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Home Area: Mt. Hood Meadows
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Home Area: Snoqualmie Summit
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Home Area: Mt. Hood Meadows
Biography
Role/Position(s) on our Northwest team and Nationally:
Technical Team Member, Divisional Clinic Leader, and Alpine Examiner
Job(s) within and outside the ski industry, both winter & summer:
Ski Industry: Mt. Hood Meadows Ski Resort Instructor / Trainer, On-hill Pro Rep for Salomon Sports. Non-Ski Industry: Founder and CEO 509 INC and Barnes Design INC, INC. – In a nutshell … I make things look good. Projects include private homes, printed catalogs, company logos, web sites, mt. bike guidebooks, some product design … and, yes, this web site.
Favorite hobby when not snow skiing:
Mountainbiking, Photography, Travel, Building Stuff, Importing Original Minis as well as playing with and teaching my daughter Ottilie.
If you could have any super power, what would it be and why?
Teleportation because there are so many cool places to see in this world and it always takes too long and costs too much to get there. “Beam me over there, Scotty!”
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Home Area: Mt. Hood Meadows
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Home Area: Eaglecrest
Biography
Role/Position(s) in the Northwest:
Division Clinic Leader and Children’s Specialist Clinician
Job(s) within and outside the ski industry, both winter & summer:
Instructor and Trainer Eaglecrest, Past President Alaska Division, Alpine III, Telemark II, Cross-Country III, Snowboard I and CS-2 . Commercial fisherman in SE Alaska.
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Home Area: Eaglecrest
Biography
Role/Position(s) in the Northwest:
Division Clinic Leader, Alpine and Children’s Examiner
Job(s) within and outside the ski industry, both winter & summer:
Senior Instructor and Trainer Eaglecrest, Past President Alaska Division, Alpine III, CS-2 and Adaptive I. Pilot Wings Airways Juneau AK.
Favorite hobby when not snow skiing:
Flying (for fun not work), hiking, hunting, and travelling with my “child bride” (Jeffra) and German Shepard dog (Super Cruiser).
If you could have any super power, what would it be and why?
Make it SNOW- Summer is for people who don’t know how to ski!
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Home Area: Crystal Mountain
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Home Area: Mt. Bachelor
Biography
Greg Dixon is a PSIANW Telemark Examiner and DCL. He teaches for Mt. Bachelor Snowsports School, in Central Oregon.
Biography
Mike’s home hill is Stevens Pass
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Home Area: Skibacs at Snoqualmie Central
Biography
Brian works at Mt. Hood Meadows
Biography
Peter’s home hill is Mt. Hood Meadows
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Home Area: Crystal Mountain
Biography
Home Hill: Whitefish Mountain
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Home Area: Mt. Baker
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Home Area: Mt. Hood Meadows
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Home Area: Stevens Pass
Biography
Role/Position(s) in the Northwest:
Divisional Clinic Leader and Examiner, past PSIA-NW Board Member, past PSIA-NW Board President
Job(s) within and outside the ski industry, both winter & summer:
Trainer & Coach, Team Lyon at Stevens Pass; Hydraulics Engineer – Snohomish County Surface Water Management; Head Groom – Event Horizon Farm
Favorite hobby when not snow skiing:
Show Jumping (horses), bicycling and golf
If you could have any super power, what would it be and why?
Telekinesis so I can help my horse jump the really big jumps!
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Home Area: Mt. Hood Meadows
Biography
Role/Position(s) on our Northwest team and Nationally:
Technical Team Member, 2nd Term
Other positions held within PSIA both Regionally & Nationally:
PSIA-NW Examiner, Divisional Clinic Leader
Job(s) within and outside the ski industry, both winter & summer:
Jobs With-in Ski Industry: Frontline Instructor/Trainer Mt Hood Meadows Ski Resort, Mt. Hood, Oregon. Jobs Outside Ski Industry: Founder of Kid Institute of Technology and small time hay farmer.
Favorite hobby when not snow skiing:
Spending time with my wife, Biking (Both kinds Country & Western), Wind Surfing
If you could have any super power, what would it be and why?
My superpower would be to control the weather. It wouldn’t rain on my freshly cut hay, it would be the perfect temperature for riding bikes, the wind would blow a clean 3.7 and the temp would be 82 for windsurfing, it would snow 18-24” overnight at 17 degrees with no wind and blue sky for skiing/riding.
