First Chair: PSIA-AASI Podcast

AASI Snowboard Team member, Chris Rogers shared an update about his experience leading a group at Rider Rally and National Academy (Snowboard)at Big Sky Resort in Montana last month. These two events offered participants a chance to ride with members of the 2021-24 PSIA-AASI National Team. Members participated in on-snow clinics, outdoor elective, indoor electives, as well as demo days where membe...

PSIA Alpine Team member, Zoe Mavis, shared an update from Big Sky Resort in Montana about her experience leading a group at National Academy. This week-long event offers participants a chance to ski or ride with members of the 2021-24 PSIA-AASI National Team. Members participate in on-snow clinics, outdoor elective, indoor electives, as well as demo days where members can connect with some of PSIA...

PSIA Alpine Team member, Mike Hafer, shared an update from Big Sky Resort in Montana about his experience leading a group at National Academy. This week-long event offers participants a chance to ski or ride with members of the 2021-24 PSIA-AASI National Team. Members participate in on-snow clinics, outdoor elective, indoor electives, as well as demo days where members can connect with some of PSI...

PSIA Alpine Team member, Kevin Jordan, shares an update from Big Sky Resort in Montana about his experience leading a group at National Academy. This week-long event offers participants a chance to ski or ride with members of the 2021-24 PSIA-AASI National Team. Members participate in on-snow clinics, outdoor elective, indoor electives, as well as demo days where members can connect with some of P...

First Chair speaks with PSIA-AASI Adaptive Team Coach Geoff Krill who recently completed a tryout for the PSIA-AASI Eastern division staff Adaptive Team. Geoff explains why he decided to take a cross-discipline approach for this adaptive event and why he asked AASI Snowboard Team member Brian Donovan to join him to be a selector. Listen to Geoff and Brian share their story about how their work tog...

First Chair catches up with AASI Snowboard Team member Brian Donovan about his riding, teaching, and personal goals for his season, including enhancing his people skills such as verbal communication and building relationships. Brian shares how he focuses on having fun to help him achieve his goals. Learn from his insight and find takeaways for your own approach. Read more about Brian’s goals here:...

First Chair catches up with PSIA Alpine Assistant and Development Coach Matt Boyd about people skills, which are one of the three tenants of the Learning Connection framework. People skills are about communicating in effective ways to develop trust and achieve good relationships with your students and your peers. Check out the entire The Learning Connection & Discipline-Specific Fundamentals here:...

First Chair catches up with PSIA-AASI Adaptive Team member, Mike Ma, about his season. Mike shares his story about what he did to manage his own knee injury so he could still be on snow this season. Learn how he took an adaptive approach to change and adapt his movement and how this experience helped him become more empathetic and patient.

First Chair catches up with PSIA Alpine Team member, Mike Hafer, about his goals for this season and beyond. He chats about how one of his top goals is to create more patience at the top of the turn so he can effectively work the ski in the shaping phase. He shares how he works towards achieving these goals. Learn from Mike's insight and find takeaways for your own approach. Read more about Mike’s...

First Chair catches up with PSIA Alpine Team member, Josh Fogg, about his goals for this season and beyond. He chats about how he is combining ideas about how he teaches movement with his technical understanding of skiing and how he works towards achieving his goals. Learn from Josh’s insight and find takeaways for your own approach. Read more about Josh’s goals here: http://tiny.cc/JoshGoals

First Chair catches up with PSIA Cross Country Team Coach, Emily Lovett, about her goals for this season and beyond. She chats about why it’s so important for you to provide timely and effective feedback to your students and to your colleagues. Listen in and then take away feedback tips you can use with your students. Read more about Emily’s goals here: http://tiny.cc/EmilyGoals

When PSIA’s seven founders sat down to form the Professional Ski Instructors of America in May 1961 at Big Mountain in Whitefish, Montana, they had one goal: to create a standard of consistency for ski instruction that it would help draw new participants to the sport from across the nation. Now, six decades later, PSIA-AASI teaches everyone how to enjoy more than just alpine skiing; welcoming ever...

When PSIA’s seven founders sat down to form the Professional Ski Instructors of America in May 1961 at Big Mountain in Whitefish, Montana, they had one goal: to create a standard of consistency for ski instruction that it would help draw new participants to the sport from across the nation. Now, six decades later, PSIA-AASI teaches everyone how to enjoy more than just alpine skiing; welcoming ever...

