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: Get the Scoop on Alpine Team Trainings This Winter | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:17:08

PSIA Alpine Team Coach Michael Rogan chats about four more get togethers when PSIA Alpine Team members will travel from across the country to conduct more in person training meetings at Killington, Aspen, Crystal Mountain and Big Sky during this season. Learn how these national training meetings for the PSIA Alpine Team will benefit all PSIA-AASI members’ snowsports education.

 First Chair: Learn Why Instructors Play a Critical Role in Beginner Conversion | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:15:40

Meet Dave Belin, from RRC & Associates, about the Beginner Conversion Study which is a multi-year research project providing the industry and areas with critical information about the behavior of first-time skiers and snowboarders. Learn how instructors encourage students to #gowithapro and take a lesson and play a very critical role to grow the industry.

 First Chair: Learn How to Teach an Athletic Stance to Students | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:10:21

PSIA Alpine Team member Brenna Kelleher shares how helping your students get into an athletic stance can help them feel comfortable and confident with the new gliding sensation. Kelleher gives you tips on how you can teach an athletic stance. Hint: Have students ski on one ski.

 First Chair: Limited Terrain? Here’s How Guests Can Still Have Fun | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:09:11

PSIA Alpine Team member Jonathan Ballou chats how you can help your guests have a great time on the hill during the early season, when the snow might be a little lean. Listen to these takeaway tips to ensure your guests always have an awesome time, even on limited terrain.

 First Chair: Take a Lesson - January is Learn to Ski & Snowboard Month | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:16:38

Setting a New Year’s resolution in 2018 to learn to ski and snowboard this winter? Take a lesson this January, when resorts across the country offer special deals to help you learn. Learn more on how to get started in this interview with Mary Jo Tarallo, program manager for January’s Learn to Ski and Snowboard Month.

 First Chair: Meet Kirk Bauer, CEO of Disabled Sports USA | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:14:20

Meet Kirk and learn more about PSIA-AASI’s involvement to train volunteer adaptive ski and snowboard instructors during the Hartford Ski Spectacular that takes place at Breckenridge, Colo. The event is the largest a winter sports event of its kind for people with disabilities and hosts people from across the country.

 First Chair: Learn About the Hartford Ski Spectacular and PSIA-AASI Adaptive Academy | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:16:13

Hear from the PSIA-AASI Adaptive Team, Geoff Krill and Josh Spoelstra, about the Hartford Ski Spectacular and PSIA-AASI Adaptive Academy held in Breckenridge, Colo. in early December. Also, Geoff was inducted into the Disabled Snow Sports Hall of Fame Saturday night during the closing ceremonies. He was honored in the Recreational / Development category, which recognizes an individual who has a minimum of five years of experience in adaptive snowsports and has made a significant contribution to the field, including innovative techniques, specialized equipment, program development, education, or public relations.

 First Chair: How to Make the Most of Lean Snow for Lessons + Training | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:17:50

Hear from Stacey Gerrish (Beaver Creek) and Chris Rogers (Vail) on how to be successful during lean snow times at your resort for both guest lessons and return and new hire instructor training. Get the scoop on how to make the most of terrain for your guests and terrain for your training! Photo Credit: Linda Guerrette

 First Chair: Meet Artist Mimi Kvinge | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:07:02

Official PSIA-AASI Automotive Partner Volkswagen enters into its second year of a partnership working with PSIA-AASI. Mimi Kvinge, a well-known Pacific Northwest skier/artist, collaborated with the team again to create new custom car wraps for the Golf Alltrack, Atlas and Tiguan. These vehicles will be stationed around the country at various ski and snowboard resorts during this winter season. Meet Mimi, the artist behind the wraps, and learn how she gets inspiration from skiing and the mountains.

 First Chair: Meet Adaptive Team Captain Geoff Krill | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:07:30

Geoff shares how PSIA-AASI’s adaptive arm encompasses many skill and teaching aspects from all disciplines. Learn how how being an adaptive instructor really comes down to good ski and snowboard teaching. If you have the experience teaching, consider learn more about the adaptive world of teaching this season!

 First Chair: Recap from Beaver Creek’s Opening Day | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:31:08

Get the behind-the-scenes scoop from Beth Howard, Beaver Creek’s chief operating officer and other BC team members, including Stacey Gerrish, about opening day at the resort and how they celebrated Nov. 22 with warm temps but great, soft snow and the world’s best chocolate chip cookie contest.

 First Chair: Learn More About the World Cup Dreams Foundation | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:13:41

Meet individuals from the World Cup Dreams Foundation, an organization that’s helped raise more than $1 million for the nation’s best athletes of all ages and disciplines to pursue an athlete’s dreams so they can be laser-focused on their careers.

 First Chair: Marcus Caston Helps You Learn About Return of the Turn | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:12:54

Marcus Caston talks about how he’s putting the fun back in the turn and how you can get after your turns this winter. As he shared with freeskier.com, “Groomers are kind of overlooked because they’re seen as just a way to get from one bowl to the next chute. But really they’re a fundamental part of skiing.” Photo: Chris Segal/Snowbird

 First Chair: PSIA-AASI Director of Education Chats Learning Outcomes and Teaching Fundamentals | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:15:42

PSIA-AASI Director of Education, Dave Schuiling chats about Teaching Fundamentals and Learning Outcomes, which was the focus at Team Training 2017 and Fall Conference 2017, and what this means for PSIA-AASI members for their education for this season.

 First Chair: PSIA Alpine Coach Michael Rogan Chats Fall Conference | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:18:55

PSIA Alpine Coach Michael Rogan, shares his insight about what happened during Team Training 2017 and Fall Conference 2017, and all the things on the education front that will help members and exam candidates with their certification for this season.

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