Miscellaneous

AM_Misc1968_Part2

Amended Articles of Incorporation 27 October 1968 Page #2 (3) To encourage skiers to go to ski schools to learn the aforementioned technique and slope manners; (4) To promote and encourage competent and uniform instruction throughout Intermountain Ski Instructors Association's jurisdiction; (5) To protect the public from incompetent ski instructors and from unethical methods; (6) To protect competent, certified instructors from unfair competition, to resist owner exploitation, and to make possible the development of a respected guild of expert teachers and skiers who can make an honest living in a nationally recognized profession. (b) This corporation shall have power: (1) To do any act authorized or permitted by the provisions of as such section provides; (2) To do any act authorized or permitted to any non-profit corporation by any law of the State now or hereafter in force; (3) Specifically, and without in any manner limiting the generality of the foregoing: (a) To buy or lease property (b) To enter into contracts (including partnership contracts) to buy stock, to invest money, to receive gifts and donations, (c) To give examinations to determine the competency of ski instructors, to establish and maintain standards of ski instructions, and to issue certificates and other evidences of competency to ski instructors examined by it; and (d) To do any other act, authorized or permitted by law, necessary or convenient for the advancement of the several objects and purposes of this corporation. Amended Articles of Incorporation 27 October 1968 Page #3 Ill. PROHIBITION AGAINST SHARING CORPORATE EARNINGS No member, Trustee, Officer of, or member of a committee of or any person connected with the corporation or any other private individual shall receive at any time any of the net earnings or pecuniary profits from the operations of the corporation, provided, that this shall not prevent the payment to any such person of such reasonable compensation for services rendered to or for the corporation in effecting any of its purposes as shall be fixed by the Governing Board nor the reimbursement to any such person of actual expenses incurred on behalf of the corporation; and no such person or persons shall be entitled to share in the distribution of any of the corporate assets upon the dissolution of the corporation. All members of the corporation shall be deemed to have expressly consented and agreed that upon such dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the corporation whether voluntary or unvoluntary the assets of the corporation, after all debts have been satisfied, then remaining in the hands of the Governing Board shall be distributed, transferred, conveyed, delivered and paid over, in such amounts as the Governing Board may determine or as may be determined by a court of competent jurisdiction upon applica-tion of the Governing Board, exclusively to charitable, religious, scientific, literary, eleemosynary or educational associations, which would then qualify under the provisions of Section 501 (c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code and its regulations as they now exist or as they may hereinafter be amended. IV. PRINCIPAL OFFICES The principal office for the transaction of the business of this corporation shall be located in the County of Salt Lake, State of Utah; but the Governing Board may establish branch offices in such other counties in the State of Utah, or elsewhere, as it may deem necessary or convenient. Amended Articles of Incorporation 27 October 1968 Page l/4 V. TRUSTEES (a) The following persons are hereby designated as Trustees of this corporation until their successors shall be selected: Max Lundberg, President Eugene Huber Phil Jones, Vice President Keith Lange Clark T. Parkinson, Secretary Lou Lorenz Woody Anderson Allen Miller Bob Bybee Dave Parkinson Kirby Dawson Ed Pond E. Glenn Evans Don Rhinehart Wi lliam Haskins Fifteen (15) persons shall constitute the initial Governing Board. Fifteen (15) members elected by the general membership shall consti-tute the governing board. This number shall not be increased or de-creased except by vote of the general membership. VI. MEMBERSHIP (a) This corporation shall have such classes of members, and each class of members shall have such qualifications, voting and other rights and privileges as may from time to time be prescribed by the By-Laws of this corporation. (b) No member of this corporation shall be liable for any assessment or for any of the debts or obligations of the corporation but the Governing Board, may, from time to time, prescribe annual dues to be collected from anyone or more classes of members, under such conditions as the Board may designate, and the Board may, likewise, impose charges for the ren-dering of any service to any member. Amended Articles of Incorporation 27 October 1968 Page H5 (c) The members of I.S.I,A, shall adhere to the following Code of Ethics: A member: 1. Adheres to the principles and purposes of LS, LA, 2. Realizes that his prime obligation is to the ckiing public and to the "tudents who pay [or his best ski teaching efforts; 3. Seeks constantly to mainlain and improve his competence through the program of educational advancement offered by 1.S. I.A.; 4. Directs his stucieIlts in practices ~nd procedures that will be of the utmost benefit to the student rather than those which might be merely expedient; 5. Adopts demonstrable, positive improvements in the professio!l ot ski instruction, decides after mature reflection 311d trial those which do serve to upgrade skiing and ski instruction. 