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Claude D.

Claude D.
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  (22) reviews
110
/hour

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  • Claude D. has received the Trophy Award for consistently providing a fantastic service
Courchevel
Skiing

Response Time: 3 hours

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100% of Claude`s previous customers left 5 star reviews
Claude D. has received the Trophy Award for consistently providing a fantastic service

Trophy award

  • Claude D. has received the Trophy Award for consistently providing a fantastic service
  • Experience: 32 Years

  • Languages: English , French

  • Cancellation Policy: Flexible [?]

Whatever your goal I will provide you with all the tips you need to improve at your own pace. All levels of skiers can benefit from the years of experience as a racer, a coach and a teacher of one of the most highly skilled and professional instructor in Courchevel, Meribel, Val Thorens (the 3 Valleys Area).

  • Excellent with all abilities
  • Great with beginners
  • Fun children’s lessons
  • Patient with improvers
  • Fantastic with experts
What to expect in a lesson

My teaching is based on simplicity, correct movement and balance. To be confident, we must be balanced : the balance starts with feeling in the feet and is constantly adjusted according to the steepness of the slope, the shape of the terrain, the quality of the snow, physical fitness and the state of the skier’s mind...

22 reviews
Overall Rating 5.0

(22 reviews)

(5.0/5)
Friendliness
5.0
Time keeping
5.0
Communication
5.0
Technical feedback
5.0
Jessica .
26/02/2023

5.0

Mixed

I booked a full day with Claude. As a 41 year old beginner with only two days of skiing (without lessons) as a 15 year old, I was quite nervous and not sure what to expect of my abilities. And frankly scared of falling! He was encouraging in our initial messages and incredibly patient, encouraging and attentive during our day together. He had me parallel skiing by the end. I felt my confidence build over the the course of the day and I was immediately comfortable in his company. He gave me very detailed feedback and focus areas during every run /attempt. I would highly recommend him to anyone looking for lessons in the 3 valleys. You won’t regret it!

Jessica booked a total of 1 full day with Claude

Molly .
21/02/2023

5.0

Mixed

Claude was amazing. I have gone from snow ploughing down blue runs to parallel skiing in one lesson. Claude was very helpful, made everything easy to understand and I couldn’t recommend him enough. Definitely book if you’re in the 3 valleys! Thanks Claude!!

Molly booked a total of 2.5 hours with Claude

bertrand .
20/02/2023

5.0

Mixed

Claude has been a great ski instructor over the whole day! In the morning he was giving ski lessons to my 5yo son who was super positive! In the afternoon he went skiing with my 13yo and 17yo. He adjusted technical default in the way they ski while making sure they enjoy the afternoon on the best area of the resort. Unfortunately Claude was not available for the whole week! For sure, we'll try to get him next time we are in the 3 valley.

bertrand booked a total of 1 full day with Claude

Moya .
19/02/2023

5.0

Mixed

Claude was an amazing ski instructor for our family of mixed ability! He was kind, patient and knew exactly when we were ready to progress to the next level. We hope to book him for our next ski trip in Val Thorens. We couldn't recommend Claude highly enough!

Moya booked a total of 6 full days with Claude

Owain A.
16/02/2023

5.0

Intermediate

We had a great 3 lessons with Claude, he made sure to understand what we were looking to learn and also get a feel for how we all skied. He showed us some very nice runs and gave us good tips about places to ski and eat, and all three people in our group left feeling more confident and skilled than we were before we started.

Owain booked a total of 12 hours with Claude

Lucy T.
02/02/2023

5.0

Mixed

We had the best week with Claude. He was so friendly and a brilliant teacher, he gave us all confidence and we thoroughly enjoyed the lessons.

Lucy booked a total of 16 hours with Claude

Li .
30/01/2023

5.0

Beginner

Good lesson

Li booked a total of 4 hours with Claude

David .
04/01/2023

5.0

Mixed

Claude was fantastic in every way! I would highly recommend him to anyone learning to ski!

David booked a total of 3 hours with Claude

Kate Keenan .
01/01/2023

5.0

Mixed

Claude was fantastic! We loved our sessions with him. Claude had such a calm, friendly demeanor He was incredibly experienced and amazing at giving some technical corrections to work on. We would love to book Claude again.

