About Me
"My name is Timothée, ski instructor and passionate about skiing since I could walk — or almost."
My Approach: Unlocking Every Skier's Potential
What drives me deeply is transmission. Sharing my passion for the mountains, and giving you the keys to evolve there with freedom and confidence.
My experience as a high-level coach, enriched by training in mental preparation, taught me one essential thing: confidence precedes performance.
Beyond pure technique, I believe in a holistic approach. What excites me is finding, together with you, the levers to unlock a situation, whether it's a mental block or a technical plateau.
My method is simple: clear, committed practice, entirely adapted to you. We start from your desires, your apprehensions, your goals — to build a customized progression together. My role is to respond with the right technical and mental tools, whether you're a beginner or an expert.
My goal is the same for every skier, from complete beginner to competitor: Give you the keys to free your skiing, overcome a block, succeed in a turn you thought impossible, and above all, help you rediscover that childlike wonder with every descent.
My Journey
Born and raised in La Plagne, I inherited skiing. Put on skis at two years old by my parents, both ski instructors, the mountains quickly became my playground... then my competition ground.
I joined the La Plagne Sports Club early on, followed a sports-studies curriculum, and dedicated my adolescence to competition, with a preference for freestyle: moguls, halfpipe, slopestyle, skicross... all terrains of expression that forged my technique and creativity.
After hanging up my bib, the obvious choice emerged: to teach. My first teaching season confirmed this calling, and a few years later I joined the Sports Club coaching team. For 15 years, I directed the freestyle section, an incredible human and sporting adventure.
With my team, we trained many young athletes, seven of whom reached the World Cup circuit. Among the highlights: accompanying Tess Ledeux during her X-Games debut (silver medal), and Timothé Roch at the Youth Olympics in Korea and Junior World Championships in New Zealand.
Today, as a young father, I split my winters between personalized teaching and coaching with the Savoie Committee. A precious balance that daily nourishes my passion for skiing and sharing.
This love for my resort doesn't stop at the slopes. I devoted several years to writing a 358-page book about the history of skiing in La Plagne and its champions. A way to honor this mountain that has given me so much and to transmit, differently.
My Training
- French State Diploma in Alpine Skiing
- French State Diploma in Water Skiing
- Mental Preparation Training - Success Strategy by Philippe Leclerc
- Civil Engineering Diploma (quite useful for building igloos!)
Legal Information
SIRET: 519 360 994 00015
Sports Instructor Professional Card: 03810ED0310
My Other Passions: Adventure with a Capital A
The mountains taught me to love effort, silence, and wide-open spaces. This passion naturally led me to explore the world, always seeking encounters, raw landscapes, and strong experiences.
Over the years, I've traveled to more than 60 countries, often solo and self-sufficient, with curiosity and the desire to push my limits as my only guides.
Some memorable adventures:
- • I left home to reach Ukraine by hitchhiking, then crossed Siberia and Kazakhstan by train.
- • Another time, I hitchhiked from France to Iran.
- • I crossed Africa in a converted 4x4, through dunes, tracks, savannas, and corrupt police...
- • In South America, I spent two weeks immersed in the Amazon, and skied on Huayna Potosi in Bolivia.
- • In Asia, I backpacked from Pakistan to Vietnam, via the legendary Karakoram Highway.
- • I went skiing and mountaineering independently in Kyrgyzstan, in the heart of the Tian Shan.
- • And I walked for a month in the Annapurna, Nepal, among suspended valleys and mythical peaks.
These experiences taught me adaptation, humility, patience... Qualities I now bring to each student, on the slopes and beyond.
It would be a pleasure to share a piece of the mountain with you — whether to improve, marvel, or simply glide with pleasure.