Cardrona

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Dave Taylor
Name:
Dave Taylor
Qualifications:
NZSIA Senior Examiner, NZSIA Demonstration Team, Interski representative, Cardrona HPC Head Ski Trainer

Dave ‘DT’ has coached and taught skiing at Cardrona for 12 years and has spent a total of 25 full time winters between NZ and the USA and Scotland (not forgetting his roots!). As an NZSIA demo team member and senior examiner DT has a wealth of experience and is our Head Trainer for Alpine. DT’s other passions include music and fly-fishing on Lake Wanaka.
Rachel Milner
Name:
Rachel Milner
Qualifications:
NZSIA Senior Examiner, NZSIA Technical Committee

Rachael has been with Cardrona since 1992 in many roles. For the past few seasons she has coached our Alpine Instructor Training Programmes with excellent results. During our summer she is the Assistant Ski School Director at Crystal Mountain in the USA.
Bob Irwin
Name:
Bob Irwin
Years at ia:
3 years
Qualifications:
NZSIA Examiner and Trainer (New Zealand)APSI Examiner and Trainer (Australia)OBSV Staatlichte Schilehrer (Austria)PSIA Level 3 (USA)

Bob has been teaching skiing since 1979 and represented Australia as a Demonstrator at the Interski Congress at ST Anton, Austria in 1991. With more than 50 seasons experience in Austria, Switzerland, Australia and North America, Bob is now based at Cardrona in New Zealand. Before moving to Cardrona, Bob was the ski school director at Treble Cone. As well as working as the training coordinator for both Falls Creek, Australia and Breckenridge in the USA. Twice making the Ski Magazine "Top 100 Ski Instructors of America", Bob also enjoys teaching people of all ages and abilities.Bob now enjoys summers in Wanaka with his wife and two children, all keen skiers too.