JACOB McCLEARY, 27, CHRISTCHURCH

Jake is Kingswood’s official Envoy. An all-round good guy, Jake is a competitive skier, judge and coach. Jake’s home base is the Canterbury club fields, but when he’s not on the snow, Jake can be found tinkering with hot rods. A welder, pin-striper and mechanic, Jake is a man of many talents, which is why we’ve conscripted him to become one of the guru technicians at the Ski & Snowboard Surgery.

Watch the trailer for New Zealand's first free ski film, Tu Meke, starring Jake.