Breckenridge program aims to mentor aspiring professional snowboarders on the hill and off it

This article first appeared in ESPN’s digital Action Sports. By Devon O’Neil.

Photo of snowboarder carving turns in alpine mountains.
Photo by Breckenridge photographer Liam Doran.

From the why-didn’t-someone-think-of-this-sooner department, longtime Colorado-based pro snowboarder Jeff Meyer is debuting a new kind of coaching program this winter, called Semester at Snow.

Through the program, Meyer will mentor aspiring pros in all facets of life — from their technical riding to branding to sports psychology — for a season or more in Breckenridge and Summit County. The 34-year-old, who has been coaching snowboarders either at camps (including High Cascade Snowboard Camp from 2003-2006) or privately for a decade, said he has a handful of clients already signed up but is click for full article