My background

I was born in Vancouver British Columbia and have spent most of my life exploring the outdoors. While I did not start skiing until I was fourteen I took to the sport very quickly and by the time I was seventeen I had my first ski instructing job at a local ski hill. I have since spent time teaching in Banff, Big White and now Whistler.

In addition to teaching I spent two years as an Assistant Ski School Director at Big White where I was involved in training new instructors.

In the summer I guide and teach hiking and canoeing in the Whistler area as well as the Canadian Rockies. in addition to skiing, trekking and canoeing I enjoy rock climbing, mountain biking, photography, meeting new people and traveling to new places.

My teaching Philosophy

I have been in the Whistler area now for the past eight years and consider the Whistler to now be my permanent home.

I teach all levels of skiers and specialize in teaching skiers who are eager to get to the next level and want to explore more terrain. I believe it is in all of us to do more. Whether its building up the confidence to try a harder green run, getting off the groomed and trying the powder or refining your skills so that you can master the steeps and bowls, we can do it together. 

Because I myself went through the learning process not that long ago I realize how stressful and unnerving skiing can be to those just starting. As a result I have evolved my teaching to be as simple and as fun as possible. To me skiing is a form of mountain travel, we're just traveling from one spot in the mountains to another. 

If you stop to think about we are really just playing outside and while we all want to achieve different things from the skiing experience ultimately its all about having fun. 

How I teach

To me teaching skiing is like putting a  puzzle together. We start with the pieces on the outside first and then gradually work our way to the inside. The same way you would put a puzzle together. In this way I can try to keep things simple and easy to understand. 

Skiing is a very technical sport and while I can be very technical I prefer to take an approach that makes it as simple as possible. 

At the end of the day skiing is supposed to be fun. Let's face it, really all we are doing is going for a big play out on the mountain!

Skiing is about freedom, the freedom to go anywhere you want. Skiing is a form of mountain travel and the more skills and confidence you have the more places you can go. There is no such a thing as the perfect turn just as there is no right or wrong way to ski. There is however a better way that lets us explore more of the mountains, feeling better about ourselves and using less energy. Let me show you that way.