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. Before getting into teaching Ash was a K2 team rider spending the majority of the time riding in various resorts around the world, including New Zealand, France, USA, Andorra and Canada. He started teaching in 1997 and loved it. Since then Ash has gone on to gain the highest qualifications achievable. He is one of only a handful of riders who holds full Equivalence to legally work in France as a Snowboarder. He has worked and rode many a ramp night at Tamworth and started the Snowboard School at Milton Keynes where he left in 2002 to start Snowboard Coach.

Ash now trains instructors for all the snowboard governing bodies in Great Britain - The British Association of Snowsport Instructors (BASI), Snowsport Scotland (SNSC) and the Irish Association of snowsport Instructors (IASI). He also holds full worldwide accreditation from the International Association of Snowsport Instructors (ISIA) and IVSI, the highest levels attainable for instructors and coach's.

Over the years Ash has appeared in and been a contributing writer to all the UK mags such as Document, Whitelines and the legendary Snowboard UK (RIP) as well as the The Times and Daily Mail newspapers.

He has also been on Radio 1 and Blue Peter and many other BBC/ITV programs.

He has 2 Blue Peter badges that sit proudly on his shelf!

Snowboarding since 2003, Gary is one of the most qualified coaches in the UK. He has over 7 years of teaching experience in the UK & Europe, combined with numerous seasons of riding. He started teaching in 2004 and hasn't had more than 3 days in a row off a snowboard since! This time has been spent working his way up through the BASI system, achieving the highest snowboarding qualification in 2008.

While most snowboard instructors only teach in the Winter, Gary coaches 52 weeks of the year, spending his time between teaching our winter program abroad and in the UK.

When in the UK, Gary coaches regularly at Castleford Sno!zone coaching freestyle, advanced riding, and running instructor training. Having coached people at all levels, from beginners through to numerous people going on to complete BASI level 1 & 2 instructor courses.

Currently Gary is involved in running the Snowboard Coach Programme in the North of England and coaching the Level 2 Instructor Programme in resort.

On the rare occasions during the week when not strapped into a snowboard, Gary is usually found road or mountain biking.

Alec first strapped on a snowboard at Halifax Dry Ski Slope in 1999. He started Snowboarding seriously in October 2003 when Castleford Xscape Indoor Snow slope opened. Riding at Cas until he passed his Level 1 course in 2004, where he met Ash who was delivering the course. He then started teaching full time at the slope.

Since then he has spent 2 full winters with snowboard Coach in Bansko and has gone on to gain the highest level attainable in the BASI system. He now divides his time helping run the Snowboard Coach program at Cas coaching both riding and freestyle course as well as the SB coach level 2 program in resort during the winters.

His knowledge and love of snowboarding also see's Alec managing The Snowboard Asylum in Castleford in the UK. What Alec doesn't know about snowboards isn't worth knowing.

Mike or Mike V as he is affectionately know - as we cant spell his Nordic viking roots second name - had his first snowboard lesson some 16 years ago at Halifax dry ski slope. Riding occasionally back in the day on dry slope, he properly strapped his board back on 6 years ago at Rossendale dry ski slope and hasn't looked back since.

Riding at Rossendale and a lot at Castleford when it opened he trained for and passed his BASI level 1 in 2007 at Castleford where he first met Ash and the rest of the Snowboard coach crew. His hard work landed him a part time teaching role at Xscape Castleford where he has been teaching every week for the past 3 years.

During this time Mike has earned his stripes and has worked his way up to coaching both advanced riding and running instructor training sessions.

Thanks to this riding dedication and top training from the SBcoach crew Mike flew through his BASI level 2 and is now preparing for the level 3.

Mike helps run the Snowboard Coach courses in the north.

Lyndon grew up first as a swimmer then as a gymnast competing up to national level. He left school at 18 to study percussion at the Royal Academy of Music in London. At around the same time he discovered snowboarding, riding at Milton Keynes and High Wycombe.

In 2002 he put his music career on hold and trained to become an instructor where Ash took him for his first snowboard course. From there he worked his way through the BASI system and riding throughout Europe and the USA amassing a wealth of experience in both teaching and riding. He took a year out in the middle to do grown up stuff; he taught percussion for Northamptonshire Music Service and also became Rookie National Skydive Champion. Since those early beginnings Lyndon has gone on to gain the highest qualifications possible. Like Ash, he is one of only a handful of people who has gained his full French Equivalence through snowboarding.

Lyndon also trains instructors for The British Association of Snowsport Instructors (BASI) and Snowsport Scotland (SNSC). He winters are spent teaching BASI courses all over Europe and working with Ash on the SBcoach instructor program.

Snowboarding for about 17 years, Andy passed his first BASI instructor course when he was 18 and completed his BASI level 2 shortly after. Since then he has worked at the Snow Dome teaching all levels of lessons from beginner to advanced riding and preparing riders for the level 1's run by SBCoach. Within this time Andy has been away for many season working as a ski and snowboard technician, pushing his riding in preperation for the Level 3 as well as completing a degree in Sports Science.

During this hectic schedule Andy worked his way through the BASI system to gain the level 3 qualification.

With his background in sports science Andy enjoys the technicalities of snowboarding combined with an in depth understanding of physiology, biomechanics and sports psychology and he will pass this onto you.