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CONTENTS 32 DEGREES FALL 2016


FEATURES 26 ON ONE CONDITION


Give Students a Competitive Edge in Gates and Banked Slalom Tracks By Michael Rogan, Lane Clegg, David Lawrence, and J. Scott McGee


35 HELP KIDS CONQUER BIG TERRAIN How to Teach Children to Shred Any Slope and Foster a Lifelong Love


of Skiing and Riding By Krista Crabtree


46 PSIA-AASI’S NATIONAL ACADEMY IS EDUCATION AT ITS PEAK


Record Attendance, Multi-Disciplinary Focus Contribute to Fantastic


National Event By Peter Kray


54 2016-20 TEAM SELECTION: PSIA-AASI Chooses the New Bricklayers for


Your Path to Professional Development By Peter Kray


60 MEET THE 2016-20 PSIA-AASI TEAM


LINEUP 14 NEWS OF NOTE 18 RAD/SAD 18 WHERE DO YOU READ 32 DEGREES? 18 SUPPLIER SPOTLIGHT 19 LOCKER ROOM TALK 19 ROAD TRIP WORTH TAKING 20 PRO FILE: TERRI HENDERSON 22 MEMBER BENEFITS


COLUMNS 4 CHAIRMAN’S MESSAGE 8 YOUR SPACE 12 THE SNOW LIFE


32 DEGREES THE JOURNAL OF PROFESSIONAL SNOWSPORTS INSTRUCTION FALL 16


LOFTY GOALS?


DEVELOP A PLAN FOR CERT SUCCESS THIS SEASON pg. 82


IN IT TO WIN IT


Give Students an Edge in Alpine, Tele, and Cross Country Races pg. 26


32 DEGREES THE JOURNAL OF PROFESSIONAL SNOWSPORTS INSTRUCTION FALL 16


LAUNCH YOUR LEARNING


AIM HIGH WITH SUCCESSFUL CERT TACTICS pg. 82


AASI Snowboard Team member Eric Rolls, VKRZQ KHUH fl\LQJ KLJK DW ΖQWHUVNL


IN IT TO WIN IT


ON NEW SKIS, BOOTS Gain Valuable Guidance


GET THE SCOOP


on This Year’s Gear pg. 66


Get Students On Track with Banked Slalom Sessions pg. 26


LAY LOW AND ARC IT! How to Teach Solid Tactics for Artful Carving


pg. 100 LQ


Ushuaia, Argentina, also returns for a second term. Photos by Scott Markewitz.


On the Covers: Freestyle specialist Ryan &KULVWRffHUVRQ LV ULJKW DW KRPH LQ WKH DLU and on the 2016-20 PSIA-AASI Team, having earned a second term at Team Selection.


ARTICLES


66 THINNER SKIS, DIVERSE BOARD SHAPES, BETTER BOOTS BINDINGS DOMINATE HARDGOODS TRENDS:


Your 2016-17 PSIA-AASI Ski and Snowboard Guide By Peter Kray


78 LEARN THE STAGES OF MOTOR LEARNING


to Help Students Succeed More Quickly By Kristen Quinn


DEPARTMENTS & COLUMNS


CERTIFICATION I, II, III 82 TO ACHIEVE CERTIFICATION SUCCESS,


Teach Like a Coach, Train Like an Athlete By Stephen Helfenbein


DIRECTOR’S PERSPECTIVE 86 HOW MT. HOOD MEADOWS


Helps Prevent Injuries Among Instructors By Stephanie Prince Alexander, with Jeremy Riss


SCHOOL SPOTLIGHT 88 MASSACHUSETTS’ WACHUSETT MOUNTAIN


Wins NSAA 2016 Conversion Cup Award By Earl Saline


ADAPTIVE 92 ‘JUST DO IT’ ATTITUDE HELPS SKIER


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ALPINE 96 LEARN – AND TEACH –


Through the Experience of Sensation By Matt Boyd


CROSS COUNTRY 98 GET YOUR ARMS IN THE SWING OF THINGS


IRU (ɝFLHQW &URVV &RXQWU\ 6NLLQJ By Emily Lovett


SNOWBOARD 100 TIPS FOR TURNS THAT TURN HEADS:


Carving for Form and Fun By Dave Lynch


TELEMARK 104 EMBRACE THE SLOW TELEMARK MOVEMENT


to Work Out Kinks in Technique By Matt Charles


CHILDREN’S 106 LESSONS IN COURAGE …


Learned from a 9-Year-Old By Nancy Dengler


COACH’S CORNER 110 MORE CLINIC DAYS WITH MEMBERS


at Top of To-Do List for Alpine Team By PSIA-AASI Team Manager Jeb Boyd, with Alpine Team Coach Michael Rogan


119 MAGAZINE INDEX 120 APRÈS


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