Last winter some of our ES instructors helped out ski modelling for photographer Melody Sky on one of her photoshoots. Melody has been shooting in and around Verbier for years and you can see her [...]
Fear of Skiing Some people have a fear of skiing but for many skiing is amazing, the feelings of sliding down a run on a sunny day, the views, the sensation of turning, sliding and the feeling of [...]
PDG kit List When our ES PDG (Patrouille des Glacier ) team line up at start in Zermatt in a few days time, in their lycra one pieces and with their skinny skis, they may look like they are [...]
Carry Your Skis. The humble ski: you’d think carrying them would be straight forward, but it seems the creativity of the recreational skier knows no bounds when finding different ways of [...]
Legs and Core exercises getting you ready to hit the slopes in top form! Ski holidays for most people come around once or twice a year and for me they were the best holidays ever! In order to hit [...]
Skiing holidays are great at any time of the year! But some periods can save you money and be better suited to your needs. At ES we’ve got a lot of experience in all aspects of skiing; we [...]
Seeing your Kids skiing and enjoying the snow as much as you, can make for the perfect family holiday. However with all the kit and things to remember, family skiing holidays can become a [...]
What is Good Skiing? Part 1 covered the basics of technique: the relationship between balancing over the middle of the skis and your ability to efficiently turn the legs. In Part 2, I want to [...]
If you’re a skiing parent, you probably want to pass on the joys of skiing on to your kids. This shouldn’t be hard; skiing’s about the simple joy of sliding across snow, exploring pistes and [...]
Verbier’s famous Swedish Instructor Jonas Sundstedt, director of the Alps’ only Swedish Ski School ESSE Verbier, once said, “the best skier is the one who has the most fun” – what more do [...]