alltracks academy ski & snowboard courses

About Us

Alltracks Academy Team

Meet the team who run the ALLTRACKS ski & snowboard courses. We all love life in the mountains and spend the winters enjoying the best sports on earth. Hopefully you can join us out there. If you have any questions at all for us or if you want to find out more about the programmes we run, please get in touch. You can email us, or call us on +44 (0)1794 388 034 - we would LOVE to hear from you.

Guy Hetherington leads the coaching team, a hand picked selection of the best instructors and guides. All our coaches in Canada are CSIA/CASI examiners and in France they are BASI L4 with the European Safety Module. Our guides are either ACMG or UIAGM qualified.

 Guy Level 4 ski instructor Whistler Alltracks

 

 

 

 
PAUL BEARD
Director UK Operations

Upon graduating from Exeter University in 1999, Paul served in the British Army as a Royal Green Jacket officer - but not before doing two seasons skiing powder out in St Anton in the Arlberg. Paul set up ALLTRACKS Academy with a desire to offer the ultimate ski and snowboard courses to people as passionate about skiing and snowboarding as he is.

Paul is Mountain Leader (summer), Rock Leader trained, qualified ski instructor and an enthusiastic backcountry skier. However, he leaves the training to the real experts - using only the very best Mountain Guides and Ski & Snowboard Instructors with the highest qualifications and experience.

You can email Paul directly:
paul@alltracksacademy.com

 Whistler Snowboard Instructor

 
 
 
 Vick Alltracks Team
 
 
MOWGLI
Big Mountain Ripper

Mowgli is shocking at replying to emails - so don't even bother trying to contact him.

Mowgli almost didn't make it into the team line up. Despite being a fantastic big mountain rider, he can be pretty lazy around the ALLTRACKS office. He seems to think he can get away with sleeping during the day, sniffing around the garden and riding powder whenever he wants.

GUY HETHERINGTON
Director Canada Operations and Lead Instructor

Guy is responsible for running the ALLTRACKS courses out in Whistler as well as being our Lead Instructor. He is an inspiration to ski with and makes every session both challenging and fun, regardless of your ability. Guy has been at the forefront of the sport for the last decade:

  • CSIA Level 4 - The highest qualification offered by the Canadian Ski Instructors Alliance
  • Guy received the highest marks awarded on his Level 4 exams, with unprecedented marks for his demonstration of expert skiing, expert teaching and Instructor Training.
  • Guy established himself as one of the very top CSIA examiners, ranking in the top 5 instructors in Western Canada
  • Prior to joining ALLTRACKS, he was one of 4 trainers responsible for driving Whistler Blackcomb's prestigious Level 4 training programme, making the best instructors even better.
  • Guy leads a team of hand picked ski & snowboard examiners who share his drive and passion for delivering high level training to skiers and snowboarders of all stages of development.
  • Guy is a two time winner of the Whistler Powder 8s and was 4th in the World Powder Comp at Mike Wiegele Heli Skiiing in 2007.

You can email Guy directly:
guy@alltracksacademy.com

 

Alltracks Team

PAUL HOWARD
Lead Snowboard Instructor
Paul is Whistler Blackcomb's Head Snowboard Trainer - responsible for the training of the WB trainers and staff. As a CASI Level 4 Instructor and CASI Level 3 Examiner, Paul's experience in training people how to teach is just as important to ALLTRACKS, as his ability to make you a shredder! With over 12 years experience in teaching outdoor sports and training instructors, and as a pass gap year snowboard program attendee himself, Paul cares deeply about your experience in Whistler, and will do all he can to make sure it beats any expectations you may have.
 
He likes free donuts, biking when the snow melts (he's owns and operates North America's largest provider of Mountain Bike Instructor Training: ZEP Bike Training), short walks from the couch to the fridge, and living in Whistler.
 

 

 


VICK BEARD
Marketing

Vick and Paul met whilst studying at Exeter but cemented their relationship skiing and snowboarding for a season out in St Anton. Following this, Vick traded her skis for a suit and went into the world of private banking with Credit Suisse First Boston in London. After a number of years Vick retrained as a Montessori teacher which, although enjoyable, did not offer as much snow time as she needed.

Paul and Vick are joined by their little daughter Isabella and son Oliver out in the mountains. Izzy & Ollie can't wait to start ripping up the backcountry with their mum and dad and being better than both of them by the time they're six!

 

Alltracks team - Canada Ski Courses