First Chair: PSIA-AASI Podcast
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First Chair: Learn Guest Service Skills from this Executive Chef
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.
First Chair: How Learning Great Ski Skills Help Ski Patrollers
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: Dave Gregory Reports from Spring Symposium
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.
First Chair: Taking the Mystery Out of Touch on Snow - Part 2
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.
First Chair: Learn About Spring Symposium with Nick McDonald
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.
First Chair: Taking the Mystery Out of Touch on Snow - Part 1
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.
First Chair: The Continuous Search for Excellence
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.
First Chair: Learn About the History of the PSIA Nordic Team
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.
First Chair: The Importance of Continuing Education
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.
First Chair: How Your Tactics Determine Your Technique
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.
First Chair: Learn About the World of Adaptive Instructors
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.
First Chair: How the Fundamentals Help with Movement Analysis
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.
First Chair: How to Respond to Criticism
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!
First Chair: Meet Nancy Oakes Hall Scholarship Recipients
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
First Chair: How to Enhance Your Communication Skills
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.