Stav fancies himself as a bit of an action man! From waist deep powder on his board to head high waves under a kite to cloud topping madness with a paraglider we completely agree with him!! Not to be encouraged Stav has an unhealthy appetite for extreme sports and general mischief, it’s his cheeky smile that saves him from one of these and his out and out professionalism that keeps him the safe the rest of the time.

Stav dedicated his life to travelling and working across the sports industry from an early age. Whether it was windsurfing, kitesurfing, snowboarding or skiing Stav has a wealth of teaching knowledge that can only be gained from working with so many sports. Moreover, he has worked as a manager with Neilson active holidays and owned and operated one of the UK’s first specialist kiteboarding shops and training centres (”ohhh, check you out”, Donnie!)

All of this has eventually led to winters with Synergy and summers running his own kite surf school in brighton: BN1 Kitesurfing.

Qualifications
BASI level 2 Snowboard Instructor, Performance freestyle coach lvl 1, Ski instructor, European mountain safety leader, RYA Level 5 Windsurf Instructor and BKSA and IKO Kitesurf Instructor.

Best thing to do on a snowboard:
find Pow Wow, shred Pow Wow.

Equipment for 2011-12:
Ride 152 DH2, Ride Rodeo bindings and Burton Ion boots. Read my reviews HERE

Camber or reverse camber:
Why choose one when you can have both in the same board?

Stance:
REG +15 -15, 56cm wide.

Favourite trick:
Anything that starts with backside…

If not snowboarding, then what:
Running my kitesurf school BN1 in Brighton or getting as high as possible under my paragliding canopy!

Other sports:
Paragliding, surfing, kite surfing, mountain biking and generally having loads of fun (”is that a sport?” – Donnie!)