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- INTERMOUNTAIN SKI INSTRUCTORS ASSOCIATION ~ rL-n-FIED--S-KI-TEA--CHER-""'1 _ I.S.I.A. . nEWSLETTER PROFESSIONAL SKI INSTRUCTOR OF AMERICA Fall 1979 NORM BURTON Dear I.S.I.A. Member, MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT I would like to take a few minutes of your time to tell you my, and your Board of Directors, plans for the com­ing year. First, for those of you who did not attend spring clinic, I would like to announce the New Board Members: Re-elected Gene Palmer Re-elected Pepi Stiegler New Member Nick Nichol New Member Stew Marsh New Member Tom Kronthaler Next I would like to make the an­nouncement of the officers I have se­lected to serve you for the next year: ADMINISTRATIVE VICE PRESIDENT Fran Wikstrom CERTIFIC~TION VICE PRESIDENT Ibug Hannon TEOi"lICAL VICE PRESIDENT Gene Palmer TErnNlCAL VICE PRESIDENT Jerry Warren CLINIC GIAIRi\IAN Nick Nichol COM>1UNlCATION VICE PRESIDENT Stew Marsh SKI SCHOOL DIRECTORS CHAIRMAN John Diefelldtrfer NORDIC REPRESENTATIVE AI Davis EXECUTIVE SECRETARY Joanne Burton COACH TC 'fEAI\f lip J" Jones AWARDS CHAIRPERSON Kristi Cooper NEWSLETTER EDITOR Barbara Marsh I am very excited with the above officers, and looking for great things from these people. At Keystone, Colorado I was elected to the office of Vice President of Op­erations, or Treasurer of P.S.I.A. This is going to be a challenge for me this year in P.S.I.A. work. My foremost goal, as far as I.S.I.A. is to improve the quality and quantity of the Newsletter and communications. At this point I want to thank all of you who have responded and paid your dues on time. Some of you made notes of criticisms on your statements. As your President, I welcome constructive criticism and sugg.estions. For those of you who have not paid your dues, I recommend you send them in as soon as possible.. If you send in your dues late in the year this could cause you to miss some P .S:I.A. mailings. When sending in your dues please do not for­get to add the late fee to.your c~eck. We will have a membershlp meetlng on October 17th in Salt Lake City at Eis­enhower Jr. High School and also a meeting in Idaho Falls the following week, October 24 with the location to be annolIDced later. These meetings are not mandatory nor will you receive clinic credit for attendance. The pur­pose of the meetings is to give you a look at what is planned for the 79-80 season. We will have members of the Board and Chairpeople at both meetings to explain the what, where, and why of their programs. At these meetings, I will give a report on where your money goes in I.S.I.A. and P.S.I.A. We will be there 2 to try and answer all questions con­cerning I.S.I.A. and P.S.I.A. Whatever changes may develop in certification will be explained to you by Doug at this meeting. We will also give you the definite dates of tryouts for the Technical Certification Team, and P.S.I.A. Demo tryouts. This year will be the start of an 1.5. LA. manual. At this time I cannot tell you how far we will get into the program. The manual will be honed into definitions, some that are not covered by the ATMdefinitions which corne up in the technical phase of the exams. It is the intent of the Board to make this manual the type that can be updated and added to. This will require the in­structor to keep his manual up to date. This manual should be very helpful to training new instructors. It will be a guide for instructors to refer to, not a teaching bible that must be followed for teaching sequence. The start of this manual will be 8~ x 11 size and will be the center fold of the Newsletter. The definitions and articles will be written by the Techni­cal Connui ttee, the TC Team and others asked to contribute to this manual. Instructors wishing to send in articles should send the information to the office, the office will forward it to the Technical Vice Presidents. We will be using the Technical Cert­ification Team as the main means of communication for technical and certi­fication information to the members. We feel this to be the best method of getting to the members of our organi­zation. It is my hope we can send mem­bers bf the team to "every ski school" in the division. The I.S.I.A. office has purchased an addressing machine. This will allow the office to be in complete control of address changes and mailings. This will produce better and more efficient mailings to the members. We encourage all members to send in your address changes so we may keep in touch. Your address changes will be sent to P.S.I.A. so you will receive the Ski Pro. cont. on page 6 THANKS PARK CITY for the Spring Clinic The Spring Clinic was held last sea­son at Park City. Duane Vigos, his re­sourceful supervisors and staff, pro­vided the members with a very smoothly run weekend. The mountain was in ex­ceptional shape for the closing weekend and provided all those in attendance with a variety of snow conditions. The TC Team was also in attendance and held various clinics for those who wished to actively participate. As one of their contributions to the clinic the "Team put on a demonstration featur­ing the basic skills; pressure control, edging and turning, by use of the dif­ferent test figures. Attendance at the clinic was normal, but the actual on the hill participa­tion by the members seemed to have greatly increased from previous years. This may have been the case because the TC Team members all lead small groups that tried to fit the needs of all ages of participants, all levels of skiing ability of the ski instructors and all philosophies. The clinic got off to a good start on Friday afternoon with the TC Team putting all participants into. small groups for an on the hill discussion of and experimentation with the basic skills of skiing. This was followed up in the afternoon by the TC Team once again leading small groups. This time they focused on free skiing and racing, the latter with the help of Bob Marsh, race coordinator for Park City. Late Saturday afternoon, thanks to Jerry Warren, the members were lucky enough to have an exclusive video tape viewing of Inter Ski. This video gave an :insight as to what the United States, Italian and Swiss temns deDic~ed at con t or; paGE' II \ 4 - - - 3 ~ ~. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ HAPPENINGS THIS FALL September 14-16 Board of Directors Meeting October 17 October 24- November'" Membership Meeting in Salt Lake City Membership Meeting in Idaho Falls Technical College December'" T.C. Team Tryouts "'Exact dates and locations will be in November issue. NEWS FOR ALL Communications in any large organi­zation is crucial. Ski instructors are no exception to the rule. It is often stated that the strengths of an organization or system come from the masses. In this case, it becomes apparent that if we as a group are to come together, we must connnunicate as a group. To know what is happening seems to be the leading question from all members. "To get my money's worth"; well, to get your money's worth, let's participate together. I feel that once one member parti­cipates, another will, and so on and so on ••• What other means is there to get views published or questions an­swered than through a news publica­tion? Therefore, as new Connnunications V.P., I will hopefully enlist a pro­gram that will serve the purposes of all members of I.S.I.A. It will be innovative, creative and helpful to all the members of our Association. To initiate such a program, I have devised a list of intentions that each newsletter will contain. Only by each member's thoughtfulness and considera­tion will we attain this goal and ben­efit all members of I.S.I.A. EDUCATIONAL: To provide in each issue articles by TC Team members; technical advisors; and others con­cerning questions and new concepts about skiing and teaching. FUNCTIONAL: Use of teaching and skiing tips by I.S.I.A. members. The purpose here is to .open ~he eyes of all to the very InnovatIve and creative instructors that teach in this region. INFORMATI\'E: Opening important happenings tion in different also P.S.LA. avenues of and informa­divisions and WHAT'S GOING ON: Happenings that are occurring at each area, or re­gion within the division. ie: Pro Races Winter Festivals, etc. Hope­fully'including a designation of "Instructor of the Month" and "In­structor of the Year". These are only ideas and again only through each memb~r's input can we achieve success. Don't be shy about writing articles,_ especially those about teaching. That is what we are, "educators", and every little bit helps. Remember, even the littlest thought might keep bringing back that customer for years to come. ."J~(A) I{~ p • S • I. A • PINS Must be ordered directly from P. S. LA: Lapel Pins are $4000. P.S.I.A. Full or Associate Pins are $8.00. 