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  1. SkiTalk Live with Dan Egan, Episode 3: Steve Cohen, Greg Whitehouse, Eric Lipton, Phil Pugliese (Sept. 9, 2020, 53 min)

    SkiTalk Live: SkiTalk Live with Dan Egan, Episode 3: Steve Cohen, Greg Whitehouse, Eric Lipton, Phil Pugliese (Sept. 9, 2020, 53 min)

    In this episode, host and extreme skiing pioneer Dan Egan is joined by Steve Cohen, CEO and cofounder, Masterfit/America's Best Bootfitters Greg Whitehouse, owner, California Ski Company Eric Lipton, PSIA-AASI National Team member Phil Pugliese, cofounder and owner, SkiTalk.com Dan leads a...
  2. Ken_R

    The Snowcookie...no it's not edible

    The sponsored FB posts continue to pour in and this is the latest one: http://snowcookiesports.com Thoughts?
  3. Paul Lorenz

    New Instructional Video: Richard Berger, Paul Lorenz & Reilly Mcglashan

    Hi Guys, I'm excited to announce a new high level instructional video coming 15 December from Projected Productions. I know this isn't a forum for advertising but thought members might be interested! I'm just stoked to be involved with my 2 skiing idols :) Thanks I hope you can help us spread...
  4. Blue Streak

    PSIA No Longer Requires Exams!!!!!!!!

    They are now called "assessments." Won't you feel much better, if you fail an "assessment?" :doh:
  5. geepers

    Ski Width and Certification Exams

    Interesting presentation from the PSIA National Academy 2019 on research on the effect of ski width on muscle and joint stress in alpine skiing. At 90 minutes needs some more review however this item seems very relevant to anyone undertaking instructor certification. (Not surprising given the...
  6. Y

    the inside ski (foot) determines the size of the arc

    I ran across the following on the PSIA website and would like to understand it better and how I might incorporate it. Any insights will be appreciated. "The outside edge is the power (or brawn), and the inside is the guider (or brains). This demonstrates the fundamental that pressure is...
  7. Dan Egan

    Lower the edge angles in the steeps

    Most skiers think that they can slow down by edging more on the steeps, but the opposite is true. A high edge angle at the end of a turn will scoot the ski forward and often cause the skier to become out of balance. Combine this with some tension or stress and a tense downhill leg situation...
  8. Marathoner

    Aim Adventure U - thoughts?

    Received an email from Ski.com with a link to the Aim Adventure U online courses. Its pretty steep at $149 but would be worth it if it helped me to help my progress from an advanced to an expert level skier. Anybody try any of these in the past...
  9. Blue Streak

    Ron LeMaster - Skiing from the Snow Up

    For those of you interested in technical stuff, this is a great course. I took it about five years ago, and I am doing it again. It's worth it just for the racing montages! Two, 3-week courses: Tuesdays, 7:00 - 9:00 pm Part I - Oct. 2, 9, 16 Part II - Oct. 23, 30, Nov. 6 Open to all. Non-PSIA...
  10. karlo

    Official PSIA Demonstration Videos of Turns and Exam Tasks

    It is not easy to find the official PSIA videos of skiing turns and exam tasks by searching with Google or within YouTube. One gets lots of Rocky Mountain videos, or other videos, but not the official PSIA ones, from the Alpine Technical Manual. So, here is the link to those videos. Click...
  11. LiquidFeet

    Rocking Horse (tip/waist/tail)

    I have two kinds of questions about the "rocking horse" movement pattern. The first is historical. --Has the "rocking horse" movement pattern (actively moving under-ski pressure from tip to waist to tail through the turn) ever been openly and publicly promoted by PSIA? By this I mean did PSIA...
  12. karlo

    Ski School Best Practices

    This thread is inspired by @TonyPlush's "Mountains with the best ski schools?", in General. That thread has to do with great deals for good lessons. I'd be interested in hearing, from both instructors and students, their experiences with regard to Best Practices at Ski Schools. It can be...
  13. karlo

    Wedge Christie feedback

    I recently took the Level II teaching exam and got the following feedback from the MA portion. "...show more effective movements in the wedge christie where the wedge happens as a result of the downhill ski release and not a push of the outside ski up and around." I was definitely pressuring...
  14. Erik Timmerman

    Congrats @Josh Matta

    I kind of can't believe he hasn't mentioned this in a post yet, so congratulations to JM for getting selected to the pSIA-E Development team this week. He and 5 other instructors from Stowe were among 19 added to the team this year. @Nate Gardner was one of the selectors (though he did not score...
  15. DavidSkis

    PSIA - CSIA Compare and Contrast the Organizations (Training, Certification, and Teaching)

    Moderator Note: This thread was started as a split off from Instructor might quit because he still sucks at skiing.. The posts from that thread were copied here to contain the PSIA-CSIA discussion...
  16. john petersen

    Any Instructors going to Masters Academy/ProJam?

    JP here.....I will be at PSIA/AASI's Masters Academy/Pro Jam at Killington (11-15 dec) and was wondering if anybody else will be there. I do know of one other (ykwya) so far........ Its an awesome event and my first time going in more than 20 years thinking about it!....(timing, expense...
  17. MattFromCanada

    The upper-cert "gap"

    Hi everyone, this is my first or second post here on Pugski, now that I've finally finished the period of mourning over epicski. I'm an instructor based at Grouse Mountain, in Vancouver, Canada, formerly at Whistler-Blackcomb. Anyways... When I was training for my level 3 exam, I noticed...
  18. Philpug

    PSIA-AASI Board of Directors Names Nicholas Herrin as CEO

    Nicholas Herrin, a snowsports-industry leader with senior management experience in resort management and snowsports education, will join the Professional Ski Instructors of America and the American Association of Snowboard Instructors (PSIA-AASI) as its new chief executive officer on July 18...
  19. Tricia

    National Team Tryouts

    We have more than a few friends who are trying out for the National Demo Team. Here is the list of those who are moving into the last day of tryouts
  20. Josh Matta

    4frnt Renegade

    So you probably know me and I ll keep this fairly short. Skier Age 32 190lb 5'10 PSIA Ed Staff like it all but lives for tree skiing. Ski 186cm 2015 4frnt Renegade Dimensions (mm): 135-122-129 Turn Radius: 35 meters Actual Tip to Tail Length (straight tape pull): 185cm mounted at 86cm...
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