IN THIS ISSUE

SUMMER 2004

THE OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF PSIA- CENTRAL

3 What Are The Division and The Foundation?

4 Portable Terrain Park Feature

7 Skiing with Living Legends

8 What Can Riding a Bicycle Teach Us About Skiing?

10 Certified Instructors

11 Meet Your Central Line Editing Staff

12 Old Ski Master

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Both Corporations Generate Exciting PlansBy Wm. “Skip” Dickel, PSIA-C PresidentThe Boards of Directors for The Division and The Foundation held their combined spring meetings May 15 and 16 in Lansing, Michigan. The Board set goals for improved services to members, examined how goals will be reached and established work plans to meet that challenge.

Two basic goals were set for Central’s core business. Central’s core business is work performed by Division Clinic Leaders and Examiners who comprise the Ed Staff for each snowsports discipline.

Goal 1: Ed Staff members will develop greater consistency throughout the Central Division. Consistency is a goal for teaching, skills development, skills applications, certification standards understanding, certification preparation and for certification exams.

Goal 2: The Ed Staff for Alpine skiing will practice and train together, as will the Ed Staff for Snowboard. Like any professional sports team preparing for a new season, these Ed Staff teams will seek unified coaching and performance standards. Central Division’s Ed Staffs will enjoy the best training Central can find and afford. Central Division members will benefit from the best team preparation available.

The new Education Vice President, Brent Heimann, is working with a leadership committee to evaluate, facilitate and guide team management. Leadership Committee members and advisors include

C O N G R A T U L A T I O N S !Dan Clausen was 1 of 4 selected from 16 of the most talented Nordic ski instructors from across the country to serve on the PSIA Nordic Demonstration Team.

This is Dan’s fourth term to serve on the team. Dan is also one of our Nordic examiners and his success is a high point of honor for the Central Division.

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2004/2005 EDUCATION FOUNDATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS

PresidentWm. “Skip” Dickel

Executive Vice PresidentBrent Heimann

Financial Vice President &

SecretaryDavid P. Kamke

Alpine Directors

1 Wm. “Skip” Dickel Jeff Lewin

2 Brent Heimann David P. Kamke

3 Robin K. Roberts Thomas L. McIntosh

4 Kris Agnew Walter B. Sappington

5 Douglas Wren Mark D. Foyteck

6 John F. Cole Gary D. Kepler

Adaptive Directors

David Henderson

Nordic Director

Michael Bell

Snowboard Directors

1,2,3 Chuck Ankeny

4,5,6 Mindy Covington

Ex-Officio PSIA-N DirectorJohn Peppler

General Information Members should contact their board representatives to share concerns or opinions on policies or procedures in order that they be more effectively represented.

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2004/2005 BOARD OF DIRECTORS

PresidentWm. “Skip” Dickel

Executive Vice PresidentMichael Bell

Education Vice PresidentBrent Heimann

Financial Vice PresidentDavid P. Kamke

Marketing Vice PresidentMindy Covington

Alpine Directors

1 Wm. “Skip” Dickel Jeff Lewin

2 Brent Heimann David P. Kamke

3 Robin K. Roberts Thomas L. McIntosh

4 Kris Agnew Walter B. Sappington

5 Douglas Wren Mark D. Foyteck

6 John F. Cole Gary D. Kepler

Nordic Director

Michael Bell

Snowboard Directors

1,2,3 Chuck Ankeny4,5,6 Mindy Covington

Ex-Officio PSIA-N DirectorJohn Peppler

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the current Executive Vice President, and past Education Vice President, Mike Bell; Board Director and Alpine Administrator Walt Sappington; Board Director Robin Roberts; Board Director John Cole; Ed/Cert Committee Co-Chair Larry Berg; and Ed/Cert Committee Co-Chair Carl Sigmann.

Alpine: Current Alpine Ed Staff management includes an Alpine Administrator; an Education and Certification Committee, elected by the Ed Staff and led by two committee co-chairs; and ed staff projects committees. Over past years the respective responsibilities for the Administrator and Ed/Cert Committee have varied drastically. Brent’s leadership committee will work with the Ed/Cert Committee leadership, other board members, National D Team resources and leaders from other divisions to develop the best management team, and the best distribution of responsibilities, to reach these stated goals and to continue building a superior team into the future.

Snowboard: Team management for the Snowboard Ed Staff is already in place and will be developing the same goals. This team includes Snowboard Director Mindy Covington; Snowboard Director Chuck Ankeny; Alpine Director, and dual discipline examiner for both Snowboard and Alpine, Jeff Lewin; and Snowboard Administrator Jack Hurst.

Nordic and Adaptive: The Nordic and Adaptive disciplines are small enough and well organized to work in their present structures. Continued growth, and participation with other snowsports organizations, are ongoing goals. Until now, Adaptive lacked board representation. The Foundation board of directors adjusted that management need by creating a board seat for the Adaptive Administrator, currently David Henderson.

