Aspen Coaches
- Mark Borderick
From Australia, has been teaching skiing for 30 years in Aspen, Canada, Europe, and Australia. He has Level III certification in skiing and Level II in snowboarding and has been certified in the Clendenin Ski Method for 5 years. With a love for off-piste, bumps, and powder, Mark has a special interest in reaching breakthroughs with his clients. He’s also a professional photographer and has been responsible for many of the photographs in the CSM Book.
- Dmitri Aktchourine
Dmitri started skiing before he was two years old. He has raced various pro ski races around the world. He had coached skiing for Club Med and has been teaching in Aspen for 19 years. Dmitri has his International Coaching Certification and is a PSIA Examiner (ret.). Dmitri endorses the CM for being technically aligned with the fundamental concepts of World Cup Racing.
- Geoff StumpGeoff has had a distinguished career in competitive freestyle skiing, freestyle coaching, ski teaching and played a pivotal role in revolutionizing action sports films. He and his brother Greg made ski movies in the 1980s and 90s like the Blizzard of Aahhh's". Geoff has taught and coached skiing for 30 years.
- Susie Budsey
Susie Budsey coaches skiing and snowboarding based at Aspen Highlands. She is certified with PSIA level lll and the Clendenin Method . Her love for bumps and steeps plus a deep knowledge of CM is the perfect recipe for her clients to ski in places that they never imagined! This passion for snow sliding keeps her on the mountain and scouting new, fun areas or old favorite runs no less than 130 days per year. Come join us in the uncrowded, beautiful off-piste!
- John “Bread” Smollen
- Chino Martinez
Our host for the Portillo camps. After instructing all day on the mountain, he serves as “Director of après ski” in Portillo. He has taught skiing for 25 years and has full certification in the United States and Argentina. Chino has been certified in the Clendenin Ski Method for 15 years. See Chino's blog post.
- Susan Saghatoleslami
Directs the snowboarding program for Ski Doctors. Having taught snowboarding in Aspen for 20 years, she has Level III certification. Susan also is the office manager for the Ski and Board Doctors
- Crystal Newton
Serves camp manager for the Portillo trip and works on the Clendenin Ski Method book, DVD, and website. She has been teaching skiing for 12 years in Aspen and Pennsylvania. With full certification and trainer’s accreditation in adaptive skiing, she specializes in skiing for people with disabilities. She has been certified in the Clendenin Ski Method for 3 years.
- Todd Reeves
Todd Reeves is fully certified by PSIA in alpine skiing and by AASI in snowboarding. He also has Certification in the Clendenin Method.
- Larry Macintyre
Has Level III certification in skiing and snowboarding. He has taught in Aspen for 12 years and has been certified in the Clendenin Ski Method for the past four. Larry is a phenomenal caterer and kayaks and dives and…
Regional and International Coaches
- Bosse Landberger
From Sweden, Bosse has been teaching skiing since 2006 in Sweden. He holds the Swedish Level 4 certification and has been certified in the Clendenin Ski Method in Portillo Chile 2014. With an absolute love for off-piste and powder, Bosse travels around the world to find the White Gold.
- Rich Harrison
- Jeff Berger
has been a PSIA certified Level III instructor for over 40 years. He’s taught in many ski schools including Courchevel, France, and Stowe, Vermont. Jeff joined Team Clendenin in 2014 as a coach in Portillo, Chile and Val d’Isere, France. He shares the CM passion of helping clients improve with a straight forward approach, focusing on skill development, making it easier for all, to ski the whole mountain and have more fun! Jeff is from Burlington Vt. and currently lives in Beaver Creek CO. During the summer he can usually be found on the golf course.
- “Chip” Gerard Shevlin
has been teaching skiing full time at Steamboat for twenty years. A Level III certified instructor, Chip enjoys teaching bump, powder and tree skiing techniques. As a part owner of a powder cat, he also loves to escape to Steamboat’s back country for untracked powder skiing. Chip was voted “Best of the ‘boat” ski instructor in both 2013 and 2014. Staying fit in the off seasons is centered around mountain and road biking.
- Jon DeBoer