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Abi M.

36 reviews

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‘La Tania’

Private ski

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92% of Abi`s previous customers left 5 star reviews

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92% of Abi`s previous customers left 5 star reviews

Experience: 9 Years
Languages: English , French
Cancellation Policy: Moderate [?]

Hello, I'm Abi. I have been skiing in Courchevel since aged 3, the mountains are my home! I did lots of ski racing with both Courchevel ski club and the British team, where my favorite disciplines were Giant Slalom and Super G, the faster the better !
Along side my ski qualifications, I graduated with a Sports Science degree from Grenoble University. When I am not skiing in Courchevel, I live next to Lake Annecy.

I have been teaching skiing for 9 years now and enjoy teaching all levels of skiing from the little first timers to race techniques, or even just going for a blast through the tress off piste!

Please don't hesitate to get in touch for any more info! I am flexible with lesson times and meeting points (i.e. your lunch spot or hotel)

Excellent with all abilities
Great with beginners
Fun children’s lessons
Superb for intermediates
Fantastic with experts

Personalized, Fun, Flexible Ski Lessons 😁

Overall Rating 5.0

(36 reviews)

(5.0/5)

Friendliness

5.0

Time keeping

5.0

Communication

5.0

Technical feedback

5.0

Ellie L.

13/03/2020

4.8

Beginner

Abi is very friendly and professional, her relaxed approach instantly puts you at ease. We worked on improving my technique in certain areas and Abi gave me some great tips to help overcome a few issues I have. I can thoroughly recommend her.

Ellie booked a total of 2 hours with Abi

Martin S.

10/03/2020

5.0

Intermediate

Amazing day with Abi. Can’t recommend her highly enough. We had loads of fun doing various trails, on piste, off piste & trees. Lots of instruction Which was communicated extremely well and put in simple terms. We’ll definitely be booking Abi again. Thank you!!

Martin booked a total of 1 full day with Abi

Jamie W.

06/03/2020

5.0

Intermediate

We couldn’t recommend Abi highly enough. Alex and Harrison had blast in some great and challenging conditions. Skiing improved massively. Thanks Abi

Jamie booked a total of 15 hours with Abi

Francesca J.

25/02/2020

5.0

Beginner

Abi was so patient, lovely & made me feel at ease. Would highly recommend

Francesca booked a total of 3 hours with Abi

Susan G.

21/02/2020

5.0

Beginner

Abi was a fantastic instructor and she was exactly what I needed as a very nervous adult beginner. It was more than just the technical skiing skills I learned from her - she introduced me to all of the tows and lifts and helped me understand the layout of the runs but most importantly she put me at ease. I would definitely recommend Abi and she would be great with all levels of experience I am sure. If I am every lucky enough to return to Meribel I will be looking her up again.

Susan booked a total of 4 hours with Abi

Rajiv P.

08/02/2020

5.0

Intermediate

Abi is an excellent instructor with superb communication skills as well ability to spot subtle corrections. She was discussed on the job and not distracted . I had a 2 hr lesson with her on the first day and I was quickly able to progress on my own after. I recommend Abi highly .

Rajiv booked a total of 2 hours with Abi

Neville B.

26/01/2020

5.0

Advanced

Abi was an extremely good teacher and has made my daughter and I feel a lot more confident, and satisfied, when skiing. Abi even took my daughter down the notorious Grand Couloir and she loved it! Not only that but Abi was friendly and chatty too - a brilliant instructor all round.

Neville booked a total of 8.5 hours with Abi

Tamsin H.

24/01/2020

4.8

Beginner

Abi was a fantastic instructor! She was wonderfully friendly and managed to teach a group of 6 of us of all different ages and abilities! We all managed to take a lot from each lesson. She managed to teach techniques which made things easy that I had struggled a lot with previously! One of our party was very nervous of skiing and the lifts. Abi was extremely good at reassuring her and calmly teaching her how to work through the fears practically. She was also great with our two 8 year olds. Who are quite difficult to handle with bucket loads of energy!! Thanks very much Abi for a great week!