Project Management: The Board is working on additional goals and projects, within and outside of the Ed Staffs. The Board plans to assign a project manager for each significant project to provide direction and accountability. Board Director Mark Foyteck assumed the new role of Projects Data Manager. While not a super boss, Mark responsibilities include collecting, managing and reporting on all significant projects. Reporting includes posting highlights of projects on Central’s website.

Scholarships for Adaptive Certification: The Foundation is developing education fundraising goals. The Foundation is a viable corporate entity created

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and qualified by the IRS for charitable and education purposes. One goal already established is a scholarship fund to enable advanced Adaptive Certification.

Video Equipment: Another goal in planning stages for dedicated fundraising is to acquire video cameras and appropriate play-back equipment. Video cameras are a widely accepted tool for sport training. Central’s ed staffs can make excellent use of such tools to provide many benefits for Central’s members.

Excellence: Visiting D Team clinic leaders frequently comment, “Central Division has incredible passion for snowsports instruction.” We agree. Central Division has an unparalleled passion for snowsports and for snowsports instruction. That passion will continue to be demonstrated by Central’s goals, achievements and its equally unparalleled core business of Ed Staff service and support for Central Division’s members.

PSIA-C operates two separate and distinct corporations: Professional Ski Instructors of America – Central, an Illinois nonprofit corporation often referred to as The Division, and P.S.I.A. – Central Education Foundation, a Michigan nonprofit corporation often referred to as The Foundation. The core business for both corporations is to provide education, training and certification for snowsport instructors.

The core business for both corporations is generated by The Ed Staff, which is comprised of Examiners and Division Clinic Leaders. Support operations for both corporations are administered by The Office, in Lansing, Michigan. Each corporation’s management policies are set by that corporation’s board of directors. The two boards are almost identical. At present, the only difference is the existence of an Adaptive Snowsports Administrator seat on the Foundation’s board. Management operations for both corporations are conducted by shared administrators and shared individuals holding similar offices.

Why Two Corporations?

The Foundation has an IRS charitable organization status under Internal Revenue Code §501(c)(3).

What are The Division and The Foundation?By Wm. “Skip” Dickel, PSIA-C President The Foundation provides education events and

publications. IRS 501c3 status offers charitable fundraising advantages and postal rate discounts.

Certification exams and some certification-related activities fall outside the educational characteristics for §501(c)(3) status. PSIA-C determined that certification activities of the Division must be separate and distinct from the Foundation and the Foundation’s education activities to maintain the Foundation’s §501(c)(3) status.

Individuals and businesses may claim income tax deductions for charitable contributions made to the Foundation. Fundraising conducted by the Foundation may provide financial support for education events and equipment that will benefit snowsports instructors and the snowsports public.

Collectively the two corporations make the whole of Central Division. Although there are two corporations, with separate accounting and separate tax reporting, the two corporations complement each other to form and conduct one core business. Central’s core business specifically serves snowsports instructors who, in turn, provide superb services to the snowsports public. PSIA-C

Ask the ExpertsMembers this spot is for you! Please submit your questions (technical, teaching, equipment, skiing/riding) for the upcoming newsletter to the office (and cc: Mindy Covington @ u321fly@hotmail.com. We need you to succeed. This column is for all disciplines.

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Rails and fun boxes are common terrain park features found throughout most ski/snowboard areas. Many of these features require a degree of riding skill in order to successfully execute a move on the feature. The challenge with teaching such maneuvers is setting up a teaching progression that brings the student along in small enough steps to avoid turnoffs from crashes, and sets up the student for success. The use of a portable terrain park feature at Wilmot Mountain, WI has helped many beginning terrain park students master basic skills for riding rails and fun boxes. Figure 1 shows the instructor holding the portable device in preparation for an introductory class on riding the terrain park.

(Figure 2) and an ability to line up the body with the long axis of the feature. The purpose of the portable feature is to help students learn to line up properly for such a feature and get the feeling of sliding over a surface other than snow.

FIGURE 1

Portable Terrain Park FeatureAn Aid to Beginning Terrain Park Maneuversby Chuck Roberts - Certified Level 2 AASI, Level 3 PSIA-Alpine, Wilmot Ski School

The feature is constructed of grey PVC pipe, which is carried in 2 sections for ease of transport.

The unit is bolted together and placed on the snow with the snow anchors facing down to engage the snow. Figure 2 shows the instructor demonstrating how to perform a 50/50 slide on the portable rail, which is about 10 feet long. The device is only used in classes and in a location (with a 3-10 degree slope) out of the heavy traffic lanes. The device should be placed down the fall line since off fall line positions will result in sliding to one side. Rails and fun boxes require a standard reference stance

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For the beginning terrain park rider, a nearly static run across the rail can be helpful. Figure 3 shows the instructor holding the student by the hands in order to obtain the proper stance and line up. Next, let the student try a 50/50 themselves, as shown in Figure 4. Let them walk up about 20 to 30 feet above the feature, have them buckle in and try it

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out. Usually, the first try will result in a variety of outcomes. Some will totally miss the feature (Figure 4), but will still experience the benefit of lining up alongside it. Some will get a part of it, as shown in Figure 5. Remind the students to look toward and point their leading hand at the end of the rail for a good line up.

