ARTICLES
32 DEGREES FALL 2015 CONTENTS
FEATURES 24 ON ONE CONDITION...
Tactics in the trees for alpine, snowboard, and telemark students By Kevin Jordan, Seth Johns, and Jim Shaw
30 NATIONAL ACADEMY
End-of-Season Event Sets New Standard for Education and Fun By Peter Kray
36 COLLABORATION BETWEEN U.S. SKI TEAM AND PSIA-AASI
Means You and Elite Racers Share Common Ski Tactics By Peter Kray
40 INTERTELE 2015:
Sharing International Perspectives While Dancing With Gravity By Tim Sattelmeier
44 INTERSKI 2015 IN ARGENTINA: PSIA-AASI Shares American Know-How on How to Teach,
Expands World View By Peter Kray
50 IS YOUR WAY OF LIFE ON SNOW IN PERIL?
Let’s Talk About Climate Change By Karin Kirk
COLUMNS 4 CHAIRMAN’S MESSAGE 8 YOUR SPACE
LINEUP 12 NEWS OF NOTE 15 PRO FILE: MARIE WANLESS 16 RAD/SAD 16 ROAD TRIP WORTH TAKING 16 SUPPLIER SPOTLIGHT: ROSSIGNOL 17 WHERE DO YOU READ 32 DEGREES? 17 LOCKER ROOM TALK 20 WHAT’S NEW AND WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
32 DEGREES THE JOURNAL OF PROFESSIONAL SNOWSPORTS INSTRUCTION FALL 15 PSIA in Long-term Relationship RACY STUFF!
with U.S. Ski Team pg. 36
TREE SKIING #INTERSKI2015
GET STUDENTS ON TRACK IN THE UNTRACKED pg. 24
NO MORE TEARS Instructors Share Knowledge
on a World Stage pg. 44
Tips for Ending Children’s
Separation Anxiety pg. 102
RIDING IN THE TREES
HELP STUDENTS FIND THEIR ZEN IN
UNTRACKED STASHES pg. 24
32 DEGREES THE JOURNAL OF PROFESSIONAL SNOWSPORTS INSTRUCTION FALL 15
SUDDENLY IN A TRAINER’S ROLE?
Here’s How to Succeed in Leading pg. 68
Instructors Share Knowledge on a World Stage pg. 44
#INTERSKI2015
DO YOUR STUDENTS HAVE TOESIDE WOES?
Try the Hop, Chop, and Slide pg. 102
On the Covers: Kevin Jordan, an alpine examiner in PSIA-AASI’s Rocky Mountain Division, weaves his way through an as- pen grove. AASI Snowboard Team mem- ber Seth Johns goes to his Zen place in the trees. Photos by Scott D.W. Smith
58 MAKE IT A GREAT YEAR ON YOUR GEAR: The 2015-2016 PSIA-AASI Ski and Snowboard Guide By Peter Kray
66 LOVE ‘EM, THEN LET ‘EM GO:
Why I Break Up with My Snowboards By Jen Sass
68 HOW TO DEVELOP SKILLS
You’ll Need to Climb the Leadership Ladder By Eric Rolls
72 WANT TO FEEL LIKE A SUPERHERO?
Work Plyometrics into Your Workout Regimen By Mark Aiken
76 LOW SNOW IMPACTS SKI AND SNOWBOARD VISITS;
Lesson Participation and Rider Stats Stay Steady By Peter Kray
80 NEW MOUNTAIN BIKE CERTIFICATION
Off ers Year-Round Possibilities for Instructors By Mark Eller
DEPARTMENTS & COLUMNS
CERTIFICATION I, II, III 82 DON’T BE AN ARMY OF ONE:
How to Enlist Support System for Success By Tanya Milelli
CROWDSOURCE 86 INSTRUCTION 301
How to Travel the Path from Level III to Examiner By Stephanie Prince Alexander
DIRECTOR’S PERSPECTIVE
90 TIPS FROM THE TRENCHES: How Directors Cope in Low-Snow Years By Stephanie Prince Alexander
SCHOOL SPOTLIGHT 94 KILLINGTON RESORT WINS
NSAA’s Conversion Cup with Innovative Learning Programs By Earl Saline
ALPINE
96 HOW SKI INSTRUCTORS AND SKI RACERS Can Learn from Each Other By Eric Lipton
CROSS COUNTRY 100 CRUST CRUISIN’:
Ah, the Experience of Extreme Skate Skiing By Dale Drennan
SNOWBOARD
102 HOP, CHOP, AND SLIDE: A Fun and Easy Introduction to Toeside By Greg Andrews
CHILDREN’S 106 I WANT MY MOMMY!
How to Handle Separation Anxiety in Children’s Lessons By Tara Seymour
RECOGNITION 110 LIFETIME MEMBERS LAUDED
For Years of Experience to Your Association and Snowsports
119 INDEX 120 APRÈS
THESNOWPROS.ORG | 1
INSPIRING LIFELONG PASSION FOR SKIING & SNOWBOARDING
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