At Team CLIF Racing Academy, elite athletes grow and contribute in dynamic ways. The reality of TEAM energizes the core of who we are. As a team, we aspire to optimize health, life skills, and education into successful racing outcomes.

Guenther Birgmann, the founder, director, and ongoing architect of TCRA models the loyalty of his team, forging the sustainability of contributing to the larger whole as vital to obtaining individual achievements.

Current TCRA Team Members

Rowen Ainslie: Rowen’s goal is to compete in the 2026 Olympics. Growing up in New Hampshire, his idol was Bode Miller. He plans to follow in Bode’s footsteps and achieve success on the world stage.

Fynn Jorgen Tschan: Ambitious. Determined. Grew up on a German Baltic Sea island and moved to the mountains with his parents to pursue his dream of becoming a World Cup skier.

Calum Langmuir: From the highlands of Scotland, Calum won a team spot at the World Championships in SG and GS last year. He loves everything skiing, in and out of the racecourse, and intends to follow Dave Ryding to World Cup success.

Aleix Linse: Passionate, of Spanish-Dutch-Swiss heritage who left everything behind in order to follow his dreams against all the odds of becoming an Olympic Champion.

Denis Villgratter: A passionate ski racer from South Tyrol who wants to beat the best in the world. “If it doesn’t work out, don’t change the goal, change the path!”

Team CLIF Racing Alumni racing for their NCAA college teams:

Rowen Ainslie, University of New Hampshire

Jack Bowers, University of Denver

Dawson Yates, Montana State University

Bennet Snyder, Williams College

Isaac Mozen, Colorado Mountain College