching in NZ and around the world since first qualifying in 1989. Jane holds many roles in the Snow Sports industry. She is the Adaptive Manager for Snow...
Jon first learnt to ski in 1985, qualified as an instructor in 2000 and has been in love with ski teaching ever since. For the last decade he has been living the endless winter moving between a southern hemisphere based in Wanaka where he and his lovely wife now own a...
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,...
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...
Works for NZSki Kain grew up in country Victoria, immersing himself in garage punk rock bands and enthusiastically skateboarding throughout his youth. However, it wasn't until his mid-twenties that he discovered snowboarding through close friends and a hand me down...
Job Titles:
- Snowboard Staff Member
- Snowboard Committee Member
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...
Works at: The Remarkables Kristy grew up in Brisbane Australia, dedicating most of her childhood and teenage years to the world of Gymnastics. Training 20+ hours a week since the age of 10 lead to amazing life opportunities like representing Australia, travelling...
Kyle hails from the U.S. - but let's try not to hold that against him! He started his instructing career in 1995 teaching skiing at Crystal Mountain, Washington. Teaching snowboarding soon followed. Instructing gave Kyle the opportunity to travel to NZ in the late...
Job Titles:
- Snowboard Staff Member
- Snowboard Committee Member
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 ITC...
Marc started his years in the ski industry in 1990, at Mt. Buller, Victoria Australia. However, he believes he learned all his most important skills at Mt. Hutt, where he has been flying under the radar since 1995. Marc has also spent time working in Austria, Canada...
Job Titles:
- Snowboard Staff Member
- Snowboard Trainer
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 Snowboard...
Marti is a bit of a demon on teles, but that's because he's been doing it since way back in 1992 - not bad for a young fulla! Telemarking first came to Marti's attention at the infamous Queenstown SkiWhizz nights. He was quickly ripped by how cool (and challenging) it...
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...
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...
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...
Job Titles:
- Snowboard Staff Member
- Snowboard Trainer
Works at: Remarkables & Niseko Nick grew up on the sunny Gold Coast, Australia, but it was in his early 20s, while traveling across America, that he discovered snowboarding. A few months spent in the snow-draped paradise of Lake Tahoe, California, sparked his love...
Job Titles:
- Snowboard Staff Member
- Snowboard Trainer
Works at: Cardrona - High Perfromance Centre After skiing for 4 years, Nick did his first snowboard lesson with his Dad at the age of 7 at Mt Ruapehu. Both of them were instantly hooked. Nick continued to go on the annual family trip, and once Snowplanet was built in...
Job Titles:
- Snowboard Committee Member / Fundamentals Manager
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...
Rhys "Jonesy" comes all the way from Wales; a keen skateboarder from a young age he could be found skating around the mean streets of his home town Cardiff. Rhys first strapped a snowboard on his feet in 1996 at his local Dry Ski Slope where he thought it would be...
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...
Job Titles:
- Snowboard Trainer and Coaching
Works for CAMP3 Snowboarding Richie loves to shred with friends, family and people who believe in the sport / lifestyle. His first Snowboarding experience was at 12 years old in the wind, sideways snow-fall and icy conditions, and he loved it! In between his studies...
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 across...
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...
Works at "The Remarkables" My adaptive career started as a volunteer over 30 years ago at Mt Ruapehu. This led to a lot of training for instructior certifications through both NZSIA and PSIA in Adaptive and Alpine skiing, and to a lesser extent snowboarding, with...
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...
Mountain working on: Coronet Peak & The Remarkables - NZSki Grew up skiing on Mt Ruapehu, Turoa as little kid. Spent time teaching/ training at Turoa, Cardrona, Treble Cone, Japan, China, Utah and Colorado. Currently working for NZSki as Head of Training &...
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....
Scott began his career as a ski instructor in 2008, spending over 13 years honing his skills at Cardrona and various resorts worldwide before moving into coaching. In 2013, he obtained his Adaptive Level 1 qualification, marking the beginning of his journey in...
Job Titles:
- Snowboard Committee Member
'Thomo' hails from the Central Coast, NSW where he spent most of his days in the water surfing at his local break Wamberal. This is where he found his love for standing sideways. Transferring his sideways skills onto snow, Thomo started his endless winter in 2003 and...
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 for: Camp3 Snowboarding at cardrona & Treble Cone Hi team, I'm Siobhan, a full-blown Austrian (half-English). I first got on snow as a wee toddler of 2 years, skiing before I could walk and ski racing for many years before venturing into the snowboarding...
Stephanie began her skiing with her family at Whakapapa, Mt Ruapheu. Her ski instructing career began at Mt Hutt and under the expert guidance of the NZSIA Examiners at Mt Hutt she gained Full certification and in 1987 become an NZSIA examiner. Steph was representing...
Over 20 seasons of ski field employment in several departments and various countries. Race Dept. Ski patrol and Ski School. Seasons in Canada, (Fernie B.C.), USA, (Colorado) and Europe, (Switzerland). Avalanche qualifications from NZ and Canada. NZ Level 4 Qualified...
Tim started skiing at 3 on Coronet Peak under the guise of his father Wayne, a former NZSIA instructor. Having figured out at the age of 12 skiing was the only sport he wasn't terrible at Tim decided to pursue the sport through the world of ski racing....
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...
Works for: Camp 3 - Cardrona I have been a Level 3/Trainers and a Freestyle Examiner for over 20 years with both SBINZ and AASI. I have also been on both National Technical Teams and am currently the Development Coach for the AASI Team. Sponsors: Burton, Anon, Swany,...
Job Titles:
- Ski Staff Member
- Ski Trainer
Works for: Cardrona Treble Cone Yusuke is a current NZSIA Technical Team member as well as a member of Interski Team 2019 represented NZSIA in Bulgaria. He was born and raised in the capital of powder skiing; Japan. However the grass is always greener on the other...