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Joshua Duncan-Smith – Ski Trainer

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 Wignall – Ski Trainer

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...

Jon Gass – Ski Trainer

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...

Emily Pocock – Ski Trainer

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...

Martin Bennett – Ski Trainer

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...

Sharni Simpson– Ski Trainer

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...