Working Hard with Ellis Brigham
Ellis Brigham is one of the largest ski retailers in the UK. They also have a fantastic website with a wide selction of ski and mountaineering gear. This is the third year Ellis Brigham has worked with New Generation supplying our instructors with our awesome North Face uniforms.

*Special Offer - every New Generation client receives a discount voucher which you can use when you return to the UK!!

Ali Rainback (Director of New Generation)
We have chosen the North Face Free Thinker Jacket, the Cargo Park Pant and Red Point Jacket as our uniform this winter. Seeing as our whole team are out in the harsh winter environment for nearly every day of the season, we need something to cope with the elements whilst still look good in front of our clients. The equipment has stood up very well indeed, it looks great but most importantly it has managed to keep the team warm and dry throughout the season. There are a number of points about the kit that is worth knowing so I asked the team to give me their opinion……

The Freethinker Jacket
The Redpoint Jacket

The Freethinker Jacket (North Face)


Ruth Mosley (Ex-British demonstration ski team, BASI Trainer, Instructor in Vallandry)
I love my jacket! I’ve been working with New Generation for four seasons and to be honest this one far exceeds all others we’ve had. It’s well thought out in terms of pockets and zips etc and looks great. It is a shell so you have to be careful to layer up when it’s cold as there is no insulation from the jacket alone but this works well when it’s spring time with hot days on the slopes!

The Redpoint Jacket - (Inner Layer or Spring Jacket)

Ant Pilarski (Ex National Team, Race coachand Verbier Manager)
The Redpoint jacket acts as a jacket on it’s own or a final layer when the weather really gets cold! For teaching skiing at low level you’re not moving around too much so you do tend to get cold and this is where it comes in to it’s own. If you do some more active exercise the jacket doesn’t breathe so you can get a bit uncomfortable from time to time.

The S.T.H Jacket

An excellent spring jacket! Th S.T.H is an extremely comfortable jacket so is perfect for a bit of free skiing. It is water resistent but we don't wear if it looks like rain. We were suprised at how smart it looks and have taken to wearing it throughout the year as a kind of off-the-hill uniform.

The Verdi Down Jacket

Awesome. This is like taking your duvet for a walk. Our snowboarders wear the Verdi on the hill as it is very warm but at the same time extremely well made so you don't get restricted movement like we have experienced in other down jackets. Check the size if you are going to buy one because the smaller members of our team looked a bit swamped!! This is easily the best down jacket we have ever tried. Great work North Face!

The Men's Park Cargo Pant

'Hardcore waterproof, breathable pants for eye-catching romps at the terrain park'

These are the best looking ski and snowboard pants on the mountain. We love the baggy style and the warm liner. There is a BUT - we would argue that there is a slight design floor that we believe you only notice if you are on the mountain for a long period of time in harsh conditions (rain and sleet). The inner leg zips let the water drip into the leg! - This should not put you off as it is very unlikely that you will spend that long on the mountain in terrible conditions. One of the ideas of our relationship with North Face is that we continually provide feedback on kit so we have!!

Ellis Brigham supplied us with all our North Face clothing. If you would like to browse their on-line gear, click on their link below.