COACHES

COACHES

Name: Victor Dockal

Age: 32

DOB: 17-05-1974

Home: Ostrava / Czech Republic

Age started skiing: 1

Number of racing years: 16

Favorite Discipline: Slalom

Goals for the season: Help all our athletes to achieve their personal goal.

Long-term goal: Coach, Educate, Motivate

Role Model: My brother

Most memorable ski memory: Full moon midnight skiing at our hill

Best part of skiing racing: All the friendships formed by the boot camps, the mud camps, the painful core routines, the frost bites, the early mornings …..

Personal Motto: “Always Play Fair!”

Favorite food: Any fruit, fresh bread roll, chocolate

Hobbies and Pastimes: Baseball, Scuba, Paragliding, Squash

Favorite musician: U2, Jack Johnson, Salmonella Dub

Equipment: Skis: Nordica Bindings: Nordica Boots: Nordica

Name: Andrew Sartisson

Age: 29

Home: Newmarket ON

Age started skiing: 1

Number of racing years: 14

Favorite Discipline: I love it all!!!!!

Goals for the season: Help athletes achieve their goals through acquisition of an excellent skill base

Long-term goal: Put athletes on Canadian Alpine Ski Team

Role Model: Lance Armstrong

Most memorable ski memory: Dropping a couple of HUGE cliffs out in Whistler

Best part of ski racing: Speed, adrenaline, and being at peace in the mountains

Personal Motto: “Hard work, passion, determination, and absolute self belief are the key to realizing all goals”

Favorite food: Mangoes

Hobbies and Pastimes: Skiing, chess, mountain biking, puzzles, surfing

Favorite musician: Bob Marley

Equipment: Skis: Dynastar Bindings: Look Boots: Lange

Name: Chris Patterson

Age: 25

DOB: August 28, 1982

Nickname:

Home: Canada

Age started skiing: 4

Number of racing years: 13

Favorite Discipline: Slalom/DH

Goals for the season: Have FUN, share my knowledge, and help athletes achieve their goals.

Long-term goal: To see my athletes past/present/future succeed in sport and life.

Role Model: Coaching – Darren Thorburn Personal – My Dad

Most memorable ski memory: Any Alberta Classic

Best part of skiing racing: The G-force

Personal Motto: It’s not the size of the dog in the fight; it’s the size of the fight in the dog.

Favorite food: Homemade Burgers

Hobbies and Pastimes: Free-skiing, Sailing, Wakeboarding, Golf

Favorite musician: Bedouin Soundclash

Equipment: HEAD

Name: Brad Wallinder

DOB: Before man walked on the moon

Home: Calgary

Age started skiing: 10

Number of racing years: 5

Favorite Discipline: SG

Goals for the season: For Athletes to have fun and reach for their goals.

Long-term goal: To continue to see kids have fun and success

Role Model: Ingemar Stenmark

Most memorable ski memory: Going 161.190 kph on a pair of skis

Best part of skiing racing: The people you met and the competitiveness

Personal Motto: "If it's not fun it's not worth doing"

Favorite food: Pizza, international cuisine

Hobbies and Pastimes: Skiing, Golf

Favorite musician: Blues

Equipment: Anything I can afford

Name: John Bennett

DOB: Sept. 4, 1979

Home: Canmore AB

Age started skiing: 4

Number of racing years: 5

Favorite Discipline: Giant Slalom

Goals for the season: Great skiing combined with successful ski racing

Long-term goal: Expanding KASC to be the most sought after club to ski for

Role Model: Thomas Grandi

Most memorable ski memory: Skiing in the Dive ’06 season

Best part of skiing racing: Hitting gates

Personal Motto: Huck your meat

Favorite food: Pizza

Hobbies and Pastimes: Mountain biking, going to the gym

Favorite musician: Tribe Called Quest

Equipment: Nordica

Stephanie Peterson Name: Stephanie Peterson

Age: 18

DOB: April 18 1989

Nickname: Steph

Home: Calgary

Age started skiing: 4

Number of racing years: 8

Favorite Discipline: Giant Slalom

Goals for the season: To encourage the love of the sport

Long-term goal: Never stop learning

Role Model: My Dad

Most memorable ski memory: Powder days when I skied at Norquay

Best part of skiing racing: Knowing you’re in control

Personal Motto: “It’s all in the mind”

Favorite food: Chicken Caesar Salad

Hobbies and Pastimes: Going to school and trying new things

Favorite musician: Too many

Equipment: Skis: Volkl Boots: Nordica Bindings: Marker

Name: Aileen Whyte

Age: Now I can say "I'm old enough"

Home: Born - Ireland, came to Calgary in '77 and fell in love with the mountains

Age started skiing: 18

Number of racing years: Racing what's that ??????

Favorite Discipline: Lots of games and Fun, Fun, Fun

Goals for the season: See children improve to their maximum ability Long-term goal: Keep coaching the little ones to help develop their love of the sport

Role Model: Katarina Sitska - From Paskapoo

Most memorable ski memory: When I get a big huge from a child when they "get it" and they start skiing with confidence

Best part of ski racing: Seeing racers ski with confidence - they all start at the beginning

Personal Motto: “Maximum speed, minimum terrain”

Favorite food: Love it all, love cooking

Hobbies and Pastimes: Skiing, gardening, keeping fit, reading

Favorite musician: Elvis - the King

Equipment: Skis: Atomic Bindings: Atomic Boots: Salomon

Name: Katrina Schneider

DOB: February 10th 1990

Home: Fort McMurray

Age started skiing: 9

Number of racing years: 6

Favorite Discipline: Slalom

Goals for the season: Watching kids progress at the sport while having fun

Long-term goal: To see the kids continue to love skiing and excel at it

Role Model: Melanie Turgeon

Most memorable ski memory: Going to Alaska to race

Best part of skiing racing: The adrenalin rush and the people you get to meet

Personal Motto: A winner never quits and a quitter never wins

Favorite food: Chicken

Hobbies and Pastimes: Powder skiing, College, watching movies

Favorite musician: All different genres

Equipment: Nordica

Name: Chris Durand

DOB: November 8th 1989

Home: Port Stanley, Ontario

Age started skiing: 8

Number of racing years: 5-ish

Favorite Discipline: GS and Downhill

Goals for the season: For the kids ability to improve and knowing they all had a blast!

Long-term goal: Full time coach

Role Model: Mom and Dad, Jim Hunter

Most memorable ski memory: First “real” powder experience at Kicking Horse

Best part of skiing racing: The speed and adrenalin rush

Personal Motto: To live a full and happy life, do something every day that scares you.