About SnowProfessor.com
Last March I wanted to watch instructional snowboard videos, so I searched all over. I could only find home videos of people doing face-plants or professional videos that gave one beginner tip followed by three minutes of rodeo flips off a 70 foot kicker to guitar music. My brother and I talked it over and decided to make real videos that actually teach stuff.
I stayed up late writing scripts that captured our personalities and teaching styles. One month later we headed to Breckenridge, Colorado and my husband helped us film a bunch of riding. We filmed all summer long and Rick edited and built the website. So there you have it.
About Jill
I used to be a sort-of pro snowboarder but decided to attend college and pursue an ordinary career. At my peak, I was a national champion, member of the Jr. National Team and had my name printed on the inside cover of the 1997 Burton catalog. It was great. I got to miss school to go snowboarding and travel around the world. But it didn’t last long and, ten surgeries later, I got dropped from Burton and was too beat-up to continue racing.
I love the sport too much to quit so I’ve been teaching for the past 5 years. I earned my Level II AASI Certification and found a true passion for instruction. I still work in my ordinary career, but spend most of my free time making snowboard videos with my brother Rick.
Thank you for supporting our website and letting us share our passion. If you’ve got any suggestions, feel free to email me at jill@snowprofessor.com.
Follow me on Twitter: @SnowProfessor
Age: 30
Home resort: Hyland Ski & Snowboard Area --- YEAH!!!
Years snowboarding: 20
Years teaching: 5
Certification: AASI Level II
Weight/height: 5’3”, 115 lbs
Snowboard: Burton FeelGood ES 145 and Malolo 149
About Rick
Rick went to the University of Colorado in Boulder so he could study mechanical engineering and snowboard 60 days a year. He moved back to Minnesota and got a sensible job at an engineering company of some sort where he answered phones in a cubical most of the day. He taught himself nerdy stuff—like video editing software and how to build his own computer.
Snowboarding in Minnesota is lame, so Rick and his wife began teaching for SkiJammers to pass the time. Rick’s urge to spin over massive freestyle jumps faded away as he got older, but he discovered that he really liked training other people to fly over them.
He racked up all sorts of AASI (American Association of Snowboard Instructors) certification; obtaining his Level 3, Freestyle Accreditation, Children’s Accreditation and earned a spot on the Central Division Education Staff. La-tee-da.
Rick currently is a full time dad for Ellie (3) and Spencer (1) while looking for a day job (laid off last spring) and making videos for SnowProfessor.com.
He is very grown up (drives a minivan and a station wagon).
You can ask him a question at rick@snowprofessor.com or follow him on Twitter: @SnowProRick
Age: 32
Home resort: Hyland Ski and Snowboard Area -- Yeah again!!!
Certification: AASI Level III, Freestyle Accreditation, Children’s Accreditation, appointed to the Central Division Ed Staff, elected to the Central Division Board of Directors
Years snowboarding: 21
Years teaching: 10
Height/weight: 6’2”, 195 lbs
Snowboards: Burton Custom X 160, Joystick 161, Malolo 162, (Un.Inc 158 was sold) |