4 Think SnoW! PSIA NEWS Professional Ski Instructors of Am­erica has selected the following new officers: Otto Hollaus, President Phil Kerridge, Vice President Einar Aus, Secretary Norm Burton, Treasurer New Committee heads are: Ray Allard, Certification The following committee heads were re­appointed: Horst Abraham, Education Dave Hamilton, Nordic Max Lundberg, International Karen Hollaus, Ski School P.S.I.A. will hold their first Mem­ber Ski School Director's Convention September 21-23, 1979. at the Turf Inn, Albany, New York. The agenda will focus on all facets of the operation of a new ski school. Lowell Thomas, noted news commentator and long time friend of the ski indus­try; will be the special guest speaker. Horst Abraham and Carl Wilgus will also make presentations and lead discussions on ski mechanics and learning theory. This Director's Convention is one of two national meetings scheduled for the 1979-80 season and is part of the con­tinually expanding educational program offered by P.S.I.A. for the benefit of it's Member Schools. Have YOU· Paid Your Dues? If not, please send them to 1375 King­ston Drive, Ogden, Utah 84403 as soon as possible. Don't forget the $5.00 late charge. ISlA BUSINESS ---------------------------- The spring meeting of the Board of Directors of I.S.I.A. was held on April 21, 1979 0 The following members were in attendance: Robin Locke, Kristi Cooper, Norm Burton, Fran Wik-. strom, Doug Harmon, Ed Pond, Ray Van­Dongen, Pepi Stiegler, Gene Palmer, Jerry Warren, Nick Nichol, Stewart Marsh and Joanie Burton. Following is the information which was decided upon at this meeting: I.S.I.A. is instituting a new award; the 15 year pin. This will be given to members that have been teach­ing skiing for 15 years or more. Four new life time members were added to the list. They are Woody Anderson, Al Ellis, Clark Parkinson and Ray Van­Donger. A Life time Award will be given to Bonnie Pond and a Service Award to Paul Norum. Gene Palmer, as head of the Techni­cial Committee, suggested that each test figure should be accompanied by a purpose for it. This is being worked on at present by the Technical Vice Presidents. Watch for definitions and purposes of the test figures in the centerfold of November's issue of the Newsletter. Certification was discussed by Norm Burton, then Certification Vice Presi­dent. It . was agreed that last year was a very successful year for the Full and Associate Exam as well as for , cont on page 10 ~? <------------------------------------------~--- NORDIC NEWS Aa. D4VtS The nordic division of the I.S.I.A. went through a few policy changes last year, and saw some new blood come into the program. Bob Kassow left for At­lanta for a winter in the Stm and Al Davis was appointed Chief Examiner. At the summer '78 examiner's meeting held in Pocatello, three new examiners were chosen. Tom Amberson came on with a lot of good experience. Tom works with the Pocatello city program teach­ing nordic skiing and leading back­COtmtry . tours. Kirk Bachman a~so joined our ranks last year. K~rk works full-time as a backcotmtry gulde for Leonard Expeditions and is also an ~xaminer for the Idaho Guides Associa­tion. Besides living in a yert (a Siberian tent), Kirk spends most of his time leading multi-day back­COtmtry tours in the area near Stan­ley Idaho. The other new face is Jeff Crabtree from Wilson, Wyoming. Jeff is one of the owners of Skinny Skis a nordic shop in the Jackson area: Jeff has been actively involved for many years in coaching the highly talented jtmior nordic racing program in Jackson. Jeff will also be an of­ficial in the upcoming Olympics in, Lake Placid. Returning veterans to the examining board are Bob Rosso from Stm Valley, and AI Davis and Steve Erickson of the White Pine Touring Center in Park City, Utah. cont. on page 8 Have you ever heard of Kelly Can­yon? Well, don't worry if you haven't 0 We don't exactly rival Alta or Snow­bird. Kelly might seem a bit "inter­mediate" for your taste, however there is no doubt that the beginning and in­termediate skiers in your family will think it is wonderful!! . Kelly must be the most bea~tif~~y groomed area in the IntermOtmtaln D1Vl­sion. There are three packers for ten rtmS and they do pack. No stone is left tmturned. Four of these runs are difficult and one of the four is SERIOUS skiing. The rest are scenic rolling hills which look toward the Tetons or out over the Snake River Plain. Kelly has a fully certified ski school tmder the direction of its dy­namic, young director, Bob Green. ~or­ty instructors of all ages and speclal­ities give lessons at the drop of a hat. Some days it seems that most of the Idaho Falls, Idaho (the closest city of any size) residents ~re up.at Kelly taking lessons, have. Just fln~ ished lessons, or are call1ng the Skl school to make appointments to take lessons. When Bob Green, the director, came to Kelly several years ago, he insti­tuted a new program called 'Sunday Snoopy Ski School' for people of ages five to seven. Every year this program has grown and last season containe~ sixty little people who learned to Skl while their pare~ts had fun on the slopes themselves." Saturdays are, of course, as at most ski areas, the big ski school day. Each year the school teaches more than three htmdred child-cont. on page tS 6 WELCOME TO I.S.I.A. We would like to welcome Chris V. Ross and Douglas F. ''Toby'' Brown to our division. Chris transferred from F.W.S.I.A. and Toby is from~.P.S.I.A. ren, mOst of whom come up on busses. Kenly Bitton, our assistant director, helps turn the ladies on to skiing dur­ing our Ladies Day on Thursdays. Adul t Night Ski lessons are also really catching on. Did I mention that we night ski five nights a week? In case you think that the Kelly Ski School is all work and no play, let me mention the Mbose Hollow Wallow, the Wine Race Challenge .and the Winter Carnival. There is also an area party thrown for all instructors, patrollers, lift operators and other good friends by our generous area owners. On a -more serious side, the Ski School completed it's annual Certifi­cation Examination last February with the aid of a number of Intermountain Division Examiners. It was gratifying to note that although our hill is not terribly steep, a large number of in­structors passed either the Associate or the Full Certified Examination. Perhaps I should mention in closing that Kelly Canyon has a well equipped ski shop, restaurant and lodge o We do everything we can to make visitors com­fortable and happy. So come and see us! ! Patricia Huebner ~essaee from pa~e ~ The executive secretary has been. full time since late February. We realize during the transfer of the of­five there was a time the office was not easy to contact. We apologize for this. It has been corrected. For those of you who wish to call in the evenings, please do so. ... The pre-course, before certlflcatlOn exams, was successful ~ast year. At this time I feel there wlil be a strong possibility for future exams. If you have feelings pro or con you should direct your thoughts to the office, or Doug Hannon. .. . The scheduling of certlflcatlon exams has been the responsibility of the Certification V.P. The schedule comes from the experience of'previous years and the request of ski school directors. Last year's schedule was, followed in it's entirety after th~' first two exams. The exception was the add{tion of three area exams that de­veloped due to receiving sufficient applications at one area to hold an exam. In the past the division has held an exam at any area, at any time that we have had enough applications to make the exam "self supporting". We have held exams many times when it has not been completely .s~lf support~n¥. This was done because we feel certlfl­cation to be the