What better to do with a good winter than 
be a ski instructor at Deer Valley Resort?

Finishing up my second year here at Deer Valley, I can't think of a single thing!

I am proud to announce that for the 2004-2005 season, I am the Area Representative for:

Dynastar Skis
Lange Boots
Look Bindings

as well as being on the 

COLE SPORT PROFESSIONAL STAFF

 

MY SKIING PHILOSOPHY 

To ski well is to hover over the terrain as if suspended 
by some unknown or hidden force:


it may be thought of as a force of faith in your ability.

 

 I have found that the freedom offered by snow skiing is unmatched in anything I have experienced in my life.  There is a symbiotic nature between the powder under your skis connected to your feet connected to your brain.  Sometimes it is effortless and relaxing.  Sometimes it is scary and intense.  Never is it the same as before or as it will be.  Never will YOU be the same.  Each time you ski you face many variables that you have to overcome and no turn is the same.  They say 50% of your turns are turns to the left.  I say don't worry about percentages and enjoy the snow!  Powder!   Groomers!  Crud!  Bumps!  

Enjoy the wealth the mountain offers!

The fact that I was born in Memphis, Tennessee, and then raised in Knoxville, Tennessee, leaves most wondering how I ended up in a small mountain resort town (which ain't so small anymore).  I have been skiing since I was 16 years when my dad got our family snow skis for Christmas.  It became a true obsession when my friends Jamie and Dave took me up to the top of Ober Gatlinburg and said "see ya at the bottom."  As Dave slithered away in his "parallel gracefulness", I was snowplowing and falling on my face!  No worries, however, as it didn't take many trips up to Ober Gatlinburg, Beech Mountain, NC, or Sugar Mountain, NC, before I realized I loved sliding down the snow covered hills with the wind in my face!  The next thing you know I go to Colorado a couple of times with my girlfriend and some friends and I discover the West!   Utah was still a mystery, but in the Spring of 1989 I came to Alta and discovered over 150 inches of the Greatest Snow on Earth.  I have been around the Park City area since the winter of 1989.  

Skiing is something I consider a major component of my definition of LIVING.  Teaching skiing fell naturally out of my love for the sport. My friend Karl told me that I should teach snow skiing after I began teaching  mountain biking for him at the Mountain Bike School at Deer Valley.  This proved to myself that I could be a patient teacher at something different and difficult while actually doing something I loved at the same time.  

In the last week of February 2004, I got to "full-circle" with my skiing as Dave, mentioned above, booked me for an all day private lesson. First it was quite an honor to help someone who served as an inspiration for my skiing career, and second, it was a great powder day with one of my oldest and best friends.  Truly I am enjoying this game I call ski instruction!

LEVEL II CERTIFIED ALPINE


 "I CAN HELP"
is my motto so if you are a "never-ever" looking for that 
patient coach you never thought you could find to start your new adventure; an intermediate needing to get an extra edge (PUN INTENDED!) on your skiing; or an accomplished skier looking for a tune up from another accomplished skier-- I can help.

 

With many years in the area and a personal interest in advancement of the ski industry and my part in it, as well as being very connected with the local shops and ski industry, you can count on me for updates on the latest in ski instruction and technology. 

Come skiing with me and see why I love doing what I do and
living in The Greatest Snow on Earth! 

 

CLICK HERE FOR PICTURES FROM THE 
2004-2005 SKI SEASON

 

Pictures from the 2003-2004 ski season

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Alfred and Zack Gerechoff
From "never ever" to rippin' BIG STICK in five days!

December 26, 2003

(notice Cameron's skis in the background!)

 

The Orlando Gang smiling in the sunshine
The Orlando Gang
Brad, Jack, Beth, Marsha, Larry, Mike
Mark and Alfred
(see further below for an 8 years earlier version of the Orlando Gang)

 
The Coach knew of the igloos and Greg wanted to check them out

Greg, Coach, and Alfred inside the igloo

 We had to show the whole family :)

Alfred, Greg, Jill, Andy, Sammy, and Jenny
Outside the Hidden Treasure Meadow Igloos

 

 

 


Martin ripping thru the pow
Anchor Trees

Working on a powder day--and I get paid for this?
Martin and Alfred 
near the top of Anchor Trees

2/25/04

 
Alfred bouncing through Anchor Trees
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2/28/04

Off-Piste/Steep Skiing 
Clinic Group 
"Jeet Kune Ski"

Tom, Suzi, Cameron, Steve, Alfred

Chute 7 fresheez!

Ripping the fresh powder at 
the bottom of Chute 7
Photo by Steve Urie

 

 

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The Coach showing us how its 
done in Chute 7

Photo by Phatty

 

 


Mark, Carol, Alfred

Just another great day at Deer Valley

"Ok,now this is the only time you will ever hear me say this, first, you just grab a cold drink,relax the knees and lean waaayyyy back..."

Empire Lodge Beach
3/1/04

 

On the porch at Brad's Condo
Trail's End, Deer Valley
3/1/04

 
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Lisa, Alfred, Ciaran

Empire Canyon, Deer Valley Resort
3/7/04


Cairan, Lisa, Hal, Orrin, Alexis, Alfred

Lookout Cabin, The Canyons Resort
3/8/04

 

OLDER PHOTOS

It was a big honor for this Tennessee Alumnus to give a free lesson to Coach Fulmer

University of Tennessee Head Football Coach 
Phil Fulmer and Alfred
Top of Saddleback Chair at The Canyons Resort
"You saved my life a couple of times today, son"

February 21, 2001

Remember this guy?  That was me back in my first season teaching skiing over at The Canyons Resort. 
Many things have sure changed since back in 1997!

 

 


The Orlando Gang
January 1998

Mogul Moose, Phatty, Colleen, and Ted. E. Bear

Mogul Moose, Alfred, Colleen Berezny, Ted E. Bear
February, 1998

 

Have you been hearing about this instructor named KRUSH? 

Or have you been seeing teamKRUSH and their antics around the mountain this year?  

What is teamKRUSH?  Who is KRUSH?
 

Click this link to go find out about 
teamKRUSH

 

Click here for a link to some random ski photos
of me playing in the Greatest Snow on EARTH


 Please contact the Deer Valley Ski School Reservation Department
to inquire about my availability.
toll free (888) SKI-TIPS (754-8477)

Any way that you look at it, I can help you out in some way.   Get in touch with me please.
phatty@phattyweb.com