"From 3 to 77 years old, each skier has is talented in its own way. My ambition is to give you the tools and the technique that will enable you to get more pleasure skiing, whether you are beginner or an expert."
Passionate traveler and experimented instructor, Patrick knows the slopes of Courchevel like no one like no one the Courchevel slopes.
Patrick was born in the mountains, in Chamonix. As a real mountains lover, he starts skiing very early, at the age of 2, and immediately falls in love with this winter sport. Quickly, Patrick feels the desire to try competition. This is how he participates in skiing World Cup four seasons in a row, than, and handled the preparation of the slalomers' skis of the French Team. During this period, he also equips Rok PETROVIC, youngest “Slalom” winner in the World Cup, but also Alexander ZHIROV, winner of the Crystal Globe of the Giant World Cup at the beginning of the eighties.
Patrick knows Courchevel well, since he worked there as a ski technician for Rossignol, and hit the slopes guided by several skiers members of the French Team, such as Patrick LAMOTTE or Alain NAVILLOD.
It is in 1998 that Patrick becomes an instructor on the area, when he is called to help in the ranks of the ESF of Courchevel by Didier CRETIN, during a week of February. Then, his passion for skiing, his desire to transmit his expertise and his desire to help his students to progress convinced him.
The Courchevel area offers to this passionate instructor every necessary condition to his happiness : amazing mountains, snow, perfect conditions, whatever the snow and the landscapes.
For his clients to progress, Patrick counts on an intense practice of skiing, and a lot of care and individuals advices. His greatest satisfaction is to see his students improving, season after season. This passionate instructor has also guided his clients on the slopes of Chamonix, Val d’Isère, Méribel and Chamrousse ; and he will also bring his students to Japan very soon. Great traveller, he hit slopes in Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Germany, Slovenia, Sweden, Norway, Spain or also Czechoslovakia. Other landscapes and different atmospheres that will never replace Courchevel in his heart.
His best memories as an instructor are moments with his students, when they are surprised to push their limits with as much ease.
Very athletic, this instructor also practices trekking, trail, biking and loves travelling. When he doesn’t dream about the famous red suit of the instructors of the ESF, Patrick is the CEO of his own sweaters distribution factory.
His favorite slopes in Courchevel are La Combe des Pylônes, Les Creux Noirs, Les Suisses, La Saulire and Le Dou des Lanches. He also likes La Tania, a perfect off-piste itinerary. Outside the area, Patrick loves the ski slopes of Le Brevent, the Lauberhorn in Wengen, the Streif in Kitzbuhel but also La Face of Bellevarde and Le Plan of Solaise in Val d’Isère.