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Hello everyone, I am the head coach Dorian (aka dory for short)

This will be my 5th year with the club, 3nd year as head coach. and I grew up in the freestyle community starting all the way back as a kid. I am very excited to bring my passion for skiing and freestyle to the club and pass it on to our athletes. I'm also looking forward to reinvigorating the love of club competitions and the drive to improve all branches of freestyle in hopes that all athletes develop just as much passion as I have, maybe even more. My favorite ski memory was my first season as a ski instructor at castle back in 21/22 Christmas day as it had 78cms of snow within 48hrs, skiing down sidewinder snow so deep you needed a snorkel

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Hi Everyone!  Coach Karen here to introduce myself.  I have been a ski coach for over 20 years and a ski instructor for a little longer than that.  This is my third season with the Castle Mountain Freestyle Ski Club.  I have been enjoying diversifying my skills as a skier.  As a coach, I love being able to share my passions for the mountains and working with children while developing a growth mindset and increasing the confidence and skills of my athletes.

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Hi all! I am Davis, I grew up skiing at castle and spent many years training and competing with castle mountain freestyle before moving up to the Alberta mogul team. Although my competition days are long gone I still find great joy in ripping around on the same runs as I always have (usually north road) and continuing to push myself to have as much fun as possible. This will be my 5th year coaching (2nd with castle) and I couldn’t be more stoked to be coaching at my home hill with kids that are equally as eager to get after it as I am. When I am not skiing, I pretend to be a kinesiology student at the UofL, and spend my summers in fernie, mountain biking and finishing up my fine woodworking red seal!

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Hi im Ayla Peacock!
I am new to coaching, I started coaching freestyle last year.
My favourite thing about Castle is its unforgiving terrain that naturally lends itself to freeride skiing. The freeride community at large is a huge part of what I love about this sport!
A fun fact about me is, when I’m not skiing I work as a conservation biologist!
My go to powder day song is Like It by nvrsoft and Sofia. Drum and bass all the way!

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This is my first year coaching at Castle. Favorite thing about coaching is giving back to the kids and building their confidence. My go to song would be anything on the Joshua Tree album by U2

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Hi! My name is Anna Thomson and this is my second year coaching with the club, before that I was an athlete for two years skiing with Kennedy. My favourite thing about Castle is the snow and terrain, but also the amazing community at the hill. Fun fact about me is that I have a very cute little dog named Ruby, she is a whoodle and the fluffiest thing ever. My go to powder day song would have to be snap out of it by the arctic monkeys.

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I'm Hannah Stamp! This is my second year as a coach for the club, and I am also a former athlete with the club. I am in my second year of Agronomy at Lethbridge Polytechnic, and in my free time enjoy playing piano, basketball and participating in the SFXC. A fun fact about me is that I am going to Italy this summer. One of my favourite things about Castle is how it feels like a family every time you enter the daylodge. My favourite run is Gambler, and my go-to song would be Cruise by Florida Georgia Line.

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My name is JJ and this is my first year working for the club. I am hoping to become an expert tailgunner by the end of the year working with the mega group! I am from Fernie originally, but one thing that I love about Castle is how awesome the freestyle and ski hill community is here. The energy is awesome! Some fun facts about me is that I have a cat named “Cat”, and my favorite food is chicken pot pie. One song that always gets me stoked is Rock Lobster by The B52’s

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Hi! I’m Ainsley Harriott, this is my first year with the freestyle program but my second year working at castle.

My favorite thing about the hill is the unique terrain and how much variety there is. Between saucy groomers and steep chutes, castle really has it all!!

A fun fact about me is that I really enjoy all forms of art and creating!

My pow day song has to be Every Time I Look for you by Blink 182, I’m definitely a huge blink fan!!

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My name is Jakob Van Seters, and this is my first year coaching with the freestyle team. The past couple years i worked with castle snow school as a ski instructor. my favourite thing about castle is the community and how connected everyone is. fun fact about myself is i started skiing when i was about 2 years old and havnt’t stopped skiing since. my go-to powder day song would be ‘Animal I Have Become’ by Three Days Grac

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Hey! My names Lanni Harrison and I’ve been coaching for 2 years now! I love the fact that there’s always something good to ski at castle no matter the conditions. A little fun facts is I moved all the way from Saskatchewan to pursue skiing! And my favourite power day song would have to be Faking it by Calvin Harris

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