Brian Demarest | PistenBully Brian started snowboarding at Stevens Pass back in 2000 and took his first job working in the terrain park before becoming a cat driver short - ly after. From there he started helping in the shop during the summer seasons and eventually took a job as a full-time mechanic at Stevens Pass. After that he took a role at Mt. Bachelor as a park cat operator and became the head pipe cutter for three seasons. Brian now works full time for PistenBully as an operator/mechanic. Michael Dennett | BRIGHTON Michael Dennett is a seasoned park designer and builder. His expe- rience ranges from excavators, skid steers, bulldozers, frontend load- ers, snowcats and pb winch cats (PB100, 400, 600 & Prinoth 350/275), cutting 22’ and 13’ pipes using Zaugg pipe cutters. Dennett’s history includes working at Brian Head Utah where he was in charge of all builds, events, bike park and day to day operations from park crew, grooming crew and the bike. He also worked at Woodward Park City where he helped manage, build and create Woodward PC until 2021 when he accepted the head builder position at Brighton resort, UT dennettmichael@outlook.com Brandon Dodds | PRINOTH Brandon has been working in terrain parks for 25 years now at mul- tiple resorts including Sugar Bowl, Squaw Valley [Palisades Tahoe], Perisher, Heavenly, and Woodward Tahoe. He has worked on projects like The Stomping Grounds, Monster women’s team, Red Bull, and X Games. This will be his fourth year attending Cutter’s Camp and he is very stoked about it. bdon40@hotmail.com Ben Finn | PRINOTH Ben has more than 20 years of experience in the ski industry, work- ing at resorts across the U.S., and around the world. His terrain park experience began in 2007 at Waterville Valley, N.H., where he cut pipe for three years before moving to Tahoe to work with Brandon Dodds and the team at Squaw Valley [Palisades Tahoe]. In 2011, he began an eight-year tenure at Perisher, Australia, working with Charles Beckinsale. In 2013, he also became the lead park builder at Snowbasin, Utah. Ben has been with PRINOTH since 2016 and is now the demo & training manager for PRINOTH North America. ben.finn@prinoth.com Day Franzen | Kingvale Originally from the Mid-Atlantic, Day has worked in parks since the mid ‘90s. After seven years at Massanutten Resort in Virginia, he moved to the West Coast to work at Mt. High’s parks. He soon parlayed that into working for many East and West Coast resorts. He currently owns and operates Kingvale Parks in Lake Tahoe, Calif. Day’s favorite saying is, “It gets the people going.” He is sponsored by, and thoroughly enjoys, Zima malt beverage.
Colin Hales | PistenBully Colin Hales is the Pacific Northwest regional manager for PistenBully, supporting national product and business development. He started his career in the snowsports industry at Snowbird, Utah, in the late ‘90s. In 2000, he joined Bombardier as regional service manager. He has been with PistenBully since 2009. chales@pistenbullyusa.com Chris Hargrave | Timberline Chris Hargrave is a long-time industry veteran who has been coach- ing at the highest levels, worked in resort operations in various roles, and helped develop learning and coaching in terrain parks. He currently works with Snow Operating, consulting at resorts across the globe, and is helping oversee operations at Timberline’s Summer Freestyle Training Center. Chris has dedicated his life to helping empower his industry peers and guests through life chang- ing experiences on snow at resorts everywhere. ctrides@msn.com Tim Healy | Timberline Tim began his career as the grooming & snowmaking supervisor at Whitefish in Montana, where he spent most of his 19 years there operating a winch cat. Tim eventually moved to Oregon to groom at Mt. Hood Meadows before joining Timberline as the grooming man- ager. Tim has experience in many facets of mountain grooming, hill preparation, snow maintenance, and race/event course building. Marsha Hovey | Trollhaugen Marsha Hovey, marketing director for Trollhaugen, Wis., has been working in the ski biz longer than she hasn’t. Originally from Thunder Ridge in New York, Marsha has lapped the country many times over with chapters in Colorado, Vermont, Oregon, and now Wisconsin. Her passion for the industry runs deep, and she’s excited to share her knowledge of marketing and events with the squad at Cutter’s. marsha.hovey@trollhaugen.com Jason Kartchner | MountainGuard Jason joined MountainGuard in 2016. He manages insurance claims and provides loss control services for ski resorts in the Western United States. His ski industry career began at age 17 in janitorial services. He eventually worked up to become an assistant patrol director in Utah and a risk manager in Montana. Prior to joining the MountainGuard team, Jason was in-house counsel for a petroleum distributor. jason.kartchner@amwins.com
Abigail Lewis | Arena Snowparks Abigail Lewis was born stateside, but raised in the land of the Ca- nucks. She’s been working in parks for eight years. She started as an instructor in Alberta, until landing a job running the parks of a small
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