6. Always deports himself in a manner which will be a credit to his profession and his associates; 7. Adopts with enthusiasm the high standards of the profession and responsibilities placed upon him by the Code and requirements of the I.S.I.A. and is fully aware thnt intentional deviation from this Code of intvrnal discipline could result in a ]C)SS of his 1.S.I,A. credclltia]s and rating and expulsion from membership in the organizntion. Members in violation of this Code shall be dealt with by the Ethics Committee and referred to the Governing Board for consideration and discipline should the case warrant such action as provided in the By-Law~. VII. BY-LAHS The Governing Board shall have pmver to adopt, and from time to time amend, suitable By-Laws for this corporation; provided that no By-Law shall be adopted or amended except by the vote of a simple majority of the Trustees. IN HITNESS HHEREOF, HE, the undersigned, have hereunto set our hands, this day of 19 - Appendix B By-Laws Page #3 Certification Committee shall report to the members on the operation of the system and they shall, in any event, make such reports to each annual meeting of the corporation. The Certification Committee shall, from time to time, appoint to a joint examining board, such number of examiners as may be mutually agreed upon between the President and the Chairman of the Certification Committee of the Intermountain Ski Instructors Association, or of any other instructor division approved by the P.S.I.A. No examiner shall use, or permit the use of, the fact that he is, or has been appointed, in connection with the advertising or publicity of his ski school or in connection with the advertising or publicity of any merchandise or service whatsoever. It is understood that the decision of the examiners appointed as herein provided by the Board shall be final with reference to any certification; and that the certificates issued pursuant thereto will be granted and issued by authority of the Intermountain Ski Instructors Association. The corporation shall have the power to own, operate, manage or conduct schools for the training and instruction of ski instructors. SECTION VI. The Governing Board shall meet annually at the place specified for the annual meeting of the corporation and within two days following the adjournment of such meeting of the corporation, the governing board shall elect officers and transact such other business as may come before the meeting. No notice of such annual meeting need be given. The Board may, by resolution, appoint the time and place for holding regular meetings of the Board; and such meetings shall thereupon be held at the time and place so appointed without the giving of any notice with regard thereto. Special meetings of the Board shall be held whenever called by the President or requested by any three (3) Trustees. Notice of such special meeting shall be delivered personally, or sent by mail or telegraph, not less than five (5) days before the day on which the meeting is to be held; but notice need not be given if waived by the Trustee in writing, nor if he be present at the meeting. SECTION VII. The fiscal year of this corporation shall commence on the 1st day of July in each year. No expenditure shall be made except by virtue of the authority of the Board or the Executive Committee; and no contract executed by any officer shall be valid or bind­ing upon the corporation unless authorized or ratified by the Board or by the Executive Committee. SECTION VIII. There shall be two (2) classes of voting members of this corporation and two (2) classes of non-voting members: VOTING (a) Certified Ski Instructors (b) Associate Ski Instructors NON-VOTING (a) Retired members (b) Honorary members ") \ Appendix B By-Laws Page 114 Provided that only Certified Ski Instructors shall be entitled to hold office of President or Vice President, but both Certified Ski Instructors and Associate Ski Instructors shall be entitled to vote. Certified Ski Instructors who have taught a minimum of twenty (20) hours in anyone ski season may be members in good standing providing they have also paid the current dues, ASSDciClte ski instructors who have taught a minimum of twenty (20) hours in any one ski season may be members in good standing, providing they have also paid the currenl dues. There shall be a retired status for members \vho arc "certified" ski instructors who by application to the Governing Board so request to become inactive from ski teaching. Retired members will be urged to attend annual clinics. Retired members \vill be entitled to \\lear a badge that 'will so designate the word "retiredl1 and vII'i11 issue a card bearing the \vord "retired", Retired L)r Honorary members will not be entitled to vote or hold trusteeship and office. Retired members wishing La become active, may teach one (1) season, at the end of that time they must be re-examined. Retired members will receive all association publications. Retired members "ill pay annual dues at one half (l/Z) of the regular dues rate fpr voting mt.'mbers. Honorary members shall pay no dues. Honorary members shall be persons that have performed a deserving service to the spc)rt of skiing and ski instruction. A badge and card will so designate the word "honored.!! These persons shall receive membership upon adoption of a resolution so specifying by the Governing Board. SECTION IX. The annual meeting of this corporation shall be held between April 1 and May 21 of each year, at a place and hour to be determined by a majority vote of the members at the preceding annual meeting; if no such deLermination shall be made as to any year, the place and hour shall be determined by the Governing Board. Written notice of the time and place of such meeting shall be given, by mail or telegraph, to each member, at least ten (10) days prior Lo the date thereof. The presence of a majority of the members, or twenty-five (Z5) members (whichever shall be the smaller) shall constitute a quorum at any annual meeting. SECTION X. Dues, fees and fines will be fixed by the Governing Board as the need arises. A fine shall be levied for nonattendance at a regularly held and approved clinic unless a valid excuse submitted in writing, prior to the clinic, is approved by the Governing Board. Any member failing to attend a clinic two years in successiun will be subject to a fine and a compulsory re-examination. If any member of the corporation shall become thirty (30) days delinquent in the payment of his dues or other charges, he shall be notified by the treasurer. If , Governing Board his membership in the corporation may be terminated and he shall be fthe account is not paid within sixty (60) days of such notice, upon order of the so notifjpd by the treasurer. 'YJ'C) SECTION XI. In order to attain or regain certification status and membership in V· ~this corporation, a person shall have a valid American Red Cross Advanced First ~~ Aid Card; shall have paid the current annual dues of this corporation, or examination ,I f fee in lieu thereof. ) SECTION Xllo (a) The rights and privileges of members in this corporation pursuant to Article VI of the Articles of Incorporation shall be subject to the procedures herein set forth. - - Appendix B By-Laws Page ItS (b) Any member who is alleged to have intentionally deviated from the Code of Ethics set forth in sub-paragraph (c) of Article V of the Articles of Incorporation shall be subject to expulsion from membership in this organization. (c) An allegation of any member's violation of the Code of Ethics shall be submitted to a member of the Ethics Committee in writing, subscribed by a member making such allegation. Thereupon, the Ethics Committee shall be called to regular session, and upon resolution of the majority of said committee, duly constituted, that there is good cause to proceed with a hearing, then a formal charge shall be made in the name of the organi3ation, stating with particularity the alleged violation, and the written charge shall be served upon the member concerned by certified mail at his record address. The written charge shall set a time for hearing, not less than five or more than ten days after service aforesaid, stating the time and place for such hearing, and informing the charged member that he has the right to appear and defend the allegations made. At the time designated for hearing aforesaid, the Ethics Committee, duly constituted shall hear and determine the merit of the allegations made, with due opportunity for the defending member to be heard; and the said Ethics Committee shall likewise hear and determine any allegation of prejudice within their committee, and provide ror substitution upon the committee as may be necessary to maintain itself duly constituted. The Ethics Committee, upon due deliberation shall determine the merit of (he allegations, and shall refer their findings, together with recommended disposition to the Governing Board in writing. The Governing Board, upon recelv~ng the findings and recommendations aforesaid of the Ethics Committee shall be authorized to invoke such discipline as the case shall warrant provided, however, that upon a recommendation of the Ethics Committee that the matter be dismissed, then the Governing Board shall forthwith reinstate the accused member to his full rights and privileges. The Governing Board, duly constituted, shall by