David Lawrence
About David
New to the PSIA Nordic Team, David began skiing at age six at Wintergreen Resort in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia. Specializing in track, he is a full-time cross-country ski instructor for the Methow Valley Ski School in Winthrop, Washington. He is a contributing writer for Master Skier and has helped rewrite the Northwest Division certification standards. David is in the outdoors nearly 365 days a year. He and his wife have through-hiked the entire Pacific Crest Trail from Mexico to Canada and then bicycled across the country from Washington to Virginia, covering nearly 7,000 miles under their own power. They now own Pangaea River Rafting near Missoula, Montana, and operate whitewater rafting trips on the Clark Fork, Blackfoot and Spokane Rivers.
Vital Stats
Hometown: Chesapeake, VA
Resort: Methow Valley Nordic Trails, Sun Mountain Lodge
Sponsors: Rossignol, Bolle, Hestra
Favorite run: The Ridge, Loup Loup Ski Bowl, Okanogan, WA
Favorite on-mountain restaurant: The Brown Bag; location: my truck
Favorite sports team: U.S. Ski Team
Favorite travel destination: Any mountain with snow
Favorite movie: No Country for Old Men
Playlist: Metallica, 2 Pac, Don Williams, Willie Nelson, Eminem
Skis on: Rossignol
Currently reading: NO B.S. Direct Marketing, by Dan Kennedy
Most memorable skiing moment: Nuking down Lower Inside Passage on skinny skate skis, eyes tearing, the wind drying out my gums and tongue as I let out a barbaric yelp across the rooftops of the world. Nothing makes you feel more alive than unsafe speeds on unstable skis.
Top three off-snow activities:
1) Whitewater rafting
2) Backpacking
3) Whitewater canoeing
PSIA-AASI makes me. . . a complete professional.
Something not many people know about him: I played lacrosse in college at Hampden Sydney College in Virginia.
Can usually be found: At my desk booking rafting trips in the summer and on the Methow Valley Ski Trails in the winter.
The best thing about being on the PSIA Nordic Team Team: Working with such amazing people.
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