Coaching Staff
Meet the Snowboard Team Coaches!
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Luke is a Vermont native who graduated from the University of Vermont in 2003. He has spent the majority of his winters out West throughout and after college, where he resided and spent a collective 5 years in both Colorado and Mammoth Lakes. He has former experience with Rossignol Snowboards during college followed by riding for the company on a regional level in Mammoth Lakes, California. Luke has also been involved with several Rossignol promotional and business aspects including; Team Focus Groups, Event Promotion, RS Coach in France, and product evaluations for the company. From 2007-2008, Luke worked with a start-up snowboard management company out of Stowe, Vermont where he held the role as VP of Marketing/Rider Relations. In the summer of 2008, Luke returned home to coach snowboarding at the Bromley Outing Club where he spent two years rebuilding the snowboard program. During the off-season, Luke works as landscaper performing installation and stone work.
Luke has an undying passion for the shred and has traveled both nationally and abroad (Europe and South America) to get as close as possible to year-round snowboarding. Outside of coaching, Luke enjoys the outdoors, sports-related activities, fishing, music, traveling, his family & friends.
 Jerry TuckerAsst. Head Coach OMS / OMST |
Jerry is about as local as they come. Born and raised in Ludlow, VT, Jerry grew up riding at Okemo and skating at Dorsey Park. By 1996 Jerry was on the road full time following the Grand Prix and Word Cup events. He competed professionally until 2002, while he pursued his degree at Castleton State College.Jerry stays busy: running his property management company, hanging out with his wife, Heather, son, Milo, and daughter, Iris, and trying to find free moments to skate. |
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Matt has been coaching for the past 6 seasons including coaching the local high school snowboard team in 2004, followed by some private coaching for 2 years. The past 3 seasons he have been coaching with the GMST team.Matt started competing in middle school in USSA and USASA contests when he was young and then moved up to the Open and Grand Prix Tour for 4 years or so. He was then invited to train with the US team for 2 years and was invited to the Salt Lake Olympic Games to do a 1/4 Pipe exhibition. |
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I am originally from Northern New Jersey and Moved to Vermont 3 years ago. I used to manage a snowboard/Skate shop in NJ and started snowboarding 7 years ago. I immediately fell in love with the freedom of the sport as I came from a ski background. I shed my sticks and concentrated on just snowboarding.I started instructing at Okemo Mountain and coaching the Green Mountain Union High School snowboard team. I enjoyed instructing but found coaching and watching the athlete’s progress to be more rewarding. I joined the OMST team of coaches in 2009. When I am not out on the hill I work as a Gardener/Landscape designer. I am currently in school to get my degree in Landscape and Garden Design. I can also be found on the tennis court, running, and hiking. |
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Betsy Gritman |
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| Christina Krieg OMST Coach (BX/Sl/GS/HP) |
Chrissy comes to OMST with an extensive background in Snowboarding. In 1998 and 1999, she was ranked fourth in the world for women’s combined on ISF (International Snowboarding Federation) and was a competitor on the Swatch Boarder X Tour from 1997-1999.
Chrissy was one of the first female instructors at Okemo Mountain under mentor and snowboard icon Gordon Robbins. She has since coached at Vermont Academy and for Okemo’s Amplitude Plus program. Until recently, she resided in North Lake Tahoe where she worked and snowboarded. Chrissy now resides in Bondville, Vermont.
 Gabe VastolaOMST/Groms Coach |
On skis at four years old, and snowboarding by age 13, sliding somehow down the mountain has always been a major part of my life. I have always been they type of person who gets those “snow dreams” every year around late August… just around the same time as when the new gear arrives in stores. I attended a college where I knew riding opportunities would be readily available, and by the time I graduated I had realized that snowboarding was going to be a major part of my life. My love for snowboarding sent me to places in search of longer seasons and deeper snow, It has provided me with relationships with amazing people and left me with countless memories that I wouldn’t know what I’d do without.When I’m not snowboarding, I look forward to spending time at home with my wife, Emma, and our dog, Luma. I also enjoy traveling, backpacking, camping, golfing, and hammocking. |