PSIA-AASI Eastern ABOUT US
Click to learn more about the teams that are leading us, and the staff that support our mission every day.
- Adaptive Education Team
- Alpine Education Team
- Children's Education Team
- Cross Country Education Team
- Snowboard Education Team
- Telemark Education Team
- The results are being filtered by the region: ME
Austin French
Alpine Dev TeamAbout Me
I started my snowsports career when I was 16 as a ski instructor in Blue Mountain Ski Area in Pennsylvania. I then went to the University of Maine at Farmington for college (Bachelor’s in Outdoor Recreation Business Administration and a minor in Coaching), continued teaching skiing at Sugarloaf, and eventually became the Youth Programs Supervisor at Copper Mountain Resort in a Colorado. I am now the Seasonal Programs Supervisor at Sugarloaf and a member of the PSIA-E Alpine Development Team.
Joshua Haagen
Alpine ExaminerAbout Me
A Lifelong Learner and Lover of Skiing since my first time at Mont Tremblant age 8 to being the Multi Skilled Mountain Professional I am today. Working with the Membership, Kids and Teens to Excite and Inspire their Skiing Careers is what makes makes me roll!
Peter Howard
Alpine Examiner Eastern Board Chair/PresidentAlpine Steering CommitteeAbout Me
There is always someone better at it ( what ever it is) than you. To be included in this is a fortunate privilege that only a tiny slice of humanity gets to experience. I hope helping people ski better contributes to their enjoyment of life.
Notes
Do you have any skills or talents that most people don’t know about? | Musician |
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What was your first job in the snowsports industry? | Ski instructor/snow maker |
Where is your favorite place to ski or ride? | Zermatt |
What activities do you enjoy, when you’re not out on the snow? | Ocean sailing on multihulls |
Who is someone you admire, and why? | Winston Churchill |
Harold Smith
Alpine Examiner Children’s ExaminerAbout Me
As a kid from northern New England, I started skiing ‘late’ in life, in 3rd grade with a school program at Cranmore in NH. Through high school and college I was a cross country ski racer, but eventually returned to the benefits of T-bars, chairlifts and gondolas. Teaching skiing, to me, is less about teaching and more about figuring how each of us might learn best.
Troy Walsh
Alpine Examiner Alpine Steering CommitteeAlpine ATP CoachNotes
What was your first job in the snowsports industry? | Parking lot attendant and lift operator, at Lost Valley. Auburn Maine. |
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What is your favorite memory from your snowsports career so far? | A day in Australia, we skied in the morning then went fishing in the afternoon. Skiing, kangaroos and big brook trout! |
Where is your favorite place to ski or ride? | Snowbird is a special place. I also really enjoyed the times I visited Austria. |
What activities do you enjoy, when you’re not out on the snow? | Most anything outside. Hunting, fishing hanging out with my dogs. |
- The results are being filtered by the region: ME
Harold Smith
Alpine Examiner Children’s ExaminerAbout Me
As a kid from northern New England, I started skiing ‘late’ in life, in 3rd grade with a school program at Cranmore in NH. Through high school and college I was a cross country ski racer, but eventually returned to the benefits of T-bars, chairlifts and gondolas. Teaching skiing, to me, is less about teaching and more about figuring how each of us might learn best.
- The results are being filtered by the region: ME
Shannon Belt
Telemark ExaminerNotes
What was your first job in the snowsports industry? | At 14 years old I started teaching skiing at West Mountain in Queensbury, NY. This year will mark 30 years teaching skiing |
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What is a valuable lesson you learned in your snowsports career? | Never judge a skier by their outfit! You never know someones ability until you see them slide! |
Where is your favorite place to ski or ride? | Any where with good snow, good friends or family, which always leads to lots of laughter |
If you could give a younger person snowsports/career advice, what would it be? | Enjoy every single Lesson. this may be your 100th time teaching an activity, this could be your students first! |
What activities do you enjoy, when you’re not out on the snow? | Bikes, surf, and kids….. there are always kids in the picture! |
What would be your personal motto? | Maintain and healthy disregard for the impossible |
Name three words that describe you. | Smiles, laughter, patience |
What goal would you like to accomplish in the next year? | Still be able to ski faster then my son! |