Olivia Rowan, Jordyn Ossanna | The SAM Magazine Staff
Trish Walsh | Farleigh Wada Witt Trish Walsh is a litigation attorney at the Oregon law firm Farleigh Wada Witt and is a member of the Association of Ski Defense Attor- neys. She has defended Oregon ski areas with her law partners Brad Stanford and Kim McGair for the last 16 years.
Olivia, SAM ’s publisher, grew up in the business and is a proud Mass- hole. Jordyn is your camp organizer, among the 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 is training for a compet- itive bird-calling league, while Jordyn is testing which snacks survive best in a jacket pocket. olivia@saminfo.com / jordyn@saminfo.com
Frank Wells | PistenBully This year marks 30 years in a snowcat for industry legend Frank Wells. Frank, one of PistenBully North America’s official operators, is widely considered to be the best halfpipe builder in the game, working on an international scale. Frank has been the master of precision behind some of snowboarding’s most notable events. This season, he’s worked on The Snow League, X Games, and Rev Tour, to name a few. Past favorite projects include Peace Park, Shaun White’s Project X, Simon Dumont Double Cube, Snowpark NZ, and the RedBull Double Pipe. Tyler Wike | Timberline Tyler started working at Timberline, Ore., in 2010 as a terrain park attendant. Moving up the ladder, Tyler became the park supervi- sor, 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, overseeing 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. The SAM team is grateful for all the time he carves out from fan club business to support Cutter’s Camp. 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 terrain parks. He then transitioned to the OEM side, moving to Bozeman, Mont., and covering the Northern Intermountain region. After that, he moved home to the great state of Michigan and has been the Mid- west representative for PistenBully for six years now. Tim Yates | Safehold Sports Tim Yates’ career in the ski industry began in 1992 as a Stowe Moun- tain Resort, Vt., ski patroller. Following 10 years at Stowe, he be- came 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
Timberline Park & Grooming Crew Logan Stewart, Mountain Manager
Tyler Wike, Freestyle Operations Manager Casey Tratz, Freestyle Groomer Supervisor Chauncy Sorenson, Freestyle Groomer Charley VanDemark, Freestyle Groomer
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