majority vote determine any expulSion, and the member shall be advised in writing of such determination. No member subjected to expulsion in the manner herein provided shall be eligible for reapplication to membership without the express approval of the Governing Board, duly constituted by majority resolution. SECTION XIII. These By-Laws may be altered, amended or repealed by the Governing Board at any regular or special meeting subject always to the power of the members in regard to such action as provided by law. If to be altered, amended or repealed by the Trustees, notice of such proposed action shall be given, in writing, to each Trustee at least five (5) days prior to the meeting and a majority of a quorum of the Trustees attending such meeting must vote in favor thereof. If to be altered, amended, or repealed by the members, notice of such proposed action shall be included in the notice of meeting given at kast ten (10) days prior to the date thereof and at least a majority of a quorum of such meeting shall vote in favor thereof. The foregoing By-Laws were adopted by resolution of the Governing Board at the first Appendix B Bv-Laws Page i'6 meeting of the Governing Board held on the __ -=-S-,t",h=---_d a y ° f_---'-N"'o'-'v...:e"'m"'b:..:e"'r=---___ , 1966 . A T T EST: Clark T. Parkinson, Secretory - OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN DIVISION OF THE UNITED STATES SKI ASSOCIATION OCTOBER 1968 NEWSLETTER This Special Annual Meeting and Seminar Issue of the Newsletter will fill you in on what's going to happen at the Aspen meeting, the first weekend in November. Be sure you register now! Enclosed with the Newsletter is a ballot for your vote on Member-at-Large for the RMSIA Board of Directors. Rudi has compiled the information listed below. Be sure to get your vote in right away! CHARLES A. McDONALD Age 37 Laramie, Wyo. RMSIA Apprentice Instructor 1967 Member of RMSIA since 1968 Ski Instructor 1964 - 68 Medicine Bow Ski School Major, U. S. Air Force DICK F. POWNALL Age 41 Lakewood, Colo. Member of RMSIA since 1957 Ski Instructor 1966 - 67 Director, Kent School Ski 1962 - 64 Vail Ski School 1958 - 62 Loveland Basin Ski School 1957 - 58 Eskimo Ski School 1953 - 57 Arapahoe Basin Ski School Program Colorado Outward Bound School - Director, San Juan Program, 1968 Assistant Principal, Lakewood High School ROBEL F. STRAUBHAAR Age 45 Crested Butte, Colo. Member of RMSIA since 1963 Member of PSIA Ski School Director, Ski Instructor RMSIA Examiner since Cabinet maker Crested Butte Ski School Snow Ridge, New York Glenwood Acres, New York Swiss Ski School, Gstaad MARK P. ADDISON Communications Vice President, RMSIA 990 Rose Hill Drive Boulder, Colorado 80302 443-5214 f 443-2362 LEARN HOW TO SKI THE SAFE AND RIGHT WAY - WITH YOUR CERTIFIED SKI INSTRUCTOR SPECIAL ANNUAL MEETING & SEMINAR ISSUE Aspen is the place. Saturday and Sunday, November 2 and 3 are the dates. Here's the programl President Charles Paterson will open the program with a talk at 10:00 a.m. He'll review his two years as RMSIA president as well as point the direction to the future. Editorializing, we hope, is forgive in Newsletters such as this. We happen to feel that Charlie has consolidated many of the gains made in past years and has continually taken a progressive tack to the benefit of the membership as well as the skiing public. The fe'ature pre,sentation this ye'ar will be a panel discussion titled "HOW YOU LOOK TO US". Three promine,nt me'mbers of the skiing community will voice their opinions on ski instruction and ski instructors. We think you'll find their thoughts provocative. Charlie Meyers is Outdoor Editor of The Denver Post. Here in our part of the country he covers skiing better than anyone. In the short time he's been here in the West, Charlie has become very knowledgeable. More important, the trans­planted Louisianan is a novice skier. He's been e,xposed to all the frustrations of a beginner and he might just have a me'ssage' for us. John Henry Auran is Senior Editor of Skiing Magazine. His job carries him wherever in the' world skiing exists. Not only does John bring us a wealth of experience, but he can tell us how his readers feel about ski instruction. John has some, strong opinions, and whether you agree or not, we're sure you'll want to hear them. Ed Hunter of Colle & McVoy Adve'rtising is the old pro of the group. He's been involved in more ski projects than he probably cares to admit. He has done public relations work for Winter Park, National Ski Patrol, RMD, PSIA and of course, Slli Interski. Ed knows skiing inside out and we' think he'll bring some fresh idea s. The discussion will be moderated by your editor, Mark Addison. We hope, as you probably have gathered, to create a pretty controversial dis­cussion which will set you to thinking about RMSIA and your own job as an instructor. The panel will cover the broad spectrum of skiing as seen by these three experts. In addition, Charlie, John and Ed will give their thoughts on the topics to be discussed during the afternoon seminars. ~ .. -' ~--- SKI TEACHING - FUN VERSUS MECHANICS will be one of four seminar groups beginning at 1:30 p.m. Saturday. Hans Garger and George Engel will lead the panel. A year ago Ezra Bowen com­plained in Ski Magazine that instructors were too technical - that they didn't know how to have fun. Just the other day we heard the same opinion from Ste've Knowlton of our own Ski Country USA. Is it possible that we fail to see the forest for the trees? If our students aren't having a good time will they come back - or do they really want a thorough technical grounding? L'et 's have your th ought s I CERTIFICATION - WE TRY HARDER, BUT .