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Lael Gregory
Zach Horwitz
Mike Jacoby
Rob Kingwill
Manuel Mendoza
Steve Persons
Ross Powers
Jimi Scott
Dan Smith
Women
Stacia Hookom
Cammy Potter
Sabrina Sadeghi
Annemarie Uliasz
Sondra Van Ert

Peter Foley is the first - and, so far, the only - head coach of the U.S. Snowboard Team. This marks his third season at the helm. He grew up as a ski racer in Colorado and attended the Univ. of Colorado before transferring to the Univ. of Oregon, where he studied journalism. He turned to snowboarding in the early '90s, raced pro for two seasons and took over in 1994 as the U.S. Snowboard Team head coach. He lives in Hood River, Ore.

Pete DelGiudice
Freestyle Coach

If it weren't for son Dustin, ex-surfer Pete DelGiudice still might be an alpine racing coach for John Armstrong at Mammoth Mountain. "I got into this because of my son," DelGiudice said. He grew up in southern California but moved to Mammoth "because I got fed up with the southern California of the '60s, no place to park and all that," he explains. DelGiudice began coaching alpine skiing and worked with Bill Egan and Ueli Luthi before being tapped by Armstrong as Mammoth's first freestyle snowboard coach. He owns his own steel fabrication business, enjoys duck hunting and continues to live in Mammoth Lakes, Calif.

Heath Van Aken
Alpine/Conditioning Coach

A former alpine racer, Heath Van Aken grew up in the Whitefish, Montana area with Steve Persons, Rob Berney and Co. He became a coach several years ago while attending Central Oregon Community College and joined the U.S. Snowboard Team staff during the 1996 season. In addition to coaching technique for the alpine riders, Van Aken serves as conditioning coach for both the gate-runners and halfpipe specialists. In his free time during the offseason, he lives in Bend, Ore. and is likely to be found rock climbing, fishing, mountainbiking or working toward his degree in geology.