COACHES
Rob Lahti
Alpine Head Coach
headcoach@sasquatchmtnskiclub.com
Rob joined the Sasquatch Mtn Ski Club (formerly Hemlock Ski Club) as program Director in 2015. Rob is both a former ski racer and former long-time head coach for the Mount Seymour Ski Club. As a ski racer, he raced 8 years at the FIS level and competed for Canada on the World Cup circuit. As a ski racing coach, he has coached hundreds of junior racers over his career and to date has placed three of them on the BC Ski team. In addition to his coaching for Mt. Seymour Ski Club, he was also a regular coach for the BC Ski team and a guest coach for ski camps for elite racers at both Whistler (i.e. the Mike and Manny camp) and at Mt. Hood. Rob brings to his job an incredible amount of dedication and enthusiasm, which is infectious to junior racers, fellow coaches, club executives and parents.
Peter Prihoda
Nancy Greene Head Coach
ngheadcoach@sasquatchmtnskiclub.com
Peter first began at the ski club in 1986 as a Nancy Greener at the age of 6 and continued through the Alpine Program until the age of 16. In the late 1990’s to 2005, Peter began coaching in the Hemlock Nancy Greene program. He returned in 2014 to coach the Nancy Greene program again, and has two daughters in the program as well.
Katrina Voss
Alpine Coach
Katrina Voss joined SMSC when she was 8, and worked her way through the Nancy Greene Program to U16. After U16, Katrina joined the Vancouver Ski Team and raced her first year on the FIS circuit. After one year on the Vancouver Ski Team, Katrina joined the Okanagan Ski Team and raced her second year of FIS. Katrina took a year off from racing, and then decided to return to SMSC again and raced her third year of FIS with coach Rob. After retiring, Katrina joined SMSC as a coach.
Samir Hadzimusic
Nancy Greene Coach
Samir Hadzimusic has every minute coaching in the Nancy Greene program. Skiing is a great way to stay outdoors and active while having fun, lots of fun. Working with kids makes it even more fun as you get to watch them grow and improve day by day, week by week and year over year. It is amazing to see kids go through the program, move through different level groups and make it to the podium at a major ski race. Every day they teach me something new on the chair, whether it is a new song, game, puzzle or other”.
“I also have 2 kids of my own in the SMSC. They both love the mountain and skiing with their friends in the club”.
“At Sasquatch Mountain Ski Club we have a great group of coaches and volunteers who work together and are committed to providing the best training for the athletes in the safest way possible. None of this however would be possible without the support of parents. Thank you for bringing your kids to training and filling their pockets full of motivation”.
Walker Eliason
Alpine Coach
“I started ski racing at White Pass, Washington when I was 7 and ski raced as an athlete until I was 16 years old. After that I immediately transitioned into coaching at White Pass for 2 years, and then another 4 years at Bridger Bowl in Montana while attending Montana State University. I took at break from coaching until 4 years ago when my daughter,Ellie, and son,Jax, were old enough to join Nancy Greene at Sasquatch. My wife Caryn is avid skier as well. We both love the sport, we both enjoy watching kids get their skis on edge, ski black diamonds that scare their parents, and go faster than they thought they were capable of. Ski racing is a great sport for kids to build life skills that can carry them into adulthood, but also makes them good skiers for the rest of their life as well! And I think its really cool that I get to be a part of experience with them as a coach.
Jason
Nancy Green Coach
I am a coach with the adventurous Sasquatch Mountain Ski Club and I love it. I find skiing an ironic sport for me; I have little coordination in real life, like me walking into walls by accident (lol) but somehow on skis I have a magic.
I first trained with The Club from seven-years-old in the excellent Nancy Greene program our mountain offers. I moved up to alpine at twelve. My single greatest racing accomplishment is 14th overall in u14 GS at the Whistler Cup.
I love what I do here. Best workplace ever, period. Kids rock because they are so capable of learning.
Megan
Nancy Greene Coach
I started skiing with the SMSC when I was about 7 and skied with alpine until I was about 13. I continued to ski casually before starting my first season as a Nancy Greene coach. I hope to continue improving both as a skier and a ski coach.
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