When PSIA’s seven founders sat down to form the Professional Ski Instructors of America in May 1961 at Big Mountain in Whitefish, Montana, they had one goal: to create a standard of consistency for ski instruction that it would help draw new participants to the sport from across the nation. Now, six decades later, PSIA-AASI teaches everyone how to enjoy more than just alpine skiing; welcoming ever...

First Chair catches up with Stacey Gerrish, the host of Tuesday Tea Talks, which are free interactive sessions that feature special guests in the snowsports industry and are hosted by PSIA-AASI. Next week’s episode happens on Tuesday, March 15 at 6 p.m. MT. Stacey will welcome 2006 Winter Olympian, Erin Simmons, nine-time X Games athlete, and three-time X Games silver medalist. This event will str...

When PSIA’s seven founders sat down to form the Professional Ski Instructors of America in May 1961 at Big Mountain in Whitefish, Montana, they had one goal: to create a standard of consistency for ski instruction that it would help draw new participants to the sport from across the nation. Now, six decades later, PSIA-AASI teaches everyone how to enjoy more than just alpine skiing; welcoming ever...

When PSIA’s seven founders sat down to form the Professional Ski Instructors of America in May 1961 at Big Mountain in Whitefish, Montana, they had one goal: to create a standard of consistency for ski instruction that it would help draw new participants to the sport from across the nation. Now, six decades later, PSIA-AASI teaches everyone how to enjoy more than just alpine skiing; welcoming ever...

When PSIA’s seven founders sat down to form the Professional Ski Instructors of America in May 1961 at Big Mountain in Whitefish, Montana, they had one goal: to create a standard of consistency for ski instruction that it would help draw new participants to the sport from across the nation. Now, six decades later, PSIA-AASI teaches everyone how to enjoy more than just alpine skiing; welcoming ever...

When PSIA’s seven founders sat down to form the Professional Ski Instructors of America in May 1961 at Big Mountain in Whitefish, Montana, they had one goal: to create a standard of consistency for ski instruction that it would help draw new participants to the sport from across the nation. Now, six decades later, PSIA-AASI teaches everyone how to enjoy more than just alpine skiing; welcoming ever...

First Chair catches up with PSIA Alpine Team member Kevin Jordan, who shares tips on the importance of giving your students a variety of drills and then encouraging them to envision their own training plan. Kevin has found that this approach helps him empower his students to do their own learning. Check out the full article here: http://tiny.cc/kevinsgoals

The new PSIA-AASI National Team will set the standard for snowsports instruction and embody the ski and snowboard experience. In April 2021, PSIA-AASI hand-selected the 37 team members – 8 coaches chosen last season and 29 team members selected spring 2021 – for their range of skills that allow them to serve as inspirational leaders and build enthusiasm for learning and having fun skiing and ridin...

First Chair checks in with Brian Donovan, a new member of the PSIA-AASI National Team to learn more about what’s been happening during his first-year on the AASI Snowboard Team and what he’s been up to for this season. Last April, PSIA-AASI selected the 37 team members for their range of skills that allow them to serve as inspirational leaders and build enthusiasm for learning and having fun skiin...

First Chair catches up with PSIA Alpine Team member Josh Fogg, who shares tips on increasing your student’s performance and increasing their retention of the learning of the movements. Josh has found that how you say the words vs. what you say has a bigger impact on your student’s performance.

First Chair catches up with extreme skiing pioneer, Dan Egan. Dan starred in 12 Warren Miller movies, including the “cornice break” segment in “Extreme Winter” that became the most viewed ski segment of all-time. Dan chats about why it’s important to ski the snow that’s in right front of you. Learn why he’s been able to adapt to the line he skis vs. the line that he sees and how you can learn to a...

The new PSIA-AASI National Team will set the standard for snowsports instruction and embody the ski and snowboard experience. In April 2021, PSIA-AASI hand-selected the 37 team members – 8 coaches chosen last season and 29 team members selected spring 2021 – for their range of skills that allow them to serve as inspirational leaders and build enthusiasm for learning and having fun skiing and ridin...