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CANADIAN SNOWSPORTS ASSOCIATION

The CANADIAN SNOWSPORTS ASSOCIATION is a federation of its nine ski and snowboard member disciplines, whose mandate is the development of elite amateur athletes and the pursuit of excellence at national and international level competitions for all disciplines.

Each discipline operates through regional divisions consisting of more than 650 clubs with over 80,000 members. Incorporated in 1920, The CANADIAN SNOWSPORTS ASSOCIATION represents Canada on the world governing body for skiing and snowboarding - the Fédération Internationale de Ski (FIS) www.fis-ski.com.
   

Board of Directors (2008/2009)

President Chris Robinson Toronto, ON
Vice-President Steve Podborski Whistler, BC
Treasurer Peter Kerr Richmond, BC
Alpine Canada Alpin Reid Drury Calgary, AB
Canadian Association for Disabled Skiing David O'Brien Barrie, ON
Canadian Freestyle Ski Association Jim Francis Grande Prairie, AB
Canadian Snowboard Federation Steve Fairburn Fall River, NS 
Canadian Speed Skiing Association Richard Beare Calgary, AB
Cross Country Canada Tony Daffern Calgary, AB
Nordic Combined Ski Canada Combiné Nordique Tannis Carlson Calgary, AB
Ski Jumping Canada Ron Read Calgary, AB
Telemark Ski Canada Télémark Fabio Moscatelli Whistler, BC
FIS Council Member Patrick Smith Thunder Bay, ON

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Administrative Office

Managing Director David Pym dpym@isrm.com Vancouver, BC
Administrator Lillian Alderton lillianalderton@hotmail.com Vancouver, BC

Canadian Representatives on FIS Council

FIS Council Member Patrick Smith   Thunder Bay, ON

Canadian Representatives on FIS-Wide Special Committees

Coordination Group for General Youth and Children’s Questions

Ken Read – Chairman

Calgary, AB

Legal and Safety Committee

Christopher Moore – Vice Chair

Ottawa, ON

Medical Committee

Dr. Bob Morrell

Richmond, BC

Committee for Advertising Matters

Dave Dyer

Russell, ON

Committee for Public Relations and Mass Media

Grant McDiarmaid

Victoria, BC

Committee for Competition Equipment

Chris Robinson

Collingwood, ON

Sub-Committee for Alpine Citizen Racers

Rémi Cloutier

Ste. Agathe, QC

Sub-Committee for University Racers

Erin Armstrong

Calgary, AB

Sub-Committee for Masters Racers

Erin Armstrong

Calgary, AB

Sub-Committee for Skiers with a Disability

Steve Podborski

Whistler, BC

FIS Court

Justice Frank Caputo

Sault Ste. Marie, ON

Athletes Commission

J.J. Anderson

Mont-Tremblant, QC

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Canadian Representatives on FIS Discipline Committees
Alpine  Cross Country  Freestyle  Nordic Combined  Ski Jumping  Snowboard  Speed Skiing  Telemark Canada

CROSS COUNTRY

Executive Board

Al Maddox

Thunder Bay, ON

Sub-Committee for Ladies' Cross-Country

Diane Thomson

Ottawa, ON

Sub-Committee for Rules and Control

Al Maddox

Thunder Bay, ON

Sub-Committee for World and Continental Cups

Tom Holland

Canmore, AB

 

 

 

SKI JUMPING

Committee for Ski Jumping

Ron Read

Robert McCormack

Calgary, AB

Thunder Bay, ON

Sub-Committee for Ski Jumping Youth and Children’s Questions

Ron Read

Calgary, AB

Sub-Committee for Jumping Hills

Ron Read

Calgary, AB

Sub-Committee for Calendar Planning

Ron Read

Calgary, AB

Sub-Committee for Officials, Rules and Control

Ron Read

Calgary, AB

Sub-Committee for Equipment and Development

Ron Read

Calgary, AB

 

 

 

NORDIC COMBINED

Committee for Nordic Combined

John Heilig

Vancouver, BC

Liaison for Vancouver 2010

John Heilig

Vancouver, BC

 

 

 

ALPINE

Executive Board

Ken Read

Calgary, AB

Sub-Committee for Alpine Youth and Children’s Questions

Ken Read - Chairman

Calgary, AB

Sub-Committee for Classification of Alpine Competitions

Claude Savard

Magog, QC

Sub-Committee for Ladies’ Alpine Skiing

Diana-Haight Arn – Vice Chair

Lyss, SUI

Sub-Committee for Alpine Courses

Julie Lemieux

Calgary, AB

Sub-Committee for Alpine Course

     Inspectors and Controllers:

 

 

 

 

 

 

     Technical Advisors:

 

Currie Chapman

Camille Courchesne

Claude Dumontier

Darrell MacLachlan

Bill McNeney

Gerry Rinaldi

 

David Pym

Gerry Rinaldi

Currie Chapman

Danny Gallagher

Germain Barrette

 

Sidney, BC

St. Ferréol-les-Neiges, QC

Labelle, QC

Calgary, AB

Garibaldi Highlands, BC

Kelowna, BC

 

Vancouver, BC

Kelowna, BC

Sidney, BC

 

Sub-Committee for Rules and Control (ICR)

David Pym

Vancouver, BC

Sub-Committee for Alpine TD’s

Ted Savage

Montreal, QC

Sub-Committee for Alpine World Cup

Max Gartner

Calgary, AB

Sub-Committee for Nor-Am Cup

Claude Savard – Vice Chair

Bruce Hamstead

Phil Bernier

Robert Rousselle  

Jennifer Duggan

Magog, QC

Calgary, AB

Calgary, AB

Calgary, AB

Calgary, AB

 

 

 

FREESTYLE

Committee for Freestyle Skiing

Chris Robinson – Chairman

Peter Judge

Collingwood, ON

Vancouver, BC

Sub-Committee for Freestyle Rules and Officials

Bruce Robinson

Delta, BC

 

 

 

SNOWBOARD

Committee for Snowboard

Remi Laliberte

Quebec

Sub-Committee for Snowboard and Freestyle Youth and Children’s Questions

Tom McIllfaterick

Vancouver, BC

Technical Delegate Working Group

Claude Dumontier

Labelle, QC

 

 

 

SPEED SKIING

Committee for Speed Skiing

Richard Beare

Calgary, AB

 

 

 

TELEMARK

Committee for Telemark

Fabio Moscatelli

Whistler, BC

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CANADIAN SNOWSPORTS ASSOCIATION   www.canadaskiandsnowboard.net

202 - 1451 West Broadway, Vancouver, BC V6H 1H6  Tel: (604) 734-6800, Fax: (604) 669-7954

 
Page last updated: 01-Dec-2008