Jamie is one of the owners of ES Nendaz along with his partner Mel. He spent 10 yrs working in Canada becoming a CSIA level 4 and trainer for the association . After moving back to Europe in 2015 he took up the role of Technical Director and then Co-Director of European Snowsport in Zermatt before taking the role of Director of the school in Nendaz. Jamie converted to the Swiss system and holds the Brevet Federal as well as passing the BASI level 4 tech and teach to enable him to have an understanding of the British system. Jamie was then invited to become a trainer for IASI (Irish association of snowports instructors), is Interski Demo team head coach and was recently made Head of Education for the association. He is a highly experienced trainer and examiner in the ski industry and you will often find him training the ski school instructors towards their next exams and ensuring they are the best prepared to teach clients of the school
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Mel Swinburn
Mel is joint owner of ES Nendaz along with her partner Jamie. She started ski teaching 15yrs ago in Canada where she spent that time teaching skiing and snowboarding. She then moved in to the role of Kids centre manager for the resort where she managed a team of Instructors and up to 150 kids a day. Following this she moved to Zermatt to be Kids co-ordinateur for European Snowsport before moving and taking over the running of their current school. She has a passion for making a memorable experience for all her clients and when she is not skiing she is training her dog Mica for agility competitions.
The Oxford Ski Company
The Oxford Ski Company have been providing the best luxury ski holidays since 1998.
They are a team of knowledgeable, friendly and passionate skiers who understand every client is looking for something different. Working with the leading ski operators enables them to genuinely find the best solutions for you: they do all the legwork so you don’t have to.
What’s more, their complimentary concierge team have a low down on all the resorts and are there to sort out the little extras: from ski lessons, child care, recommending the most spectacular off-piste runs, to booking the coolest places for foodies to refuel.
At The Oxford Ski Company they make it personal, and deliver every time.
“The Oxford Ski Company have had the pleasure of working with ES for well over 10 years. From the first lessons we booked with ES all those years ago, they have continually delivered excellent service to our clients. It is great to be working with a company that can cover all ski requirements for our clients and also across so many first class resorts. Whether it be children of all ages and ability, private lessons or advanced Off Piste lessons, ES know exactly how to manage these varying degrees of learning.
Clients of The Oxford Ski Company have for 20 years invested their trust in our knowledge to find them the perfect skiing holiday. It is equally as important they trust us to use companies like ES to make sure all aspects of that holiday lives up to those high standards. It is for this reason we happily work with ES.”
Rupert Longsdon – Founder & CEO
Nendaz
European Snowsport has been established in Nendaz since 2017.
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