Ash's Profile - Taken from the Daily Mail Ski and Board Magazine Ash
is one of the most well-respected coaches in the British snowboard
scene. He has been riding since the early 90's (when neon was in the first time around)! spending the majority of the time since riding and teaching
in various resorts around the world. Including New Zealand, France, USA, Andorra, Canada. He is one of only a handful of riders who holds full Equivelance to legally work in France as a Snowboarder. He has worked at Tamworth and
was head of the snowboard School at Milton Keynes. Now a freelance
coach based in the UK in the summers, he runs instructor courses
and performance days under Snowboard Coach taking these
and riding camps to his own snow school called Method in Bansko in Bulgaria during
the winter. He is also trains instructors for the British Association
of Snowsport Instructors (BASI), Snowsport Scotland (SNSC) Snowsport
England and the Irish Association of snowsport Instructors (IASI) and holds full worlwide accreditation from the International Association of Snowsport Instructors (ISIA) - The highest level attainable.
Set
up:
159 K2 Beleiver, K2 Formula Bindings, K2 T1 Boots
Regular
22" Stance
18 Front & -9 Back (Duck)
Foot size 9.5 (28.5)
Qualifications
British Association of Snowsport
Instructors (BASI) courses:
Instructor Level (since 1997)
Teacher Level (since 2001)
Avalanche and mountain safety (5-Days Avalanche & guiding)
10,000 Word written Project on Stance - Distinction
International Snowsport Instructor Association (ISIA) accreditation
Snowboard Trainer (since 2003)
Child Protection Trainer (since 2006)
International Ski Teacher Diploma (ISTD) :)
Snow Sport England: Freestyle key committe member and coach
Snowsport Scotland (SNSC) Courses:
Snowboard Performance & Freestyle Coach (since 2002)
Instructor Trainer/ Course tutor (since 2002)
Irish Association of Snowsport Instructors:
Instructor Trainer/ Course tutor (since 2006)
National Coaching Foundation / Sports Coach
UK Courses
Sports Injury management and Prevention
Coaching Young Performers
Sports Psychology
And finally 2…yes 2 Blue Peter Badges!
Riding Time Line:
1992/3 – Started Snowboarding
1994/5 – Started riding Tamworth
1996/7 – First winter in Soldeu, Andorra
1997 – Winter in New Zealand (road trip south Island)
1997/8 – Teaching in Soldeu, Andorra
1998 – Coaching at Tamworth
1998/99 – Started off in Serre Chevalier ended up Teaching
in Soldeu
1999 – Coaching at Tamworth
1999/00 – Sunshine Village, Alberta, Canada
2000/02 – Head of Snowboard School, Milton Keynes
2002/03 – Kicking Horse resort, BC, Canada
2003 on – Freelance coach in the summer
2006 on - Method Snow school, Bansko in Bulgaria during the winter.
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