Members of the the Technical Team are part of the PSIA-NW Divisional Staff. As well, members of the team are considered as being some of the top snowsports professionals in the Northwest.
Current Team Members
TylerBarnesPersonal Email:INTERNET
Role(s): Alpine Clinician, Alpine Examiner, Technical Team
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:
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.
JohnMayNorthwest Rep on PSIA-AASI Board, Ex-Officio NW BoardPersonal Email:INTERNET
Role(s): Alpine Clinician, Alpine Examiner, Technical Team
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
NickMcDonaldPast Team Head Coach & Team MentorPersonal Email:INTERNET
Role(s): Alpine Clinician, Alpine Examiner, Technical Team
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?
RyanMcDonaldPersonal Email:INTERNET
Role(s): Alpine Clinician, Examiner in Training, Technical Team
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.
JeremyRissPersonal Email:INTERNET
Role(s): Alpine Clinician, Alpine Examiner, Technical Team
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
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.
ChrisThompsonTechnical Team Founder, Past Team Head Coach & Team MentorPersonal Email:INTERNET
Role(s): Alpine Clinician, Alpine Examiner, Technical Team
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!
Past Technical Team Members
*Denotes past head coach
Brian Alley, Stan Aunan, Corrine Bison, Jim Bison, Steve Bratt, Dee Byrne, Walt Chauner, Mike Corcoran, Jeff Cordell, Linda Cowan, Matt Dresher, Randy Green, Chris Kastner, Karin Harjo, Gavin Kerr-Hunter, Ron Kipp, Dave Lucas, Dave Lyon, Mary Macpherson, Randy Malikowski, Dave Mann, Scott Mathers, Peter May, Dave McBarron, Nick McDonald*, Lane McLaughlin, Larry Murdoch, Ron (RJ) Nichoalds, Mike Norton, Marty O’Connor, Steve Olwin, Kent Palmer, Jack Patton, Bob Peck, Jason Petek, Kim Petram, Sarah Richardson, Rick Roberts, Phil Rotherham, Dave Russell, Chris Saario, Rick Saul, David Sword, Roger Taggart, Gerald Wallace, Bruce Ware, Nelson Wingard, Kelly Yackley, Calvin Yamamoto*, Amy Zahm.
