First Chair: PSIA-AASI Podcast

PSIA Alpine Team member, Eric Lipton, shares his insight on how #snowpros across the country can help grow the sport we all love. Learn how you can introduce more people to skiing and riding, and then how you can help retain them as guests.

PSIA-AASI’s new Education Exchange Program supports the examiner exchange, and the goal is to support the Education Leadership Council (ELC) and the Educational Leaders to consolidate and build consistency through the certification process and delivery. Hear from Jeb Boyd, Dave Gregory, and Dave Schuiling.

PSIA Alpine team member, Brenna Kelleher, gives you some dryland fitness training tips so that you can be ready to rock on your skis and snowboard this winter. Learn why doing a combination of weight, cardio and agility this summer will help you prepare for your best winter season ever!

Weylin Barret, Jeb Boyd, Jill Imsand, Dave Schuiling, and Aleisha Seubert talk about the Education Leadership Council and its focus on consistency and alignment. The ELC is the “education arm” of PSIA-AASI and is made up of the association’s divisional education leaders. Hear how the ELC is working to focus on consistency, learning outcomes, and teaching fundamentals to improve the professional development and certification process for everyone.

PSIA-AASI Team Coach Jeb Boyd shares how the association is planning for the next team selection in 2020. The PSIA-AASI Team is formed every four years following a rigorous selection process that enables PSIA-AASI to select the nation’s best instructors to represent the association at the highest level. http://www.thesnowpros.org/about/teams

PSIA Alpine team member, Brenna Kelleher, chats about her recent experience at coaching at a Mt. Hood summer ski camp. Learn what it’s like to coach in the summer. Get the inside scoop about what skiing on snow that’s been groomed with salt is like!

Jeb Boyd, the PSIA-AASI Team coach, talks about the Education Leadership Council. The group is the “education arm” of PSIA-AASI and is made up of the association’s divisional education leaders. Hear how the ELC is working to focus on consistency, learning outcomes, and teaching fundamentals to improve the professional development and certification process for everyone.

Chris Rogers, AASI Team member, gives you tips on how you can plan to take your riding from good to great and get to that next level. Learn why being a beginner again at a sport this summer, or trying some cross training on a board sport, can help you accomplish your winter riding goals. http://www.thesnowpros.org/education/national-standard

PSIA-AASI staff members, Max Felix and Lauren Foster, give you the scoop on all your PSIA-AASI member benefits, including what’s available at the online store. Learn how to advantage of some great members-only pricing on education pieces and gear that help you become a better teacher, skier and rider. Make sure you renew today. http://www.thesnowpros.org/membership/membership-benefits

Meet Cheyenne Brown, a Far West ski team racer, who shares her dreams about the World Cup, wanting to make the U.S. Ski Team, and her drive to reach the Olympics one day. Cheyenne shares her training plan and gives insight about her learning style and what she looks for in a coach.

Listen to what snow pros do in the summer! Rocky Mountain member, Stacey Gerrish, shares her summer story about her grandparents’ 180+ acre property in Vermont. Learn how she’s turning this special place into a retreat, “A Place Where the Journey Enriches the Soul,” and how this land is also connected to Stacey’s personal connections to skiing.

Meet Lea, from the Western division, who shares how she became involved teaching snowboarding which led to her additional involvement in PSIA-AASI. Lea was featured in the Spring issue of 32 Degrees magazine, and was identified by division educators and her peers as an “Emerging Leader”. Congrats, Lea! www.thesnowpros.org/32degrees

PSIA Alpine team member Jonathan Ballou, talks about the difference between how you can advance from “pretty good” skiing to “awesome” skiing. Where will your skiing take you?

Meet Ben, from the Rocky Mountain division, who shares how he became involved teaching skiing which led to his additional involvement in PSIA-AASI. Ben was featured in the Spring issue of 32 Degrees magazine, and was identified by division educators and his peers as an “Emerging Leader”. Congrats, Ben! www.thesnowpros.org/32degrees

Meet Jonathan, from the Rocky Mountain division, who shares how he became involved teaching snowboarding which led to his additional involvement in PSIA-AASI. Jonathan was featured in the Spring issue of 32 Degrees magazine, and was identified by division educators and his peers as an “Emerging Leader”. Congrats, Jonathan! www.thesnowpros.org/32degrees