From NHS Nurse to Ski Instructor

Back to Will Freedom Snowsports ski school was set up by ski instructor and current director Will Roberts enabling him to realise a long-held ambition to deliver his own vision for ski coaching. An accredited ski school  covering Chamonix, Megeve, St Gervais and Les Contamines Freedom Snowsports offers private lessons, group lessons, off-piste skiing lessons alpine touring and guiding. The instructors, hand picked and led by Will, are a group of top snowsports professionals, equally delighted to help you with your first steps in skiing as they are training  future ski instructors like myself. Teaching is tailored to each individual, with focused learning based around you and what is actually happening.  Will qualified as an instructor in 2005 and quickly progressed to the highest BASI (British Association of Snowsport Instructors) level within just 3 years. His passion for, and dedication to his sport   saw him start ...

Return to New Generation                                                Having spent a week with Alessandro Cambon and his New Generation ski school in Villars-Sur-Ollon, Switzerland as part of my required 35 hours of snowsports school shadowing I was invited back for a week of training. My NHS commitments meant that I could only join them for two days of the week long training but I was keen to go back having enjoyed my previous time with them so much. Also, I had my Alpine Level 1 technical resit booked for 2 nd March and needed to get as much training beforehand as I could in order to be sure of passing. Villars-Sur-Ollon (Villars for short) sits on a sunny south facing plateau with stunning views over the Rhone Valley to Dents du Midi. T...