Anthony Crute
Sponsors: Ride Snowboards, Smith, Groovstar,
Redbull, Dakine
Years Riding: 14
Specialty: All mountain freestyle , CASI
Examiner , Photographer
Anthony founded Pro Ride 10 years ago with the vision to
create a flexible, fun, training camp where snowboarders
from all over the world could come together to ride the
best Whistler has to offer with top level world class riders.
Now that has been done it is all about stepping it up notch.
Pro Coaches / Guides + World Class Riding Terrain
= Fun & Progression
Dylan Cumming
Sponsors: Rossignol,
Scott
Years Riding: 17
Specialty: All mountain freestyle and exam
preparation
Dylan is a examiner for the CSF Basic Coach Freestyle and
for CASI Level 1 and 2 instructor certifications. He is
a dynamic freestyle rider who dominates any freeride terrain
put in from of him.
Duncan Mainland
Sponsors: Dakine
Years Riding: 10
Specialty: Freestyle, Instructor Training
Duncan joins the team this year and was selected due his
progression on rails as well as his passion for coaching
and snowboarding. This winter Duncan will be assuming
the assistant lead coach position and lead trainer position
for Level 1 training.
Neil Connolly
Sponsors: Elan Snowboards, Billabong, Smith
Years Riding: 15
Specialty: All mountain freestyle
Neil is a quiet spoken guy who transforms into a freestyle
power house as soon as he straps on a snowboard.
He has competed on the World Cup Circuit and was a member
of the Canadian National Team. Neil joins our team this
year as the cornerstone of our freestyle guiding staff.
Lance Cyr
Sponsors: Spin Cycle, SMS
Years Riding: 19
Specialty: All mountain freeride,
powder slashes
Lance is a Level III PSIA certified instructor and accomplished
Big Mountain rider who was ranked in the Top 10 in the world.
His love for the sport shines through in his enthusiasm
for coaching.
Lisa Corcoran
Sponsors: Mastercard
Years Riding: 14
Specialty: Freestyle
Lisa is an examiner for the Canadian Association of Snowboard
Instructors and is heavily involved in progressing women's
snowboarding through event organization. She coaches snowboarding
because she loves it and hopes to inspire others.
She examines Levels 1, 2 and freestyle instructor certifications.
This season will be her second with Pro Ride.
Anthony Leffelaar
Sponsors: Sapient Snowboards,
ICA Head Wear, Drop
Years Riding: 9
Specialty: Freestyle
Anthony joined the team two year ago and will be one of
our lead freestyle guides for this winter. Anthony is a
super tech freestyler who combines a busy filming and photo
schedule with his sponsors to coach for us.
Crispin Lipscomb
Sponsors: Salomon, Vans,
Spy
Years Riding: 12
Specialty: Half Pipe
Crispin has been competing on the FIS world circuit for
several years now and has achieved several top 10 results
and 11th at last yeas winter Olympics. He is also one of
the key riders competing for a place on the Canadian Olympic
Team. He is currently a Canadian Team member.
Katie Tsuyuki
Sponsors: Powder Room, Scott
Years Riding: 10
Specialty: Half pipe
Katie trained with our founder Anthony Crute when she first
came out to Whistler before she joined the BC development
team. She is now a member of the Canadian National Team
and coaches with us when she is not traveling the world
competing.
Karen Lyons
Sponsors: Roxy, Ride
Years Riding: 11
Specialty: All mountain freeriding. private
training
Karen has competed for several years in
boardercross competitions however her strength lies in her
strong technical freeriding. Karen has been a trainer and
recruiter for several snowboard schools and was voted Private's
Instructor of the year for Whistler Blackcomb last winter.
Geoff Brown
Sponsors: Home, Ripzone,
Dragon, Etnies
Years Riding: 12
Specialty: Rail Technician
Geoff is a real casual guy with a super relaxed style. He
is the kind of guy who is friendly and chilled out, however
as soon as he straps on a board you can't help to stop and
watch.
Check out Geoff's promo video
here >>
Brandon Frail
Sponsors: British Columbia
Snowboard Association
Years Riding: 11
Specialty: Freestyle
Brandon is currently the head coach for
the British Columbia Snowboard Half Pipe Team and will be
dropping in every now and then to coach for us and pass
on his coaching knowledge to our coaches. He is an examiner
for both CASI and the CSF.
Vanessa Stark
Sponsors: Powder Room, Prior
Snowboards
Years Riding: 14
Specialty: All mountain freeriding
Vanessa is not only one of the most talented
female freeriders she is also a gifted artist. Vanessa has
been working with us for the past 6 seasons and is an integral
part of our freeriding team.
Dave Hugill
Sponsors: Smith, Dakine
Years Riding: 19
Specialty: Big mountain freeride, snowboardcross
Dave has spent the last 8 years working with some of Canada’s
top Snowboardcross and Alpine riders for the Canadian National
Team. He has competed and coached at various high profile
events including the Rip Curl World Heli Challenge, FIS
World Cup and World Championships. Currently he is taking
some time off from International coaching scene to finish
school, ride some Whistler pow and help us out whenever
he can.
Guest Coach Line Up includes: David Aubry (Ride),
Ryan Rausch and Damon Hayler plus many more.
Email us at snowboard@pro-ride.com
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