Alison Mawditt

Current trainer with Crystal Mountain Ski School, PSIA ACE trainer and past Instructor of the year at Crystal Mt. Alison not only is a superb ski coach, but also is responsible for keeping the Snowperformance office and director in top shape. She is also Snowboard and Telemark certified

Jim Stevens

Originating from Pensylvania Jim came West in search of gravity and found it at Crystal Mountain 11 years ago , he is highly skilled and versatile skier and is a PSIA divisional clinician and race coach, an expert in ski tuning he also works for Greenwater skis the number one race tune in the North West. In the summer he leads cycle trips all over the US for Bicycle Adventures

Nick Mac Donald

A superb skier and clinician who has worked all over the western states, including Aspen, Vail, Stevens Pass and Crystal Mountain. He is currently the head coach for the North West Tech Team, examiner and divisional clinician. Nick lives on his other major passion the Point Lavinia a modified fully working fishing/ research boat complete with on deck hot tub

Debbie Sumner-Chalfant

Debbie Sumner/ Chalfant has Taught skiing full time for over 18 year from New Zealand to South America to Mammoth where she worked for many years as a Divisional staff examiner and ski school supervisor, recently she moved to the North West and has excelled as a coach for Snowperformance coaching not only skiing but our skate to ski clinics on roller blades and Harb Carvers in which she is also an examiner.

Jerry Kerslake

A native of the UK who has lived in the NW for 15 years Jerry  has taught skiing world wide over 25 years and is a master of the art or should we say the arc.  He leaves some of the cleanest tracks everywhere he goes. His love for the sport and passing his skills to others is second to none.

Steve Olwin

Steve Olwin has been at the top level of skiing and coaching since the mid 80s serving 3 terms on the PSIA NW Techteam and also having been used in Ellen Post Fosters  Fine Art of Skiing book  as a demo skier and consultant.  He has continued to develop his skills to the highest level with his unbounded love and dedication for the sport.

Catherine Crim

Catherine comes from a race background in which she has reached national team level in Telemark and her Alpine skills are equal. She has recently worked teaching out of Alta and Snowbird and has just returned to the NW. Her outstanding talent is that she can not only ski it she can simply give it to others

Herb Cole

 A superb all round athlete who has the ability to adapt himself to any task with energy total commitment and fun.  Herb has worked with our youth development squad, getting great results from his students.
 

Jeff's total dedication and energy to skiing and teaching others his sport has allowed him to rise rapidly through the certification process to where he now has gained respect from many top clinicians.  A talented all mountain skier who will get the maximum fun out of any run.

Sean Langmuir

A Scot coming from a world cup race background Sean represented Britain for 5 years on the World cup. He was 3 times UK Slalom champion and 20th in the Albertville Olympics, He has since been Head coach for the British women's team and most recently Head coach for the Canadian men's development team. He has also won extreme ski events in New Zealand and is also a fully certified ski instructor and trainer for BASI.

Sean Bold

After learning his trade and skills at Crystal Mountain Sean has just returned to Crystal as Director of the ski school, in the interim he has been a member of the PSIA Inner Mountain Demo Team, a Divisional Examiner, Training Director for Steamboat, clinician and race coach, instructor of the year at Deer Valley, as well as being a regular member of the Snowperformance line up.

Nelson Wingard

A member of the PSIA National team member and Junior education team chair, Nelson is currently director of skiing at Steamboat , previously Ski school manager at crystal Mountain WA Nelson brings incredible dynamics and performance in his skiing and teaching.

Larry Murdoch

Larry Murdoch has taught all over the western US from Squaw to Crystal and everywhere in between. His teaching credentials currently include being a divisional staff examiner and two term member of the PSIA NW technical team. His ever happy teaching style flows over to everyone he works with.

David Tewell

David has taught all over the world since 1970 and has been a PSIA divisional staff member since 1978 shortly after which he started working at Crystal Mountain which he knows the back country intimately. In his spare time David is an attorney.

Chris Perry

Chris is an ex US ski team member, free style coach ski patroller and has taught skiing on and off since 1980.  His knowledge of terrain, snow conditions and strong dynamic skiing has proved perfect for leading our dynamic youth programs and working race training.

Chris Hillier

Chris Hillier is a great addition to our team, a Canadian coming straight from Austria where he has worked the last seven years coaching on the World cup and working with some of the worlds top skiers from Canada, New Zealand , Australia and Holland. He has a wealth of knowledge and a superb coaching manner.

Steve Moore

Steve Moore, A graduate of Carrabassett Valley Academy at Sugarloaf Me. at the same time as Bode Miller, Steve raced at a very high level before retiring to coaching through injury. His incredibly straight to the point and simple coaching style has proved incredibly effective and wanted on our clients.

Rick Roberts

Ex Director of skiing at Crystal Mountain, PSIA Tech Team member for eight years, examiner and race coach. Rick now coaches regulary for Snowperformance, while also being head Brewmeister for the Ram Bighorn brewery

Karin Harjo

Karin's complete and overflowing energy for the sport of skiing has brought her to the top of her profession in a very short time, now being a member of the NW Tech team and a superb race coach for SARS at Schweitzer Mountain.

Sean Cassidy

Sean has been teaching winter sports for over 20 years and absolutely loves working with alpine snowboard riders. He is a level III certified AASI snowboard instructor, successfully completed the CASI level II Canadian race coaching certification course and also holds a level III PSIA ski rating. As our snowboard director he brings a wealth of technical experience and enthusiasm to our alpine programs.

Mark Harris

Mark lives for the sport. A USASA All American Team coach he also holds  level III teaching certification and has extensive experience as a competitor as well as a year round alpine coach. Notably, he was named 2003 alpine snowboard coach of the year in recognition of his accomplishments. Mark’s athletic talents and ability to work with a broad range of riders makes him a tremendous asset to our team.

Mike Jacoby

Mike has been involved with snowboarding since its initiation and has excelled in all forms of it's disciplines. Starting in freestyle and winning many world class events he then moved into Alpine race discipline where he excelled as twice overall World cup champion.  Unlike many who get to this level of performance Mike's coaching skills equal his riding skills and his easy going personality quickly gains the attention of his students.

Lisa Kosglow

Lisa comes fresh from the world cup circuit where she has excelled racing over a number of years, she has also represented the US as an Olympian.  Her outgoing energy is always present and she passes it on to anyone she coaches.

Stuart Craig
Telemark and XC Program Director

Petra Hilleberg

A native Swede who literally grew up on skis, Petra has been Alpine, Nordic and Telemark skiing since she could walk, and grew up ski touring in the mountains of northern Sweden.

A PSIA Level 3 Telemark instructor, Petra has an outstanding eye for movement, and brings incredible joy and energy to her teaching and effortless elegance and precision to her skiing.

Petra coaches Telemark and Alpine for Snowperformance.

Greg Dixon

Greg had risen rapidly in the skiing and teaching world, and has a well-deserved reputation for being able to turn it up on both Telemark and Alpine skis. Greg has worked out of Mount Bachelor, Oregon, for over a decade, leaving only to teach for a time at Jackson Hole, Wyoming.

A PSIA level 3 in both Alpine and Telemark, he is the Chief Telemark Examiner for PSIA Northwest. Greg’s straightforward teaching style, superb grasp of skiing mechanics, and low-key personality mesh perfectly with his tremendous grace and skill on skis.

Greg coaches Telemark and Alpine for Snowperformance.