...Just to say how much the girls enjoyed your skiing lessons. They found them really good fun, and we never knew they could make such progress in such a short time! Thank you.
...We are chuffed to bits with the progress we made. Your instructor did a superb job in giving us the tools and the confidence we needed. He was full of encouragement, great at giving positive feedback & his instruction was crystal clear (and most importantly, incredibly easy to retain - he gave us some excellent pointers which we both agreed made the world of difference to our skiing)! Thanks again.
Our skiing in Val d'Isere was great this year - pls pass on our thanks to Patrick and Steve. The boys are still talking about their adventures with Steve - a huge hit, thank you. When you start looking at reservations for next year, pls can you book us in!
Just a quick note regarding our ski lessons on the Flying Start. Our instructor was Nick and I wanted to drop you a note to let you know that he was a fantastic instructor. He was incredibly patient and made sure that the group progressed at the same rate despite varying abilities.
Joe and I got an incredible amount from the lessons he gave and we wouldn't hesitate to recommend him to our friends. I was quite nervous about skiing but he put me at ease and I feel that my progress was down to his patience.
Just wanted to say a really big thank you for organising our skiing lessons for us! We have just arrived home from Tignes where we had a beginners course with Nick. The lessons were fantastic and Nick was great. We really appreciate the time he spent with us and cant wait to arrange another skiing trip. We are also very grateful that we were able to learn in such a small group, some of the other lessons we saw going on had about 16-20 beginners in, we were very lucky to have booked up with you!
Just to say BIG thanks to Nick - great lessons and a lot of fun.. 3 days of lessons and I was skiing down a blue run!
I am really writing to thank Nick for his superb instruction. My skiing has been transformed in only five hours of personal instruction! I hadn't had a lesson for more than twenty years and I can say confidently that he was superb, way above the standards of any previous instructors I have had. Nick explained the technical side brilliantly enabling me to fully understand the reasons behind his general instructions, the flow, the arc, the radius, the body stance, etc, etc. I really felt that I have now got to grips with the basics of carving, both in large sweeping turns on blue runs and on shorter turns on steeper red bumpy runs. He also made the lessons great fun.
Just a quick mail to thank you for organising the ski lessons last week and to thank Patrick and Stuart for putting up with us and our inadequacies!! Everyone agreed that having a British instructor in such small groups was well worthwhile and the kids had a lot of fun with Stuart in his lessons.
We had a great holiday, and can I say how much we enjoyed the lessons from your guys. Patrick was great, as was Stuart. Both our boys really improved this holiday and they had fun whilst learning! The 2 instructors really had the right approach with youngsters. As I told you on the phone, I am a reluctant skier and had big confidence problems this trip, but Eddie and especially Simon were so kind and helpful, and I was glad I had that last lesson with Simon because he really helped me to rebuild my technique (such as it is!) so that I will ski next year with less trepidation! Thanks again for your flexible timetable with our family, we appreciated your suggestions. The boys come on so quickly, its hard to keep up!
Hi Marianne,
I just wanted to thank you, Steve and Patrick for the most fantastic time last week. So many things began to make sense for the first time (though I'm not sure Patrick or Steve saw any physical evidence of things making sense!) that I'm now desperately trying to work out how quickly I can get back and practice.
I just wanted to thank you, Steve and Patrick for the most fantastic time last week. So many things began to make sense for the first time (though I'm not sure Patrick or Steve saw any physical evidence of things making sense!) that I'm now desperately trying to work out how quickly I can get back and practice.
We have just returned from Val D’Isere after a fantastic week of skiing, and would like to thank all at BASS, particularly Nick who we had lessons with. He has brought us on to another level and he gave us the confidence and skills that we lacked in some areas. We wish you a prosperous season and look forward to furthering our skills with BASS next time we visit Val D’Isere.
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Dear Sir,
I am writing to provide you with comments for consideration for the next edition of your book. I have just come back from Val d'Isere where I arranged private lessons with BASS.
This was my wife's 7th ski trip and it promised to be her last because she has never taken to the sport. This was due to a number of factors, including an injury to her knee on her first holiday, a lack of confidence in her abilities and a high level of nervousness.
After a few hours private tuition with Steve Ricketts she has been transformed. Although still limited to blue and green runs, she is now skiing with competence and confidence. Most importantly, she has learned to enjoy the sport. Myself and my 13 year old son had 2-2-1 lessons and we both improved. My son managed to make the transition to skiing like an adult. The impressive thing was the patience of the instructor and the use of a wide range of simple to follow technical exercises which he went through until he found the one that worked.
These were the best lessons any of us have had. I learned a long time ago that group lessons can only take your development so far and this company cannot come with any higher recommendation.
Regards,
L.S.
I am writing to provide you with comments for consideration for the next edition of your book. I have just come back from Val d'Isere where I arranged private lessons with BASS.
This was my wife's 7th ski trip and it promised to be her last because she has never taken to the sport. This was due to a number of factors, including an injury to her knee on her first holiday, a lack of confidence in her abilities and a high level of nervousness.
After a few hours private tuition with Steve Ricketts she has been transformed. Although still limited to blue and green runs, she is now skiing with competence and confidence. Most importantly, she has learned to enjoy the sport. Myself and my 13 year old son had 2-2-1 lessons and we both improved. My son managed to make the transition to skiing like an adult. The impressive thing was the patience of the instructor and the use of a wide range of simple to follow technical exercises which he went through until he found the one that worked.
These were the best lessons any of us have had. I learned a long time ago that group lessons can only take your development so far and this company cannot come with any higher recommendation.
Regards,
L.S.
This is a short note to thank Steve and Patrick for the lessons. My wife, in particular, is transformed. This was going to be her last skiing holiday, but, thanks to Steve, she is enthusiastic. Similarly, I really think Patrick's tuition has made a big difference to our son's skiing.I have already submitted a complementary review to Where To Ski and Snowboard for potential inclusion in next year's edition. Please let me know when you will be ready to take reservations for next year, because I want to make sure we can have lessons next season.