With additional practice, the outcomes of Figures 6 and 7 are achieved. Most students are thrilled with being able to ride 50/50 along the total length of the feature. They also learn that attempting to correct a bad line while on the feature will usually be unsuccessful. As with most surface features such as fun boxes and rails, attempting to steer or edge

will usually not correct a bad entry and may result in a fall. Falling while learning does occur and the consequences are minimal since the portable feature is on the snow, as shown in Figure 8.

After several practice runs performing a 50/50 on the portable terrain park feature, the student is now ready for the terrain park. Figure 9 shows a student who successfully rode the fun box on the first try and was truly delighted to be part of the terrain park scene.

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It does not take long before students try boardslides, which also work well on the portable device, as shown in Figure 10. Figure 11 shows the instructor assisting a student’s stance for the boardslide, emphasizing keeping the knees over the toes and proper flexion. PSIA-C

FIGURE 10

FIGURE 11

The following is a teaching progression that can be used with the portable terrain park feature:

1. Set up the rail on a 3-10 degree slope with the rail pointing directly down the fall line. If students tend to slide off one side more than the other, then adjust the rail more down the fall line.

2. Perform a static exercise by having the student mount the rail in the 50/50 position with the instructor holding hands as shown in Figure 3.

3. After everyone is comfortable with the stance, let each student ride and mount the rail dynamically, performing a 50/50.

4. The class circulates from the bottom of the rail to the top for another try while the instructor performs movement analysis with individual students to help improve technique.

5. When students can perform a 50/50 along the whole rail, they are ready for the easy fun box in the terrain park.

6. Some students may also want to practice boardslides (Figures 10 & 11). A static exercise is helpful where the instructor emphasizes keeping the knees over the toes for a good boardslide stance, with the knees and ankles flexed.

7. Head for the terrain park. The portable terrain park feature is an excellent teaching aid for introducing beginning terrain park riders to typical terrain park features such as rails and fun boxes. The portable terrain park feature gives the instructor more flexibility in teaching riders without interrupting the flow of the terrain park. Riding the portable feature is less intimidating since a fall is of little consequence. This teaching aid will help set up the student for a successful first pass through the terrain park.

*1. Patent pending.

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During my skiing lifetime, I have had an opportunity to ski with some living legends. If you have the opportunity to ski with one of the living legends of skiing, seize the opportunity. Since I have been a member of the Wilmot Mountain Ski School, I have had the opportunity to ski with Helmut Teichner at Wilmot and Deer Valley. I fondly remember skiing with Helmut and Stein Eriksen at Deer Valley. Stein skied fast with such grace and Helmut stayed with him. It was great fun. Stein kept saying that he hoped to be skiing when and if he reached Helmut’s age. Although I had heard about how Stein skied, you never really appreciate that skill level until you see it first hand. It was an opportunity that I will never have again. Helmut skied well into his 80’s before he passed away in December 2001. Stein is still skiing, as are other living legends.

This year after Wilmot closed its doors for the season, I was free to go skiing out west, and I had an opportunity to ski with Junior Bounous at Snowbird. Junior is the Director of Skiing at Snowbird. Every Tuesday Junior teaches mature skiers (55 plus). Therefore, my wife, Caroll, and I signed up to take a lesson from Junior. Since it had been very warm the day before and the mountain froze overnight, the conditions were hard and fast on Tuesday morning March 30, 2004. We decided to take the tram to the top and do a warm up run before our lesson. As we prepared to ski down the mountain, we noticed a sign that the ski patrol had posted that REGULATOR JOHNSON was not the recommended way down the mountain. Therefore, we skied

down CHIP’S RUN. Since we spend our winters in the Chicago area, it is nothing new to ski on frozen corduroy or loud powder. By the time we finished our warm up run, we wondered where Junior Bounous would take us on our lesson.

Junior is 77 years young and he likes to ski everywhere at Snowbird. As you might expect, he has an uncanny knack to know where the good snow is at the right time of the day. We had a group of eight advanced to expert skiers. Junior greeted us on the Snowbird plaza. He was wearing a yellow helmet with “Bounous Abuse” written on it. Junior took us up on the tram for a warm up run to see what kind of group he had. We had two other instructors in our group, both from PSIA-Intermountain. He picked out Caroll as a ski instructor and me as a patroller. He was teasing us, because he could recognize a ski instructor turn when he sees one. He has a great eye, and he knows just the right thing to say to get everyone to ski better.

