First Chair: Psia-aasi Podcast

First Chair catches up with Emily Lovett, PSIA Cross Country Team coach, about #interski2023, and how this international event improves all PSIA-AASI members’ experience. Learn what the PSIA Cross Country team plans to share with other countries, in terms of technical fundamentals. Emily also chats about what the team hopes to learn and bring back from other countries that will help PSIA-AASI members on their education journey. Held every four years, the Interski Congress brings instructors together worldwide to share educational innovations and top teaching techniques. Learn more: www.thesnowpros.org/events/interski/ Follow: #interski2023 @thesnowpros #snowpros

First Chair catches up with Jeb Boyd, PSIA-AASI National Team head coach, about #interski2023, and how this international event improves all PSIA-AASI members’ experience. Held every four years, the Interski Congress brings instructors together worldwide to share educational innovations and top teaching techniques. Learn more: https://www.thesnowpros.org/events/interski/ Follow: #interski2023 @thesnowpros #snowpros

First Chair catches up with PSIA-AASI National Team members Chris Rogers, Josh Fogg, and Zoe Mavis, who share some tips on managing burnout while working as a full-time instructor. They also share suggestions on how supervisors can help their staff care for themselves during a busy lesson season.

First Chair catches up with PSIA Alpine Team member, Josh Fogg, about people skills, one of the tenants of the Learning Connection framework. This framework emphasizes that great lessons rely on an instructor’s ability to offer a blend of people skills, teaching skills, and technical skills. PSIA-AASI applies the Learning Connection framework across all its snowsports teaching disciplines. The people-skill and teaching-skill fundamentals are the same, regardless of the snowsport or type of student you’re teaching, while the technical-skill fundamentals are snowsport-specific. Learn more: http://tiny.cc/NationalCertStandards

First Chair catches up with Kevin Jordan and Boomer Devlin during their drive to Taos, where they’ll participate in the PSIA-AASI Rocky Mountain regional endorsements, the first step to being selected to participate in the PSIA-AASI National Team Selection process. Listen to Kevin and Boomer share their educational journey.

First Chair catches up with PSIA-AASI's new CEO, Peggy Hiller, a snowsports-industry leader with senior management experience in resort operations. She most recently served at Arapahoe Basin as their Vice President of Operations and Assistant General Manager. Listen to this episode, get to know Peggy and learn what she's excited about in her new role. Learn more: http://tiny.cc/meetpeggy

First Chair catches up with AASI Snowboard Team members Amy Bailey and Lyndsey Stevens about PSIA-AASI’s Women’s Virtual Summit. This virtual event is designed to help you connect with other women who share similar goals. Your registration fee of $80/member or $120/non-member includes virtual sessions that take place on three days over three weeks on Wednesdays. The first day kicks off on Wednesday, February 1, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. MT. Attend each day to earn four (4) continuing education units (CEUs). Learn more and register now: http://tiny.cc/8oe3vz

First Chair catches up with AASI Snowboard Team Coach, Eric Rolls, who talks about regional training he’s been leading to help education leaders learn about the updated standards and assessment approach. Listen in to learn how PSIA-AASI’s new certification standards – based on the Learning Connection Model – assure a better, more consistent assessment process for candidates and assessors. These standards help you learn how to apply the fundamentals of great skiing or snowboarding AND effective teaching so you can become a great instructor.

First Chair catches up with Curtis Herbert, about PSIA-AASI Official Supplier Slopes’ “100K Vertical Challenge,” which runs through January 2023. PSIA-AASI members can join now to win great gear and prizes from Slopes, Faction, Transpack, and The North Face. Learn how you can enjoy the post-holiday slow down, get out on the mountain, crush some vert and win a Slopes Premium Annual Pass and prizes from Faction, Transpack, and The North Face: http://tiny.cc/8043vz

First Chair catches up with AASI Team member, Matt Larson, about the return of Rider Rally to Montana’s Big Sky Resort next April. Attending this event gets you three or five days of big-mountain riding with a member of the AASI Snowboard Team AND take your game up a notch with personalized coaching and improvement. There are only six weeks to register before event prices increase by $200. Even though it’s December, spaces are already filling up, so sign up soon. Register now: https://www.thesnowpros.org/events/rider-rally/

