First Chair: Psia-aasi Podcast

This summer, First Chair connects with PSIA-AASI members who are going to be invited to and participate in the 2020 PSIA-AASI National Team selection process in Breckenridge, Colorado, next April 2020. First up, meet Asa Fountain, from the PSIA-AASI Western division. www.thesnowpros.org/teamselection

This summer, First Chair connects with PSIA-AASI members who are going to be invited to and participate in the 2020 PSIA-AASI National Team selection process in Breckenridge, Colorado, next April 2020. First up, meet Charles Roy, from the PSIA-AASI Eastern division. www.thesnowpros.org/teamselection

First Chair catches up with Chris Canales, a snowboarder and a fine dining executive chef in a small mountain town. Learn about his story and why helping to create memories is such an important part of his approach for providing guest service.

Meet Tracy Buchanan, a PSIA-certified Level III alpine instructor and a NSP certified ski patroller. Learn how many of the skills learned from both the PSIA and NSP certification process have helped Tracy transfer skills to each of her roles. For example being a ski instructor has helped her become more proficient at movement analysis and she uses those skills as a patroller.

First Chair Podcast host, George Thomas, catches the first chair with Dave Gregory to learn more about Spring Symposium, a multi-divisional event held at Sun Valley, Idaho. Get the scoop on why five PSIA-AASI Divisions decided to join forces to host this end-of-the-season education celebration, so members can meet and learn from educators in other divisions.

PSIA Alpine Team member, Eric Lipton, talks about how great skiers use touch to get a better feel for what’s happening on the snow because they focus on what’s happening inside their boots. Learn how you can apply balance, footwork and coordination, and strength exercises to help you become a better skier.

Reporting live from Spring Symposium, a multi-divisional event held at Sun Valley, Idaho! First Chair Podcast host, George Thomas, catches up with Nick McDonald. Learn more about this event and why five PSIA-AASI Divisions decided to join forces to host this end-of-the-season celebration.

PSIA Alpine Team member, Eric Lipton, talks about how great skiers use touch to get a better feel for what’s happening on the snow because they focus on what’s happening inside their boots. Learn how you can apply “touch”, from PSIA’s Alpine Skiing Fundamentals, to become a better skier.

Live from National Academy at Big Sky, MT, First Chair catches up with Dave Horne to talk about why the journey for your continual search for excellence is more important than the end destination. Listen for tips on how you can set challenges for yourself so that you can continually improve your own skills.

Live from National Academy in Big Sky, MT, First Chair catches up with Tony Forrest, Steve Hindman, Tim Ray, and Deb Williams to learn about the history of PSIA’s Nordic team. Listen to 40 years of collective stories and memories.

Live from National Academy at Big Sky, MT, First Chair catches up with PSIA-AASI Central members Doug Carter, June Jordan, and Ron Shepard about how Central members attending National Academy will bring back education concepts from this event back to their division.

Live from National Academy at Big Sky, MT, First Chair catches up with PSIA Alpine Team member, Josh Fogg. Learn how to dial in your tactics for how you want your skis to perform - such as speed, location of your skis, and how you want the ski to interact with the snow. Focusing on small tactics such as these will help you enhance your big objective of enhancing your overall skiing performance.

Live from Spring Symposium in Sun Valley, ID, First Chair catches up with Melody Buell, who works as a divisional clinic leader for the PSIA-AASI Northwest division. Melody shares her experience about what it’s like to enable more instructors to provide excellent education for their students to support their disability.

Live from National Academy in Big Sky, MT, First Chair catches up with PSIA Alpine team member, Stephan Helfenbein. While the Skills Concept establishes what you need to do with your skis, it doesn’t tell you how to do it or define your technique. The five Alpine Skiing Fundamentals provide best practices for how to apply these skills effectively to maximize your, or your student’s, technique based on constantly changing variables. They bring the Skills Concept to life.

PSIA-AASI Rocky Mountain member, Lynn Hasday, shares some suggestions on how you can respond to criticism, and how it can help you become better, both personally and professionally. Being able to hear people’s opinions can improve your teaching, skiing and riding, and overall satisfaction as an instructor. Find out how to handle what others have to say!

Live from National Academy and Rider Rally at Big Sky, MT! Meet some of the awesome women who were recipients of the Nancy Oakes Hall women’s scholarship, such as Mindy Fairchild, Tera Adams, Jennifer Lockwood, Jess Parcheta, and Stephanie Zimmers. thesnowpros.org/scholarships

Live from Spring Symposium in Sun Valley, Idaho, First Chair catches up with Melodie Buell, Ryan Christofferson, Kolby Knox, and Dave Gregory about communication skills. Learn how to adapt your communication skills based on how people may experience the world around them.

PSIA-AASI Rocky Mountain member, Stacey Gerrish, shares her feedback about how you can work with seven to 10-year-olds. Listen for recommendations to help you rekindle your childlike love for the mountain while building life-long relationships teaching this age group.

Live from Spring Symposium in Sun Valley, Idaho, First Chair sits down and chats with Ron Shepard, Julie Nitzsche & Chad Poepping from the PSIA-AASI Central division. Learn how different resorts across the country look to hire members from the Central division for their spring hiring season. thesnowpros.org/job-board

Recorded during Interski 2019, meet Sissel and Lena, two Norwegian instructors, who share their first-hand experience about the event, and how no matter what country an instructor is from, everyone has so much in common. thesnowpros.org/events/interski #Interski2019