back bone of our or­ganization. • I received, as Certification V.P., three applications after the scheduled exams last year. I am sorry we co~ld not hold the exam. If we recelve enough applications for an early exam in December, we will accomodate those instructors and hold an exam based on last year's program. We must ho~d.to the fourteen day policy of recelvlng applications prior t? date of the exam. I will close my flrst message to you with the hope of seeing you at the Oct-ober meetings. .f )"~v),),) Norm Burton President ------------------INTERMOUNTAIN SKI INSTRUCTORS ASSOCIATION -------------7- ----- ------OFFICERS AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS-------- OFFICERS: Nonn F. Burton President 1376 Kingston Drive Ogden, Utah 84403 [phone] Area: Snow Bas in Francis M. Wikstrom Administrative Vice President 1404 26th Street Ogden, Utah 84401 [phone] Area: Snow Bas in Douglas Harmon Certification Vice President Box 1064 Park City, Utah 84060 [phone] Area: Park West Stewart O. Marsh Communications Vice President 7453 S. Stone Rd. Salt Lake City, Utah 84121 [phone] Area: Alta DIRECTORS: Officer and Director* Nonn F. Burton* Bob Bybee 1430 Antares Idaho Falls, Idaho 83401 [phone] Area: Targhee Kristi Cooper, Awards Chainnan 365 South 3rd West Wellsville, Utah 84339 [phone] Area: Beaver Mtn. Douglas Hannon* Thomas Kronthaler 1356 East 8600 South Sandy, Utah 84070 [phone] Area: Alta Jerry Warren* Robin Locke Box 162 Park City, Utah 84060 [phone] Area: Parley's St.nmni t Stewart O. Marsh* Julie Murphy 2899 Marrcrest West Provo, Utah 84601 [phone] Area: Parley's Stmnni t Gene Palmer Technical Vice President Route 1 Box 17 Rexburg, Idaho 83440 [phone] Area: Targhee Jerry Warren Technical Vice President 240 East 840 South Springville, Utah 84663 ,[phone] Area: Snow Bird Alan Davis Nordic Director 2215 South 2100 East Salt Lake City, Utah 84108 Area: White Pine Touring Center Joanne C. Burton Executive Secretary 1376 Kingston Drive Ogden, Utah 84403 [phone] Area: Snow Basin Lyrm M. Nichol Clinic Chainnan 9050 Greenhills Drive Sandy, Utah 84070 [phone] Area: Alta Gene Palmer* Edwin J. Pond 3461 Magic View Drive Salt Lake City, Utah 84121 [phone] Area: Alta 8 OFFICERS AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS cont. Pepi Stiegler P.O. Box 269 Teton Village, Wyoming 83025 [phone] Area: Jackson Hole Duane Vigos 8050 Overhill Circle Salt Lake City, Utah 84121 [phone] Area: Park City Jerry Warren" John J. Diefenderfer Ski School Dir@ctor~ Committee Chairnum P.O. Box MBO SAlt LaK@ City, Utah B4l06 (80l) 485,.2129 AHA: Brighton - A ft~W pgH~y W~§ ift§H tut~d l~§t Y@~f tg try tg upW~d~ th~ qy~U ty gf @Yf ffl@mb~f§hip, N~w f~QYif~m~ftt§ fgf ~iHt~iHift~ ~Yff~ftt ~~ftifi~~tigft §t~= tY§ ift€lyd~ §Pfin~ ~lifti~ ~tt~ftd~~~J fif§t aid, ~d €gfttiftYin~ a§§g~i~tign a§ ~ t~~€hin~ ngfdi€ pfgf~§§ign~l, A p~ll l~tt~f w~§ §~nt @yt tg ~ll kfi@wn Ngfdi€ t~~§ e~~§t ~nd ~f~§~nt)J in ~n aH~t tg bfin~ b~€l€ §OO\~ @f th~ l@§t bgdi~§. Tfit§. w~§ gnly p~fHaUy §Y€= €@§§ful. ~§ffl@ J h§W@V~f, W@f@ f@~€h@d and h@p~fylly will h~lp f@rm a ny€l@Y§ i@f ~ n~w~ ffl@f@ ~n@f~@ti€, ~d ffi@f@ N@fdi€ ~f@YP f . Afi@tfi@f €han~~ i§ an@w €@ftiii€e= ti@fi.~id@ ~@ ~ ~~fag@ @~am ~d ~f@= f@qYI§lt@ §tfY€tYf@ f@F fyil €@ftiil@@. Th@ fyll €@ftiii@@ @~am ha§ §@@fi ffl@@i= ii@@ t@ pYt ffl@f@ @fflphe§i§ @fi §e€l€= €@Yfttry. T@§t@Q§l€ill§ ~f~ t@Yf l@~d= ~f§hip, aVal~€h@: f~€@iftiti@n f@yt~ §@l@€tl@fi, n~vi~~ti@n, §n@w §h~lt@f§, emergency situations, search and res­cue, and free skiing.' Other skills tested are flat track teaching and dem­onstrations. . An early season certification clinic was held in Jackson at the Teton Sci­ence School last year. About 20 parti­cipants were put through the paces by Kirk Bachman, Terry Porter, Jeff Crab­tree, and Steve Erickson. The general response was that the new more inten­sive clinic format was a good one, but still not enough emphasis was put on guide skills. The first associate exam ''18S held in Sun Valley in January. Twelve people took the exam and Scott Heller, Kellie Erwin, Charles Ruebelmann, Charles Coltrain, Dennis Turville, Mike Bogard, Mary Dern and Martha Wood all passed for associate. It is a rigor­ous two day exam and we w~come and congratulate the new talent in QUI' 01'­grulhation. A February certification clinic ~chedul@d for Sun Valley was cancelled dYe to in~ufficient advance regi~tra~ tion. Another new policy required a twe we~k advance regi~tration for elins ic~ And eXarn$. A ~i1llUur fate befell the ~pring as~ociate exam and the mid~ w:h~ttH' full c€lrtiUed exam. A $erielu$ cgnc~1'ft to. th@ examining bo.ard i£ how tg g~t "laid back" mountain folk to ~oomdt the~elve5 two weeks in advance. In previo~ yeaf~ it ha~ alway~ been a "§how Yp Iffid nOlle people wUl come af", fail''' end"",."they ~lways did. It wa~ f~lt ~t the ~Ymffi~r l~1& meetin~ that f@ll§win~ a pr.·~~r@.a.i~tratiQn rY.l. e wa§ in the Pe§t intefest§ of a profes~ion­a1 Pffi~f{W. Ii@peflJllY, it will wor~ b@ttef f@f y§ th+§ Year, . Anothef eeftifi9atiQn Glinie WaS held in Mafch at the White Pine Touring ~ent@f'§ e~bin gn the north SlOPe of tft@ Hi~h Uifita§! It wa§ a §uper time with €leaf weather end ?~ high @nergy paf~i€i~~nt~ t Tnt:! t:!~Ammf3rs· Wt3H;l A+ l}gVI§ , T§ffl AJ$€H'~~ ~ Md ~b ~a~§qw (bggK brit3f ly from the SQuth), Martha Ra§fflY§§@fi from Alta qlso &ssistt3@ in l@~d~f§hip ~hores. We skied qn i~Y §figw in . pitch gar~ conqitiqns fqr the 4 mjl~ ni~ht s~i intq th@ cabins, Tht3 fif§t ~y invglvf3Q flat track teachin~ §l€ill§ an~ i~lgg builqing. Tht3 e~c~S; '1 " - sive amotmt ofdeoth hoar made the blocks a bit crumbly, and with every­body participating the walls remained too vertical. The most common flaw for novice igloo builders is to build too large a shelter and leave the walls too vertical so that closure becomes a pro­blem. Still, participation was the rule and everybody got to lend a hand. Neither of the two attempted igloos were successfully completed, but a magictarp from Amberson's pack closed off one igloo which was slept in by Kate Arnot and Marsha Rasmussen. The second day emphasized tour guide skills such as navigation, leadership, ava­lanche, PIEPS search, and route selec­tion. The third day was spent on teaching a mock lesson under the criti­cal eye of the leaders and other clinic members. Other activities in the three day schedule included evening lectures on guide equipment, map and compass, waxing and exa~manship. Response to the new clinic format was again positiYe,. The only really negative comment received was that the examiners were lousy Backgammon players and ate refried beans for breakfast. Oh well. In retrospect, I view last season with mixed emotion. The nordic activ­ities were better organized than ever before, but the ability to get infor­mation quickly to the widely distri­buted (often no permanent address) people remained a problem. Exam and clinic reorganization provided a better program but the participation was ac­tually down from the previous ,year. The examiners met again this summer to try to improve the program. Outcomes of this meeting will be written about in the November issue. Please feel free to write with suggestions. All correspondence regarding I.S.I.A. Nor­dic activities should be sent to A1 Davis, Computer Science'Dept., Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112. AI Davis 9 Igloo lesson in the high Uintas Group error detection session. 10 JOB OPPORTUNITY We are looking for a creative, en­ergetic individual for the position of Ski School Director at Parley's Summit Resort, fonnerly known as Gorgoza. Can­didate must be fully certified and ca­pable of directing all types of ski school programs. Salary will be based on ability and past experience. Any questions concerning the position may be directed to Pokey Richardson, man­ager of Parley's Sqmmit. Please send resume to P.O. Box 2370, Park City, Utah 84060. All infonnation will be strictly confidential. Inter Ski. The tape was very enlight­ening for all those who watched. A full Saturday was culminated in the evening with the General meeting, awards being given to honored members, introduction of the new Board Members, a cocktail hour and finally a superb banquet. S1.IDday morning· came - ·early but yet was greeted eagerly by all the ski school teams ready for the annual Ski School Race. The course was set down Prospector where all could watch. The Park West team ended up with the win­ning team. By the way Park West, we wauld like to know which member of your team was the girl! Sunday afternoon saw everybody head­ing home to their own areas. Most had smiles on their faces and new thoughts in their minds thanks to the prepared­ness of Park City, Duane Vigos and the TC Team. Opportunities for JNSTRUCTORS Se~ page 14 ISlA Business from page 4 the Examiners College arid the Ski. School Directors Certification Clinic. 