Gavin Preziosi - Executive Director
Gavin comes to the the Lake Louise Ski Clubs as a passionate skier with a true love for coaching and the outdoors. He and his wife live in a log cabin just outside of Golden, BC and are happiest when a skiing fun lines off piste or out adventuring on mountain bikes. Gavin has coached in four different provinces, skied in all ten (plus the Yukon). He comes to Lake Louise via his most recent job as the Head Coach of the Alberta Women’s Ski Team.
He looks forward to meeting all our athletes, fostering club culture and continuing the LLSCs RISE as one of Canada’s best ski clubs.
He looks forward to meeting all our athletes, fostering club culture and continuing the LLSCs RISE as one of Canada’s best ski clubs.
Phil Pike - FIS Head Coach
Phil was born in Montreal, Quebec and lived there till the age of 15; that is where his passion for skiing all started. He then spent his last few years of high school in Vermont at a ski academy racing FIS. After high school, Phil quickly made his way out west to continue his passion and pursue a career in ski coaching.
Jennifer Clarridge - U16 Head Coach
After finishing high school and her FIS career in Ontario, Jen moved to Alberta for university and quickly found a coaching job with the Lake Louise Ski Club. She spent almost 8 years with the club working with NG - U16 athletes. Since then she has worked with FIS programs in BC and with the Alberta Ski Team.
She has a huge passion for skiing, for the sport of ski racing, and she loves sharing this with her athletes. She also loves being in the mountains and when she's not skiing, she's usually hiking, biking, or climbing somewhere in the Rockies.
In the off season you can find Jen working at Atmosphere in Banff, or guiding canoe trips in Ontario. She is on the road a lot but is proud to call Alberta home and is stoked to be back with the Lake Louise Ski Club.
She has a huge passion for skiing, for the sport of ski racing, and she loves sharing this with her athletes. She also loves being in the mountains and when she's not skiing, she's usually hiking, biking, or climbing somewhere in the Rockies.
In the off season you can find Jen working at Atmosphere in Banff, or guiding canoe trips in Ontario. She is on the road a lot but is proud to call Alberta home and is stoked to be back with the Lake Louise Ski Club.
Emerson Brooks - U14 Coach
Born and raised in Montreal, Quebec Emerson grew up skiing and racing the Laurentians. At the age of 16 he began teaching and coaching at his local club. Skiing and coaching were always a passion. Once Emerson had skied out every last minute and piece of terrain, it was time to move west. He moved out west in the early 90’s and never looked back.
Teaching skiing became a full-time job. Emerson worked his way through his levels attaining a Level 4 CSIA and CSCF level 2 with work in progress on the PL coaching certification. He is currently still involved in training and certifying ski instructors with the CSIA, as well as helping out the Lake Louise Ski School with staff training. Lake Louise Ski Area has been his home for 28 ski seasons. The great terrain has a given Emerson what he needed to push his skiing to the best it can be. Over the years he has represented Canada at the 2011 Interski in St. Anton Austria, traveled to Chamonix, France to work with ENSA (Ecole National de Ski et Alpinisme) and work on ski technique and certification structure.
When he is not skiing, Emerson runs construction company in Canmore where he works on renovations and custom cabinetry projects. Emerson hopes to bring his years of experience and knowledge of ski racing to our U14 program and have a fun time doing it.
Teaching skiing became a full-time job. Emerson worked his way through his levels attaining a Level 4 CSIA and CSCF level 2 with work in progress on the PL coaching certification. He is currently still involved in training and certifying ski instructors with the CSIA, as well as helping out the Lake Louise Ski School with staff training. Lake Louise Ski Area has been his home for 28 ski seasons. The great terrain has a given Emerson what he needed to push his skiing to the best it can be. Over the years he has represented Canada at the 2011 Interski in St. Anton Austria, traveled to Chamonix, France to work with ENSA (Ecole National de Ski et Alpinisme) and work on ski technique and certification structure.
When he is not skiing, Emerson runs construction company in Canmore where he works on renovations and custom cabinetry projects. Emerson hopes to bring his years of experience and knowledge of ski racing to our U14 program and have a fun time doing it.
Curtis Rousseau - U14 Coach
Curtis was born and raised in Saskatchewan. He grew up racing in Saskatchewan and has always had a love of ski racing.
After taking a bit of a break from skiing and starting a family, Curtis decided to get back into it with coaching. It was always a dream of his to introduce his love and passion for skiing to his children. He has developed himself into a performance level coach, an EL and DL facilitator and evaluator as well as a CSIA level 1.
After running a club in Saskatchewan for a few years, he was hired as the program director for the province of Saskatchewan where he has been for the past 4 years.
Curtis super excited to finally coach and ski with a race team in the mountains and even more excited to do that with a club like LLSC.
After taking a bit of a break from skiing and starting a family, Curtis decided to get back into it with coaching. It was always a dream of his to introduce his love and passion for skiing to his children. He has developed himself into a performance level coach, an EL and DL facilitator and evaluator as well as a CSIA level 1.
After running a club in Saskatchewan for a few years, he was hired as the program director for the province of Saskatchewan where he has been for the past 4 years.
Curtis super excited to finally coach and ski with a race team in the mountains and even more excited to do that with a club like LLSC.
Liam Naish - U12 Head Coach
Liam grew up racing and skiing in Alberta. After two years of skiing FIS, he hopped right into coaching. Along with working in the mountains he also dedicates most of his free time there as well. Climbing throughout the summer and ski touring in the winter, there isn’t a time he doesn’t yearn for peaks. To support his life and gear addiction, Liam is a carpenter through the summer months, currently working on film sets. Liam is also pursuing a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree at the Alberta University of the Arts, majoring in painting. Liam is looking forward to hitting the slopes with the U12 crew and sharing some laughs.
