Meet our instructors:
Filippo Redaelli
From: Milan, Italy Spoken Languages: English, French & Italian Number of years snowboarding: 20 Number of seasons instructing: 10 Number of seasons you’ve worked for MINT: 4 Favourite type of lessons to teach: Anything from beginners, to intermediate, to freestyle or powder day lessons – they are all a pleasure! Favourite country/resort to snowboard (outside…
Qualifications
Maestro di Snowboard, French Carte Professionnelle, International Ski Instructors Association (ISIA)
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Tammy Esten
Born in England but raised in the Alps, Tammy started snowboarding back in the days of using ski boots and hard bindings and wearing neon in the early 90s. She immediately got the bug and as soon as school was out spent winters in France, Italy, Canada, New Zealand and Switzerland before eventually settling in…
Qualifications
British Association of Snowsport Instructors, ISTD British Snowboard Instructor (BASI), French Carte Professional, International Ski Instructors Association (ISIA), NZSIA Snowboard Instructor
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Gerard Serrano
When we asked Gerard to tell us a little bit about himself he said ‘Gerard loves snowboarding!’ which we were happy to know. Gerard has been teaching his beloved snowboarding for over ten years, spending winters in Morzine, Canada and the Pyrenees. His life goal is to make you an amazing snowboarder! From: Sant…
Qualifications
Performance Coach, Educateur Sportif, International Ski Instructors Association (ISIA), French Carte Professionelle
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Simone Galatioto
Simone is our Italian smiling ball of fun and energy. He started snowboarding at 12 years old in the Aosta valley, Italy and then spent his next years all over the Italian Alps learning to snowboard and eventually becoming a fully qualified snowboard instructor. His love for snowboarding was born out of his passion for…
Qualifications
Maestro di Snowboard, French Carte Professionnelle, International Ski Instructors Association (ISIA), BASI Snowboard Qualification
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Francois Couillaux
Francois is almost Morzine born and bred, coming from down the valley in Thonon les Bains. He has spent 8 years teaching snowboarding in Switzerland with several seasons in the Portes du Soleil resort of Champery. Francois has also worked in the Japanese resort of Niseko, as well as teaching in the southern hemisphere in Thredbo, Australia,…
Qualifications
SSBS Snowboard Instructor, French Carte Professionelle, International Ski Instructors Association (ISIA)
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Iban Diez Medina
Iban comes from the Cantabrian Range in Northern Spain and started snowboarding 22 years ago. Straight out of ‘Back to the Future’ he ripped the trucks of his skateboard and used the deck for his first time sliding on snow. Inspired by this he then learnt to snowboard at his local resort of San Isidro,…
Qualifications
French Carte Professional, International Ski Instructors Association (ISIA), Educateur Sportif, Performance Coach
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Valerio Antoniello
Our second Italian member of the team, Valerio hails from Turin and started skiing when he was only 3 years old in the resort of Rucas. Luckily for us at MINT he found snowboarding at the age of 15 and never looked back. Over the coming years Valerio studied at University and spent winter seasons…
Qualifications
Maestro di Snowboard, French Carte Professional, International Ski Instructors Association (ISIA)
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Anna Ribalta Matas
Anna was another skier who was savagely forced by her family to start skiing at 3 years old, after seeing her cousin snowboarding and having too much fun she finally managed to convince her parents that snowboarding was her passion and at the age of 6 she first stood sideways to slide on snow. Her…
Qualifications
Tecnic d’esport en surf de neu (Nivell 2/TD2 en snowboard)
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Jorge Huergo
From: Spain Spoken Languages: Spanish & English Number of years snowboarding: I’m way too old to remember that Number of seasons instructing: about 360 Number of seasons you’ve worked for MINT: 6 Favourite type of lessons to teach: freestyle and technical performance Favourite country/resort to snowboard (outside of Portes du Soleil): Japan What board do you…
Qualifications
French Carte Professional, International Ski Instructors Association (ISIA), Educateur Sportif, Performance Coach
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Giulia Rocco
From: Italy Spoken Languages: English, French, Italian, Spanish Number of years snowboarding: 19 Number of seasons instructing: 8 Number of seasons you’ve worked for MINT: 4 Favourite type of lessons to teach: Freestyle, especially jumps Favourite country/resort to snowboard (outside of Portes du Soleil): Nassfeld, Austria What board do you ride: Salomon Rumble Fish Favourite mountain…
Qualifications
French Carte Professional, Maestro di Snowboard, International Ski Instructors Association (ISIA)
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