Kate Keenan booked a total of 8 hours with Claude

Jonathan .
30/12/2022

5.0

Intermediate

Excellent in all respects - highly recommended!

Jonathan booked a total of 8 hours with Claude

BASSET .
27/12/2022

5.0

Mixed

Claude a fait preuve d'une très grande patience et bienveillance avec nous. Ces explications très précises nous ont aidé à progresser. Un grand merci à lui.

BASSET booked a total of 3 hours with Claude

Tim .
18/12/2022

5.0

Mixed

Claude picked us up in Les Menuires and gave us a wonderful morning, exploring the area as well as helpful feedback to improve. He is very calm and encouraging. Would recommend to anyone visiting the three valleys!

Tim booked a total of 4 hours with Claude

Vicky Bretheron .
25/02/2022

5.0

Mixed

Claude was very friendly and patient. He helped us improve our skiing and persevered patiently with us when we made mistakes. The lesson was very good helping us improve our parallel skiing.

Vicky Bretheron booked a total of 1 hour with Claude

Alan Foster .
23/02/2022

5.0

Intermediate

Claude was a total delight, he has a lovely manner and gave our group of four very helpful feedback. Would book again in an instance!

Alan Foster booked a total of 4 hours with Claude

Tatyana Dobson .
20/02/2022

5.0

Beginner

I was a complete beginner and somewhat nervous of starting to ski in my late 40s. Claude was so patient, kind, encouraging and calm. He is clearly highly experienced - his technical advice helped me to progress and he pushed me just enough to keep me challenged but not too afraid! My 10 year old son, also a beginner, loved joining my lessons with Claude - they gave him the extra boost of confidence and technique to supplement the ski school classes he was doing. I would highly recommend Claude and will certainly book him again when I return to the 3 Valleys.

Tatyana Dobson booked a total of 12 hours with Claude

Steven S.
20/02/2020

5.0

Mixed

Claude took me, my wife and four teenage children for a 3 hour guided lesson. We are a mixed ability group with 2-50 weeks skiing experience. All of us got something useful out of the lesson. Claude's instruction to each of us was clear and focussed. He has a very nice manner and speaks excellent English. He was exactly what we had hoped.

Steven booked a total of 3 hours with Claude

Jane T.
19/02/2020

5.0

Mixed

With a mixed family group we where a little concerned on how the lesson would work but Claude very quickly assessed and discussed what we wanted to achieve. Claude had the right blend of teaching tips for the more experienced and more in depth pointers for intermediate with good clear demonstrations and skiing practice all achieved in three hours , we all came away very pleased and I would recommend Claude to anyone, as well as him use again in the future, off to practice now.

Jane booked a total of 3 hours with Claude

Ruth O.
10/02/2020

5.0

Beginner

Claude was a great instructor, he pushed us just the right amount to make sure we made progress. He also made sure every time we did something wrong we understood why and what we should be doing - we didn’t have time to perfect everything but definitely have the tools to move forward. Highly recommend!

Ruth booked a total of 4 hours with Claude

gina W.
25/01/2020

5.0

Beginner

Claude was a fantastic tutor. Very patient and understanding as some of us were very nervous. Would 100% recommend him 🙌🙌

gina booked a total of 2 full days with Claude

Donna M.
28/02/2019

5.0

Beginner

He was great with my son aged 5 and me. We had a great time. I couldn’t have managed without him. Thanks

Donna booked a total of 9 hours with Claude

Ruth P.
27/02/2019

5.0

Intermediate

Claude was a fantastic instructor. We were a small group of two forty-something mums and one teenage son. Claude asked us what we wanted to achieve and quickly assessed our capabilities. We had two afternoons that were exactly the right mix of technique and challenge. We have all improved our skiing technique and have greater confidence. He provided excellent feedback along the way and I wouldn't hesitate to recommend him.

Ruth booked a total of 6 hours with Claude

Neal K.
06/01/2019

5.0

Beginner

Claude is a fantastic and patient teacher. We went from snow-ploughing to parallel turning (when we remembered our technique!) over three two-hour sessions. For two people very much lacking in confidence this was exactly what we needed - Claude gave us great technical feedback throughout and we had a lot of laughs too. Would highly recommend - thanks Claude!

Neal booked a total of 6 hours with Claude

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