97 instructors took the Associate exam and 45 took the Full exam. The pass­ing percentages were 83.5 and 75.5, respectively. Twenty candidates attended the Ex­aminer's College. Three instructors were picked as back up examiners with three additional ones if needed. Twenty-nine ski school directors or their representatives met for a certi­fication clinic last year. The" main emphasis was on test figures. The outcome of this clinic was very favor­able and it has been suggested that this become an annual event. Another level of certification, one that could be developed in connection with the National Academy~was dis­cussed, for people that could go be­yor.:! what we have now. It was also suggested that Exams not be held dur­ing the prime time of the year when instructors and examiners are tied up and it is financially unsuitable for both Ski School and Instructors. It . was felt that it might be wise to hold a big exam in early winter and one, more in the spring. --.::----- 'I'd like to enroir -- II ~---------------------------------------------------- ~ SPRING CLINIC 2ND PLACE TEAM·---PARK CITY 54 Fritz Siegenthaler 74.63 58 Jeff Nielson 76.04 63 Todd Valine 80.94 73 Bob Young 81.39 Team time: 313.00 3RD PLACE TEAM---SNOW BASIN 31 Kay Stevens 35 Howard Adams 37 Steve McFarland 39 Ray Jones Team time: 75.56 78.56 81. 53 80.92 316.57 4TH PLACE TEAM---P ARK CITY 1 Carol Kuntzelman 83.20 7 Steve Morgan 77.60 9 J9hn Vrabel 78.91 Duane Vigos 78.99 Team time: 318.70 RACE RESULTS Mark Masorl 1';1_· j{;- __ M~lton 196 Dun Craig 201 John Gay Team Time: 73. 1-)9 77.56 75.35 77.04 303.94 5TH PLACE TEAM---SNOWBIRD 8TH PLACE TEAM---SNOWBIRD 11119753 JSTCroaam.l r rBWRieoaou iooWnd oouosd ward 77787785·...76351104 34330864 GDJRoaoiacvrknde o nnSHe h oMFedpeiesepr lardricd k 77899172.... 43075195 Team time 319.16 Team time: 330.60 6TH PLACE TEAM---ALTA 9'IH PLACE TEAM---SKYLINE 76651505 ASPStncaedotwytt itMJ oVIarharwnsnhsiHno e nu son88787104 ....21440146 222975 PKRfauiimmcv kiMd G cBoKoendci kg ht 887094...676065 86.43 Team Time 323.21 Team time: 331.44 7TH PLACE TEAM---P ARK WEST 10TH PLACE TEAM---KELLY CANYON 76552837 JJDCoaihhcarnkni as V P STaagmonemdy cethzreyg ke rg 88870388....28003157 76655611 DKKKaaernitn hsl yyD FeBMrairiecdtCdetonabr nitch hy 88(831556....12222817 Team time: 330.16 Team time: 337.88 12 RESULTS OF 1978 - 79 CERTIFICATION EXAMS. PASSED FOR FULL CERTIFIED: 33 CRAIG AAKER CURTIS A. GRAF KURT SMITZ WILLIAM J. AAS ROBERT GRAF DIANA L. SMYTHE HANS CHRIS AUMAN STEWART HAYDUK KAY STEPHENSON BILL BATTERSBY BRIAN HOOKER WIn. DICK STONER STEVE BILLS MALIN M. JOHNSDOTTER JEFFREY J. TIEDE RUSS BURTON PETER LARSEN PAUL CALAVAN KENNETH E. McCARTHY WILLIAM J. DZIEZYC THOMAS M. PROSEK ALAN K. ENGEN PETER J. REDLICH WILLIAM K. FUSHIMI DONALD SEARS BARBARA GARRISON ARTHUR SHIERRY PASSED FOR ASSOCIATE CERTIFIED: 81 SCOTT D. APPLONIE BRUCE D. BALLENTINE BRADLEY B. BENNETT LINDA LEA BERTRAND CAROL J. BILLS CLYDE L. BIRCH BR00KS C. BLOOMFIELD SUZY BONONES TERRY L. BONONES PATRICK F. BRENNAN NANCY J. BRONSON PAM BURTON ELWIN T. BUTLER RICHARD C. CHAFFEE MICHAEL COLMAN EVAN COWAN DANIEL A. DEARDEN DANNY S. Em-lARDS ERNEST C. ERSPAHER EDWARD SIHMONS STEVEN M. SIHMONS JOCELYN L. SLACK LISA LYNN SMITH TIMOTHY H. SNYDER DONALD W. SORENSEN MARK C. STICKNEY ROBERT R. STIGER PASSED FOR FULL NORDIC VANCE B. FORSGREN CHARLYN G. GREEN ANN GROTEGUT JAMES C. HALE KELLY C. HAMILTON TERRI ANN HART LAUER C. RANDY HARTWIG JAl-1ES WES HOWE RICHARD A. HULSE PAMELA M. JACOBSON PERRINE ANN JOHNSON GARY BOYD JONES SANDRA L. LAMBERT MARY ELLEN LARSEN RUSSEL G. LARSON MARK LOVETT HOYT E. MASUR PAUL F. MATTSON TEn G. MEINERS HATT SUHMERS ANGELA C. SWANER RICK D. TAYLOR GERALD R. THORESON WHITNEY THURLOW CHRIS A. TOMCZYK ELISA S. TWICHELL JANE L. VOIGT JACK VANDERBERG CAROLINE VON WEISEL WILLIAM B. WALKER DEAN A. WHEADON GLENN WILLCUTT ROBERT J. WURZER CONNIE E. MERENDINO LINDA K. MOORE ROBERT I. NASH JEFF W. NICHOLS BRADFORD NIELSEN GEOFFREY R. NIELSEN R. BLAKE NIELSEN MONTE SCOTT NYMAN CHRIS PENDLETON LINDA C. PIERCE KIMBERLY B. PRATT STEVE RAINERI PAUL R. RASMUSSEN STEVEN W. REID ROBERT R. RITZ MARTY M. SHAFFER JACK A. SCHIRMAN KEVIN M. SHEEHAN BAMI B. SHERWOOD MICHAEL A. WEBSTER TAMRA WEESE MARK O. WILLIAMS HARRY M. WINKLER PAUL L. WOODIN BARBARA L. WYANT ROBERT P. YEDOR ALEX C. YEWER TOM AMBERSON KIRK BACHMAN JEFF CRABTREE CONGRATULATION S PASSED FOR ASSOCIATE NORDIC NIKE BOGART CHARLES O. COLTRAIN GREG A~II.ANG MARY DERN AVI N HYDE ALL 13 I~~(-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SOUTHERN ISlA SKIERS FALL MEMBERSHIP MEETING OCTOBER 17, 1979 EISENHOWER JR. HIGH SCHOOL 4351 SO. REnt-IOOD RD. (17th SOUTH) SALT lAKE CITY NORTHERN ISlA SKIERS FALL MENBERSHIP MEETING OCTOBER 24, 1979 CITY COUNCIL OFFICES IDAHO FALLS Address Change Are you receiving all of the IoS.I.Ao's mailings? If you have had a change in your PERMANENT mailing address, please fill out the following notice. and sent it to the/ IoS.IoAo offices. Please indicate Status: Associate ( ) Full Certified () Inactive ( ) Touring ( ) Other ( ) Name: ---------------------------------- Previous Address: (city) (state) (zip) Present Address: (city) (state) (zip) Note: P.SoI.Ao receives address change information from Divisions; therefore, send any address change to the I.SoIoA. office - not P.SoloAo I.S.I.A. NEWSLETTER A publication of the Intermountain Ski Instructors Association 1376 Kingston Drive Ogden, Utah 84403 PRESIDENT Norm Burton VICE PRESIDENTS Frank Wikstrom Doug Harmon Gene Palmer Jerry Warren Stew Marsh EXECUTIVE SECRETARY Joanne Burton NEWSLETTER EDITOR Barbara Marsh WE NEED YOU and YOUR SKI POINTERS PICTURES NEWS PLEASE SEND ALL MATERIAL TO STEW Iv:A.RSH 7453 SO. STON[ SALT L'l.KE CITY, lJTAIf 84121 R:l. BULK RATE U.S. POSTAGE PAID OGDEN, UTAH PERMIT NO. 535 ? '" - NOV.lala The Official Publication INSrRU BRIAN HEAD CROSS COUNTRY PARADISE Ever skied along the canyon rim of Cedar Breaks National Monument? Have you toured across the Markagunt Plateau in Dixie National Forest? Come on down to the southern end of the ISIA terri­tory and explore our "Utah Color Count­ry" • lAST YEAR Brian Head Nordic opened last season with a ski school, retail shop, ski dorm and offered rental and tour guide services. Over abundant powder gave us difficulties in packing our maintained tracks, but we did manage four NASTAR and three other citizen races, includ­ing the spectacular 10 km. Cedar Breaks Rim Race during the April spring carn­ivalo Steve Erikson and Jim Miller offered a very successful ISIA clinic r' in January which drew folks from Nevada and Arizona as well as Southern Utah. nus YEAR continued on page 3 1 norm's corner At the time of this writing, we have just completed the two October member­ship meetings. Your officers feel the two meetings were worth while and plan on continuing next year 0 For the mem­bers that missed the meetings the in­formation presented will be in future newsletters. I attended a Presidents and Strate­gic Planning Committee meeting at Col­orado Springs October 20 through 220 The purpose of this meeting was for long range plarming for PSIA. All' but Uvo divisions had representation. The conclusions reached at this meeting will b~ presented to the PSIA Board of Directors next April. Some of the top-ics discussed were as follows: . What image do we want PSIA to have? How best can we serve our members? What can we do to serve our divi-sions better? How can we improve inter-divisional relations? ADDRESS Ifow should we promote- (market) PSIA? For the instructor? For the ski school? For the ski industry? Long range technical & educational goals. D-Team responsibilitieso Standardization of certification. National Academy All of the above will come before the Board of