Eastern USSA/FIS Alpine Skiing

Coaching Staff

List of 5 members.

Jason S. Nelson

Proctor Academy

USS/FIS Skiing Interim Program Director

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2014
Craig Leaman

Proctor Academy

Eastern Ski Program/Dorm Surrogate/Strength & Conditioning

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University of Vermont - B.S.

2013
Mike Fairbrother

Proctor Academy

USS/FIS Head Coach, U-19 Men's Coach

603-735-6667

2018
Sean Wheeler

Proctor Academy

Assistant Eastern Ski Coach/Dorm Parent

603-735-6667

2018
Ashleigh Boulton

University of New Hampshire - USAA/FIS Coach

2017

FIS Alpine Skiing

In an age of sport specialization, Proctor offers a sport-specific model within a mainstream college preparatory school, which also allows athletes to pursue mainstream team sports in their off seasons. This model opens many doors for student-athletes, both during their time at Proctor, and beyond.

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Program Overview

Proctor’s alpine program is unique among other boarding school models and ski academy models. Our goal is to work with our athletes to foster the skills, dedication and perseverance that will make them not just exceptional ski racers, but also exceptional young adults. Our athletic program is comprehensive.
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A dedicated strength and conditioning coach works with all alpine athletes throughout the year to ensure athletes are both physically well prepared and educated about the correlation of fitness and athletic nutrition to success on the hill. Athletes also participate in on-snow camps in Chile in the summer and Europe in the fall, leading into their regular season. Once the regular season is underway, the location of Proctor Ski Area just across the street, allows athletes to maximize their time spent both on the snow and in the classroom. Additionally, easy access to Ragged Mountain and Mount Sunapee for regular training gives athletes a diversity of venues not readily found in other elite alpine programs. Add to this our proven, experiential-based education model, AP classes, arts, and more, and you have a recipe that not only builds great ski racers, but exceptional young adults. Program Director David Salathe says, “We can do everything a ski academy can do on snow, but we have the added bonus of a phenomenal campus and extraordinary education model. These are the tools we use to grow great kids!”

Training Camps

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A World of Opportunity

Proctor's FIS and USSA skiers take part in three training camp opportunities around the world in late summer, mid-fall, and Thanksgiving training trips provide valuable on-snow preseason training.
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Proctor’s FIS and USSA skiers begin the season before they are even on campus, with a late summer training camp in El Colorado, Chile. This fundamentals camp gives coaches the ability to assess the strengths of new athletes, and build on those returning. Much time is spent deconstructing technique and ensuring that athletes have a well established understanding of fundamental skills and tactics.

A second mid-fall prep camp is offered to a select group of athletes based on academic and athletic performance. This camp focuses on high volume gate training for a short 1-week period and is held in France or Italy based on conditions.

In November, a Thanksgiving Holiday camp borrows a few academic days on either side of the fall and winter term to give athletes a full 2 weeks of early season snow time. This camp focuses on honing comfort levels on new gear and making sure the fundamentals practiced during the summer camp are well established before progressing into gate training. Athletes return from this camp ready to dive into the season.

Off The Hill

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Strength and Conditioning

Alpine athletes may choose to focus exclusively on strength and conditioning as their fall sport commitment building the strength, speed, agility and flexibility that will enhance their performance on the hill.
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The program is overseen by a dedicated strength and conditioning coach. Athletes may also choose to pursue a fall team sport in lieu of exclusive strength and conditioning. For those athletes, we offer a supplementary strength and conditioning program designed for each individual. These athletes are also supervised by our strength and conditioning coach, but are scheduled individually or in small groups depending on the athletes available time. We believe building a solid foundation for skiing begins with building a sound and strong athlete.

Training Facilities

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Private FIS Homologated Training

Located within walking distance of campus, the Proctor Ski Area is the world’s finest high school-owned, private FIS homologated ski training facility featuring top to bottom lighting and snowmaking.
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Use of a Prinoth 350 grooming machine guarantees superb conditions throughout the season. Additionally, newly widened training and racing trails offer fully netted, full length training from December through March. The area hosts a variety of USSA and regional FIS races, as well as College Carnivals. One veteran coach observes, “The Proctor Ski Area is doing more for snow sports--vertical foot for vertical foot--than any other mountain in New England. Period.” Read more about the Proctor Ski Area HERE.

USSA/FIS Alpine Racing Resources

Coaching Staff

List of 5 members.

Jason S. Nelson

Craig Leaman

Mike Fairbrother

Sean Wheeler

Ashleigh Boulton

FIS Alpine Skiing

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Program Overview

USSA/FIS Skiing at Proctor

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Training Camps

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A World of Opportunity

Off The Hill

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Strength and Conditioning

Training Facilities

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Private FIS Homologated Training

USSA/FIS Alpine Racing Resources