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RETURN TO THE TOURPARTY SNOWBOARDING HOME PAGE [OTHER SPORTS? CLICK ON THE LINK FOR DETAILS OF OTHER SPORTS AND ACTIVE HOLIDAYS & CAMPS ON THE TOURPARTY HOME PAGE: SPORTS HOLIDAYS, CAMPS & TOURS.] TOURPARTY SNOWBOARDING COACHES AND STAFF...
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Posy Dixon |
POSY DIXON - what a name! That's the first thing to say about Posy Dixon... she has a cool name. Secondly, she has a cool job as a Snowboard Pro for Burton. Thirdly, she likes good tunes, gold bicycles, porridge, landing tricks, blue skies and those days when it all goes right… Posy has been riding for six years having started in Scotland at Hillend (Midlothian Ski Centre). Having proven herself in AIM Series and University competitions around the UK she was hooked up by Burton, Anon, Red, Coal, TSA and Gravis. She now spends her time between London and Myrhofen (and the rest of the world!). Since graduating from University last year Posy has travelled everywhere, chasing snow from Canada to Austria, Iceland to New Zealand, competing in international freestyle events and filming for ‘The Playground’ (Hungerpain). When coaching Posy likes to teach good style, confidence, how to really enjoy riding and get the best out of your days on the snow. She has coached on numerous snowboard camps in France and Norway, getting great satisfaction from introducing riders to the wonderful world of freestyle riding. |
Enrica |
ENRICA - is the General Manager of La Belle Etoile Hotel, in Les Deux Alpes. She and her Italian team are super friendly, efficient and helpful. They work hard to ensure we have a very comfortable and enjoyable stay. |
Andy Evans |
ANDY EVANS - Andy's main love is freestyle and freeride skiing and he is a qualified freestyle ski instructor, but he's into a lot of other sports too, so when he's not going off massive kickers or hurtling through the Half Pipe in the mountains he is normally helping out with other Camps as one of our counselors, ensuring everything runs smoothly. |
Gary Greenshields |
GARY GREENSHIELDS - got into snowboarding fairly late, aged 16 years at Hillend in Edinburgh, Scotland but soon made up for lost time doing 8 seasons and spending the rest of his time traveling the world with his board. Top trips include Russia which he loved as it really opened his eyes to lots of things - the people, the culture, the society and the riding! “The riding was just unreal pow pow pow if you like walking there are endless limits go there you will love it!” Outside snowboarding his interests include traveling, surfing, photography and filming, movies, visiting friends & family, cooking, cycling, music, reading and having a good time. Superman, the Hulk and William Wallace are up there on his hero list! Gary is totally hooked on snowboarding, he loves being on his board and is always impatient to get back on it to ride with old friends and new: “jumping spinning sliding slamming shouting screaming rolling around in the powder… driving to find new snow fresh shaped pipes groomed runs… big jumps… I love it all!”. As one of the UK’s most experienced riders and coaches Gary is sponsored by Burton Snowboards, Burton Clothing, Gravis Footwear, Anon Eyewear, The Snowboard Asylum, Volcom Clothing. Gary will be sharing his passion, experience and top tips at Tourparty, don’t miss this opportunity to meet, learn from and ride with one of the UK’s best. |
Alexa Hohenberg |
ALEXA HOHENBERG - discovered snowboarding at the age of eleven and hasn’t looked back since, spending every penny from the age of sixteen on flights to Europe and lift passes. Ask her and she’ll tell you it has “morphed my very soul”! At eighteen she moved to Whistler Mountain in Canada and spent two years honing her skills in the parks, trees, and powder. It was there that she did her Level 1 and 2 Canadian Association of Snowboard Instructor (CASI) courses, the first in Quebec and the second in Whistler, gaining coaching experience at the Whistler Blackcomb Snowboard School 2003/04. On returning to the UK in 2005 Alexa worked with the Spanish SMK Snowboard Camps in Les Deux Alpes. As a competitor Alexa has regularly competed on the UK and Euro scene, getting podium spots in comps like the Burton Black Metal, Let’s Get Ready to Stumble and some UK Aim Series events. Alexa was responsible for 'SnowBalls', a snowboarding film she made in an attempt to get more girls into snowboarding. The movie was a success, gaining international recognition amongst snowboarders and in the industry and is now regularly shown on the Extreme channel. (If you haven’t seen it check it out at www.gnarchickenandtea.co.uk ...a lot of the filming was done in Les Deux Alpes.) When not riding Alexa enjoys snowmobiling, video editing, painting, and DIY! She lives by the creed “Ride each day like it is your last!”. |
RICK HUTCHINGS |
RICK HUTCHINGS - Rick knows everything there is to know about snowsports, his first love, but has done just about everything Summer time too, especially watersports. So when he's not busy being a freestyle/freeride ski instructor, ski guide, shop manager and sales manager he is normally being a professional photographer, team manager and major organiser! he is the official photographer for our Camps and a big force behind making things happen... if it needs doing he's probably doing it! Incidentally Rick also has a coach driving licence, an addiction to Nestle's Elevenses bars and sometimes shaves his head… together with his heavy Scottish accent this makes him seem a lot scarier than he really is. (But we still suggest you don’t get on the wrong side of him!) |