Directors in Aprilo I would appreciate your views on the above so I might be able to voice an opinion and vote the dictates of the members of the division. At this meeting in Colorado Springs I felt a definite feeling of unity be­tween the divisions present. The Pres­ident of PSIA, Otto Hollaus, is doing a great job. If he receives the sup­port of the Board and division I am sure you will be pleased with PSIA for this coming year. I encourage you as members to read and participate in the coming events of ISlA. Thank you for your support. See you on the snow 0 CHANGE? * ** HELP A FRIEND NOTIFY ISlA OFFICE 2 CERTIFICATION PRECOURSES Dear ISIA Members, Last winter ISIA started to use pre­courses in preparing individuals for examination. It was used on five of sixteen boards with just over 40 candi­dates participating. As of yet, I have not heard one negative comment. Good comments about the precourse came from instructors, examiners, directors; just about everyone involved. As a certifi­cation committee, we are excited about the precourse program and have sched­uled a precourse in front of each of the four exams that will be held this coming seasono (Refer to certification schedule) We eventually anticipate the precourse becoming an automatic and ex­tensive part of the exam. The pre­course has shown to be helpful in the number of people passing exams after the precourse. We encourage anyone taking an exam to take the precourse if at all pos­sible 0 With the finest technicians in I~IA :unning theJ11 , we're sure you will fInd It well worth your time and moneyo We wish all who will take an exam this year the best of luck. If I cart be of help to anyone, please feel free to call me. 649-9664, 649-7323 o <. / /L/' / 7 3 Brianhearl from page 1 ROSSIGNOL CENTER Also this year we will be a Rossig­nol Family Touring Center, which means that we'll have a complete line of Rossi demonstration skis available and Rossi's assistance in sponsoring races and in promotional literature. We are planning a newsletter of upcoming events; send us your name if you'd like to be on our mailing list. LESSONS As far as instruction goes, we offer a two-hour beginners class, often end­ing in a 20 minute mini-tour to spec­tacular rock outcroppings overlooking Zion National Mam.nnent. As a follow-up, we have an "instructional tour" which goes to the inspiring Cedar Breaks can­yon rim and gives students a chance to practice skills under supervision while also gaining confidence in route se­lection, in testing their stamina at 10,400 feet, and coping with varied terrain and snow conditions. Advanced and individual lessons take advantage of the downhill lifts and over 75 miles of nearby backcountry touring trails. SKI-JORING For variety we are offering instruc­tion on an exploratory basis, in three sk~ll .a:eas new to us: ski-joring, skI-sallIng, and ski orienteering. As part of Brian Head's Dec. 8-9 Sled Dog race we are presenting a demonstration of ski-joring with dogs, in which a cross-country skier is pulled by a har­nessed dog on a nine-foot towline. Try it with your dog! WIND SKIING Jaime Budge, about 4 years ago, de­veloped the sport of "wind skating" in Santa Monica, California. He is work­ing with us to adapt this to cross­country skiing so we can harness the winds which sweep up the canyons and pour across our extensive meadows. We are ~entat~v:ly planning an "experi­mentlllg clInIC" for the wilder nordic types who may want to check into this nordic novelty. Give us a buzz if you'd like to risk life and limb in this particular manner. What should we dub the sport. • • wind touring? ski sailing? SKI-ORIENTEERING - "S1(i-O" involves racing on cross­country skis over a map and compass course. Requiring both good .skiing technique and navigational skills, it is known as the thinking man's sport. Barbara Berger, joining our staff from the RMSIA area, will be organizing clinics, fun courses, school programs and races as aspects of the new orient­eering thrust in our nordic ski school. Nature tours in cooperation with Cedar Breaks Monument staff and Special Olym­pic activities are also planned. HOSTEL This year we have doubled our ski dorm capacity by adding a second cabin to our Bristlecone Hostel complex. A whirlpool bath relaxes thighs and an­kles while cozy fireplaces provide the setting for singing and bragging. The cabins are near cross-country trail heads to Nordic Meadow, the Brian Head Bowls, Cedar Breaks, as well as to longer touring routes. We charge $8.50 a night for dorm mattress space (bring sleeping bag and swim suit) but also rent private rooms or a whole cabin with a capacity of 14. ISIA members might consider a weekend trip, using Brian Head Nordic as either a touring or clinic base. The scenery and ter­rain are fantastic. White Pine Touring Center is planning such a trip for early January. CROSS-COUN1RY SKI CLUB Last year we organized the Southern Utah Nordic Ski Club in an effort to bring cross-country skiing to community members and to involve locals in help­ing run raceS and tours. This season we are planning some great trips to the Fishlake, Pine Valley and Tushar Mount- 4 ains, all spectacular but little used touring terrain in the intermountain area. How ·about some j oint trips with other clubs or touring centers? These and Brian Head would be good areas for end-of-season instructor goof-off trips. Club interests range from wild "cornice crashing" to peaceful wine and cheese moonlit tours. Let us know if you want to work out joint or exchange activities. For more information of Brian Head Nordic, contact: Bill and Judy Morris Box 30 Brian Head, Utah 84719 [phone] LIGHTS AT BRIGHTON This year, Monday through Saturday, Brighton will offer skiing under the lights. Both Majestic and Mary lifts will be operating and four main runs on Mount Majestic will be illuminatedo Cafeteria, dining room, lounge, ren­tal shop and lockers will be available on the main run. Also, ski lessons are offered Monday through Saturday nights beginning at 7:15 p.m. and lasting up to l~ hours. Lift rates for night skiing will be: $6000 for a pass which begins at 5:00 p.m. and lasts until 10:00 p.m. and a special twilight pass costing $8.00 will provide skiing from 12:30 p.m. to 10:00 porno Night lessons will cost $5000. Brighton's newly built lodge will also be operating during night skiing hours. Finally, it should be noted that the Wasatch night clinics will be held at Brighton, January 10, 17 and 24 from 7:00 to 10:00 porno ISlA INSIDE EDGE The fall meeting of the Board of Directors of ISlA was held on September 14 and 15, 1979. The following members were in attendance: Norm Burton, Fran Wikstrom, Gene Palmer, Jerry Warren, Doug Harmon, Stew Marsh, Robin Locke, Duane Vigos, Ed Pond, Nick Nichol, Tom Kronthaler, Kristi Cooper, Julie Murph)f,. Bob Bybee, AI Davis and Joanne Burton. Subjects talked about in detail were certification and clinics. Articles about these as well as important dates and applications can be found through­out the newsletter. At the board meeting, it was empha­sized that everyone in an official cap­acity, i.eo BQard Members, TC Team, Examiners, Clinicians and people trying out for TC Team, must have paid their dues before they can represent ISIA in their capacity. The first annual fall membership meetings were held in Salt Lake City mId Idaho Fallso General business.of ISlA was discussed at both. TIle attend­ance at both was encouraging as well as the comments made by those in attend­ance. WELCOME TO ISlA Welcome to Sam 1. Reid, full certi­fied' who has transferred from RMSIA. Sam will be teaching at Snow Bird. Annie L. Zuspann, associate certi­fied, has transferred from RMSIA. Richard W~ Dunnebacke has trans­ferred from CPSIA. r"' Raymond E. Carlstedt has transferred from CPSIA. 