Before we started our lesson, he explained the rules of skiing with Junior. First, majority rules: when he stops, he waits for the majority of the class to gather as a group, and then he moves on. You do not want to fall behind. Second, conserve energy: use only as much energy as necessary to ski the terrain. Junior may ski some distance before stopping.

Our Bounous Abuse lesson started with skiing the high north and east facing slopes of PRIMROSE PATH and SILVER FOX. The snow was still soft winter snow. What I love about skiing these slopes is that they are so steep that some snow slides with you on every turn and the

bumps can never get that big until the slope flattens out a bit. As the sun began to thaw REGULATOR JOHNSON thoroughly, Junior picked the right time for us to ski it. Prior to that time, we saw nobody skiing it. The day would not be complete without skiing some slush and what I affectionately call “monkey snot” – that sticky gluey stuff which is part of spring skiing that most skiers try to avoid. Junior skied it flawlessly.

What I learned from Junior that day is how to ski Snowbird more efficiently and to adapt my turns to suit the terrain that we skied. There are places at Snowbird where you may not want to carve all your turns on the steeps or you will be doing mach 10. You have to be able to bleed speed, skid, or “shave ice” as Junior referred to it. Junior likes turns that have fallen out of favor in recent years like the parallel one turn with a check and the ab-stem for the steeps and bumps. He blends his skills effortlessly from carving to skidding to slipping, while always in perfect dynamic balance. He has a wonderful sense of humor and the ability to make his students feel comfortable and confident on any kind of terrain. My wife and I enjoyed our day with Junior and we would do it again tomorrow.

Every legend has a few words or phrases to describe their view of skiing. I do not know who said, “The definition of a good ski turn is any turn that you ski away from.” I have never forgotten that definition, and I will always remember Junior for saying, “faster, faster, and faster until the thrill of speed overcomes the fear of death.” PSIA-C

Skiing with Living LegendsBy Tom McIntosh

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Have you seen those Wachovia commercials on TV that ask what can “X” teach us about “Y”? What can a toy store teach us about choosing investments, what can washing windows teach us about managing money, etc. I’ve been thinking about what we can learn about skiing by comparing it to other activities. Instructor-types call this lateral learning. If nothing else, it is an interesting exercise. I’ll try one and maybe others will be inspired to write about their insights. (There’s another commercial…what’s your insight?)

So, what can riding a bicycle teach us about skiing? In both sports, balance is the primary skill. Start with body position: hands forward, body facing the direction of movement, eyes looking in the direction of travel. Beginner cyclists quickly learn that it is easier to ride a straight line if you look ahead instead of at your front wheel. Skiers and cyclists learn that you seem to be drawn where you look, be it

What Can Riding a Bicycle Teach Us About Skiing? By Tom McIntosh

the edge of the road or a tree. Looking far ahead helps us pick a route and be ready before we have to react to obstacles.

Both sports require motion, so balance is always changing and continuous adjustments must be made to avoid falling. Movements are more subtle at greater speed, but it’s harder to balance when you are going really slow. Beginning skiers compensate with a wider stance or wedge. Cyclists can use training wheels to help with wobbles.

In both sports, a skilled athlete shows efficient movement, without unnecessary thrashing around. We see a still upper body and the head and hands aren’t swinging around. The body moves in the direction of travel. The legs flex and extend alternately. We recognize skilled athletes in either sport by their smooth, seemingly effortless movement.

When encountering bumps, a cyclist distributes weight over both feet, stays centered between the wheels, flexes the legs to absorb the shock and rises from the saddle. A skier also stays centered, distributes weight evenly, and flexes the legs to absorb the bump and maintain balance. In the case of a really big bump or obstacle, a cyclist can jump the bike by forcefully retracting the feet and pulling up on the handlebars. Skiers call this up-unweighting and it works in the snow, too.

What about turns? The athlete looks in the direction of the turn and moves the body in that direction. The radius of a turn is influenced by the speed traveled and the length and sidecut of the skis or the wheel base of the bike, so equipment choice affects turning..

At lower levels, rotary movements are used to turn, turning the handlebars in the case of a bike and twisting the feet in the

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case of skis. At higher skill levels and higher speeds, turning is accomplished by tipping the bike or skis into the turn. The outside leg is extended and the inside leg is shortened, the inside half of the body leads into the turn, the upper body moves to the inside, and pressure is directed to the outside leg. You can turn a bike by leading with your inside knee as you can on skis. Pressing down on the inside hand also causes a bike to turn by shifting your center of mass to one side of the bike. Between turns, we shift the center of mass over to the other side of the bike or skis to transition from one turn to another. You can even feel a little rebound if you move quickly from turn to turn on a bike and build up pressure in the tires to bounce you back into the next turn. Racers want stiff equipment that does not absorb any of the energy they need. They sacrifice comfort for speed. Softer flexing skis and bikes are more comfortable because they absorb some of the jolts from the terrain.

