ABENAKI SKI TEAM
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Meet our Staff And Coaches
Staff
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Scott grew up in western Maine, where he was a competitive skier. After graduating from college in New Hampshire, he continued to race in adult leagues. When his son began ski racing, Scott became a coach at the McIntyre Ski Area. He has been a coach for the past 20 years, first at McIntyre, where he coached all levels before he became the program director. He then moved to Pats Peak, where he served as the head coach for the U16-21 athletes for 7 years. In 2019, Scott relocated to Gilford and coached the U12 racers at Gunstock Mountain. Most recently, Scott was the assistant coach for the University of New Hampshire alpine team. Scott is a Level 200 USSA coach with experience at USSA and FIS/FISU level competitions. He is a retired sales and business development executive in the aerospace industry. In his free time, Scott enjoys hiking, cycling, and playing tennis. He is excited to join the Abenaki community and help them achieve the team mission.
Aynne de Beer started the ski team with her husband, Andre, in 2010, with the purpose of bringing affordable and accessible ski racing to the local youth. She volunteers in the role of administrator and program director, continuing to develop and grow the program so that the opportunity is available for generations to come. Aynne and her family live in Wolfeboro, NH where she manages and operates a family-owned summer business.
Alpine Coaches
U14
Seth grew up in western mass, racing competitively until he went west for college and spent a decade chasing powder. Seth has been with Abenaki since 2015, when he started out helping U8’s up the rope tow. A resident of Tuftonboro, NH, Seth values the importance of Abenaki for our local community. When not on the hill Seth focuses his energy on leadership development of youth and young adults as the Executive Director of YMCA Camp Belknap.
Matt grew up ski racing in NH as a youth. He went on to ski for the UNH Ski team and made the US Ski Team National Training Group. Matt has coached at many of the top race programs in NH including Waterville Valley, Attitash and Brewster Academy. Matt enjoys being at Abenkai coaching in his hometown. The spirit of Abenaki and developing local youth to be skiers for life and top-notch racers is a highlight of every week in the winter for Matt.
U12
Jill moved to Wolfeboro at 10 years old coming from 3 generations of Wolfeboro natives. She grew up playing ice hockey at Pop Whalen and skiing for fun at abenaki. She skied competitively for Kingswood middle school then moved on to Kingswood high school. While also a part of the young adult ski patrol program at Abenaki and became a National Ski Patrol in her senior year of high school. After high school she skied at the D3 college level for Saint Joseph's College of Maine, where she received her bachelor’s degree in exercise science with minors in coaching and business. When she is not on the slopes she spends her summers on the lake, camping, hiking, and working at Melvin Village Marina.
Jim’s early skiing and racing years in NH inspired ski adventures spanning four continents. While at UNH, he began coaching on breaks and working night race crews. Jim earned his level 200 alpine coach’s certification, coached for over 10 seasons, and continued to chase master’s and corporate races for 20+ years. Jim sees Abenaki as the ideal place to impart a lifelong passion in young skiers while serving to broaden grass roots athlete development in the region. On weekdays, Jim is a hydrologist who specializes in groundwater-quality research.
​David grew up skiing on the small hills of Connecticut and then to UNH to study forestry. Thecareer path took him west for 40 years working as a research scientist for the US Forest Servicein Berkeley California and then a professor at UC Davis. Following retirement in 2020, NewEngland called him home and the small village of Wolfeboro was the perfect place for thatchapter of life, skiing, climbing, cycling, kayaking, everything here! Learning alpine ski racecoaching from the experienced coaches and keeping up with the U12s is a very rewarding life
U10
Gordon is a volunteer coach for the Abenaki ski team. After college from St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota Gordon moved to Vail, Colorado for eighteen years as an owner operator of a successful restaurant in Vail and chasing Colorado powder whenever he had time. Starting a family prompted a move to Wolfeboro, New Hampshire where he now lives with his wife and their three children, two dogs and several chickens. The family enjoys summers on the lake and skiing together in the winter. Gordon operates Garwoods Restaurant, his families business on the shores of Lake Winnipesaukee.
Sam grew up in Wolfeboro NH. As a townie, he joined the ski team inits first year and skied with Abenaki until middle school when heswitched over to Kingswood Middle School team and then BrewsterSki team for high school under the leadership of Matt Found. Afterhigh school he hung up the GS suit and continued to ski recreationallyuntil last winter when he joined the coaching crew at Abenaki. Sam iscurrently part of the Recreation Management Program at UNH with afocus in Outdoor Leadership Management. When he is not on theslopes you can find him climbing, hiking, fishing, camping andenjoying the outdoors.
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U8
Virginia, a native of Wolfeboro and ski team alum, has been “riding the rope” at Abenaki since the age of three. She is excited to continue her coaching career this season with the U8s. When not hitting the slopes, she attends Berwick Academy in South Berwick, Maine where she is a sophomore. Some of her other hobbies include dancing, volleyball, lacrosse and scooping ice cream in the summer at the Bubble.
Walton learned to ski in northwestern Connecticut on a town-operated rope tow like Abenaki and switched to telemark gear in high school and tobackcountry skiing in college. Now that he has three daughters on the Abenaki team, however, he realizes that he will need to update his 80s vintage touring skis and leather boots if he wants to keep up. He divides his time between Wakefield, NH and Boston, MA where he does research on ancient plants and plant ecosystems. When he is not on the snow, he is happy to make do with ice, grass, dirt, or water, as long as he can be outdoors.
Freestyle Coaches
In addition to his role at Abenaki, Rob Dresser is the head Moguls Freestyle “A” skiing coach at WVA. Rob is an alumnus of WVA and BBTS. Rob began his coaching career at Whaleback in 2009. He came back to Waterville Valley in 2011. Before becoming the head Moguls coach in 2020, he also gained coaching experience at Proctor, Abenaki & Holderness. Rob is a level 200 air & Moguls coach. In the summers Rob is a competitive sailor and has also spent time coaching the Princeton sailing club.
Nordic Coaches
Jim is an Ossipee/Tuftonboro native. He competed on the Kingswood Nordic Team and continues to race in his free time.Jim ran cross country in high school and Unity College and has a passion for individual effort sports and their community.In addition to nordic, Jim enjoys roller skiing, alpine skiing, cycling and sharing outdoor adventures with family and friends. Outside these adventures, Jim is a police officer in Madison, NH.
Walton learned to ski in northwestern Connecticut on a town-operated rope tow like Abenaki and switched to telemark gear in high school and tobackcountry skiing in college. Now that he has three daughters on the Abenaki team, however, he realizes that he will need to update his 80s vintage touring skis and leather boots if he wants to keep up. He divides his time between Wakefield, NH and Boston, MA where he does research on ancient plants and plant ecosystems. When he is not on the snow, he is happy to make do with ice, grass, dirt, or water, as long as he can be outdoors.
Learn to Ski
Ed has been a ski instructor at Pat’s Peak for 6 years where he has worked with their afternoon kids’ school programs and the general public. He has been an avid skier his whole life and has been with Abenaki since 2019. When not on the slopes, Ed works for an investment company and also enjoys snowmobiling, hiking, and mountain biking.
Walton learned to ski in northwestern Connecticut on a town-operated rope tow like Abenaki and switched to telemark gear in high school and tobackcountry skiing in college. Now that he has three daughters on the Abenaki team, however, he realizes that he will need to update his 80s vintage touring skis and leather boots if he wants to keep up. He divides his time between Wakefield, NH and Boston, MA where he does research on ancient plants and plant ecosystems. When he is not on the snow, he is happy to make do with ice, grass, dirt, or water, as long as he can be outdoors.