Snowboarder and instructor Pasquale P. Marotta, of Winter Park, Colorado, has over a decade of experience. Marotta, a lifelong winter sports enthusiast, developed an interest in boarding at an early age, immediately after his first snowboarding experience at the age of 10, while on a ski holiday in Colorado. To his friends and boarding enthusiasts, Pasquale P. Marotta, 24, of East Greenbush, New York, is considered as a proficient, if not particularly dexterous, snowboarder. He possesses the technical ability as well as the experience and tenacity to tackle some of the sport's most challenging runs. Up to this point, Marotta has rode some of North America's most challenging snowboard-friendly terrain, including Crested Butte's terrifying North Face, Jackson Hole's hair-raising Grand run, and the vast majority, if not all, of Big Sky Resort's obstacle-filled lines. The snowboarding disciplines of backcountry skiing, pipe riding and park-style runs have all been mastered by Marrota to varying degrees by now.