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!”

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?

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.