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Member Forum Closes December 20, 2010; Join the Conversations on The Community!

2010-12-17T17:02:57-07:00

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The Member Forum will be locked to new posts as of 5 p.m. (MST) December 20, 2010. Members wishing to transfer their own posts to The Community have until December 31, 2010, to do so, at which time the Member Forum will be moved to archive status off the website. Thank you for your past participation in the PSIA-AASI Member Forum. We’re confident you and your fellow members will enjoy the enhanced functionality offered by the discussion boards on The Community.

Discussions Have Been Moved

2010-12-10T12:47:41-07:00

Current content for these forum discussions (the most active posts as of January 1, 2010) has been moved to topic-specific “Discussions” on The Community. You may access this new online resource by using the link below:

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Anyone have any ideas for ‘Theme Days’ other than raceday or scavenger hunt?

2010-10-26T14:48:57-07:00

Any kid’s people out there have any good theme day ideas? We have raceday, freestyle friday, and scavenger hunt day. Any good ideas with easy implementation and not a lot of cost?

Go With A Pro Video

2009-06-16T13:22:20-07:00

Can anyone tell me if the “Go With A Pro” videos are avaiable to member ski schools to use as a marketing tool?

PSIA & Subaru Offer Experience

2009-07-18T23:24:41-07:00

Hi Everyone,

I’m posting to find out if anybody out there has some experience taking advantage of the great deals on Subaru vehicles available to us through PSIA.

If so, what does the offer (offers?) specifically entail? What is the process? Pros and Cons? And finally, is there anything else one might need to know while going down this road?

I’ll look forward to some responses. Thanks!

Ski Conditioning

2010-08-06T14:08:23-07:00

With the new ski season just a little more than 4 months away its time to think about conditioning. Has anyone purchased and been happy with Avalanche Ski Training? I hate gyms and I’ve trail run and biked myself to death this summer only to gain more room for some Fat Tires, so its time to get serious.

(Adaptive?) Advice for introducing my injured companion to snowboarding?

2010-02-14T22:25:15-07:00

Okay So I am looking for help in teaching my boyfriend how to snowboard. Last year he was hit by a car while on his street bike. His left hip, knee, and ankle were all shattered and have undergone a lot of surgery. His ankle is now completely inflexible (as are his toes)—we can’t even get him into standard snowboard boots.
In order to insure he has a positive snowboarding experience I have two main concerns—finding special equipment for him (boots in particular) and what techniques would be most beneficial to teaching him with minimum pain/ risk of re-injury. If anyone has advice for me or can point me in the direction of a good starting-off point I would be most obliged!

Teaching Alpine to children with Autism

2010-01-01T11:16:04-07:00

I recently had a 10 year old boy with autism for a ski lesson and his parents have now scheduled more lessons with me. We established a good rapport on the first lesson and he currently skis with simple wedge turns (previously taught). We had great fun and practiced his turns but did not move beyond his current skills. I have very little experience with people with this condiditon and am looking for information that may help me help him have fun and make some degree of progress.

Where are the Women?

2009-11-30T22:33:08-07:00

Welcome! This post is an effort to empower women of PSIA from around the country to share their views, ideas, and make connections in order to increase the awareness and presence of women in this organization. According to a loose poll, women make up only 20% of the organization. How can this number be increased? How can we come together to make a change?

This forum thread is also for men who are interested in contributing ideas to encourage and support women in this organization, and is meant to gauge interest from both genders in coming together to create a shift. How can we attract more women to be clinicians and examiners? To make the national teams? To be members of PSIA in the first place? Please share your thoughts and ideas!

Movement Matrix Log-in Problems

2009-12-07T12:29:21-07:00

I have a Verizon Broadband Wireless Aircard on my PC at home.I can log-in to The Snow Pros
website with no problem.When I go to Movement Matrix it has some issues booting up.It worked
for about a week three weeks ago but has a problem right now.I have the most current version
of Adobe Reader 10.2 and have no other problems with any websites on the Internet.Has anyone
had this problem? Does anyone have any suggestions I might try?