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Why is the annual Team Training event so important to the association? PSIA-AASI Team Manager Jeb Boyd: We come from all parts of the country and bring a lot of perspective to what is fundamental to sliding on snow. Tis is where we come together to check our message, to make sure we have the consistency to spread out across the country with a similar message and hone in on what truly matters to our industry.
What are you most excited about with regard to the 2016-20 PSIA-AASI Team? JB: I’m stoked about how closely all the teams – Alpine, Snowboard, Nordic, and Adaptive – are coming together, and how they are on point to rally around the development of the new Core Concepts manual coming out next year. We’re all focused on the technical-, teaching, and people-skill components of Te Learning Connection so there is consistency of message from discipline to discipline without each of those disciplines losing their own unique identity.
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says “Alpine Team,” which is mostly self-inflicted. We also wanted to review our 5 Fundamentals of Alpine Skiing so we are on the same page from a technical point of view, and also develop a working to-do list of projects for the educational benefit of the membership.
How will this improve PSIA-AASI as an educational entity and as an organization? PSIA Alpine Team Member Jonathan Ballou: We discussed the idea of “Teaching Fundamentals” quite deeply. Te last team created the Skiing Fundamentals. Tose fundamentals aided the evolution of the Alpine Certification Standards, the way most divisions train, and was well accepted at Interski. Te last team identified that doing something similar with teaching fundamentals was needed, which is a key focus of the conversations and work that is happening within the current group. I am confident that this team will rise to the challenge and, in conjunction with divisional leadership, deliver concepts regarding teaching that will move PSIA-AASI forward.
What do you see as the immediate strengths of this team? AASI Snowboard Team Coach Scott Anfang: Te diversity in the team, from their very different backgrounds to their divisional, national, and international experience. Tere is an amazing spread of individuals on this team and I know we are all going to be able to balance each other out for the better of snowboarding, snowboard education, and this organization.
What key initiatives will this team focus on going forward? SA: Getting out in front of our membership and pursuing other opportunities to simply be out in front of people representing
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