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The 4 Pine Design Staff
STEPHEN LATERRA Home: Avon, CO Occupation: Owner and Operator of 4 Pine Design LLC
OBJECTIVE: To apply the knowledge and experience I have gained over the last twenty years in the development, design and construction of terrain parks and related features. QUALIFICATIONS
For a decade and a half I have been involved with the development of the modern terrain park and associated events. Ten years of this time were spent at North America’s #1 Ski Resort, Vail. My duties included overseeing every aspect of mountain operations and event planning. From a World championship and top five rated world events to the day-to-day construction and management duties I contributed significantly to Vail’s excellent standing in the industry. Mastering many forms of grooming and construction equipment along with working closely with risk management and senior management staff has allowed me to gain critical knowledge of the departments and tasks needed to manage any terrain park design and construction project. In addition I have been heavily involved with all my sponsors product development and testing. EMPLOYMENT 2009- Present Owner and operations manager of 4 Pine Design LLC. 4 Pine Design LLC. Is a terrain park design and construction company. We also manufacture terrain park jibs, specialized hand tools and rail carrier attachments for snow cats. Soft goods such as tees and hoodies are available on our products page. 2008-2009 Snowboard Coach, Woodward at Copper During Its inaugural year I was one of the few to become a fully certified indoor and outdoor athletic coach. I was trained in gymnastics tumbling and trampoline along with foam pit and aerial ramps. I supervised individual athletes as well as groups. This experience increased my knowledge of risk management and structures for athlete training. 1998-2008 Terrain Park Designer, Vail Resorts As the terrain park designer my duties were to design and manage the construction and maintenance of four separate parks and up to three half pipes. I managed a crew of six equipment operators including myself along with twelve, daytime maintenance laborers. In addition to my day-to-day duties I was also in close communication with senior management, risk management and resort marketing to assist them in their fields of terrain park support.
During this time I was a member of an elite team of athletes representing Vail. I competed professionally and also worked with the resort’s mountain operations and marketing departments to develop a terrain park program. EVENT EXPERIENCE 1997-2000 “UnVailed”, Vail Colorado I assisted in designing and constructing the slope style, half pipe and big air courses as well as being a competitor 2002 “The Sims’ World Snowboarding Championships”, Vail Colorado I assisted in designing and constructing the slope style, half pipe and big air. I also designed and fabricated the rails along with placing third in the rail competition. 2003-2007 “The Honda Session”, Vail Colorado Transworld Snowboarding Magazine rated this event one of the top five, best international events. Over the events five-year life I participated in course design and rail fabrication as well as judging and competing. 2000-2006 “The US Free skiing Open”, Vail Colorado I supervised and participated in the construction of the slope style, half pipe And big air competition courses. 2004-2007 “Malay Day” I designed and constructed various forms of slope style courses and big air features for this special memorial event.
SPONSORS K2 Snowboards, boots and bindings Smith Optics Pow Gloves
____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Robert Scott Newall Occupation: 4 Pine Design's Cat Forman 4-26-1978 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________
RYAN HOBART Occupation: 4 Pine Design's Lead Fabricator
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