First Chair: PSIA-AASI Podcast show

First Chair: PSIA-AASI Podcast

Summary: More than 32,000 individuals belong to PSIA-AASI (Professional Ski Instructors of America and American Association of Snowboard Instructors), making it the world’s largest organization dedicated to skiing and snowboarding. Listen in to hear how PSIA-AASI gets people stoked on the ski and snowboard experience. Join us and turn your passion into a profession. Or, take a lesson from us. Friends don’t let friends teach friends. Let the snow fly!

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 First Chair: A Look at Clinics Offered During the Women's Summit | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:10:18

Fran Tone and Julie Matises chat about the alpine, nordic and snowboard education clinics to be offered at the annual Women’s Summit on March 19 - 21, 2018. Top female ski and snowboard pros will gather at this event to educate and inspire industry women. Learn more about the event, organized by leaders in PSIA-AASI Western’s division, at www.womens-summit.com.

 First Chair: AASI Team Member Chris Rogers Chats Splitboarding | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:09:02

While he’s skinning up Beaver Creek mountain on his splitboard, Chris Rogers chats with us about splitboarding, shares what it is, and gives some tips on how to prepare and get started during this "Last Call" on First Chair.

 First Chair: Fran Tone & Julie Matises Chat Women’s Summit | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:15:37

Top female ski and snowboard pros are preparing to educate and inspire industry women at the annual Women’s Summit on March 19 - 21, 2018. This national event is organized by leaders in PSIA-AASI Western’s division. Fran Tone and Julie Matises chat about the event and share the program curriculum and how it’s grown to serve a wide array of participants. Learn more at www.womens-summit.com.

 First Chair: Reports from the 2018 Outdoor Retailer + Snow Show | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:29:34

Listen to interviews from the 2018 Outdoor Retailer + Snow Show with the association’s Official Suppliers about ongoing partnership programs and member-specific pricing that enhances that way PSIA-AASI members do their job as a snow pro! Also, an exclusive interview with Nick Sargent, president of Snowsports Industries of America.

 First Chair: Heidi Ettlinger Helps Educate Public About Learning to Ski | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:08:14

PSIA Alpine Team member Heidi Ettlinger reports from Winter Jam, a free winter sports festival, in Central Park, New York, that happened on Saturday, Jan. 27, 2018. Gore Mountain made lots of snow in the heart of Manhattan, and hosted Learn to Ski activities including skiing, sledding, snowshoeing, and live ice sculpting.

 First Chair: E-Learning Course Helps PE Teachers to Teach Snowboarding Indoors | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:13:58

AASI team members, Tony Macri and Chris Rogers, chat about the new AASI/Burton Riglet PE Course. It's designed specifically for kindergarten through second-grade physical education teachers. It builds upon Burton’s groundbreaking Riglet PE Program, which uses special equipment, activities, and videos to introduce snowboarding to elementary school kids as part of their regular physical education classes. Check it out. https://lms.thesnowpros.org/burton/

 First Chair: Andrew Weibrecht Talks Kitzbühel & Olympics | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:08:32

Andrew chats about the race at Kitzbühel and being named to the Team USA for a third time in alpine skiing. According to his bio, “he was one of the biggest surprises at the 2010 Olympics, claiming the super-G bronze medal despite having never finished on a World Cup podium. Four years later, the ‘Warhorse’ earned his second Olympic medal, a super-G silver medal. He finally stood on a World Cup podium for the first time in 2015.”

 First Chair: The History of Interski with Mike Porter (Part 2) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:27:32

Former PSIA Alpine Team Coach Mike Porter shares the history of how Interski came to be and this in Part 2 interview, Mike shares how the United States began to really make an impact at Interski, and shares stories from Interski 1974 when PSIA first introduced the Skills Concept. Learn how the event became a platform for instructors to come together to discuss teaching techniques from across the world.

 First Chair: The History of Interski with Mike Porter (Part 1) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:25:59

Former PSIA Alpine Team Coach Mike Porter shares the history of how Interski came to be and how it initially started out as a media event to drive interest in ski tourism and then became a platform for instructors to come together to discuss teaching techniques from across the world.

 First Chair: Meet Andrew Weibrecht, Two-Time Olympic Medalist | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:05:47

Hear from Andrew Weibrecht, a World Cup alpine ski racer and two-time Olympic medalist from the United States as he works to come back from an injury and focus on his downhill training. Also, learn more about the Kitzbühel downhill on Austria's Hahnenkamm mountain, and why it’s skiing's Super Bowl.

 First Chair: A Mom Shares Her Story About Her Family Learning to Ski | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:11:50

Monica Diaz Rivera from Cabo San Lucas her perspective on why it was important for her and her daughters to learn to ski, shares their experience, if they'll continue and what she feels are the most important traits an instructor can bring to the lesson.

 First Chair: How a Kick Double Pole Helps in Cross Country Skiing | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:06:18

Meet Emily Lovett, PSIA Cross Country Team member, who explains a kick double pole. It's a "gear" that can help any Nordic skier transition from flat to uphill and helps to create more efficiency. Learn why this is a valuable tool to add to your current technique.

 First Chair: A Guest’s Perspective on Providing Quality Guest Service During Lean Snow | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:07:15

What happens when you plan your vacation, fly to your destination and there’s not as much snow as you’d like to see? Hear from Claus VonWobeser, a guest who shares his perspective on how you can provide quality guest service during lean snow times.

 First Chair: Happy New Year from Steven Nyman | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:06:10

Downhiller Steven Nyman talks about his road to recovery and how he’s starting off his New Year and what he’s hoping to see in his 2018 skiing performance.

 First Chair: Jump Start Your Resolutions for Education & Training | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:10:01

AASI Snowboard Team member Chris Rogers shares his tips on how you can get your snowsports education and certification resolutions to stick. Take a listen and learn how to make your new routines become a daily habit, celebrate your incremental progress so you can meet and exceed your goals for this season.

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