Alex Storjohann is a seasoned terrain park manager with 16 years of snowcat experience and more than five years leading park operations. His resume includes three X Games builds, multiple SuperParks, Peace Park, and 10 consecutive years shaping the Gerry Lopez Big Wave Chal- lenge. A respected industry veteran, Alex has mentored some of the top builders in the business and is known for his hands-on approach to training, helping the next generation grow through experience and practical knowledge. Landon Taylor | Snow Park Technologies Landon has more than 20 years of experience behind the sticks. His career has been defined by his dedication to providing high quality work. Landon started as a teen working at Snow Summit and Big Bear Mountain, Calif. He’s built some of the largest courses in the world for events including the Burton U.S. Open and the X Games, as well as for Woodward Park City, Utah. Landon is also an experienced motocross, mountain bike, and rally car course builder. His expertise in the fields of dirt and snow has led to him being part of the year-round action sports event industry. Casey Tratz | Timberline Casey grew up in southern Oregon and got his start at Windells in 2014, working for Hall of Fame skateboarder Tom “Wally” Inouye. Af - ter a stint in Timberline’s café, he joined the park crew and gradually transitioned into grooming, picking up shifts and learning through ride-alongs. In 2018, Casey became a full-time cat operator, starting in alpine grooming before moving into terrain park builds. Now the head builder and supervisor at Timberline, Casey says his favorite part of the job is building and testing jumps—“Building something usually gets me stoked to go ride,” he says—and his second favorite part is being vice president of the Logan Stewart fan club. Phillip Van Why | HKD Snowmakers Phillip Van Why is a master electrician, gearhead, and HKD Snowmak- ers’ technical guru in the West. Phil can make snow at Breckenridge and Copper Mountain simultaneously, while rewiring a fan gun and helping his oldest son with homework. With four young boys at home, it’s conceivable that he has set the world record for the most viewings of “Cars” by any one individual. phil@hkdsnowmakers.com Tyler Wike | Timberline Tyler started working at Timberline in 2010 as a terrain park atten- dant. Moving up the ladder, Tyler became the park supervisor, and then transferred over to the grooming department. After a few seasons grooming terrain parks, in 2014, Tyler took over as the terrain park manager, and most recently the freestyle operations manager oversee- ing all freestyle operations. Tyler enjoys the fast pace, hard work, and creativity that goes into the spring and summer program at Timberline. He’s also president of the Logan Stewart fan club.
twike@timberlinelodge.com
Mike Williams | PistenBully Mike Williams started his snowcat career in the Ski Area Manage- ment program at Gogebic Community College in 2008. He then went to Vail, Colo., for an internship and ended up operating there for just shy of 10 years, a few of those seasons building ter- rain parks. He then transitioned to the sales side, moving to Boze- man, Mont., and covering the Northern Intermountain Region for Prinoth. After that, he moved home to the great state of Michigan and has been the Midwest sales rep for PistenBully for five years now. Alex Wood | Prinoth Alex is the engineering manager for Prinoth Snow Grooming North America, with 19 years of experience working on snowcats—of- ficially more than half his life dedicated to these incredible ma - chines. His career has spanned multiple roles, including snow grooming operator at a small ski resort in Minnesota, service technician for both Kässbohrer and Prinoth, and field applications engineer for Prinoth. He has a degree in mechanical engineering and his technical expertise coupled with his hands-on experience make him a great resource for anyone interested in talking about groomers. alexander.wood@prinoth.com Tim Yates | Safehold Special Risk Tim Yates’ career in the ski industry began in 1992 as a Stowe Mountain Resort, Vt., ski patroller. Following 10 years at Stowe, he became a senior claims specialist in a ski industry insurance program, and then the risk manager at Northstar-at-Tahoe, Calif. In 2016, he joined the Safehold Special Risk team as a specialty claims adjuster. timothy.yates@safehold.com
Olivia Rowan, Jordyn Ossanna | The SAM Magazine Staff
Olivia is the publisher of SAM . She grew up in the business and is a proud Masshole. Jordyn is your camp organizer among many hats she wears at SAM . She hails from the Yoop and insists you should know exactly what that means. In their spare time, Olivia translates squirrel dialects and Jordyn is developing a signature scent called “Eau de Snowcat.” olivia@saminfo.com / jordyn@saminfo.com
Timberline Park & Grooming Crew Logan Stewart, Mountain Manager
Tyler Wike, Freestyle Operations Manager Casey Tratz, Freestyle Groomer Supervisor Chauncy Sorenson, Freestyle Groomer Matt Dunn, Freestyle Groomer Charley VanDemark, Freestyle Groomer
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