PSIA-AASI

About Dave

Dave has been skiing in the state known for “the best snow on earth” since he was 4 years old. He is currently training coordinator and ski school supervisor at Park City Mountain Resort in Utah. He is very involved in the PSIA-Intermountain Division, holding positions such as team manager, certification manager, and division education and certification leader. Dave spent two years in the Philippines as a missionary before attending Brigham Young University. New to the team this year, he is a second generation PSIA Alpine Team member, following in the footsteps of his father, Max.

Vital Stats

Hometown: Heber, UT

Resort: Park City Mountain Resort, UT

Sponsors: Dynastar/Lange, Leki, Swany, Bolle

Favorite run: High Rustler (Alta, UT)

Favorite off-mountain restaurant: Café Rio, all over Utah

Favorite sports team: Denver Broncos

Ski morning breakfast: Not enough!!! Muffin or an instant breakfast, which leaves me hungry by 10 a.m.

Ski day lunch: Making up for breakfast, I usually go too big for lunch with a big plate of pasta or a burger and fries.

Skis on: Dynastar Contact 4X4

Most memorable skiing moment: Continuous flow with an occasional senstion of weightlessness, followed by bottomless powder on a hill steep enough that it doesn’t matter how deep it is. 

I would like to meet. . . Lance Armstrong.

PSIA-AASI makes me. . . motivated to grow and improve.

First ski outfit:  I couldn’t tell you what my first outfit looked like, other than it was likely used by both of my older brothers before I got my hands on it.

Something that not many people know about him: I spent two years in the Philippines as a missionary.

Snowsports goal: To be the best that I can be. I enjoy having an impact on others and hope that I can continue to influence how others live within the profession.

Biggest ski influence: My father has been a great example for me within ski instruction. He has always been my example in how to be a good person and I am lucky to have followed in his footsteps in my profession as well. Thanks, dad!