FOR LOVE OF THE JOURNEY: TOP-NOTCH INSTRUCTORS SET SIGHTS ON 2016-20 TEAM SELECTION
By Dave Schuiling, PSIA-AASI Director of Education
ome say the chase is far better than the catch. For instructors who aspire to be a member of the PSIA-AASI Team that helps set the association’s educational direction,
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the journey is long and rigorous but extremely satisfying. And from April 17-21, it comes to Breckenridge, Colorado. Every four years, PSIA-AASI selects a team of snowsports education professionals to represent the association at the highest level possible across the adaptive, alpine, cross cou ntry, snowboard, and telemark teaching disciplines. Every member of the team embodies three critical attributes for success – they are inspirational educators,
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passion – in hopes of earning a spot on the 2016-20 team that will help guide
snowsports instruction in
the United States to new levels of excellence. Team Selection is part gauntlet, part uber-exam, and every bit a high-stakes job interview. And the journey to get there started the moment these instructors realized they could change people’s lives through enjoyment of snowsports. T e fi rst step in selecting the
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new PSIA-AASI Team was to name the leadership to mentor and guide the team throughout the upcoming four-year term (2016-20). T ree- term Alpine Team member Jeb Boyd was selected as overall Team Manager. T e new Alpine Team coach is 20-year team member and USSA fundamentals coach Michael Rogan. T ree-term Snowboard Team member Scott Anfang assumes the reins as Snowboard Team coach and two-term Nordic Team member David Lawrence is the new Nordic Team coach. Rounding
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lifelong learners, and inspirational athletes. T eir core purpose is to support the mission of inspiring lifelong passion for skiing and snowboarding. At Team Selection, dozens of
instructors, who are recommended by their divisions and have gone through an extensive application process, will demonstrate their skiing or riding – and, most importantly, teaching skills and professional
adaptive the leadership
team is Geoff Krill, who has been named
captain. T is
new position allows the adaptive disciplines to gain direct support from the alpine and snowboard team members while maintaining autonomy within the growing adaptive snowsports realm. T is group will help select the new PSIA-AASI Team, which will drive development of
the association’s educational content and facilitate
consistency by maintaining close educators from all over the country. Midway
through the current
2012-16 term, team members were asked to refl ect on a seemingly simple question: Why do it? While many answers embodied the key, sometimes Jedi-like traits that team members possess, the following answer summed up the essence and joy of all the eff ort: “You do it because you love it…
all of it, working with every aspect of the industry you have dedicated almost every aspect of your life to. You do it because you want to put the work in, the enormous amount of work, to inspire others to be better at this job, this lifestyle, than they ever thought they could be, and hopefully play a role in helping a few others make the same choice. You don’t do it to get thanked, to get credit, to get noticed, to get promotions, to get sponsorships; you do it because you can’t imagine doing anything else.” And so, from April 17-21, an
incredibly talented group of devoted snowsport educators will gather in Breckenridge and push each other to the limit of what is possible in teaching prowess, technical knowledge, and on-snow sliding performance. T ey’ll do it not only for the love of the sport, but, more importantly, for the love of sharing the sport with others. With great leadership comes incredible passion, energy, and commitment from these devoted members of our association. As lifelong learners, earning a spot on the team is not about arrival, it’s truly about growth, development, and continued searching for the learning experience.
MANAGER JEB BOYD
ALPINE MICHAEL ROGAN
SNOWBOARD SCOTT ANFANG
NORDIC DAVID LAWRENCE
ADAPTIVE GEOFF KRILL
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