Both sports depend upon an interaction between the equipment and a surface. There are a few differences, but many of the forces are the same. Going downhill, gravity is pulling the athlete forward and keeping us in contact with the ground. The tires or skis are moving over the ground or snow and are affected by friction. Too much friction isn’t much fun, because that makes it harder to move forward. The bike is harder to pedal or the skis won’t slide. Racers want to minimize energy loss to friction. That translates to narrow, high-pressure tires or smooth edges on the skis. Skis ride on a thin film of melted snow under the base. Selecting the proper wax and preparing the bases to suit the conditions reduces friction.

Surface conditions are different for skiing and cycling, but the interactions are similar. Pavement is hard and presses back and compresses the rubber

tires, making a larger contact area with the road with a bigger load of speed or weight. Snow is softer (as anyone who has fallen on pavement can attest) and the edge of the ski can dig into the surface. When we try to change direction, momentum wants to keep us going straight. If the momentum forces acting on the ski edge are greater than what can be resisted by the snow, the ski will skid out from under the skier. When the snow is hard, skiing tactics change to avoid overloading the edges.

Cycling is great exercise to prepare for the upcoming ski season. Experiment with turning by banking and leading with the inside knee. Build those leg muscles by climbing some hills. In both sports, going downhill is easier than going up. Those of us who are “gravitationally enhanced” go faster down hill on skis or bikes. Maybe we need chairlifts for bicyclists! PSIA-C

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Certified InstructorsALPINE LEVEL 1Maura S. AdamsJared J. AkerstromColin AndersonHayley AndersonRichard AndrewsSarah T. AntlogaNancy ArmbrusterCarrie AugustineJohn J. AustinMike BaileyMatthew BalfanzPatrick D. BallBen BarrJeff BaumerFranny BechekScott BelisleJohn BenkufskyAbby Joy BennettCarrie BergJessica BernsteinJerry BlaneRyan BlazekJeffery A. BlumeAllen N. BolteJohn T. BotsfordSusan H. BoyleJordan BrandtJames BrennanPeter BrightRachel Loren BrodskyBill BrooksDoug BrownDaniel James BurdoJames John BurdoMatthew Robert BurdoAshley R. BurtchellSara Jane CampbellBrock CamperJohn CarlandDeborah CarlsonDiana CarlsonEd CarterMichele CashmoreKim CerneKelly Chaplin

Ross CharlesPauline CheesemanMark ChmieleckiAbigail ClarkSandra L. CoatesGary CohenSeth CohenJohn ColbyOwen ConnollyAndrew CorneliusPeggy A. CorriganKevin P. CrooksStan CurrentGeorge L. Cutaiar Jr.David C. DahlRon DavidsCharlene DeanMarcel DijkstraEarl D. DornJeremy DreselScott B. EwersGarrett FischerKurt FisherYvette M. FormentWilliam R. FryBarry R. GallerickKim GarrettTamara GatlinRon GerdesRenee GerhardsteinSusie GertzGreg GoldsmithJana GoodermontMatthew GrancherCaroline GrecoDennis K. GriffinR. Scott GrimesAbby HamiltonNikita HartTheodore Andrew HartridgeKaty HayesVanessa A. HemmingerSteve HertlerCharles T. HerzogDean HillisSandra Hochschieldt

Lance HolmesJeff HuberCherri HuelsbergLeo V. JeanDavid JellisonErik JensenClayton JohnsonAaron JohnstonChuck JonasDouglas A. JonesGail JonesBrian KaufmanDesiree KaufmanDeirdre KearnsWilliam J. KellyAnne R. KerberDavid KizymaJanis KleckerSusan KlementPeter Victor KnapeNicole KnappRosemary KnowlesTimothy L. KoinisBryan KoviakKathryn M. KraussErica KrolAndrew M. KruegerMary KuhnenBetsy KurtzRobert LacyJacki LampertCarol L. LanderScott LanphearTodd LarkinPaul LarsonKimberly LeardPaul S. LeonardAaron LemkeThomas V. LesterTyler LewisBenjamin LibbeyE. Beale LillyKelley LinnanIrina LomonosovMike LongPatricia Long

Kristin LubsJames LuglioDave LundBob C. LushankoPaul W. MaahsCory MaddenHarold MahowaldRobert Maiorano IIJohn MaloolyJohn MarksGonzalo MartinezDennis MaslarDick MatsonJessica L. MatsonAshley MaxonCraig McCoyJayne McDougallFredda McGoffBrett J. McGovernBenjamin McMurrayJeremiah MergenerSkippy MesirowJeanne MillerTim Peter MolitorCharles MontagnaBrian MooreMerry MorrisBarbara MurrayGary MuthJohn M. NigroDavid W. NortonHeidi Christine O’ConnorMarty OggKelsey OlsonCarrie ParworthNeTesse PettitRichard PettyJoAnn C. PhilbinGregory M. PolanskiKathleen A. PolaskiPaul G. PollingerCecilia PottsKeith PowersRoberta N. PrasciunasLogan PriceCynthia ProvencherRandy QuintAndrew R. RabickChristine Radke