Tamsin booked a total of 12 hours with Abi

Ciaran O.

20/01/2020

5.0

Beginner

I left my 2 girls with Abi, for two mornings and they had a fantastic time with her. They were complete beginners but came back from their lessons beaming with happiness and confidence in what they were doing. Both girls loved being with Abi and were very disappointed when they found out their lessons had finished, they wanted to be with her everyday. I don’t have enough praise for for Abi as an instructor and would recommend to everybody. Thank you from me, Olive and Delilah

Ciaran booked a total of 4 hours with Abi

Man Pun Eric Y.

18/01/2020

5.0

Beginner

I had a 1:1 skiing learning sessions with Abi for 3 days, 2 hours per day. She is kind and friendly, so I felt a strong sense of safety when I had lessons with her. Initially, I was a complete beginner to skiing. However, at the end of the course, I was able to do skiing parallelly rather than in unbalanced. She is enthusiastic, skilled and full of knowledge so I would recommend her to anyone. I would be happy to have more lessons with her as I enjoyed the lessons so much. Cheers, Jess Tong

Man Pun Eric booked a total of 2 hours with Abi

Matthew C.

17/01/2020

5.0

Mixed

Abi was the best! She was great with both the beginning and advanced skiers in our group. She was excellent at helping to build confidence. She knew all of the best runs for us to practice on. There were absolutely no issues. We definitely recommend her!

Matthew booked a total of 2 hours with Abi

Man Pun Eric Y.

17/01/2020

5.0

Beginner

Man Pun Eric booked a total of 4 hours with Abi

Claire M.

27/12/2019

5.0

Intermediate

Abi was great, particularly at helping me with my confidence and technique

Claire booked a total of 2 hours with Abi

Adam B.

13/04/2019

5.0

Beginner

Abi took my 9 year old daughter for 3 morning sessions in La Tania. My daughter absolutely loved her and was delighted to go off with her in the mornings. She progressed so much and increased in confidence to the point where she can now completely keep up with the older children in our group, and with better style too! Abi was just as warm and friendly as she looks, so smiley and fun, absolutely the sort of person you would want to teach your child to ski. Thanks Abi!

Adam booked a total of 12 hours with Abi

Paul T.

31/03/2019

5.0

Beginner

Incredible patience instilling confidence all week for me to ski with Paul in the afternoon on the Friday and all day Saturday Kathryn

Paul booked a total of 2 hours with Abi

Margot G.

26/03/2019

5.0

Intermediate

We had a lovely time with Abi and regained our confidence on the slopes.

Margot booked a total of 6 hours with Abi

Gary C.

24/03/2019

5.0

Beginner

My friend and I arranged a two hour complete beginner lesson with Abi. We were both very impressed with with how she communicated every aspect of the lesson from putting on the ski's to making the first snow plough turns. Very friendly and helpful with useful tips to build beginners confidence.

Gary booked a total of 2 hours with Abi

Nikki R.

20/03/2019

5.0

Intermediate

Thoroughly enjoyed our tuition, highly recommend and would book again for more

Nikki booked a total of 2 hours with Abi

nick b.

13/03/2019

5.0

Beginner

Really fun & enjoyable lessons and got me on the slopes in no time at all to a decent level.

nick booked a total of 5 hours with Abi

Paul C.

11/03/2019

5.0

Intermediate

Great lesson, lots of fun!

Paul booked a total of 2 hours with Abi

Vanessa C.

04/03/2019

5.0

Beginner

Abi was fantastic with my daughter, who really liked Abi. Abi was very friendly, encouraging and they definitely had fun together!

Vanessa booked a total of 2 hours with Abi

Clare H.

02/03/2019

5.0

Intermediate

Abi managed to ensure two teenagers and Mum all gained massively from 8 hours of lessons over three days. We would definately rebook

Clare booked a total of 2 hours with Abi

Robin P.

28/02/2019

5.0

Beginner

Abi was the best!