Chris McGuire |
CHRIS MCGUIRE - has got more involved with Tourparty and LINE Skis (one of Tourparty’s sponsors) after coming on a Tourparty Camp in Easter 2006. Since then he has helped to run the first Tourparty Summer Camp in Les Deux Alpes in 2007 and is now working to help develop the Tourparty programmes and promote the Camps as widely as possible worldwide. Chris started skiing at a very young age, infact a very very young age if you count riding in a rucksack aged 10 months on the back of his Ski Instructor Dad! Later, aged 12, having moved on to his own pair of skis and become passionate about skateboarding too, Chris discovered freeride and freestyle skiing. Inspired by the friends he made and the experience he had on the Tourparty Easter Camp 2006 he decided to do a season as a ski instructor in Austria after his A levels at School in the UK, (he will be returning there for some of the 2007-2008 season). His other interests include trampolining, basketball and music (another passion as he arranges gigs in his local area for charities like “Love Music Hate Racism”). As well as being a former World Champion in Archery, Chris can also balance spoons on his nose... |
Hamish McKnight |
HAMISH MCKNIGHT - has been at the forefront of the British snowboarding scene for almost as long as he’s been riding. He is now the Team GB Slopestyle Coach and will be travelling extensively with the GB team over the season working with the GB athletes at all the key international comps. Having cut his teeth on the Hillend dryslope in his hometown of Edinburgh, Hamish spent his teens competing - and in many cases, winning - numerous events at home and abroad. Over the years he has continued to compete and do photo shoots etc while also developing coaching experience, working with the kommunity camps run by Neil McNab for the last 7 years. He now divides his time between working as a snowboard expert in the Snowboard Asylum in Milton Keynes, and travelling abroad - to Europe, the US, the Far East, and even Iran. He is featured regularly in UK snowboard publications (White Lines, Snowboard UK, and Document Magazine) and his trips are frequently covered by travel and snowsports media from around the globe as well as being documented on film for channels such a Extreme and Channel 4. In terms of his own style, Hamish is one of the most talented, powerful, and technically-minded snowboarders out there. See him attack a 10 metre stair-rail and tell us we’re wrong! (He’s an acommplished freerider, and off snow he’s a well respected skateboarder too.) He is currently sponsored by Burton Snowboards, Anon goggles, Gravis footwear, Hurley clothing and The Snowboard Asylum (TSA). |
Mollie Percival |
MOLLIE PERCIVAL - grew up doing many different sports but most of her time was spent horse riding until she discovered snowboarding about 7 years ago. Her world changed. A snowboard does not need feeding before school or exercising religiously. She has been hooked ever since. After graduating University Mollie married Tom Percival (see below), a fellow snowboard addict in 2003, and spent her first season honeymooning in Tignes. She heads out to the snow whenever she can and spends the rest of her time riding the dryslopes around North-West England, trampolining and horse riding. Mollie works at the University Of Bolton as a Sport, Health and Physical Activity Officer. As well as coaching Snowboarding she also coaches Trampolining, Boxercise and Fitness. Mollie has a long record of competition success including:
She is sponsored by Sapient Snowboards, Mission Six Clothing, 32s Snowboard Boots, Etnies Trainers and Subvert Board Store. |
Tom Percival |
TOM PERCIVAL - a greeting from Tom goes along the following lines: “Hi, my names Tom and I’m addicted to snowboarding!” Tom is a late comer but the best of us are… he didn’t start snowboarding until his 23rd birthday when he was bought a snowboard taster lesson at Ski Rossendale and loved it! Having caught the bug he went religiously every week to improve, trying to get better than his girlfriend. In 2003, Tom married Mollie (see above). Their honeymoon was a season in Tignes and since then they try to get as much time on snow as they can. But you will still find him on Ski Rossendale’s snowflex park when not in the mountains. Now aged 30 Tom is an experienced coach and rider, sponsored by Rome Snowboards and Westbeach Clothing. (But Mollie is STILL better than him!!!) |
Rich Webb |
RICH WEBB - NZ qualified Rich has been riding for just over 7 years and still has the same enthusiasm for his snowboarding as when he took those first lessons. He first started coaching snowboarding on various UK dryslopes, especially Bracknell Ski and Snowboard Slope where he spent many hours helping to develop the freestyle scene. Since then he has gained experience coaching all around the globe, particularly New Zealand. Now one of the regular instructors at the SNO!zone at Xscape, Milton Keynes, Rich manages to fit in some weekend shredding alongside a fulltime graphics job and running the website www.fearofthepark.co.uk (FOTP)! When he can he likes escape to the mountains as much possible - or when the boss lets him! Rich likes to get to the finer points of riding, with a solid technical knowledge and experience - he’ll be able to get you making those first turns, or spinning those first spins in no time - helping you understand how your techniques effect the way you ride. Just keep him stocked up on punk music and flapjacks, and you’ll be sweet! |
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