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After a few years of professional racing, Manchester resident Scott Palmer ran Stowe’s snowboard program and then joined Carrabassett Valley Academy. Palmer was approached by the headmaster at the Stratton Mountain School, who said he was starting a snowboard program and he “kind of got the word that you'd be the man.”[i] Palmer became the school’s first snowboard coach, but not without an awkward transition. SMS could not hire Palmer as full-time staff, so they arranged for Stratton Mountain to hire Palmer where he also took over the Allegro Program. He oversaw the fledgling SMS program with five inaugural students including Ross Powers. During the fall and spring, the snowboarders trained with the skiers and then worked with Palmer in the winter. Chris Copley attributed Powers’ success to Scott Palmer. "Palmer made Ross Powers what he is, coaching and just pushing him,” Copley continued, “He became an incredible athlete and really made it happen. Scott Palmer should get a lot of that credit because he made that happen."[ii]


[i]Palmer

[ii] Copley