5 Nick Nichol, clinic chairman, pre­sented the following schedule at the fall board meeting. The price of the clinics will remain the same as last year with one exception. When a new member pays the ISIA registration fees, he is entitled to pre-register for one of this season's clinics for only five dollars. WHERE: WHEN: TIME: FEE: WHERE: WHEN: TIME: FEE: WHERE: WHEN: TIME: FEE: SCHEDULE FOR CLINICS Wasatch Front - Brighton January 10, 17, 24 7 - 10 p.m. $10 pre-registration $13 day of clinic Sillldance February 7, 8 7 - 10 p.m. $10 pre-registration $13 day of 'clinic Kelly Canyon February 9 2 - 9 p.m. $10 pre-registration $13 day of clinic * There will also be a clinic sched­uled in the Northern ISIA Region. The Spring Clinic will be held this season at Alta. The dates for the Clinic will be April 18, 19, 20. Nick was appointed chairman of the Spring Clinic. MOre information will be printed on the Spring Clinic in the next issue. THINK MORE SNOW WOODEN EDGE We had a reasonably successful year last year. We put on two pre-exam clinics, and· held an associate exam with about 70% passing. We cancelled the scheduled February clinic, the spring Associate exam, and the Full exam due to lack of advance registra­tion. A number of people complained about the cancellations but the Exam­ining board felt that we have to begin a professional scheduling strategy sometime, and it might as well be now. A number of organizational improvements have been made: 1. Our records have been computer­ized. 2. A number of standard forms have been produced such as checklists, sta­tion schedules, new score card fonnats, etc. 3. Our written exam is now gener­ated by a computer for the length and difficulty parameter which is required. This will allow us to make our written exam more varied and responsive to new lmowledge. 4. ~ pudget balanced. Among the dissappointments were: 1. Poor response to our Spring Clinic, which was held anyway and was felt to be very instructional by those in attendance. • 2. Yet another year of much talk and little action from the Nordic side of PSIA. 3. Continued difficulty in getting prompt accurate communication set up with a rather spread out and mobile nordic membership. This year's plan is the same. The examining board will remain the same but with decreased organizational in­volvement from Bob Rosso. This will hamper us, but with increased partici­pation from new and eager people like Kirk Bachman and Tom Amberson, we should be OK. The examiners will hold an organizational meeting in Pocatello in October to finalize assignments, schedules and examination standards. It will be our equivalent of the Exam-iners college. AI Davis ? 6 julie's accessories ISlA ACCESSORIES FOR SALE Golf ShiTts red/LJue T-Shirts reel/yellow/blue Hat(baseball cap)red/blue $10.00 4.7S 5.00 TIx: above accessories will have tbe followjng insignia on them: ISlA lntermountajn Ski Instructors Association The accessories can be purchased from: Julie Murphy 2899 Marrcrest West Provo, Utah 84601 373-2280 Please add $.75 per order for mail­ing costs. ISlA also has available blue and white patches, that look exactly like the certification pins, that can be sewn on your coats. '!be cost of these is $ 2 • 50 0 They may be purchased through the office. THE TECHNICAL EGDE The first of a series of tenus and definitions by the Technical Comiti ttee of the Intermountain Ski Instructors Association: Technical Vice Presidents: Jerry Warren and Gene Palmer EDGING: Edge control is the adjustment of the angle between the skis running sur­face and the snow. The quality of edging is determined by how severely the ski is rolled onto it's edge and where the pressure is on the skio (For­ward, Middle, Aft) PRESSURE CONI'ROL: PRESSURE: The application of a force to something by something else in direct contact with it. Compression in skiing we learn to con­trol the forces of pressure or weight and use it to our advan­tageo The Control of Pressure includes: A. DECREASING WEIGHT 1. Up-tmWeighting 2. Down-unweighting 3. Terrain unweighting 4. Rebound unweighting 5. Decreasing edge angle to the slope in a turn B. INCREASING PRESSURE 1. Up-weighting 2. Increasing edge angle to a slope during any form of slipping, skidding, carving 3. Decreasing the radius of a turn C. DISTRIBUTION AND/OR TRANSFER OF WEIGHT OR PRESSURE 1. Changing weight from one ski to the other ski 2. Increasing and decreasing pressure on any portion along the entire length of the ski or skis Understanding and experiencing all forms of pressure control gives us a much more comprehensive knowledge and ability in skiingo That is why pressure control re­places unweighting as a basic skiing skill. STEERING: Steering is the action of guiding the legs together or separately to dir­ect the skis on the desired direction. SLIDING: Sliding is the action of running in the direction the skis are pointed on flat or edged skis. SLIPPING: Slipping is the action of lateral movement of the ski forward and verti­cal with the tip and tail moving equally. 7 SKIDDING: Skidding is the action of slipping the tail of the ski of the ski. more than the tip SKILL: A specific action which is recognizable as_ an essential part of the sport. Skills can be combined to produce more involved skills. ABILITY: Includes both the physical strength and courage· (lack of mental interfer­ence) to apply the skills in tougher circumstances. FORM: The marmer in which the skill is perfonned. Efficiency in perfonning. ISlA TEST FIGURES <DESCRIPTIONS) These test figures are a skills test and not a teaching progression. Candidates for Associate and Full Certification are responsible for all test fig­ures. POINTS OF EMPHASIS: Symmetr1cal turns Independence of upper and lower body Speed control Fluid and dynamic motion throughout the turns All turns shall be medium radius unless otherwise stated The word Christy is used often in the following descriptions. Definition of Christy: Refers to turns showing a skidding phase normally on both uphill edges. FIG. I WEDGE TURNS******************************************** Beginning from a straight gliding wedge both skis are steered in the direction of the turn. The forces in the turn increase pressure op the inside edge of the out­side ski. The turning ski is controlled by pressure, steering and edging. Upon completion of the turn, the skis are steered in the direction of the next turn. Demonsttation shall be finished in a wedge turn to a stop. Minimal upper body move­ment along with natural positioning and balance are maintained throughout the turn. DISCUSSION : Shows the basic skills under a slow moving condition, emphasizing steering and a fine control of edge and pressure to maintain a constant speed and radius of the turn. This is a very basic exercise that can be easily broken down and studied, and when built upon can become a nucleus for ones skiing and teaching. It should be demonstrated with minimum upper body movement but should not restrict or freeze the SIOOOth flowing movements necessary in all . skiing. Slight angulation changes . and axial movements are necessary. Lower body is the controller in producing turns. Steering or pointing the skis where you want to go, combined with fluid movements of the knees and ankles to adjust edging and pressure control, direction and speed. Speed is slow and continuous. The arc of the turn is rounded, even though it is maintained with elementary skidding. Width of the wedge remains constant throughout the exercise. TERRAIN: Smooth. gentle FIG. 2 WEDGE CHRISTY ~]RNS************************************ Beginning from a straight wedge, the turn is steered across the fall line. Matching of the ski begins after the fall line and the Christy phase of the turn be­gins. The next turn is initiated when both skis are again open to a wedge. Demon­stration Will be finished in a Christy stop. This is a low skill level turn with emphasis on skidding. 