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Seevers touts new communication resources for adaptive instructors.


PSIA-AASI’s presentation on adaptive instruction emphasized fundamentals common to all skiers, which apply to the various adaptive disciplines.


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Ten months after suff ering a spinal cord injury, Geoff Krill was skiing again thanks to an adaptive program at his home mountain. Now an PSIA-AASI Adaptive Team member (and newly named adaptive captain for the 2016-20 term), he loves to teach because it enables him to give back the gift skiing has given him. Tune in to hear more of Geoff ’s story.


the fi ve alpine mechanics as it relates to two-, three-, and four- track skiing, as well as mono- and bi-skiing. T e intent for the piece is to give instructors an easily understood resource for comparing what they may know about teaching one discipline to teaching another they might not be as familiar or experienced with. It also validates our assumption that alpine skiing mechanics apply to any skier regardless of disability and ability. T e second piece is a comprehensive PowerPoint presentation


(also available at T eSnowPros.org) with lots of photos and video clips to help trainers teach, and instructors learn, the fi ne art of teaching bi-ski. And when I say comprehensive I mean comprehensive! More than 130 slides provide an A-to-Z guide that covers assessment, equipment, equipment


selection and fi tting, safety considerations, and teaching progressions. Because it’s a PowerPoint, small sections of it can be taken out for a clinic, lesson, or exam study session. Bi- ski teaching is such a labor-intensive discipline we hope that having a comprehensive piece like this will be a huge bonus for instructors who don’t often get to teach bi-skiers. Visiting Ushuaia and participating in Interski 2015 were experiences that only happen once in a lifetime. I was so humbled to be a part of the U.S. team and very proud of the message we delivered to the snowsports teaching world. I know I speak for Geoff and all my teammates when I extend heartfelt thanks to the many members who took the time to donate and help send the team to this important event. T e PSIA-AASI team’s participation in Interski is critical to the development of our message over the next four years and we couldn’t have been there without you. If you’d like to learn more about Interski and how the U.S. team fared, you’ll fi nd articles and photos here: tiny. cc/Interski2015, and the video playlist is here: tiny.cc/ InterskiVideos. In addition, the insights gained at Interski will inform articles in this and future issues of 32 Degrees, and well as overall communications outreach through PSIA- AASI’s social media channels. More likely than not, the clinics you attend in the coming weeks, months, and years, will be infl uenced by the wealth of knowledge shared and gained at Interski 2015.


Kim Seevers is the coach of the PSIA-AASI Adaptive Team and the program development and grants director for New York’s Adaptive Sports Foundation. As a U.S. Paralympic Guide, she teamed with visually impaired ski racer Staci Mannella at the 2014 Paralympics in Sochi, Russia. (For more on the duo’s racing exploits, see “Partially Sighted, Wicked Fast,” sponsored by Subaru, at tiny.cc/WickedFast.


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