Following a thorough sand blasting (but with sticky ice instead) at 2700m altitude we eventually found reasonable tranquillity half way[…]
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Ahmet & Refica
Around eight years have passed since I last skied with Ahmet and Refica. Both have meanwhile developed into real skiers[…]
Read moreDerin 2016 Day 6
Derin skied hard today. After three complete runs down the Grande Motte I managed to trick her into stopping for[…]
Read moreEmir – Short Turns
Working on short turns again today for Emir. His struggles in this department just mean that he was work to[…]
Read moreSophie
Sophie arrived early as planned for the start of her lesson – but we went indoors first of all to[…]
Read moreDerin 2016 Day 3
Derin found another gear today and started skiing much better. Once again she skied throughout the whole session – not[…]
Read moreOlivia & Ben
Olivia came to me after experiencing the all too common beginner’s nightmare scenario – one brief session on a plastic[…]
Read moreYury (Day 3)
Yury had not so far had any direct input. He was the strongest skier of the two families and to[…]
Read moreDimitry & Alexandra day 4 (After a two day gap)
Dimitry and Alexandra had clearly found the bad visibility and complicated snow conditions (with heavy snowfall and high winds) detrimental[…]
Read moreEve & Charlie day 4
Eve and Charlie’s last day with me coincided with a blizzard dumping 35cm of snow on us during the day[…]
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