•• will be' led by Jerry Muth aided and abetted by Werner Illig who has some constructive thoughts of his own. l:f there's anyone topic in RMSIA sure to keep the firest burning, certification is it. RMSIA has one' of the best - and toughest - cer­tifications in the country. Jerry will give members the inside view of the' exam, while We'rner will offer some thoughts on how it can be improve'd even furthe'r. Here's your chance to get some questions answered and offe'r some con­structive ideas of your own. PSIA - WHERE NEXT? is the question pose,d by Charles Paterson and Hank Emery. Hank will fill you in on what's happened in PSIA since the suc­cessful Slli Interski at Aspen. Nearly everyone is asking "What next?" about PSIA. As mentioned in the last Newsletter Hank is on a committee to investigate that very question. We hope you'll bring your thinking cap to this session. TEACHING AND COACHING - THEIR RELATIONSHIP will be presented by members of the National Coaches Association. There are too few certified in­structors coaching and they may recruit youl Certainly we can learn much from the ski coaches about competitive skiing and their theories of skiing. On the other hand, we can offer them our technical knowledge of what makes skis turn. All in all, we think there's a lot to be gained from working with our coaches. Try this onel So there's your Saturday program. Of course, there will be a lunch and cocktails after the panel discussions as usual. We hope you'll find the program controversial and inte-resting. Bring an open mind and your ideas. Sunday, of course, is devote'd to the RMSIA annual meeting. You'll meet your new officers as well as the new Board of Directors. These are the members you ele,cted at your District Meetings and as Member-at-Large (see front page)o You'll also hear reports from various committee chairmen. Several matters important to RMSIA will be brought to a vote Sunday morn­ing and you'll want to participate. The meeting will close with films from Slli Interski. Be there. There's plenty to learn; you'll see old friends and you'll be strengthening your own organization. 'ul ,ltv / I ' / JI / :'" ,I Mr . Dave Chaplin Box 161 Park City, Utah Dear Dave: November 26, 1968 84060 Re: December Newsletter Please find attached the Rocky Hountain Ski Instructors Association's Newsletter. This, I am sure, \vas developed after seeing the quality \"ork we have done over the year. They still have a long \.ay to go, but I thought perhaps some of t he articles would be of interest to you since it appears they had a Seminar which was similar to ours, and the write-ups seem particularly good. I must make one correction on the article I forwarded to you on t he new dues procedure. I failed to mention the fact that a $10.00 fine will be assessed next year if dues are late. In addition, I will be sending to you an article on the Board action approving an Executive Secretary--who she is, etc. I would also like to suggest you contact your Mountain Empire correspondent if you have one, and i f you don't, contact Dave Parkinson and get a story on Dave as the new Ski School Director. As you recall last year , we were vetoed on an article on Keith Lange , but I feel it 'oJOuld be of interest to our membership to find out that the area is open and that my brother will be the new Ski School Director. I would also like to set up an evening so you and I can call your correspondents and, in general, outline the next Newsletter. CTP,ld Attachment Sincerely, Clark T. Parkinson Secretary SKIPRO NOVEMBER, 1968 Vol. 2, No.5 Ten for Chamonix Ten members of PSI A will attend the French National Ski School in Chamonix, France, November 15 through December 18. They are: Jon Bowerman, Aspen, Colorado; John Canova, Deal, New Jersey; Tom Hardinq, Denver, Colorado; Christ­opher Jones, Bakersfield, California; John Reveal, San Jose, California; otto Ross, Orondo, Washington; Jean Mayer and Bernard Mayer, Taos, New Mexico; Michael Lockhart, Portland, Oregon; and Richard Sanderson, Holderness, New Hampshire. John Mosiman, Wayzdta, Minnesota, Miss Marvie Sutton, Long Island, New York; J. Bruce Milan, Belmont, Calif­ornia; and Fredric B. Butler, Denver, ~ Q) ~' N 0- :r:: -i< co ~ :EJ-< :r:: ~ 0 -< E-< ~ rJ2 :J E-< rJ2 ~ ~ E-< t;:; U Q) ErJ-2< ~ -< ~ ~ ~ -< ...:I CJ) c{) -i< E-< 0"> ...:I