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
Tara Schlomka
Skating since 2000. Coaching since 2008. Individually competitive and member of UMD Synchronized Skating Team!
Club Coach of Elk River FSC and Learn to Skate since 2016. Aspire Program Director since 2018. Opulence Synchronized Skating Team Founder, Director, and Head Coach since 2022.
USFSA Gold Medalist.
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