Chris Sterner: Kiteboarding Instructor in Hood River, OR

Provide gear selection, effective coaching following a logical progression, & manage a safe learning environment for students of all age groups and ability levels. Act as a sales person to bring students back for further lessons and drive equipment sales. I am our schools freestyle, directional and foil expert. As a senior member of the team I help to oversee the lessons of our less experienced instructors. Our school maintains the largest presence on the busy hood river which effectively makes us informal lifeguards of the sandbar, we provide assistance and deepwater rescues of kiters in need whenever doing so doesn't take away from our students.

Goodwinds services high end clientele with a multitude of recreational waterspouts offerings. As an instructor there I was responsible for gear selection, effective coaching following a logical progression, & manage a safe learning environment in the sports of: Kiteboarding- all disciplines Surfing -paddling and jetski assisted Sailing- Hobie Cat Foilboarding- electronic, and traditional Maintain all equipment including boats and jet skis Act as a sales person to bring students back for further lessons and drive equipment sales.

Provide effective coaching to a wide variety of students both in the private and group lesson setting from beginner to advanced. Maintain a safe learning environment and excellent client satisfaction. Quickly determine group splits for upper level lessons and assist in assigning coaches based on needs. Act as a sales person to bring students back for further lessons I acted as a mentor to new coaches in the early season and helped to keep the stoke level high for our whole team throughout. My final season I was considered our locations off piste and park specialist and helped to push the levels of my clients and fellow instructors alike. Awards- 2016- Most students taught in a season 2019- Ironman