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Grant Reagle IIIJeff RechtenAdam RespeckiAndrew RexCheryl K. RogersRalph RothTami RothJason RowanDeb RuskellHarriett M. SaboGreg SaganMike SaganJack SchellAndrea SchepisNathan SchieleMaria SchillingJohn SchlettyShannon SchmittEric SchnauberSenta SchreiberDawn L. SchullerChad SchwanDavid L. SchwegmannAllison ShawMegan ShieldsDavid SpykeJordon SpykeElizabeth StarryAnne SteuerEd StoffregenMatt StordahlAmy Lynn StoverThomas StrasserJohn StringerTravis SullivanDaniel SussnaJose TabionEldon ThompsonMaurizio TisoKatie TrippBrian TurkKristin UlstadMichael VaerewyckChristine Van EyllLonna VanderLindenSteve A. VarelaBrynna Vogt

Matthew VotralAndy WalcherAlexander WastianJames WatczakMichael WatsonPeter WeltiTimothy M. WertsRyan WestJason M. WhelpleyLloyd WhiteRobert B. WhiteselMichael WieteckiLeslie WilcoxFrank WilderGriffith Kent WilliamsJessica L. WilliamsJim WoodEllen WysslingJill ZimmermanTim P. Zimmerman

ALPINE LEVEL 2Maura S. AdamsAustin J. AndersonBrooks ApplegateSally K. BaileyJohn BellamyDavid CarrollDavid CarsonDaryl CaseKim CerneGreg ChmieleckiGary L. ColstonA. Gordon CoutureCarrie DodgeSusan K. DriscollJeffrey C. Du CombKevin FultzRon GerdesDiane M. GroganJustin HamborskySandi HammonsDeborah HarrisPenny HietalaEd HillmuthAndrew S. HoffmanRobert HooperPaul F. JacksonRobert C. Jackson

Meet Your Central Line Editing Staff

John Domiano (JD) is a Level I alpine instructor at Mad River Mountain, located in las montanas de Central Ohio. He is in his third year on the staff and is training for his Level II certification.

JD got his first pair of skis and leather Koflach lace-up boots 37 years ago. The skis were department store wood skis with cable bindings and screw-on edges.

He is a graduate of Ohio State University. JD lives in Dublin, Ohio with his wife, Valorie, and their two daughters, Kari and Tara. JD subsidizes his families’ skiing addiction as a Senior Account Executive with ICG Communications where he designs and markets voice and data networks.

Dean Frate is a Level III alpine instructor. He has been teaching for 16 years and is based at Boston Mills/Brandywine ski resorts where he met his wife, Dawn, about 8 years ago. His participation in the ski industry included local staff in-season development, dry land fall training, new instructor hiring, working trade shows and writing for The Professional Skier. In a geographic expansion, an old friendship has recently taken him to Crotched Mountain in NH to help train their first crop of Snowsport instructors for the grand re-opening.

Dean was a polymer chemist until 1999. He gave that up to pursue a career in medicine, anticipating graduation from Case Western Reserve School of Medicine this May. His hobbies and interests include: photography, motorcycling, computers, cooking, repairing and/or building anything around our house. Soon, he will be focusing on their first baby, expected in late March.

Ellen Meyer Dougherty has been skiing for the past 8 years and teaching for 5 of those years. She is an instructor at Pine Knob Ski Resort in Clarkston, Michigan.

Ellen received her Alpine Level II last winter. She has passed the Level III written exam and plans to work on her skiing improvement and movement analysis with the goal of passing the Level III on-snow exam.

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ALPINE LEVEL 2CONTINUEDKevin JanskyMartin KaufmannAndy KeykalMark E. KochTimothy L. KoinisRishi K. MahalahaDennis MalherekJohn McAlpinKen McKayThomas B. MegaErin C. MeleMichael T. MoreenMark Andrew MurphyRic NortonDavid OpferTim PlunkettEric RabenoldBonnie RankTami RothJason Sasanfar

Greg J. SchmidtFrank SidellRob VaughtMichelle WhiteDJ WiernerLuke WilliamsSarah E. WilliamsonKaren YoukerRenee Zatezalo

ALPINE LEVEL 3Chris ArzbergerJohannes AubrechtMarty BlaszkowskiPatrick DoolanDaniel DupreeMark D. FoyteckGavril HristovAlan T. HoggGeorge M. Lundin IVMerle MillarStephen Miller

(CERTIFIED INSTRUCTORS CONTINUED FROM PAGE 11)

FREE ROUND OF GOLF:All PSIA-C members are welcome to one free round of golf at Hillmoor Golf Club, Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. PSIA-C members will be charged half price for all rounds after their free round. For more information, call Hillmoor Golf Club at 262-248-4570.

