Ski Industries

Program Information

Snow Kids Information

228 Main Street
Farmington, ME 04938
Phone: (207) 778-7385
FAX: (207) 778-7045
TDD: (207) 778-7000
e-Mail: ebreiden@maine.edu

Meet The Faculty

Leigh Breidenbach, Leigh Breidenbach is a UMF alumni and a member of the first UMF Ski Industries graduating class in 1984. After leaving Farmington, she continued to work in the ski industries as a full time ski teacher and technical trainer; volunteer staff trainer for Maine Handicapped Skiing; contributing writer for a wide range of snowsports publication and as an associate rep in New England for several skiwear companies. In 1985 while working for Rik Dow and the Mt. Abram ski school, she developed A Woman's Turn program which moved to Sunday River and Sugarloaf USA, where it still continues to this day. She is still active and gives a number of clinic each winter in boot fiting for women. She returned to UMF and the Ski Industries Program in 1990 to work with the program co-founder, Coach Tom Reynolds and took over as program director after Coach Reynolds retirement in 1999. This winter will represent her 36th year as a ski teacher. In addition to her duties as the Ski Industries Program Director, Leigh teaches classes in theory and methods of ski teaching and coaching, snowsports business and athletic management. Her areas of expertise include movement analysis,ski boot fitting and alignment, women's equipment, programming for children, adult learning, learning preferences and multiple intelligence's.
Office Hours	Call For Office Hours: By Appointment
Contact Information	Education Center, Office 216 186 High Street Phone: (207) 778-7385 TDD: (207) 778-7000 FAX: (207) 778-8170 E-mail contact: ebreiden@maine.edu
Course Schedule	SKI 120 Orientation to Snowsports Industry (Fall Semster, 4 credits) SKI 121: Introduction to Snowsports Business & Management (Spring Semester, 2 credits, 7 weeks) SKI 220 Teaching/Coaching Applications in Alpine Snowsports (Spring Semester, 4 credits) SKI 221 Snowsports Business & Management II (Fall Semester, 4 credits) Ski 223 Theory & Practices in Ski Coaching/Teaching (Fall Semester, 4 credits) SKI 300 Business Applications for Community Snowsports/Recreation Areas (Fall/Spring Semester, 2 credits, offered every two years) SKI 296 & SKI 396 Supervision of Ski Business Field Experiences/Internships (Fall/Spring Semester, 2-4 credits, by permission only) SKI 295 & SKI 395 Supervision of Ski Teaching Field Experiences/Internships (Fall/Spring Semester, 4-8 credits, by permission only) PEC 219 Athletic Management (Fall Semester, 2 credit course, 7 weeks)
Ron Bonnevie Ron is head of UMF's Alpine Coaches Education. Ron has more than 20 years of coaching experience from across New England to California. He earned a B.A. from UMF in 1984 and a M.Ed. in physical education from the State University of New York in Cortland, which included a master's thesis on the development patterns of alpine ski racers. Prior to coming to UMF in 1999 Ron coached for nine years at the Green Mountain Valley School in Sugarbush, VT. He is a USSA State/Regional coaches education coordinator for the east, as well as a certification examiner. Ron a FIS Technical Delegate, is fluent in French, runs a junior summer ski camp in France, and is heavily involved in junior ski racing development around the State of Maine and New England.
Office Hours	Call For Office Hours: By Appointment
Contact Information	Education Center, Office 215 186 High Street Phone: (207) 778-7386 TDD: (207) 778-7000 FAX: (207) 778-8170 E-mail contact: ron.bonnevie@maine.edu
Course Schedule	SKI 220: Teaching/Coaching Applications in Alpine Snowsports (Spring Semester, 4 credits) Ski 223: Theory & Methods in Alpine Skiing (Fall Semester, 4 credits) SKI 225: Methods in Alpine Course Setting (Spring Semester, 4 credits) SKI 295 & SKI 395: Supervision of Ski Coaching Field Experiences/Internships (Fall/Spring Semester, 2-4 credits) PEC 100: Foundations of Coaching (Fall Semester, 2 credits) PEC 225: Coaching Athletic Conditioning (Fall Semester, 4 credits)

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