Zeke Fashingbauer
Cross Country Team Coach
Where is your home mountain?
Minocqua Winter Park, WI
Where did you learn to slide on snow?
Minocqua Winter Park, WI
As of 2024, how long have you been instructing?
16 years
What are your specialties as a team member?
Technical skills. (How to be a better skier, rider, etc., and how to teach others to be better), How to create opportunities for carrier advancement in snowsports. Children’s specialist, Snowsports school management, Gear tech (i.e. boot fitting, equipment tuning, etc.) related to your discipline, General professional development in snowsports, such as how to make a career out of it, Background in racing or race coaching
What other work do you do?
Tulie Budiselich
Where is your home mountain?
Methow Valley, Washington
What other occupations are you involved in?
I’m an Equine Assisted Therapy and Competitive Equestrian Coach, and I also do freelance photography and design.
Describe a teaching or learning experience that sticks out in your mind.
Watching a fellow snowsports instructor teach a 3-year-old how to snowboard. Their creativity in keeping this little rider not only engaged, but actually performing complex skills blew me away. It is something that motivates me to stay curious and give every student my full attention.
What are your specialties as a team member?
Dryland training and coaching functional movement both on and off snow; coaching master skiers, and amateur athlete’s, coaching coaches!
Any relevant certifications or accreditations?
PSIA-certified Cross Country Level III.
Is there anything we missed asking?
In addition to cross country skiing, I enjoy alpine skiing AND snowboarding and am delighted to be on the team with some of the best in the biz.
Justin Arndt
Where is your home mountain?
Coaching at Colorado State University , Colorado and Crested Butte Nordic, Colorado.
Where did you learn to slide on snow?
Devil’s Thumb Nordic, Colorado; Loveland Ski Area, Colorado; Jeffco Ski Team, Colorado
As of 2024, how long have you been instructing?
4 years
What are your specialties as a team member?
Technical skills. (How to be a better skier, rider, etc., and how to teach others to be better), People skills., Why it’s important to ski with a pro. Gear tech (i.e. bootfitting, equipment tuning, etc.) related to your discipline, Translating snowsports instructing skills to other roles / jobs (outside of snowsports industry), Background in racing or race coaching, Training (physical, mental, summer prep, etc.), Opportunities to compete at various levels/ages.
What other work do you do?
Currently at Colorado State University giving tours, soon to change after the summer…not sure what to.