Biography
Elle works at Schweitzer
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Home Area: Mt. Hood Meadows
Biography
Role/Position(s) on our Northwest team and Nationally:
Technical Team Member
Other positions held within PSIA both Regionally & Nationally:
PSIA-NW Board Member, NW Representative on the ASEA Board, Examiner, Divisional Clinic Leader
Job(s) within and outside the ski industry, both winter & summer:
Instructor/Trainer Mt Hood Meadows Ski Resort, Mt. Hood, Oregon
Summer Ski Clinician for Timberline Resort, Mt. Hood, Oregon
Co-Founder of weekly Movement Analysis training session in Portland, OR
Owner of Creekstone Designs, a residential remodeling company
Favorite hobby when not snow skiing:
Fly fishing and Crossfit,
If you could have any super power, what would it be and why?
TBA
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Home Area: Crystal Mountain, Stevens Pass, & Snoqualmie Summit
Biography
Role/Position(s) on our Northwest team and Nationally:
Techncal Team Head Coach, Team member since 1986, oh my goodness!
Other positions held within PSIA both Regionally & Nationally:
Examiner, past National Alpine Team Selector, past Education VP, past National Education Committee Member, Level III Alpine.
Job(s) within and outside the ski industry, both winter & summer:
Ski Instructor/Trainer for Crystal Mountain and Ski Masters and part time at Aspen, President and CEO of Point Lavinia Commercial Charters, Inc. (that means I haul fish), Owner, operator of Black Boat Productions.
Favorite hobby when not snow skiing:
Just got back into flying (airplanes that is)after a long hiatus, way too long.
If you could have any super power, what would it be and why?
To be able to predict the lottery #s. Need I say more?
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Home Area: Mission Ridge
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Home Area: Schweitzer Mountain Resort
Biography
Role/Position(s) on our Northwest team and Nationally:
Technical Team Member, 3rd Term
Other positions held within PSIA both Regionally & Nationally:
Alpine Examiner, Divisional Clinic Leader, Freestyle Specialist Clinician
Job(s) within and outside the ski industry, both winter & summer:
Winter: Snowsports School Director at Schweitzer Mountain Resort, Sandpoint, Idaho. Summer: Waterfront Director at Camp Mivoden Summer Camp & Retreat Center, Racing and freestyle coach for Mt. Hood Summer Ski Camp
Favorite hobby when not snow skiing:
Competitive cycling, road and track. Former Category 1, now lazy and out of shape. Trying to improve my lame guitar skills.
If you could have any super power, what would it be and why?
To be able to invisibly hang up peoples cell phone for them. I think the reason is obvious.
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Home Area: Whitefish, MT
Biography
Role/Position(s) on our Northwest team and Nationally:
PSIA-NW Divisional Clinic Leader
Other positions held within PSIA both Regionally & Nationally:
Alpine Examiner, Children’s Clinician
Job(s) within and outside the ski industry:
Instructor/Trainer Whitefish, Montana – Present
Instructor/Trainer/Director Alyeska Resort, Alaska 2007 – 2021
Instructor/Trainer/Diamond Pro Ski and Snowboard Schools of Aspen 2003-2007
Instructor/Supervisor Coronet Peak Snowsports School Queenstown, New Zealand 2001-2005
Instructor/Trainer Alyeska Resort, Alaska 1998-2004
Favorite hobby when not snow skiing:
Downhill Mountain Biking, Catching up with my family after skiing all winter
If you could have any super power, what would it be and why?
To harness powder for the people! Powder, powder, and more powder. AND, yes I want two, when the ski season is over to be able to make the snow melt overnight so we can go right into Mtn Biking season.
Biography
Mark’s home hill is Mission Ridge
Biography
Home Area: Stevens Pass
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Home Area: Stevens Pass
Biography
Russ Peterson is a PSIA-NW DCL, spent one season teaching full time at the Alf Engen Ski School in Alta Utah and is currently an instructor and trainer with the
Stevens Pass Ski & Snowboard School at Stevens Pass.
