Alpinemojo may be a young Verbier ski school, but our ski instructors are all very experienced skiers with qualifications to match.
When we were forming the company, we took time to consider what type of ski instructors we wanted to offer our clients – specifically seeking out experienced skiers, great ski teachers who loved to teach, and people who were good company.
Meet The Team
Roddy Willis
Ski Instructor, Verbier
IASI Level 4 (ISIA Card)
Swiss Brevet Federal
Italian Meastro de Ski
Roddy has been living in Verbier since 2005 and is one of the directors, owners and founding partners of Alpinemojo.
Roddy tried an office job in the 80’s and quickly realised it wasn’t for him. He decided to head for the Alps in 1988 and has never looked back, working in a number of different jobs from hotel dish washer to ski school technical director and managing to do nearly three full ski seasons whilst getting a degree in furniture design! The common thread running through the past 28 years is Roddy’s love of the mountains and skiing. Roddy is a born communicator and combines this with his love of skiing and vast experience to help his clients achieve goals beyond their expectations.
Steve Gray
Snowboard Instructor, Verbier
Swiss Brevet Federal
Steve has been living and working in Verbier since 1999.
Whilst skiing in New Zealand’s Southern Alps on a gap year, Steve ended up sharing accommodation with the Transworld snowboarding team. They lent him a snowboard and from that moment he was hooked.
Back in the UK, Steve felt snowboarding beckoning to him. To feed his addiction, Steve came to Verbier for what he believed would be just one winter season. A few seasons later, he decided to quit the UK and live in the mountains to continue his training to become a snowboard instructor. He was the first British person to obtain the Swiss Brevet Federal Snowboard Instructor qualification.
During the summer months, Steve runs his own successful flooring business and spends the winter months doing what he loves most – teaching snowboarding and riding with friends.
Steve has a vast knowledge of snowboarding. Whether you’re a rookie or looking to improve your technique, Steve’s your man!
Chris Buckley
Ski Instructor, Verbier
BASI Level 2
Chris has been skiing in Verbier since 1992 and is one of the directors and owners of Alpinemojo.
After completing a degree in Pharmacology/Physiology, Chris spent the next 30 years working in a variety of international marketing roles within the pharmaceutical industry. He has been lucky enough to have been living and working in Switzerland for the past 24 years.
In 2014, he decided to make a small change to his career, resigned from his company and signed up for a gap-year ski instructor-training course (secured his BASI L2 qualification) and had great fun, both improving his own skiing and loving to help others to improve their skiing technique/confidence and their overall ski happiness index.
This year, Chris decided to combine his love for skiing and helping others to love skiing with his commercial skills and is one of the founding partners in Alpinemojo.
