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PRO FILE: ANN SCHORLING PSIA-AASI TEAM – ALPINE; JACKSON HOLE, WY
Please tell fellow PSIA-AASI members a bit about yourself. My favorite things (outside of skiing and teaching in Jackson Hole and Portillo) include: Good, dark coff ee; my dog, Sadie; sleeping outside; chocolate chip cookies; the color blue; running during the fall; the steep part of the learning curve; my family (most of whom are also ski instructors!); swing dancing (or any dancing, really); reading non-fi ction; playing Catan.
What is your teaching background? Both my parents, and most of their closest friends are ski instructors. As a result, I more or less grew up in the Keystone ski school, and although I wasn’t technically teaching, I do remember practicing movement analysis on skiers from the chairlift at around age 8. Professionally I’ve taught skiing fulltime in Jackson Hole since 2008, worked for Intermountain Division as both an alpine and telemark examiner since 2012 and 2010, respectively, and served as the Intermountain Nordic Chair from 2012 to April 2016. As a bonus, each of the last four years I have spent time skiing, teaching, and playing with the amazing ski school in Portillo, Chile.
What is it about skiing that is so appealing to you? A tougher question would be, “What doesn’t appeal to you about skiing?” On any given day, I’d rather being skiing. Sliding downhill is my absolute favorite feeling in the world. I love the challenge, the athleticism, working with the mountain, the touch, the range of options, the meditative quality… this list could go on forever. Skiing, for me, is the constant search for fl ow. Just when I fi nd it, it disappears again, and therefore I will happily look for it forever!
18 | 32 DEGREES • SPRING 2017
What drives you when you’re not on snow?
Kinesthetic learning. Play, challenge, athleticism, fl ow, growth – all the things that drive me on snow, but applied to other pursuits. Because of devoting so much energy to improving as a skier, I try to learn new things during the off -season. Last summer, in addition to a continued intention to stay upright on my mountain bike, I also began kayaking and making pottery.
How have you been able to make a career out of teaching? Since my fi rst National Academy in 2008, I have intended to work as a ski instructor for life. I recognized that looking forward to work every day is rare in this world, so I latched onto it and built my life around it. My excitement and commitment to skiing have made some of the more diffi cult pieces of the career feel worth it. It also helps that I love being coached and attending clinics, so I moved through certifi cations relatively quickly.
How did it feel to make the PSIA- AASI Team? Wow. It still feels like a dream. I am a better skier and coach simply for having attended the tryouts, and success in that context is mind-boggling. I feel honored, proud, humbled, excited. T ere is so much room for learning and growth within this new position. I feel a responsibility to do my absolute best as a team member.
What kind of work did you put in to prepare for Team Selection? In the last year leading up to Team Selection, I devoted most of my energy toward mental discipline – not on toughness, per se, but rather on allowing
Ann Schorling on task at 2016 Team Training.
myself to be imperfect. I changed my focus from correcting every mistake, to valuing courage, growth, play, and experimentation. I’m not saying this is what everyone needs, but as a recovering perfectionist it made all the diff erence.
Now that you’re on the team, what are your goals? Connection. Skiing with team members as a young instructor completely changed the trajectory of my career. I want to build relationships with members, and invest in people. I’m excited to work all over the country and connect with other instructors who are passionate about the snow.
What does PSIA-AASI membership mean to you? A community, a pathway for growth, a structure for learning, a means to make sense of the best sports in the world, and the foundation of my career.
LINDA GUERRETTE
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