FOR SALE:Ski School Business Opportunity. Blizzard traveling ski school for youths located in Southeast Wisconsin. Contact Mike and Gail Holcomb for details. (262) 966-2503.

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By Jonathan MalavoltiFor The Lansing State Journal Two years ago at Park City, Utah, Bode Miller won two skiing silver medals in the 2002 Winter Olympics. Two weeks ago on the same slopes, Dale Crites took second place in the NASTAR Alpine National Finals. Miller, an American who ranks as one of the top Alpine skiiers in the world, is 23 years old. Crites, an Okemos native, is 79.

Crites competed in the men’s expert bracket for the 75-79-year-old age group and said the finish was something he was very proud of after a long and illustrious athletic career.

“This place was among one of my best performances in the 20 years of racing,” he said.

Crites has also placed high in several other prestigious ski events and cycling competitions across the nation.

On Wednesday, he biked 50 miles in preparation for the Michigan Senior Summer Olympics. Each year, he cycles between 3,500 to 4,000 miles to help stay in shape for skiing.

Crites’ friend and skiing buddy Franz Langegger, a 67-year-old native of Austria who now lives in Bellaire, said he and Crites are always learning things from each other on the slopes - even though they are both among the premier coaches in America. Langegger said Crites inspires him.

“He is an absolute inspiration to me. Second in the nation is incredible, it speaks for itself,” Langegger said.

The last two years Crites was unable to ski in the Nastar competition due to a broken leg and a fall which required him to have surgery on a rotator cuff. In 2001 he placed second in the competition for the first time.

Next year though, Crites will face a new challenge at NASTAR. Because he will be turning 80 later this month, he will be forced to be the “youngster” in the 80-84 age bracket. PSIA-C

Old Ski Master79-year-old Crites takes second place at national event

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Ellen and her husband, Mat, have recently relocated from Waterford, Michigan, back to her hometown of Munger, Michigan, after 20 years away. She plans to continue teaching at Pine Knob and working as a Travel Agent at AAA Travel in Bay City. She and her husband have no kids, 3 dogs and 4 cats in the family. They will be adding to that collection on a regular basis now that they’re down on the farm!

Brian Murphy is a Level I Alpine Instructor. He has instructed with the Thunderbird Ski Club for 17 years. He has been on the staff at Mt. Brighton and instructed at Boyne Mtn., Boyne Highlands and Schuss Mtn.

He has two daughters and 5 grand children. One daughter, Kelly Seelbinder and her husband, David, are PSIA Central Snowboard examiners.

He, as Basic Ideas, works as a safety consultant providing methods to improve conditions for employees and visitors. Once, he conducted a safety survey of Buttermilk Mtn. for the Director of Skiing.

Nettie Doeden lives in Woodbury, MN with her husband Paul and her two children. She is a stay-at-home mom. She volunteers time at her children’s school. Recently, she began volunteering in the school’s publishing program, trying to help each student publish their own book by year’s end.

She’s been a ski instructor for 13 years, passing her Level III last March at Welch Village. She teaches for Skijammers Alpine School and Ski-Away.

Maria Zachary is a Level II Alpine Instructor. She is PSIA-C children accredited, an inchoate snowboarder and a recent addition to the Boston Mills/Brandywine Training Staff in Peninsula, OH.

Currently, a naturalist by profession, she is looking to complete a Masters in Education next year. She claims to have been cursed with a magnetic eye for grammar mistakes and spelling errors. She hopes to put this ability to good use, helping the Central Line to look as good as it sounds! PSIA-C

EDITING STAFF CONTINUED FROM PAGE 11ALPINE LEVEL 3CONTINUEDMichael MoenningCharles T. NormanCarrie PetersonJoseph A. SeufertJon E. StepletonJohn Michael StewartRon J. Wedig Jr.Scott E. WelshPaul Zaleski

TELEMARK LEVEL 1Rachel Decker

TELEMARK LEVEL 2Brian HofstraSteve Spencer

NORDIC TRACK 1Andrew KirbyAdam GreesonMegan AlexanderAnders MeyerRonald N. RidenourStan RosentielKen HazelJulia Silvis

NORDIC TRACK 2Ken Hazel

SNOWBOARD LEVEL 1Anthony R. AmadorFrancisco ArgentoPeter AulpachNora BaconAndrew T. BainesBrian BelsoleAndy BethuneSkyler BiekJeff BlakeMatt BlakeGary BolognaCasey BuckleitnerJamie ByceJeffery L. CampbellChristopher M. ChamberlainKelly ClarkCorey CockerWalter H. Cooley

