Ski Schools
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Adrenaline
Adrenaline offers lessons for everyone, from beginners to experts, adults or children, in private or group lessons all with qualified instructors. They also offer mountaineering activities with fully qualified Swiss mountain guides. Adrenaline is affiliated to the International Ski School Association (ESI). All their ski instructors hold leading international ski diplomas which are recognized by the official Swiss skiing association and their mountain guides have the UIAGM certification. Adrenaline instructors speak your language! French, English, German, Swedish, Spanish and Italian, some can also speak Russian. Adrenaline makes organising your holiday easy. When you arrive in Verbier a warm welcome awaits you. They will confirm your lessons and offer assistance with your ski and snowboard equipment hire at the same time at the Hardcore shop. Adrenaline has been very successful since its creation in 1998. They offer you a high quality service using the best teaching methods with fully qualified instructors and their main objective is that you simply enjoy your holiday!
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Element Concept
Element Concept is a new small British run independent ski school in Verbier, established in 2015. If you are a complete beginner or even if you want to become a ski instructor yourself Element can coach you. Whether it is the bumps, powder, technique or video analysis that you are after Element have the instructors to help. They know Verbier like the back of their hands having worked there for many seasons as instructors for other ski schools and they are all passionate about delivery client satisfaction.
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European Snowsport (Verbier)
European Snowsport is a small school offering friendly, qualified ski and snowboard instructors and innovative courses for all levels. They hand-pick all their staff, so not only are they great teachers, but good company on the mountain too. They will add your holiday experience. In Verbier ES are based in the ski shop, Mountain Air (11 Rue de Medran). This is Verbier's leading quality ski shop, stocking all the leading brands and have an excellent rental and tuning department. Mountain Air Offer a 10% discount on equipment rental to ES customers.
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La Fantastique
Founded in 1979 the ski school La Fantastique in Verbier employs in season more than 40 skiing instructors and more than 20 mountain guides. Friendly and professional, their instructors will help you to discover the pleasures found in developing you technique. Their qualified mountain guides will go with you in complete safety in their differents summer and winter activities. To improve your technique, to enable you to make quick progress based on the knowledge you've already acquired and to fight off your fears, private lessons are essential. Reasons to choose La Fantastique in Verbier: Quality of teaching - all their instuctors have followed a formation course recognised by the Swiss Ski Association. Safety - the experience and knowledge of their IFMGA mountain-guides gained from more than 25 years in Verbier. Competitivness - the best market rates! Personalisation - private Instruction or restricted groups adapted to your needs.
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New Generation (Verbier)
New Generation is a British run ski and snowboard school based in Verbier as well as 17 other resorts across the Alps. New Generation enjoys an excellent reputation amongst the International ski community and was voted 'Favourite Ski School' in the Snowvole Awards. The hand-picked team of fully qualified instructors is led by BASI trainer Tom Waddington, a well-respected British qualified coach. The school offers a full range of lessons from groups for beginners and intermediates through to guided off piste adventures and everything in between. At peak periods they run children's lessons in the morning with small groups and a focus on fun. New Gen have been coaching in the Alps since 1998 and have been very much at the forefront of the ski lesson revolution. All lessons are in English and all groups are small. New Gen have put the fun back into learning and improving. Our advice is to book as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.
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P D S Snowsport (Verbier)
P D S Snowsport is a modern take on the traditional ski school. Designed around the client and their individual learning requirements, they create unique lessons to cater for clients' every need. Choose from their small group sizes or a bespoke private ski lesson to guarantee your skiing is taken to the next level. The ski school started in Morzine in 2012 but have since expanded across many of the major resorts of France and Switzerland. - Experiential learning (children learn best through adventure) - A Lesson structure leading towards our academy - Inspirational instructors (ex-World Cup racers, freeride competitors, national children's team coaches) - End of week presentation (including certificates and prizes) - End of week video shot on a Go Pro to take home
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Roddy Willis
Roddy started his working life in the 1980's in an office but soon realised it wasn't for him. He left for the Alps in 1988 and never looked back. He worked in a number of different jobs as he inched towards his goal. He was a hotel dish washer, ski school technical director and even took a degree in furniture design. He is now certified to the highest level in Switzerland and brings a love of the mountains, huge skiing experience and an easy, relaxed manner to his private lessons. Whether you are a beginner, expert (on piste of off piste), or somewhere in between, he'll help you to not only reach, but exceed, your skiing goals.
