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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George Thomas, First Chair’s podcast host, chats with Arapahoe Basin’s operations team, school and ski patrol to get the scoop on what happens behind-the-scenes in order to be the first resort that welcomes guests to slide on snow for the start of their 2017-18 winter season.
PSIA Nordic Team Coach, David Lawrence chats about the “Nordic Lycra invasion” sweeping the country this winter. Learn more about the Cross Country Academy 2017 happening Nov. 26 – 28 at West Yellowstone, MT. It’s open to members and non-members and features up to three days of on-snow and off-snow training. David, along wiht PSIA Nordic team members Emily Lovett and Greg Rhodes, will lead you in classic and skate ski technique improvement, teaching drills, progressions and more.
Aleisha Seubert shares how PSIA-AASI’s new E-Learning Course for New Instructors can help snowsports schools onboard their new instructor hires and complement the schools’ existing on-snow training. The course helps participants learn about three key aspects of working as an instructor: what to expect, basic teaching principals, and safety considerations. The free course is accessible https://lms.thesnowpros.org/getting-started/ and a certificate of completion is included so that hiring managers can check for understanding.
Jeff Johnson shares why being emphatic to your students, especially those that are taking their first-ever ski or snowboard lesson, can help you make a lifelong impact on them. Every instructor can help grow the sport. Challenge yourself this season so that the students you teach this winter, tell their friends and family they had fun and a great time.
Meet Beaver Creek’s Chief Operating Officer, Beth Howard, who explains why building a friendship with snow pro Stacey Gerrish and spending time on the hill with her taking a lesson, helped her understand different learning styles, what it’s like to be a student, and how the ski and ride school makes such an impact on resort guests.
AASI Team member, Chris Rogers, chats about AASI and Burton’s new campaign “Kids Can Snowboard”, which explains how today’s advances in teaching, terrain and equipment make it easy so that all children, even those as young as age 3, can now learn to snowboard vs. skiing first. https://youtu.be/3mFCLdhphFQ
Dan Huston, Loveland’s Ski & Ride School Director, shares why retention and certification are so important for ski and ride schools to provide the best guest experience.
Gates Lloyd, Arapahoe Basin’s snowsports school director, shares how he works with his team to get this PSIA-AASI member school ready for early seasoning opening. Learn why working hard and playing hard helps his team have fun and learn as much as possible to provide a great guest experience to learn to ski and snowboard.
If you love skiing and snowboarding, and want to teach others the sport, listen to Nate Gardner, PSIA-AASI Eastern member, explaining how you can get started working as an instructor this season. Also, if you’re a current snow pro, be sure to invite your students to consider teaching too.
AASI Snowboard Team member, Tony Macri, blew his ACL at the end of last season, and he chats about how to mentally and physically bounce back from an injury.
Ellen Post Foster, who joined the 2016 induction class in the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame, shares her story about her recent enshrinement weekend. A world-class freestyle skier and 8-year member of the PSIA National Demonstration Team, Ellen is a revered clinician, coach, and author who has been instrumental in the evolution of how ski instructors understand and teach skiing.
Demand for children's ski and snowboard lessons continues to grow. Gain a competitive edge this season when you pursue your children's specialist 2 (CS2). Learn how to connect with and teach students of all ages. Get tips to prepare from Stacey Gerrish, Rocky Mountain member representative on the PSIA-AASI National Children’s Task Force and co-author of the future Children's Manual.
Utah’s Steven Nyman, a World Cup alpine ski racer on the U.S. Ski Team, suffered a season-ending knee injury last winter. He just learned he's cleared to ski again, and shares his story.
Rob Sogard, former PSIA alpine team coach, and Ellen Post Foster, 2016 U.S. Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame inductee and 8-year member of the PSIA alpine team, chat about behind-the-scenes planning taking place to plan, prepare, and produce PSIA-AASI's Core Concepts Manual. Note this manual won't be available until October 2018.
AASI team member, Chris Rogers, helps you learn why return instructor training for your snowsports school helps set the tone for a great season, and how you (as a return instructor) can make the most from it and get psyched to introduce more people to the sport this winter.