Silver Star Mountain Cross Country Ski Camps

Meet Our Faculty
Coaches, Instructors and Advisors

Glenn Bond Cross Country Ski Camps Director Nordic Manager at Silver Star Mountain Resort Nordic Director with Canada West Ski Areas Association Raced at international level for 10 years, currently races loppet series and multi-sport events.	Dr. Joe Bouscaren Certified NENSA Level 2 coach and Orthopedic physician with special expertise in exercise physiology. Medal winner at US Master’s XC ski Nationals and four time member of US National Rowing Team. Regular contributor to The Master Skier newspaper and manages www.skifast.us.	Marie-Catherine Bruno CANSI level 4 Nordic Course conductor level 3 NCCP certified Best performance: 10th World ski-orienteering championships, Japan 2009
Sandy Cook Level IV Nordic Instructor, Level I Tele Instructor, Level III Alpine and Level II Coach. Hon. BSc. Kinesiology, BASc Mechanical Engineering. Resident of Silver Star since 1995. Transplant from Thunder Bay, Ontario.	Norm Crerar Past administrator of the Silver Star Nordic Camps. Certified Nordic instructor, past member of the Canadian Nordic Demo team, loppeteer. Currently organizing a summer XC camp and Voyageur Canoe Adventures.	Andi Fancy Andi began cross country skiing in 2006 and quickly developed a passion for the sport. Over the past four years Andi has worked with some of the best skiers and coaches in the world. She represented New Zealand at the 2009 World Championships and is striving to compete at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games. Andi has worked as a downhill ski instructor for the past 7 years.
Michael Kennedy Assistant Professor (Exercise Physiology), University of Alberta focusing on factors that influence athlete health and performance. NNCP Level 3 coach and Level 4/5 theory course conductor. Former head wax technician for x-c.com and race service consultant for Swix Canada for over a decade. Currently coaching elite senior skiers and working with the Alberta World Cup Academy. Favorite trails: Silverstar of course!	Dr. Mike Mandli Michael J. Mandli is a licensed psychologist who has been racing skis for 30 years. He coaches masters, juniors, and seniors though the CXC development program and shares a vast knowledge of technique, race training, waxing, and the mental aspects of competition. His resume includes several State and National championships as well age group podiums in the American Birkebeiner/Korteloppet, the Minnesota Mora Vassaloppett, and the Noquamenon Ski Marathons. His approach to teaching both classic and skate technique is based on the most current methods and analysis used by World Cup and National coaches. He has been XC ski training at Silver Star Mountain every fall for the last 14 years, and he loves to share his experience of the best trails and early season snow In North America.	Skeets Morel Skeets Morel has been skiing since he could stand. He learned how to ski on snowmobile trails and frozen lakes in northern Ontario. He now lives in Vernon, BC pursuing his goal to compete in the Vancouver 2010 Olympics. Skeets has represented Canada at 2 World University Games, and raced in a handful of World Cups. His top result was at the 2007 World University Games where he qualified 10th in the freestyle sprint race.
Shirley Pommier Certified Nordic instructor, master skier, loppeteer. 5 years with the Silver Star Nordic Camps. Currently working as a full time professional nurse.	Phil Villeneuve A past member of Canada's National Ski Team with multiple World Cups under his belt, Phil continues to push the limits of endurance in both skiing and trail running, specializing in long distance stages races such as the TransRockies and Rock & Ice Ultra. He is currently employed by Salomon as Canada's Nordic Specialist.