Anthony Crute - Founder of Pro Ride

Anthony founded Pro Ride 11 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

Pro Coach and Guide Line Up for 2009 / 2010

Dylan Cumming
Sponsors: Rossignol, Scott, Kuu
Years Riding: 18
Specialty: All Mountain Freestyle and CASI 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, Kuu
Years Riding: 11
Specialty: Freestyle, Instructor Training

Duncan remains as one of our key coaches and was selected due his progression on rails as well as his passion for coaching and snowboarding. This winter Duncan will be cintinuing as the assistant lead coach position and lead trainer position for Level 1 training.

Neil Connolly
Sponsors: Elan Snowboards, Billabong, Smith, Kuu
Years Riding: 16
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 is a cornerstone of our freestyle guiding staff.




Lance Cyr
Sponsors: Spin Cycle, SMS, Kuu
Years Riding: 20
Specialty: All Mountain Freeride, Powder Slashes, Steeps

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: Essa, Kuu
Years Riding: 16
Specialty: Freestyle, Instructor Training, CASI Examiner

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.

Tim Jackways
Sponsors: Burton, Anon, Chop, Nixon, DVS, Quest, Snowpark NZ
Years Riding: 12+
Specialty: Freestyle

Tim was the head coach at Snowpark NZ for two seasons and is one of one a few kiwis who have ridden for the Burton International Team. Tim is super firendly and his easygoing manner means he is always up for a laugh. We welcome Tim for his first season with Pro Ride.

Anthony Leffelaar
Sponsors: Sapient Snowboards, Spy International
Years Riding: 10
Specialty: Freestyle

Anthony joined the team three years ago and is another 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: 13
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 the last winter Olympics. He is also one of the key riders competing on the Canadian Olympic Team. This past year he won the Showcase Showdown and the last stop on the FIS World Tour.

Katie Tsuyuki
Sponsors: Powder Room, Scott
Years Riding: 11
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, Kuu
Years Riding: 12
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..

Geoff Brown
Sponsors: Home, Ripzone, Dragon, Etnies
Years Riding: 13
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: 12
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.

Dave Hugill
Sponsors: Smith, Dakine, Kuu
Years Riding: 20
Specialty: Big Mountain Freeride, Snowboardcross, Instructor Training

Dave has spent 9 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 coach for Pro Ride..

Guest Coach Line Up includes: Alan Gautier, Ryan Rausch, Teresa Straatmans, Dani Bodner and Luke McDowall.

Email us at snowboard@pro-ride.com for more information >>

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