Robin booked a total of 2 hours with Abi

Maida J.

16/02/2019

5.0

Beginner

Abi was simply fantastic, and really worked hard to help our group of mixed ages, including a 6 year old. She was clear and supportive in her coaching and guidance, but also made it a lot of fun! She was attentive to those needing extra support and was able to keep tabs on everyone! She has enabled our group of 1st time skiera to be confident in the green runs in our area, and feel able to attempt the more challenging ones. Her extensive knowledge of the area enabled her to show us a few different runs that we could use and it made the rest of our stay even better, if returning to this area will definitely book Abi again!! Thank you!!

Maida booked a total of 3 hours with Abi

Diogo R.

05/02/2019

5.0

Beginner

Very friendly and very useful technical tips. We were able to progress our ski level. Recommend

Diogo booked a total of 4 hours with Abi

Graham L.

28/01/2019

4.9

Beginner

Abi was a wonderful tutor to my daughter Josie, She has improved a lot in the short time that we were away this year. Abi was friendly; instructive and gave positive feedback and my daughter looked forward to her lessons. Highly recommend

Graham booked a total of 4 hours with Abi

Gregory C.

27/01/2019

5.0

Intermediate

Abi est très pedagogue et très professionnelle. Elle relève rapidement les erreurs techniques et propose des exercices spécifiques pour s'améliorer. Patience, elle n'hésites pas à répéter plusieurs fois si besoin. Merci Abi

Gregory booked a total of 4 hours with Abi

Jaime M.

23/01/2019

5.0

Intermediate

Abi was absolutely brilliant and explained everything really well! Making it a lot easier for me to learn new techniques! I would highly recommend having a lesson!

Jaime booked a total of 10 hours with Abi

Jennifer M.

29/12/2018

5.0

Beginner

My daughter and I had a brilliant lesson with Abbie on the first morning of our ski holiday, she was very helpful and patient and improved our confidence and abilities lots.

Jennifer booked a total of 3 hours with Abi

Louise R.

24/12/2018

5.0

Beginner

Abi is a complete STAR!! Just back from a week in Meribel where Abi very quickly brought our three 9/10 year olds boys, from complete beginner skiers to being able to complete a red run in just three morning lessons!! The boys absolutely loved her and we can't fault her - great communication throughout, always professional, very warm and personable. Such a joy to see our boys loving their skiing and having the confidence (& skills/control) to tackle anything!! Thank you Abi for the best start. We'll see you again I'm sure x

Louise booked a total of 9 hours with Abi

Ivor W.

04/05/2018

5.0

Abi was fantastic with my 6 yo daughter, who had never skied before, and loved it... Extremely highly recommended.

Ivor booked a total of 6 hours with Abi

Lindy C.

10/04/2018

5.0

Undoubtedly the best ski teacher we have ever found. My three children (girl, 12, boy, 10, girl, 9) all loved her. They learnt so much from Abi and their skiing improved significantly over the week.

Lindy booked a total of 9 hours with Abi

Niall McCallum M.

14/03/2018

5.0

Great instructor, very flexible in approach to suit our small groups requirements. Would highly recommend.

Niall McCallum booked a total of 4 hours with Abi

Mrs E.

11/02/2018

5.0

Abi was a great teacher for my daughter (aged 5). She was friendly, made the whole experience really fun and enjoyable. She was quick to respond to our messages and answer our questions and generally very kind and helpful! Thanks Abi!

Mrs booked a total of 2 hours with Abi

Rob B.

02/01/2018

5.0

We booked Abi for 3 days to teach our grow of 3 14 year old girls. Absolutely great experience. Booking like this is more expensive than ESF but a world of difference. Wish we'd tried it years ago. Abi was great fun and the girls developed so much over those 3 days. Thank you!

Rob booked a total of 9 hours with Abi

Steve B.

26/12/2016

5.0

In 2 hours, Abi's advice and exercises really improved our technique. Thanks so much! Steve and Polly

Steve booked a total of 2 hours with Abi

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