8 ~ ; 1 DISCUSSION: We now combine the wedge turn with a Christy for the purpose of showing how the basic skills must be adjusted to accomodate the increase of speed and higher achievement level. The wedge portion of this exercise is the same as that described in the wedge turn except that the speed is just slightly higher, which suggests more edge and pressure to the outside ski to maintain a smooth Christy. The increased pressure on the outside ski promotes an easy parallel matching of the inside ski through the use of increased steering and advancing of the foot and leg. The skid­ded arc of the wedge portion of the turn should also remain very much the same dur­ing the matching and Christy portion of the turn, although a slight increase in skidding may occur. As both skis are re-opened, the uphill ski will open more as the new turn begins. If the skier is not balancing and blending the skills properly the changes from wedge to Christy to wedge will be rough, resulting in a low score. TERRAIN: Smooth, gentle FIG. 3 PARALLEL TURNS WITH POLE PLANT************************* Beginning from a straight run this turn is initiated by steering both legs in the direction of the intended turn. Edge engagement, steering and pressure control begin before crossing the fall line and increase through-out the arc of the turn. Demon­stration shall be finished in a parallel turn to a stop. Turns shall be linked without a traverse. DISCUSSION: To test ability to begin, maintain, and complete carved turns on parallel skis. Carving here means a high level (on the right end of scale) carve. This exercise utilizes the design of the ski, edge angle, pressure and distribution of pressure to produce the desired arc. The functional parallel stance is not a wide track nor are the skis and feel locked together. The initiation of this test figure will show simultaneous steering of both skis and edge changes. Both skis will remain on the snow through-out the turn. Pole plant is required on this test figure and will help in timing, total motion, and balance. The finish of the demonstration should be sharp and crisp to an edge set. TERRAIN: Intermediate to moderately steep, smooth, rolling, or slightly moguled. FIG. 4 STEM STEP TURNS WITH POLE PLANT************************ Beginning from a parallel turn out of the fall line the outside ski remains edged and weighted to support the stemmed ski. Weight transfer to the stemmed ski coincides with the pole plant, subsequent matching of the skis occurs before the fall line. Edging and pressure increase through-out the arc of the turn. The next turn is initiated with a stem of the uphill ski. Demonstration shall be finished with a parallel Christy to a stop. DISCUSSIOO : ~tem step will test the ability to change the order of skills during initiation. Steering begins before weight transfer and edge engagement and with one ski at a time. This figure also tests the ability of the skier to direct his weight (center of gravity) from ski to ski. As soon as the stenuned ski is weighted, it is also -edged. This allows the skier to stand against the ski rather than on top of it dur­ing weight transfer. Carving begins immediately with weight transfer and the arc of the turn continues as described in a parallel turno Pole plant aids and coincides with weight transfer. TERRAIN: Intermediate to moderately steep, smooth, rolling, or slightly moguled. FIG. 5 SKATE STEP TURNS WITH POLE PLANT*********************** Beginning from a parallel turn out of the fall line, the outside ski remains edged to support the diverging ski. The uphill ski (the new turning ski) is placed on edge fonning an open ''V''. The weight transfer follows with an edge'change and dynamic projection toward intended turn and a subsequent matching of the skis occurs before the fall line. Demonstration shall be finished in a parallel Christy to a stop. 9 DIsaJSSION: The independence happens near the completion and. beginning of turns. Steering and slight lifting begins to open the tip of the uphill ski. Gradual increase in weight to the uphill ski causes the ski to continue opening. Edge on the lower ski increases as the skier gets more separation from the skis. As the lower ski nears or reaches an "edge lock" attitude, the skier has a strong platfonn to step off from to place total weight on the uphill skated ski. This total change of weight takes place before the edge on the uphill ski has been changed. The skiers center of gravity remains slightly downhill from the uphill ski and steering to an edge change takes the skier into the carving arc of the new turn. Pole plant takes place be­tween weight transfer and edge change. TERRAIN: Intennediate to moderately steep, smooth, rolling, or slightly moguled. FIG. 6 WEDGE SWING HOP WITH POLE PLANT************************ From a moving wedge, hop from the inside edge of one ski to the inside edge of t4e other skL During the tran~fer from one ski to the other ski, both skis nrust be· off the snow. Upon landing on each ski some rounded skidding rnay~beallowed as JOOvement down the hill is maintained. The inside ski swings to a wide track. The direction of travel shall be down the fall line. 1his is not a static exercise. DIsaJSSION: We are developing the fundamental skills and feedback from our skis that are needed in the most advanced maneuvers. We force ourselves to hop because it is im­possible to hop from a straight leg thereby forcing us to bend at the ankles, knees and slightly at the waist. Because of the wedge platfonn, it is easier to edge the ski because the bent knee is always to the inside of the ski. The sinking we are forced to do to hop increases weight on the edged ski making it bite to the snow. As we begin to came up to hop, we add even more weight to the edged ski making it bend and bite even more, decreasing lateral slippage and allowing the ski to move JOOre in the direction it is pointed. At each location that your ski leaves the snow there will be a line at least the length of your ski. That line is proof that your ski was not skidding when it left the snow. Pole plant is mandatory and it takes place at the bottom of the down. TERRAIN: lOOderate and smooth FIG. 7 FALLING LEAF******************************************* From a moving traverse edges are released into a forward side slip to a pre­determined point, adjustments are made to the skis to accomplish a mild uphill Christy, followed by further adjustment to accomplish a backward side slip to the next point and repeated thru four points. Three forward and two backward with a finish to a forward sideslip edge set to a stop. Candidate should be prepared to do figure in both directions. DISQJSSION : In the falling leaf the three basic skills are used to maintain a constant flow of motion. This demonstrates that edge control is not only increased in edging, but the finesse of edge control. Steering and pressure control combined aid in con­trolling a consistent direction and flow of motion. The efficient blend of the three basic skills and use of the friction gravity principle aid in moving through linked forward and backward side silips, "Falling Leaf". This is a medium to slow speed exercise on moderate to steep terrain. This should give a better understand­ing of finesse of edging, steering and pressure control. TERRAIN: MOderate to steep and smooth FOO'OOTE: The arc of the parallel turn, the stem step, and the skate turn are very nruch the same. The only significant difference being the beginning and completion of each different turn. 10 PSIA OUTSIDE EDGE PSIA TEAM TRYOUTS The PSIA Team tryouts will be held April 15-18, 1979 at Park City. This will limnediately follow the National Academy, which will also be held at Park City from April 8-140 In order to qualify to try out for the PSIA team, you must be a fully cer­tified member in good standing within your division and PSIA. You must also be currently holding a job in a ski school 0 The objective of the team tryouts is to find 4-6 new team memberso PSIA is encouraging qualified females to join the ranks of the team. They will de­mand equal performance in all aspects of the selective process but free ski­inge The following criteria will be used in selecting the team: Confident and very good skiing in all conditions. Knowledgable in issues of technique and methodology. Skilled and charismatic communica-tors. Able and willing to work with other~ Stylelessly efficient skiing. Well groomed appearance. Well conditioned physique. . Having submitted a paper concerning 1tself with an issue of skiing or ski teaching of the individuals pre~erence, between 600-800 words, to be submitted after divisional tryouts and well prior to the national tryouts. The selective panel will consist of: Mike Porter - Team Coach Jens Husted - Advisory Team Member Chris Tyman - Advisory Team Member Jerry Warren - Advisory Team Member Max Lundberg - Past Team Coach Horst Abraham - Educational V.Po The cost of the tryouts will be $180000 0 This will include room, board, course and liftso If there are any questions about the tryouts, please direct them to: Horst Abraham 458 Vail Valley Drive Vail. Colorado 81657 PSIA has recognized NPSIA as a sep- .,arate