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PSIA XC NORDIC ACADEMY CONTINUES GROWTH, CELEBRATES NORDIC CULTURE


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SIA Nordic Team Coach David Lawrence could hardly contain his excitement at the close of the third annual PSIA XC Nordic Academy in West Yellowstone, Montana.


“We had the biggest attendance yet, with a total of 35 people, and attendees from everywhere – Northern Rocky Mountain, Central, and Rocky Mountain Divisions, as well as Northwest and Intermountain,” said Lawrence. “Plus, the age of our attendees ranged from 72 to 21!” Hosted by the Northern Rocky Mountain


Division November 27-29, 2016, XC Nordic Academy featured three days of formal indoor and on-snow training, all with a focus on exploring the best ideas, topics, and technique to get attendees geared up too tight. Along with Lawrence, PSIA Nordic Team members Greg Rhodes and Emily Lovett led sessions on classic and skate ski technique improvement, teaching drills, progressions, and shared some of the latest news and projects the PSIA Nordic Team is working on. “An event like this is important for the smaller disciplines because it celebrates the instructional community and provides value to the members,” Lawrence said. “T e fact that we can have a national stage for


our long-term instructors and also be able to reach the younger generation says a lot about the commitment and continuity we are providing for the sport.” Tulie Budiselich of Northwest Division


said the event was, “Elevating, motivating, and vitalizing. “T ere was a lot of high-quality instruction,”


Budiselich said. “T e instructors were not only great skiers, but exceptional clinicians. T ey were enthusiastic, all-inclusive, and succinct.” “I loved this event,” said PSIA-AASI member Grant Nakamura, who attended the academy as the event photographer. “My experience observing as an outsider was short-lived, because the leaders and participants literally welcomed me into their circle almost immediately. T ey brought so much energy to the event I was exhausted trying to keep up.” In particular, Nakamura was impressed


by the level of information sharing, both by the event leaders and participants.


Tulie Budiselich and David Lawrence hone technique at the 2016 PSIA XC Nordic Academy.


“Even to my novice nordic skier’s eye, the improvements in technique for many was tangible. And, as a bonus, my classic diagonal stride improved, too.” Given the success of this season’s event,


plans are already underway for the next XC Nordic Academy. Stayed tuned to T eSnowPros.org as details fi rm up later this year.


HARTFORD SKI SPECTACULAR, NATIONAL ADAPTIVE ACADEMY BIGGER AND BETTER THAN EVER


halk up another great year for the Hartford Ski Spectacular, the nation’s premier adaptive winter sports festival. T is event, hosted by Disabled Sports USA and held in conjunction with PSIA-AASI’s National Adaptive Academy, made


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Colorado’s Breckenridge Resort THE place to be in the adaptive snowsports world November 28-December 4, 2016. At the event, PSIA-AASI off ers continuing education units to adaptive instructors and volunteers through clinics with PSIA-AASI Adaptive Team members and other adaptive educators from across the country. “Educationally, it’s awesome. Just awesome; just like National Academy,” said PSIA- AASI Adaptive Team Captain Geoff Krill.


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“T ere were more than 100 people being educated on skis, snowboards, and even snow bikes. T ere were as many as 12 clinics going on every day, focusing on diff erent adaptive technique topics and certifi cation prep.” National Adaptive Academy provides


the perfect venue to work with educators and training staff from every division to “compare notes and get on the same page,” said Krill. “One of the most amazing aspects of this event is how it provides an annual


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PSIA-AASI's National Adaptive Academy is a invaluable educational experience for adaptive instructors.


kickoff for the season, and also how we are able to build on what we’re working on from year to year.”


Krill noted one critical element of that sense of continued progress was the announcement


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