Team CM - Coaches

John Clendenin
  • John Clendenin
    John Clendenin

    Two-time world freestyle champion and founder of the Ski Doctors and the Clendenin Method brand. He has taught skiing since 1977 and has Level III PSIA certification. In 2013, John was inducted into the U.S. Ski Hall of Fame. John is also a lifetime member of the PGA.

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Aspen/Snowmass Coaches

  • Mark Borderick
    Mark Borderick

    From Australia, Mark Borderick has been teaching skiing since 1985, in Canada, Europe, Australia, and Aspen. He has Level III certification in skiing and Level II in snowboarding. Mark has been one of the top ski instructors for the Clendenin Ski Method since 2006. 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 CM book, Four Words for Great Skiing.

  • Dmitri Aktchourine
      Dmitri Aktchourine

      Dmitri started skiing before he was two years old. He has raced pro ski races around the world. He had coached skiing for Club Med and has been teaching in Aspen since 2000. 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 Stump
        Geoff Stump
        Geoff 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 since 1989. He has been coaching for the Clendenin Method since 2017.
      • John “Bread” Smollen
          John “Bread” Smollen

          John Smollen is fully certified by the PSIA in alpine and telemark skiing. He has been coaching the Clendenin Method since 2019. His home mountain is Snowmass.

        • Chino Martinez
          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 since 1994 and has full certification in the United States and Argentina. Chino has been coaching the Clendenin Ski Method since 2004.

        • Susan Saghatoleslami
            Susan Saghatoleslami

            Directs the snowboarding program for Ski Doctors. Having taught snowboarding in Aspen since 1996, she has Level III certification in snowboarding and also coaches skiing. Susan is the office manager for the Ski and Board Doctors.

          • Crystal Newton
            Crystal Newton

            Serves as camp manager and works on the Clendenin Ski Method book, DVD, and website. She has been teaching skiing since 2000 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 coaching and managing the Clendenin Method camps since 2006.

          • Todd Reeves
              Todd Reeves

              Todd Reeves is fully certified by PSIA in alpine skiing and by AASI in snowboarding. He has been coaching the Clendenin Method since 2018.

            • Andrew Aldercotte
              Andrew Aldercotte

              Andrew Aldercotte was born in Montreal, Canada and first learned to ski in Morin Heights, Quebec. Since then he has worked as a ski instructor at Kirkwood, Heavenly and Sierra-at-Tahoe in California, Portillo in Chile, and Aspen. An avid bump skier, he first became aware of the Clendenin Method via John's camps in Portillo. Andrew earned the nickname "the Pisco Kid" for closing the disco bar and still showing up the next morning to coach. He is PSIA Alpine Level III certified and currently pursuing his BASI Level 3 qualification. Andrew has been coaching the Clendenin Method since 2015.

            International Coaches

            • Bosse Landberger
              Bosse Landberger

              From Sweden, Bosse has been teaching skiing since 2006 in Sweden. He holds the Swedish Level 4 certification and has been coaching the Clendenin Method in Portillo Chile and Val d'Isere since 2012. With an absolute  love for off-piste and powder, Bosse travels around the world to find the White Gold.

            • Jeff Berger
                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.

              • Rich Harrison
                  Rich Harrison