First Chair catches up with PSIA-AASI National Team member Keith Rodney, who will lead a webinar on Tuesday, December 20, 2022, at 6 p.m. MT on “How to Select Alpine Equipment for You and Your Students.” Listen in for what you’ll learn about select skis and boots that support your training goals. Get tips on helping your students understand how equipment helps them advance their skills. Register for this webinar now: http://tiny.cc/9pu1vz

First Chair catches up with PSIA-AASI Adaptive Team Coach, Geoff Krill, about Ski Spectacular Instructor Academy that kicks off December 4 through 10 in Breckenridge, Colorado as part of the Hartford Ski Spectacular. Hosted by Move United, The Hartford Ski Spectacular is one of the nation’s largest winter sports festivals for people with disabilities, with more than 800 registered participants annually. The event is endorsed by PSIA-AASI. Examiners, clinicians, and members of the PSIA-AASI Adaptive Team will present the latest in adapted ski and snowboard teaching methods. Check out the new PSIA-AASI Adaptive Alpine Standards here: https://tinyurl.com/2fm3wrcb

First Chair catches up with Mike Ewing, a 50-year ski instructor, entrepreneur, innovator, and former president of the PSIA-AASI Northern Rocky Mountain Region. Mike chats about My Life in Winters, a new book he wrote that shares the history of U.S. snowsports through the unique perspective of a teacher. Mike, who first earned his PSIA pin in 1965, has worked in snowsports as an athlete, ski patrolman, and injury researcher, and also as a sales rep, designer, and business owner. Visit this URL for a special book discount specifically for PSIA-AASI members: http://tiny.cc/n121vz

First Chair catches up with PSIA-AASI National Team members Ryan Christofferson, Matt Larson, Tony Macri, and Ben Potts to chat about a new event called Freestyle Academy, hosted by the PSIA-AASI Rocky Mountain region. It’s 2, 3, or 5 days of park riding, development, and certification at Team USA's freestyle training ground: Copper Woodward Terrain Park and Halfpipe. This 5-day event can be split up to meet your goals. The first 2 days are training toward certification standards, and the last 3 days will be an FS1, FS2, and FS3 assessment. It's your choice how to attend the event! Choose clinics only (days 1-2), assessments only (days 3-5), or attend all 5 days to get the most out of this one-of-a-kind event! Freestyle Academy - Alpine Event Registration: http://tiny.cc/FSalpine Freestyle Academy - Snowboard Event Registration: http://tiny.cc/FSsnowboard All February Freestyle Specialist Assessment Offerings - http://tiny.cc/AllFS

First Chair catches up with Travis Jackson, CEO of Health Karma, one of PSIA-AASI’s newest Official Supplier. Travis chats about his connection to the ski industry and shares how you can now access special pricing and get access to affordable care, even for your pets. If you sign up for a membership by the end of this year, you’ll automatically be entered for a drawing of Atomic goggles. Learn more: https://members.thesnowpros.org/products/pro-offers

First Chair caught up with PSIA-AASI National Team Head Coach Jeb Boyd and PSIA-AASI Director of Education during Team Training 2022. Learn how the team paired their indoor meetings in Breckenridge and on-snow training at Arapahoe Basin with a continued focus on Interski 2023 presentations in Levi, Finland, the implementation of strategic alignment, scholarship opportunities, and a ONEteam approach that benefits all disciplines.

Catch up with PSIA-AASI National Team members as they share their summer adventures and how it keeps them on their game for winter. Here’s what PSIA Alpine Team member Matt Boyd has been doing this summer. Read more about Matt’s summer adventures: http://tiny.cc/5650vz

First Chair catches up with Jason Badgley, CEO at Phunkshun Wear, about the launch of the “Design Your Winter” wearable art collaboration contest created just for PSIA-AASI members. The winning designs will be printed on Phunkshun Wear apparel and sold in a limited-release batch to all PSIA-AASI members. And the winners will also get paid! Read about the prizes AND learn how to submit your art: http://tiny.cc/iy00vz

Catch up with PSIA-AASI National Team members as they share their summer adventures and how it keeps them on their game for winter. Here’s what AASI Snowboard Team member Brian Donovan has been doing this summer. Read more about Brian’s summer adventures: http://tiny.cc/8muzuz

Catch up with PSIA-AASI National Team members as they share their summer adventures and how it keeps them on their game for winter. Here’s what PSIA Adaptive Team member Mike Ma has been doing this summer. Read more about Mike’s summer adventures: http://tiny.cc/qmtzuz