If you are a skater looking for a coach please fill out this form and submit it. We are excited to get you started with a private coach!
If you have question on coaching, please contact elkriverfsc@gmail.com
Heidi Christopher
- Passed Junior moves, Pre-Gold dances, Intermediate freestyle.
- Coaching since 2003. Group and private lessons. USFS, Learn to Skate and PSA m
- Prefer to go to a couple competitions per year and encourage testing.
- I especially like to coach flexibility, poise, extension, edge quality and off ice exercises.
I live in Elk River and work as a registered nurse in Maplewood at St. John's in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.
McKenna Hoff
Been coaching since 2014
- B.S. in Accounting and MBA from Bethel University
- USFS Quadruple Gold Medalist in Moves in the Field, Free Skating, Partnered Dance and Solo Free Dance
- Upper Great Lakes Regional competitor
- MN State competitor - Top placements in multiple levels
- USFS and PSA Member
- Private and group lesson coach
- Learn to Skate and Hockey skills Instructor
- Skating since 1997
- Coaching since 2022
- Currently accepting new students
Kara Korton
BS In elementary education and early childhood development
- Juvenile MITF and juvenile free skate
- Coaching since 2014
- Learn to Skate, group lessons and private coach
- USFS member
Natalie Wilson
- Coaching since 1998
- BS in Marketing minor in communications from the University of Iowa
- Coached through Gold moves in the field, intermediate Free Skate, and double jumps
- Upper Great Lakes Regionals and Minnesota State coach
- USFSA and PSA member
- Private and group lesson coach
- Accepting new students
Past experience: 15+ years as instructor for learn to skate, hockey skills, and Jr. Club/Aspire.
Julia Cyr-Pobuda
- Skating since 2016
- Learn to Skate coach since 2018
- Currently in Junior Moves in the Field working towards becoming a USFS Gold Medalist
- Earned Associate of Arts degree as a high school senior
- Furthering education to become a Healthcare Administrator
- 10+ years experience working with youth as a volunteer at Children’s Minnesota
- Available for private lessons
- Welcoming new students
julia@jba4kids.com