Happy holidays to all the hardworking PSIA-AASI members who are helping their clients enjoy the gift of better skiing and riding this winter. This “Last Run” column by PSIA-AASI Lead Writer Peter Kray, which ran in the Winter 2023 Issue of 32 Degrees, celebrates all the joy you share with your clients and fellow snow pros during this magical season.
The holidays are a busy time for instructors and can be especially overwhelming if it’s your first season teaching. Here are 12 tips from PSIA-AASI Eastern Region Examiner Suzy Chase-Motzkin on how to “Survive and Thrive During the Holiday Season.”
This excerpted feature, “The Active Art of Ski Instruction: How Great Teachers Adapt & Modify the Elements of Every Lesson,” by PSIA-AASI Lead Writer Peter Kray, appears in the forthcoming Winter 2025 Issue of 32 Degrees.
The Hartford Ski Spectacular and Move United are carving across the slopes of Breckenridge, Colorado, this week, embracing the event’s annual mission to create more opportunities for adaptive skiers and snowboarders.
With U.S. skier visits cresting 60 million for the past several seasons, staying safe is top of mind for snow pros, especially as they prepare for the busy holiday season.
Just in time for the 2024-25 ski and snowboard season, three new PSIA-AASI webinars hosted by the Snowsports Management Advisory Committee highlight just how much educational leaders can do to support the success of their new and existing instructors.
This excerpted “Meet” Q&A appears in the Fall 2024 issue of 32 Degrees. Dr. Ryan Carr, EdD, is a performance coach specializing in mental performance, leadership development, team cohesion, and strength and conditioning. He started Carr Driven Performance to offer mental performance coaching to youth, collegiate, and professional athletes.
In part two of this series, PSIA-AASI Education Development Manager Angelo Ross shares his insight on how new instructors can succeed in their first season teaching.
The PSIA Cross Country Team is introducing three “Certification Pathway Guides” to help every level of cross country instructor create a clear map for identifying, training for, and achieving their own certification goals.
This excerpted article, written by Chris Ohman, a Level II alpine instructor, with a Children’s Specialist 2 credential, at Montana’s Big Sky Resort, appears in the Fall 2024 issue of 32 Degrees.
