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The PSIA-AASI Northwest Region Educational Staff Tryout is complete, and we are excited to welcome 10 new staff members to our ranks!

Telemark: Chris Madison - (Bachelor), Colin Root - (Mt. Hood Meadows)

Snowboard: Emily Lonkhurst - (Hilltop), Kiel Rafter - (Whitefish)

Alpine:
Bennett Johnson - (49 North), Alex Danilevsky (Mt. Hood Meadows), John Wright - (Summit at Snoqualmie), Chris Madison - (Bachelor), Justin Olson - (Mt. Hood Meadows), Keeley Brownback - (Mt. Hood Meadows), Ryan Colesar - (Mt. Hood Meadows)

We had 25 candidates attend the two day on-snow selection process and were impressed by the energy, collaboration, and efforts of all!

Children’s Specialist event at Alyeska. Congratulations participant’s!
 

Day 2 back at it. Working on clear communication, saying what it is and when, and making sure I see what you see and vice versa. And building our SnowSports community, “rising tide lifts all boats”, together.
 

NW education staff kicking off the sliding season getting educated.

 

Thanks to all of our trainers, Ed Staff, and school directors for helping us start the season off with some great energy! Three days of catching up, great conversations, and sessions covering all parts of the Learning Connection Model (teaching, people, and technical skills) has us excited to continue the momentum into the season. Check out the NW events calendar to see what we have planned!
www.psia-nw.org/events/
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Fall is almost here, and the PSIA-NW Alpine Tech Team is busy preparing for the 23-24 Season! They spent the last two days collaborating and aligning on content for the NW Trainer Series, Fall Training, and Ed Staff Training and are excited to officially kick off the season in October with our packed calendar of events.
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Fall Seminar registration is now live! Follow the link below to get signed up.
https://www.psia-nw.org/events/?cal-month=10&cal-year=2023&event=9015

What fantastic conditions to kick off Divisional Academy 2023 Whitefish Mountain Resort. Getting our learning on with Volkswagen taking us there.

How often does a sports shop shut down to support SnowSports instructors in their education? And have a boot fitting session with a master boot fitter? We aren’t sure but the 2023 Women’s Summit did! Gratitude to our partners in the industry, the event would not be off the charts as much without their support
Thank you Nalini & Scott!!!



 

All prepped and ready to learn about our feet and how to have them feel and fit in our boots with . Along with some social time. Couldn’t do it without the support of our partners. Thank you

 

Having a great time building the community and lifting each other up at the

 

Learning our feet, how to talk about them in our snowboard and ski boots and getting our fit on from the master boot fitter
Can’t wait for our boot fit presentation tonight
Thanks to our community for supporting this fantastic

 

Fantastic ski test afternoon. Thank you . Thank you suppliers for supporting this community!!!!

 

Women’s Summit 2023
 

Great day at Mission Ridge!

 

Talk about Immersion! Day two in the books with lots of digging out at the end of the day.

 

Great day at Snoqualmie!!

 

More tele movement analysis coming right up! Maybe thinking about trying telemark? Have been doing it for a while? We have a 101 and 201 ready for you! Look forward to seeing you there. PSIA-NW.org/events




 
 

The start of the season is here and the event you've been patiently waiting for, and we are excited to announce that registration for Fall Seminar 2022 is live! Please mark October 22nd on your calendars, and go to psia-nw.org > "Events" to sign up.

Based on positive feedback from last year, we've decided to hold Fall Seminar virtually again. We have another great selection of multi-discipline sessions lined up for you. As always, this is a great way to kick off the upcoming season and get to see other NW members in the process.

We look forward to seeing you all during our first event of the 22-23 season!

Free your mind! We are running back to back Telemark movement analysis 101 and 201 courses starting at the end of this month. Stay connected with your SnowSports family and build your MA skills at the same time. Completions of 101 is a prerequisite for 201 (discipline specific). Register now at PSIA-NW.org - events to join the 4-week session. Classes are Wednesday evenings.

Just because the season is over doesn't mean your training has to be. We are running another MA 201 course starting at the end of this month. Stay connected with your snow sport family and build your MA skills at the same time. Completion of MA 101 is a prerequisite (there is a 101 available too). Register now at PSIA-NW.org - Events to join the 4 week session. Classes are Wednesday evenings.

Through rain, wind, more rain, (buckets of it) and snow, the Technical Team Tryouts were held. We are so blessed to have such a dedicated group of professionals who continue to inspire us. We watched this group bond and encourage one another to do their best and put it all out there. Thankful for the support staff! Those named to the 22-25 team are (in no order) Tyler Barnes, Greg Dixon, John May, Jeremy Riss, Dave Rowe, Jenn Lockwood, Andy Rubesch, Tara Seymour, Ryan McDonald, Terry McLeod, Katie Feucht, Mike Douglas, Meagan Jones.
Congratulations to everyone who participated. We appreciate you and all you all do for the organization. Without you there is no us. 💜



 
 

An awesome welcome back to NW Divisional Academy! New snow, new friends, and tons of fun in the sun. See you at Symposium!!

Mt. Spokane Shred Clinic

Up next on AASI-NW DCL Dirtbag Diaries… Schoolin around with the North Idaho Crew and that is white stuff in the air!

Movement analysis on the 7th snowboard fundamental?

Winter blast 2022 ! Bluebird 🤗

Level 2 exams at Mission are done and done!