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Meet our athletes, some of the best skiers and snowboarders in the world. From big mountain skiing to boarder-cross, the athletes below call Alyeska home and we proudly support their efforts.
Way to go! Callan was named to the U.S. Olympic team and will represent the United States in Snowboardcross at the Vancouver Winter Games, beginning on February 12.
Callan Chythlook-Sifsof was raised on the Bering Sea coast of Alaska. She began snowboarding on the surrounding mountains, snowmachining as far as her family would take her and following her brother's lead to the summits. At 12, the family moved to Girdwood, Alaska. After an entire life of hiking, she embraced the chairlifts at Alyeska Resort and rode nearly every day of the year. She participated in Alyeska Ski Club and began racing locally. In 2006, she earned a berth on the United States Snowboard Team.
Callan landed on the podium in her first World Cup snowboardcross, taking the Bronze medal. The same season brought her a U.S. National Championship title and a 4th-place in World Cup Finals in Quebec. She is the 2008 Jeep World Professional Ski & Snowboard Champion, the World Junior Championships Silver Medalist and Gold Medalist with Lindsey Jacobellis in the Lake Placid Team Ultracross. She holds the double title of 2007 U.S. National Champion and Junior National Champion in Boardercross. At the start of the 2009 season, Callan earned a bronze medal in the South America Continental Cup in Argentina and advanced to finals in the first World Cup, sustaining an injury that put competition on hold. She starts the 2010 season ranked second for the United States and 14th in the world. This is her fourth year on the World Cup Tour leading to Olympic Team qualification for the 2010 Vancouver Olympics.
Elyse grew up skiing at Alyeska Resort, alpine ski racing with the Alyeska Ski Team while finding a passion for big mountain skiing. After moving on from ski racing and graduating from the University of Nevada Reno with a degree in International Studies, she decided to pursue a career in professional skiing.
To help establish herself in the professional ski world, Elyse has competed in Freeride Competition events for the past three seasons and has won the majority of events she has entered. She won the title of 2008 Freeride World Champion and in 2009 was voted ‘Best Female Line of the FWT’. Moving forward in her career, Elyse plans to pursue a bigger presence in ski films. She filmed with Rage Films in 2008 and can be seen in Down Days and Such As Life. She says, "I am a native Girdwood freeskier who is lucky enough to call skiing my job. At this point, I am very happy with what I have accomplished and am thrilled to continue on my exciting journey of skiing."
Some of Elyse's recent accomplishments include:
2009:
1st Place - FWT Stop #2 Squaw Valley, USA
3rd Place - FWT Stop #3 Tignes, France
Awarded FWT 'Rider's Choice Female Line of the Year'
2008:
1st Overall - Freeride World Tour
1st Place - FWT Stop #2 Sochi, Russia
1st Place - FWT Stop #3 Tignes, France
1st Place - FWT Stop #4 Verbier, Switzerland
(the infamous Verbier Xtreme)
1st Place - IFSA's US Freeskiing Open Squaw Valley USA, CA
Alyeska Resort athlete Jason Scheben was born and raised in Anchorage, Alaska, and grew up skiing and racing at Alyeska Resort. After one year of racing at the collegiate level for Western State College of Colorado in Gunnison/Crested Butte, he decided to focus primarily on big mountain freeskiing and the backcountry. He spent six seasons in Crested Butte, CO and five seasons in Snowbird, UT, eventually making his way back home to Alaska.
His goal for the resort and other sponsors is to market Alyeska and products endorsed by way of photos in major winter publications. He has been published in POWDER, SKIING, BACKCOUNTRY, ALASKA MAGAZINE, COAST, FREEZE, and Alyeska’s marketing sources including signature images in print ads and on the new website. This is Jason’s 4th consecutive sponsorship with Alyeska and his constant evolving marketing has created a successful relationship with the resort and our mission statement. He is currently sponsored by industry leaders 4FRNT Skis and Bindings, Full-Tilt Boots, Oakley Eyewear and Outerwear, and Alyeska Resort.