Jason CooperJeff CostaLee CroyJason DamatoJames D’AngeloNino DeIulisDouglas E. DentonJim DerrickMax DevotoScott DoegeNelson DonovanTadd DuescherBob EllstromJason EmersonRyne EricksonJohn FlershingerJonah FrailingMichael FullerMichael D. GerlachKeith B. GillespieJason GrandySarah GravesSteve GrunewaldDan GutmannMichael GyuraPeter HammettEric HawksHoward HawksAnders HesterMicah HitchcockAlex HoldershawMackenzie HoldershawShayna HoltzmanBen HorvathDerek HrzekDoug HullCameron HunterNathan HurlbutAnna JaffrayLars JohanssonRoss A. JohnsonWilliam JohnsonMichael KavanaghKent KeckMatt KelleyKaitlin KnutsonJordon KohnenAdrienne Kovalsky

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SNOWBOARD LEVEL 1CONTINUEDRob Kulpa IIMatthew KurhowskiMark LandwehrBart LechnerMatt LindTabitha LudosWalter LukeCody MalloryNari MaloneArthur ManoliPablo MartinezBrittany MasseyTyson MayfieldStacey McKayAlie McLaughlinAmes McLaughlinAlisa MeyerGrant MoranRyan MortensenJohn NewcombBrandon NowakMarti NymanThomas O’BrienBrian OlmsteadPaul OverbyCecil E. ParsonsRic PoormanJillian PutnamStephen Andrew RaggioHoward RangeR. Dustin ReinhartAnn RileyZach RomaninJosh RoskampErnst RuscheKevin RuuhelaJoe RuzinskyShannon SchmittDan SchuellerRobert ShawRussell ShultzFred SillowayVictoria Anne Slagon

Tina SnyderWilliam R. SnyderJennifer SoderbeckWilliam StarkweatherChristopher StaudtErica E. SteneWendy StevensBrian StokesAlicia StrombergMatthew TaschnerMike VanAntwerpRyan WeissStephen F. WiggenJacob WilkesMarie WilsonCraig YankoLorin YoungCasey Zima

SNOWBOARD LEVEL 2Michael AbramsDaniel J. BobekDon BrannenRebecca BrownRob CatalanoTim ConnorsNicholas DickelBrent DuganAlan FaustTom ForkinsJim FriedlanderAllyn David GibsonKeith B. GillespieGary GreinertAnders HesterRonald HobsonDerek HrzekJochen HylbertDerek OienPeter P. OkaJennifer PutnamAshley PyatenkoJohn SchaalDavid SchwabOlesia Shalayska

Darrell StevensTodd StowellJacob TaylorRick Weyenberg

SNOWBOARD LEVEL 3Tom BartholomewEric SchultzRobb Wruck

ADAPTIVE LEVEL 1David AndersonJames K. BradleyKerry BundyRick GrahamHolly HeeterTyler MeltonGerard P. Miserandino Sr.Pamela Weber

ALPINE LEVEL 2 - TEACHING ACCREDITEDHeidi Marie AndersonJoni E. BushNorman DaviesEric DoaneJason DvorkinGary A. FischerSusan E. GasparJack GibaRick KingKarl KleinJeannette A. La FleurWill MillerKevin OakmanRobert RosenowEmily SmiddyDavid Werts

ALPINE LEVEL 2 - SKIING ACCREDITEDAbby Joy BennettDave CoreyRussell G. DubucMike T. EastmanDavid Jellison

(CERTIFIED INSTRUCTORS CONTINUED FROM PAGE 13)

Kirsten JensenDennis PikeAdam RespeckiDavid Sargent

CHILDREN’S ACCREDITATIONMaura S. AdamsSimon Jonathan BarnesMaria Pia BergomiJill ClarkJeanette L. DoedenBrenda J. FlackCatherine GleasonJoseph A. HuberAllen R. JensenRobert L. JohnsonKaren KeranenMelvin KeranenKelly Jean King-EllisonSharon LahtiLori LarsenKaitlin Beth MaguireBetsy MassieDorothy J. MeierErin C. MeleHerbert K. NaitoGregory A. NealLeigh OwenJudy PruettInge ReschkeCeleste J. ReuterPeggy Atwood SchusterPeter ThompsonPatrick J. TynanHeidi J. ViaeneBrianne VigenMarcia WeidknechtCatharine Parr WilliamsonMarilyn Yonek

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BOYNE HIGHLANDS WORKSHOP

The workshop clinic at Boyne Highlands this fall will have a brand new look. In addition to the conventional education events being offered, members will have the opportunity to take advantage of and explore, various aspects of the sport. It’s like taking four educational workshops in one weekend.

NEW DECEMBER 11-12, 2004!

New educational experiences

Fun learning-based groups

A workshop clinic like never before

Receive education credit

Look for these sessions and more at the Boyne Highlands Fall Workshop:Carving Mania

All about Bumps

Boot Fitting

Women’s Group

Ski Tuning

Video Analysis

Bag of Tricks

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Task mastery

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