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Home Area: Mt. Bachelor
Biography
Nic’s home hill is Mt. Hood Meadows
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Home Area: Mt. Hood Meadows
Biography
Role/Position(s) on our Northwest team and Nationally:
Technical Team Member
Other positions held within PSIA both Regionally & Nationally:
Divisional Clinic Leader, Alpine Examiner in Training
Job(s) within and outside the ski industry, both winter & summer:
Winter Job: Ski and Snowboard School Manager, Mt. Hood Meadows, Oregon
Summer Job: Head Coach, Timberline Atomic Summer Snow Camps, Timberline, Oregon
Favorite hobby when not snow skiing:
Summer League softball and pick-up basketball
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Home Area: Crystal Mountain
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Home area: Stevens Pass
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Home Area: Skibacs at Snoqualmie Central
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Home Area: 49 Degrees North
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Home Area: Mt. Bachelor
Biography
Tara is a PSIA-NW Alpine Clinician and Training Director at Mt. Bachelor Ski Resort in Bend, Oregon. She has been an instructor at Mt. Bachelor and member of PSIA for 16 years.
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Home Area: Whitefish Mountain Resort
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Home Area: Mt. Hood Meadows
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Home Area: Schweitzer Mountain Resort (not a Spokane area representative)
Biography
Role/Position(s) on our Northwest team and Nationally:
Technical Team Mentor and PSIA-NW Certification VP, Former Technical Team Head Coach and Team Founder.
Job(s) within and outside the ski industry, both winter & summer:
Past:
Ski School Director, Schweitzer Ski Area, 1970-1972
Director of Skiing, 49° North, 1972-1983
Instructor & Coach, Alpental Ski Area, 1983-1984
General Manager, Marketing Director, COO, Ski Lifts Inc, 1984-1997
PSIA-NW Board Member 1975-1986, PSIA-NW Technical VP 1978-1985
Present:
Schweitzer Alpine Racing School (S.A.R.S) Coach
Instructor Trainer, Schweitzer Mountain Ski & Ride Center
PSIA-NW Examiner 1975-Present
PSIA National Examiner 1984-Present
Favorite hobby when not snow skiing:
Bicycling, Fishing, Hunting, Hiking, Backpacking and more!
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Home Area: Mission Ridge
Biography
Role/Position(s) on our Northwest team and Nationally:
Technical Team Member
Other positions held within PSIA both Regionally & Nationally:
Divisional Clinic Leader, Alpine Examiner
Job(s) within and outside the ski industry, both winter & summer:
Instructor/Trainer 49 Degrees North Resort 1981-2000, Race Coach at Schweitzer 2000-2007, Trainer 49 Degrees North Resort 2008-2009. Currently at Meulink Engineering and traveling around the NW skiing with PSIA-NW Members!
Favorite hobby when not snow skiing:
Flyfishing, boating, mountain biking and waiting for snow
Super Hero: I would want to be iceman and make it cold to produce ice shaving and more snowflakes for all of the ski resorts
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Home Area: Methow Valley
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Home Area: Snoqualmie Summit
Biography
Works at Mt. Hood Meadows and Timberline Resorts
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Home Area: Mt. Bachelor
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Home Area: Methow Valley
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Home Area: Mt. Spokane
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Home Area: 49° North Mountain Resort
Biography
Rick Brown is the Director of Skiing and Snowboarding at 49° North Mountain Resort, PSIA-NW DCL, Snowboard Examiner, PSIA-NW Board Member and Snowboard Committee Member.
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Home Area: Stevens Pass
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Home Area: Mt. Spokane
Biography
Emily’s home hill is Mt. Hood Meadows
Biography
David’s splits his time between Hilltop and Alyeska
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Home Area: Timberline
Biography
Steve Muise is the Director at Timberline Ski and Ride School, is an AASI-NW Examiner, Divisional Clinic Leader and is always ready to go out and put the fun in teaching snowsports!
Biography
Malcolm’s home hill is Mt. Baker
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Home Area: Hoodoo
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Home Area: Mt. Hood Meadows
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Home Area: Crystal Mountain
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Home Area: Mt. Bachelor
Biography
Greg Dixon is a PSIANW Telemark Examiner and DCL. He teaches for Mt. Bachelor Snowsports School, in Central Oregon.
Biography
Shelley’s home hill is 49 Degrees North
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Home Area: Mt. Bachelor
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Home area: Stevens Pass
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Home Area: 49 Degrees North