Snowboarding has always been about good people and community. Or at least it was for me.
I first learnt to ski back when Hemel Hempstead was a dry slope. My dad, being the wheeler dealer he was, decided taking a 5 day instructor course would mean he could earn a bit of extra cash and his kids would pretty much always be able to ski for free.
When I was 12, after years of persistent nagging, I put on my first snowboard and never looked back. I started teaching when I was 16, even making the local paper (check out that absolute mop!)
When I got to 18 I took my level 2 instructor exams and worked in various parts of Europe and the U.K. But soon the grind of working in giant fridges and studying for a degree in another part of the country started to get me down and I found myself increasingly out of love with the sport and the industry. I decided to get a (not so) proper adult job in film and TV as a camera op and teaching snow sports became a thing I used to do…
Fast forward to 2022, after teaching a couple of mates on a trip, I realised just how much I had missed sharing this sport with other people. Snowboarding has always been something that was fun, social and deeply spiritual; it was the remedy to all things bad and chaotic, whilst being something personal and social all at the same time. From getting lost in your own head on a backcountry descent, to the banter at the top of the park or in the lift line. I loved and missed it all. But above all else, I missed the feeling of sharing this sport, this incredible “thing” with new people.
This year (2026) I completed the ISIA Level 3 qualification. And All About the Turns was born. With the aim of trying to make snow sports and snowboard coaching a bit more accessible and affordable to people looking to improve, or just experience the sport in the U.K.
From U.K. based coaching for intermediate riders; to advice for beginners or people looking to explore the sport a bit further. All About the Turns is my way of trying to give something back to this incredible sport.
