Meet The Team

Paul is a Banff local and renowed ski pro, his qualifications are the highest you can achieve in Canada (Level 4) and his knowledge of both Banff and skiing will ensure you have a fantastic time with him. He has been teaching skiing for 15 years now and has a focus on freestyle skiing and coaching on top of that he is the Vice Chairman of the CSIA Alberta Board of Directors!

Originally from Smoky Lake, Alberta, Tysen went to Lake Louise age seven on his first ever family ski trip and it's been his favourite place to ski ever since. He has gained his level 3, Park & Pipe certificate and Park & Pipe and level 1 Course Conductors.

Tysen loves ripping it up between the trees and for him training and working with friends in the mountains has been a real high point in his life. Retiring from instructing early through a back injury he now brings his expertise to NONSTOP but still takes his pets, 180 Nordica Beasts, out on a regular basis and of course there’s still enough space in his big heart for the other love of his life, the Edmonton Oilers – (The ice hockey team in case you were thinking gruff oil-rig workers!)

Like many of our ass kicking, clever clogs instructresses Michelle has not only trained as a pro but also has a degree in English. During lessons she has battled against sun, snow, rain, 100 km/h winds, ice storms, -30 conditions, creeks, mud puddles, unexpected cliffs, legions of four year olds, NCT groups (No chance of turning) and 12 six-year olds who only spoke Swiss-German! Not High German... Swiss-German! So what does she do in the summer to relax? Rappels out of helicopters to fight forest fires of course!

When you’re dad’s a ski school manager a love of skiing is inevitable but 20 years ago when Anna took her level 1 she only planned to teach for a season. Now a CSIA level 3 and with 12 years of instructing and training staff at Canada Olympic Park it’s become more then a hobby and even with all that experience she insists NONSTOP is the best programme she’s worked on – hooray! Off snow she’s also a full-time mum so if you don’t want to be heckled by the Steckle turn up on time and no lame excuses – she’s heard it all before!

I started skiing when I was 13 in Austria. I'm now 24. Since then I have been on many winter vacations to Europe, I then decided to spend a winter in the 3 valleys. After the winter I then found NONSTOP and headed to Banff the following winter (2005).

Since then I have been working for Ski Banff-Lake Louise-Sunshine. I worked on the 3 day club ski program and also teach for the Fairmont snow school. I started working with Nonstop full time last winter on the 3 week program and the 11 week program. When I'm not working I love to Freeride. My passion is for the steep and deep. I love to ride the Dive and the backside chutes at the lake. On a day typical day off you'll see me ripping on Standish from the first lift to warm up then off to the dive. I love the pow. I love skiing and I love to teach, since completing nonstop i have enjoyed skiing even more every season. I also spend some summers in Banff working and playing golf at the Fairmont Banff Springs Golf Course. I am also into downhill biking, a nice way to stay on the hills in the summer.

A level 3, Mark grew up in Southern Ontario in a small town north of Toronto called Orangeville. Involved in racing programmes from age 5 - 18 by 19 he was coaching k1 and k2 level athletes at a small resort called Mansfield. He landed in Western Canada in 2004 spending two seasons instructing at Sunshine. Last year sent him to Utah for a change before returning to work for us.