J, -< rJ2 ~ 13:Jrn;IE ::.t • F (i NO ;;: 4·1 COLL I" ," ~ t E ~~ T • LIDVAI_E, J T A 1-\ ADDRESS CORRESPONDENCE TO Faye Hadley SKI PRO Editor Box 762 Salt Lake City, utah 84110 Colorado, were named as alternates. Nic Fiore, Liaison Officer for the school said, "The proqram 1?rovides a tremendous opportunity for PSIA members. Our purpose is to learn more about the European technique and teaching methods and give our instructors a broader view of teaching in general." All phases of ski teaching from beginning to racina are covered. If the student passes each of 10 requisit­es, he receives a diploma at the end of the school. Each instructor attending the French School pays his own transportation and the French C~vernment pavs his room and board during the six week course. ~~Fun and Safety~~ Program Planned Hacey Shapiro, 21anaginq Director of SRI The Professional Ski Instructors of America and Ski Retailers International (SRI) are considering plans to co-spon­ser a ski "Fun and Safetv" Prooram. The proposed program would see ski retailers sellino a ski lesson package which would be honored by PSIA Member Ski Schools. A mutually advantageous incentive plan would benefit both schools and retailers. SRI is a newly formed division of the National Snorting Goods Assoc. (NSGA) , and fills the role for retail merchants that Ski Industries America does for the wholesaler. Its administration includes a Managinq Director, a Committee Chair­man, and an eight member Executive Com­mittee. The Committee Chairman is chosen by members of the Executive committee from the 15 directors of the ~ational Snort­ing Goods Assoc., and is the only memb­er of the NSGA Board on the committee. Macey Shapiro, Chicago, will serve as Manaqing Director. Active in the Central Division certification program, he runs a ski school at Lake Geneva, Nisconsin, and has heen a member of PSIA since 1965. Committee Chairman is Bob Franzoni of Wilson Sportinq Goods Company, Rut­land, Vermont. Other committee members are: Ed Classen, Illinois; Paul Geyer, Hinnesota i Erney Hirschoff, Ne'N York; ~John Landenburq, Vermont; Ted Miller, New ,Jersey; Yosh l\Jaka9awa, Hashinqton; Frank \'les tsni th, California; and Lou Whittaker, Vlashinqton. BE PHYSICA~ FIT~ Ski Week Queen 1969 Girls entering the National Ski Week Queen contest must do so before November 15, 1968. Entries should be accompanied by a photograph of the girl dressed in ski clothing. Include ~ short resume of her skiing experience, interests, hobbies, etc. Announcement of the win­ner is scheduled for December 1. Nat­ional Ski Week 1969, will run January 17-26. Anyone associated with ski retailers, ski sport, or industry may submit appl­ications, including members of the following sponsering organizations of National Ski Week, 1969. Professional Ski' Instructors of America, Inc., Ski Industries of America and their representatives, National Ski Patrol System, National Ski Areas Assoc­iation, United States Ski Association, Uni ted States Ski l'iri ters Associ ation, and the Federal Recreational Services· Department. Send ent;ries to:' National Ski Week Coordinator, Ski Industries America, 432 Park Avenue South, New York, N. Y. 10016. I FOllOW 1 POSTED INSTRUCTIONS USEASA Pre-Course and Exams 1968-69 December 8-13 at Cannon Mt., N. H. Paul Valar - Pre-Course Director Februarv 2-7 at Elk Mt., Pa. Graham White - Pre-Course Director March 2-7 at Lake Placid, N. Y. Bruce Fenn - Director ~1arch 23-28 at Loon Mt., N. H. Jon Putnam - Director The Ski School Director's Clinic will be held at Cannon Mt. in early December, probably the weekend immediatelv follow­ing the examination. A racing clinic for ski school racing coaches ~Nill be held at the same time. Try-outs for the U.S. Eastern Demon­stration team will also be held at Cannon Mountain. Bob MacDermott is the new Chairman for the Demonstration Team. PSIA Board Elects Officers ;'lilly Schaeffler Bill Lash of Salt Lake City was re­elected President of the Professional Ski Instructors of America, August 27th, at the annual Board of Directors meet­ing held in Denver. Others elected were "lilly Schaeffler, Denver, Vice President; Jimmy Johnston, Minneapolis, Secretary; and Herbert Schnieder, ~orth Conway, New Hampshire, Treasurer. Vlith the excention of Hilly Schaef­fler, all those elected have held the offices for the past three years. The past Vice President, Paul Valar, asked that his nal'le be withdrawn from the nominations due to his heavy schedule as Chairman of the Technical Committee. Lash, Valar, and Johnston were re­elected to the BOD bv the general membership at the April Convention held durinq Interski. PSIA By-Laws require that the BOD vote the executive posit­ions at the first meetino held after a general election. PNSIA Elections William F. Lenihan has been chosen President of the Pacific Northwest Ski Instructors Association (PNSIA). Also named were Fred ,J. Nelson as Executive Vice President and Tina McIntyre, Admin­istrative Vice President. A.II are from Seattle. Other