division. NPSIA includes mainly Sun Valley. The enrollment in NPSIA will be about 200. Some of these mem­bers will hold a dual membership with • ISIA. 11 In order to maintain a certain de­gree of continuity of ski teaching throughout the country, it is hoped that NPSIA, ISlA, ~~IA A~ PNSIA will soon be holding some technical commit­tee meetings together so that they rnay share their ideas and learn from each other. PSIA has requested that their spring board meeting be held on the Wasatch Front in conjunction with ISlA's Spring Clinic in April. The National Academy will be held first at Park City, April 8-14, then the PSIA Demo Team tryouts will be conducted April 15-18. All of this will culminate with the ISIA Spring Clinic where we will make use of our 'own divisional demo team, as well as the new PSIA demo team. All PSIA members will soon be re­ceiving in the mail three phamplets. One will be a booklet on balance. An­other will be an update on the A.ToM. manual, A.T.M. 1110 The last will be a publication on safety which will have to do with the training of new instruc­tors. THE EDGE SHARPENER carol kuntze Iman For the past two years I have been experimenting with the way people in my classes learn. To set the stage for people to begin to absorb new ideas, I find they must be relaxed and open to receive new ideas. Every class of mine starts with a short series of 5 stretching exercises. This occupies the time between when people arrive and the class gets going. The exercises are easy to do and even those who have never been on skiis be­fore can do them the first day! The results with beginners are amazing. You should see their balance! Keep in mind these exercises should be done slowly to stretch not tighten muscles. I. Hold poles, with grips in one hand and baskets in the other, waist high in front of your body. Stretch out in front, high up over head, and down and out in back of your body. Do slowly repeating 3-5 times. 2,. Holding poles the same as num­ber 1, st~ctch high up over head and slowly bend torso side to side. Re­peat twice more. Now holding poles the same, rotate torso to right and then left. Repeat 4 more times. 12 3. Place poles in snow. Clasp hands around knees and slowly pull head down to touch nose to knees. If that seems easy, place hands around ankles and slowly pull. For those that find that easy, reach down and hold onto ski tips. Walk hands from ski tips to as close to front of bindings as possible. Re­peat each of these one more time. 4. Holding grips of poles in hands, place both poles in front of. tip of right ski. Now transfer welght to right ski keeping ankle ben~. Sl?w­ly lift left leg to the slde dOlng side leg raises. Repeat to other side. Do 5-10 repetitions to each side. 5. Transfer weight to one ski keep­ing ankle bent. Rotate tip of other­ski outward until boot is over rear of binding of weighted ski. Now lift leg as high as you can. Repeat 5 times with each leg. Any exercises should be kept simple and easy for every member of the class. No matter what the weather, condi­tions or terrain, the response to my exercise program has been overwhelming and the results worthwhile. more accessories The following accessories can be purchased through the ATM Manual ATM II Methodology Certification Pin Membership Card office: $3.00 3.00 3.00 3.50 1. 00 also Tom Kronthaler,and Sal Raio COMING IN THE FOLD with The European Edge WE NEED YOUR news photos ski pointers 13 DATE DECE.~ffiER 14-1-5- 16-17 15-16-17 JANUARY 7 8-9 10&17&24 13-14 15-16-17 FEBRUARY 7&14 9 28-29 MAR01 1-2 6-7-8 9-10-11 20-21 22-23 27-28 29-3.0 31 APRIL 1 8 thru 14 10-11 12-13 15-16-17 18-19-20 18-19-20 21-22 1979-80 SCHEDULE OF EVD~S EVENT ALPINE - Technical College ALPINE - Technical Certification Team Tryouts NORDIC - Associate pre-exam clinic ALPINE - Ski School Directors Exam Clinic ALPINE - Examiners Clinic ALPINE - Night Clinics NORDIC - Associate Exam .~PINE - PSIA Educational Committee Meet. ALPINE - Night Clinics ALPINE - Clinic ALPINE - Pre Course ALPINE - Certification Exam NORDIC - Full Exam NORDIC - Associate Pre-exam Clinic ALPINE- Pre Course ALPINE - Certification Exam ALPINE - Pre Course ALPINE - Certification Exam NORDIC - Associate Exam NORDIC - Associate Exam (cont.) ALPINE - PSIA National Academy ALPINE - Pre Course ALPINE - Certification Exam ALPINE - PSIA Demo Team Tryouts ALPINE - PSIAAnnua1 Board & Membership ALPINE - Spring Cline NORDIC - Spring Clinic 14 LOCATION Snowbird Snowbird Brighton Park West Park West Brighton, 7-10 pm Park City Park City Sundance, 7-10 pN Kelly Canyon, 2-10 pm Snow Basin Snow Basin Pocatello Pocatello Park City Park City Targhee Targhee Jackson Jackson Park City Alta Alta Park City Alta Alta Uintas 1979-1980 CERTIFICATION SCHEDULE EXAM AND PRECOURSE DATES North March 27-28, 29-30 Targhee December 14-15 December 16-17 January 7 January 8-9 ISLA Technical College Snowbird TC Team Tryouts Snowbird Ski School Directors Exam Clinic Park West Examiners Clinic Park West Central Wasatch Front Wasatch Front Feb. 28-29, March 1-2 Snow Basin March 20-21, 22-23 Park City April 10-11, 12-13 Alta The first two days of each sched­uled exam will be theprecourse. It is not mandatory to attend the precourse. ISlA TECHNICAL COLLEGE This years college, has been changed both in name and functiono No longer is the cOllege specifically for the purpose of recruiting back up examiners, nor is it titled the Certification College, instead it will be titled the ISLA Technical Col­lege. In the past, the two day college has consisted of I day instruction and I day of testing. This year both days will be instructional, as well as one evening, with emphasis on technical skiing ability and knowledge at a high examiner level for fully certified instructors. APPLICATION FOR ISLA TECHNICAL COLLEGE Application deadline December 7, 1979 ~-------------------------------------------------------------------- ADDRESS ----------------------------------------------------------------- AGE ______________________________ PHONn ____________________________ __ SKI SCHOOL ----------------------------------~--------------------------- S1GNATIJRE --------------------------------------------------------------- IMPORTANT.: Those making application for the Technical College must: 1) Be fully certified, 2) Be in good standing with ISlA, dues paid and clinic credit current. The college will take place December 14-15 at Snowbird. We will meet at 8:30. Please be prepared to spend time in an indoor session the evening of the fourteenth and possibly the fifteenth. Note taking material should be brought along with ski equipment. The fee for this years College will be $15.00, which includes your passes. Hope to see you there. 15 APPLICATION FOR TECHNICAL CERTIFICATION TEAM Application Deadline: December 7, 1979 NMffi ______________________________________________ AGE ________________ __ ADDRESS- ------------------------------------------------- PHONE- ----------------- SKI SCHOOL ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SIGNATIJRE ------------------------------------------------------------------------ SKI SCHOOL DlRECfORS SIGNATIJRE ---------------------------------------------------- IMPORTA~: Those making application for the TCT team tryouts must 1) Be fully cer­tified, 2) Be in good standing with ISIA, dues current, 3) Have their ski school directors signature on the application, 4) Be currently working for an ISlA recog­nized Ski School. This application must also be accompanied by an essay on some aspect of skiing such as teaching skills, technical skills, skiing ability, technical knowledge, person­ality and appearm1ce and the ability to communicate. You should be prepared to run a clinic, thus have a subject matter in mind. The tryouts will take place at Snowbird December 16-17, meeting at 9:00 a.m. on the main plaza. If you have any questions, please call. The best of luck to all. I.S.LA. NEWSLETTER A publication 0' the Intermountain Ski Instructors Alloclatlon 1376 Kingston Drive Ogden, Utah 84403 PRESIDENT Norm Burton VICE PRESIDENTS Frank Wikstrom Doug Harmon Gene Palmer Jerry Warren Stew Marsh EXECUTIVE SECRETARY Joanne Burton NEWSLETTER EDITOR Barbara Marsh 16 BULK RATE U.S. POSTAGE PAID OGDEN,UTAH PERMIT NO. 535 PROFESSIONAL SKI INSTRUCTOR OF AMERICA ~III" ---