Adventures


Once I was qualified as a ski instructor.

10 winters as a ski instructor!

Written by Jon Ahlsén - New Generation Verbier ISTD coach, BASI ISTD, Swiss Patente, NZSIA Demo team member. Until five years ago, I was a pretty successful M&A/corporate lawyer. Here’s a before/after shot, both taken at work:   I…
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The best ski touring in Verbier; adventures off piste

If you want to ski fresh, untracked powder, with nobody else for miles around you could go heli-skiing but that's expensive. The alternative is to go ski-touring and use special bindings and furry climbing "skins" on your skis to walk up the…

Storm Days, The best days ever!

This blog post may do no more than confirm to the few who already suspected it that I am completely crazy. My favourite days to go skiing are storm days, when everyone else is  having a later start or waiting for it to clear I am up and…
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Summer is over!

My friends think I am crazy, you may too but I am so happy that summer is over. I enjoy the summer I really do but I love the winter. Any one who has regularly jumped on a plane and jetted of to the mountains for 6 months at a time probably…
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Record breaking summer skiing in Verbier with New Generation

    It seems that while there are records being broken in the UK (hottest day of the year yesterday!) - they're also being smashed in Verbier. But this time it's skiing. On Sunday, New Generation Verbier Ski Instructors…