Team Bios

Name

Shannon Clark -- Treasurer

Birthday

May 19, 1987

Hometown

Palo Alto, CA

Year:

Senior

Major

Mechanical Engineering

Personal Best

130 pts tricking

Interests

Swimming, video games, robots

Favorite Event

Trick

Started Skiing

Age 8

Favorite Place to Ski

Lake Combie in Auburn

Favorite Team Moment

Annual Regional Conference in Las Vegas

Name

Garrett McPerry

Birthday

July 14, 1989

Hometown

Oceanside, CA

Year:

Sophomore

Major

Applied Mathematics

Personal Best

Grabs and 180’s over the wake

Favorite Event

Retarded anti-wakeboard trick event

Started Skiing

Age 12

Favorite Place to Ski

Lake Havasu, AZ

Other Interests

Surfing, motorcycling, being excessively competitive

Favorite Team Moment

Las Vegas!

Me: “wait but ‘C’ doesn’t stand for lobby?”

Random guy in elevator with cocktail in hand and cigarette in mouth: “yeah but it does stand for casino!”

Name

Cameron Rice

Birthday

May 9, 1989

Hometown

Arroyo Grande, CA

Year:

Sophmore

Major

Biology

Favorite Event

Wakeboarding

Started Skiing

Age 8

Favorite Place to Ski

Lake Nacimiento

Other Interests

Surfing, kiteboarding, snowboarding, mountainboarding

Favorite Team Moment

Lake Powell chill day

Name

Michael Bonino, Alumni &

Ex-President

Birthday

June 30, 1979

Hometown

La Canada, CA

Major

Mechanical Engineering

Personal Best

2 at 28 off

Favorite Event

Slalom

Started Skiing

Age 8

Favorite Place to Ski

Ironwood

Favorite Team Moment

All trips with motorhomes.

Name

Colin Cronin -- Boatmaster

Birthday

July 1, 1987

Hometown

Westchester, CA

Year:

Senior

Personal Best

340 on a Wakeboard for trick, 58 ft jump

Favorite Event

JUMP!!

Started Skiing

Favorite Place to Ski

IRONWOOD!!

Other Interests

Speed skiing, skateboarding, cinematography, volleyball, web design, and snowboarding

Favorite Team Moment

“Colin, Go really big......or go home.”

-Megan

Name

Elisha Weiner -- Captain

Birthday

May 13, 1983

Hometown

Miami Beach, FL

Year:

2nd Year Law

Personal Best

4 at 32 mph slalom, landing jump without rope!!

Other Interests

Singing, Beaches, Dancing...

Favorite Event

Slalom

Started Skiing

Age 7

Favorite Place to Ski

Greater Miami Ski Club, Miami FL

Favorite Team Moment

Nationals ’08! ; ) and El Centro

Name

Kristen Ayers, Alumni

Birthday

Hometown

San Diego, CA

Graduate Studies:

Biomathematics

Personal Best

4 at 26 (in a tourny), 26 in a practice 290 in trick 48 in jump

Favorite Event

Slalom

Started Skiing

Age 5

Favorite Place to Ski

Any tournament lake

Other Interests

Running, lifting, cooking, eating...and any kind of outdoor activities

Favorite Team Moment

Spring Break 2003 at Bennetts Ski School

Name

Brandon Vongsawad, Alumni &

Ex-President

Birthday

Hometown

Oceanside, CA

Year:

Alumni

Major:

Mathematics/Economics

Personal Best

Jumping like a gazillion miles.

Favorite Event

Favorite? Are you kidding? Just put me on the water

Started Skiing

Many moons ago, I think dinosaurs roamed the earth.

Favorite Place to Ski

Find me smooth water, a smooth ride, and a smooth lady... and i'll be there

Other Interests

Rock Climbing, Photography, and you... if you're interesting

Favorite Team Moment

Noah doing flashlight spellout on the lake... does that say "loobeydoobey"???

Name

Matt Scott, Alumni & Ex-President

Birthday

Hometown

Westlake Village, CA

Major

Economics and Computing

Personal Best

2 @ 28' off...and I did it before you, Bonino!!

Favorite Event

Slalom

Started Skiing

At Lake San Antonio around 8 years old.

Favorite Place to Ski

Ironwood Ski Ranch and Paradise Lakes

Favorite Team Moment

An ASU tournament where David Chene and I got wasted and wrestled between all of the tents. Whenever we landed on top of a tent with someone in it, we made sure to apologize and yell out that we were on the USC ski team!!

Name

Jenna Lorenz, Alumni

Birthday

Hometown

Major:

Personal Best

Better than you.

Favorite Event

Slalom

Started Skiing

Favorite Place to Ski

Other Interests

Favorite Team Moment

Name

Noah Canvasser, Alumni

Birthday

Hometown

San Luis Obispo, CA

Major:

Phy Sci

Personal Best

2.5 @ 35, 200 pts trick, 76 ft

Favorite Event

Started Skiing

Favorite Place to Ski

Other Interests

Favorite Team Moment

Name

Gary Hunt, Alumni

Hometown

SCV, CA

Major:

Political Science

Personal Best

4 at 30 and 405 trick

Favorite Event

Slalom, trick

Started Skiing

Kneeboarding at 3 months old

Favorite Place to Ski

Thats tough.. Ironwood or any other tournament lake

Other Interests

Kneeboarding, baby

Favorite Team Moment

Allstars 2003 Ahoskie, North Carolina

Name

Eddie Grenier, Alumni

Hometown

Columbia Galls, MT

Major:

Mechanical Engineering

Personal Best

1 @ 32mph, 15' off

Favorite Event

Slalom

Started Skiing

Age 15

Favorite Place to Ski

Whitefish Lake, MT

Other Interests

Soccer

Favorite Team Moment

That one time...

Name

Shawn Tydlaska, Alumni

Hometown

Rancho Penasquitos (San Diego), CA

Major:

Economics

Personal Best

4 buoys at 30 mph, 660 pts trick. 58 feet in jump.

Favorite Event

Slalom

Started Skiing

In Mission Bay with the skis tied together...

Favorite Place to Ski

Lake Powell

Other Interests

Jen Grossman

Favorite Team Moment

When I jumped 58 feet in front of my dad in San Diego.

Name

Chris Bonnaud, Alumni

Hometown

Annahiem, CA

Major:

English

Favorite Place to Ski

Whitefish Lake, MT

Favorite Team Moment

Streaking

Name

Jennifer Wardley, Alumni

Hometown

Milpitas, CA

Major:

Psych

Personal Best

Tried all 3 events

Favorite Event

I like all of them!

Started Skiing

I first got up on doubles when I was about 7, and started single skiing when I was like 11.

Favorite Place to Ski

Bullards Bar, Oroville (both in northern Cali.), and now Ironwood

Other Interests

Skiing, wakeboarding, and now jumping, is by far my favorite things to do ever, but I also really like to dance, and just have fun living life to the fullest.

Favorite Team Moment

So far, I guess my first tournament at Ironwood just because I got to know everyone better and had a lot of fun...so much fun I couldn't remember how I got home when I woke up Sunday morning.