Board Members are Glen Young, ,Jack Weiqand, r;eorge Savaqe, and John Hoefling. INTERSKI REPORT by Paul Valar PART I The International Professional Ski Instructors, Interski, and PSIA: Among the achievements in the short history of PSIA, the Congress at Aspen must be rated as unique and outstanding. The success of this international gather­ing propelled the American ski instruc­tor into a leadership position. We gained the respect of our colleagues from abroad. They are amazed at our standard in technical uniformity and understanding of basic ski technique. Most foreiqn experts consider our manual the best in print today. For all practical purposes, Interski exists only for 7-10 days every three years. There is little communication the rest of the time. We find some activity in the working groups separat­ely. The amateur instructors meet annually on snow. Their lectures and reports are promptly printed and dis­tributed. Among their ranks we find people with specialized backgrounds that contend in producing carefully researched papers. These often prove to be fine contributions to the sport as a whole. Unfortunately, the international professional organization has been inactive. The 8th Interski may have changed that. Originally, Interski's purpose was clearly defined as a means to a~hieve a uniform basic ski technique. Instead it was mostly used to promote national, and in some instances, even personal ideas and techniques. At Aspen for the first time a sincere willingness to cooperate appeared. The time for unification is here and without the veto of the Interski President, some basic agreement could have been reached. Only weeks after the Congress ended, the president of the International Professional Ski Instructors Associa­tion (IPSIA) called a meeting of the working committee (PSIA representatives Schaeffler/Valar). After consulting with other member nations, we refused to attend since we felt that this complex problem could not be solved in one weekend. We informed the IPSIA President that we cannot fly to Europe for conferences without some assurance of tangible results. We afterwards agreed on having the technical directors of the alpine nations meet and ,;ark out an agenda. This meeting was held in Zermatt in early September, and we will keep our membership informed on the developments as soon as we receive the minutes. This was the fourth Congress I have attended. By now I am familiar with the organization, their leaders and their aspirations. I also know what goes on in the meetings and the behind the scenes discussions of the interest­ed groups involved. By hosting Interski, PSIA brought this exciting experience to our membership. PART II The Demonstrations: For most of the participants, the on-thE-snow demonstrations are the most exciting part of Interski.. The detailed programs of the nations al­ways remain somewhat of a secret, keeping suspense alive. It is by now customary that the Nordic demonstrations come first. The Scandianavian countries always present a fine show together. It can be most revealing for an instructor to see how cross country running and ski jumpinq are taught. In Badgastein, the emphas­is was on running, in Aspen on jumping. Did those Swedish youngsters ever have fun. Here is a great challenge and possibility for parts of our country that have some snow but no sizable hills to ski on. It does Dot take much of a slope or ridge to build a small jump. The jumping demonstration was follow­ed by Norwegian pros with an Alpine presentation, the first I have seen by a Scandinavian country. Please INTERSKI remember that touring is still by far the most popular form of skiing in Northern Europe. But obviously, a mo­dern basic ski technique is taught by certified ski instructors. The demon­strators personal style was somewhat more apparent than in other teams. Liechtenstein was represented by a father-daughter team. It is a dif­ficult task to put on a show with one or two skiers. Furthermore, the weath­er prevented their planned special finale: Skiing while playing the accordion. The second day brought fine weather and a very interesting Austrian demon­stration. For the first time they abandoned show for hard nose method­ical work. It took considerable cour­age to make the switch. Based on observation of youngsters, they develop­ed a feasible transition from snowplow to sno'''Plow-christie to wide track parallel. The Canadians came next. They gave a fine rendition of their technique which shows only slight variations from ours. What differences exist are more methodical, rather than technical. The third demonstration brought the Italians to the slope. There simply is no way to produce a finer rendition of ski school forms. This is absolute perfection of harmonious motion, of being natural and elegant. Even the often maligned snowplow comes through as beautiful. This sort of team and graun precision and timinq reflects tedious preparation. The morning of the third dav brought on the French Team. As in previous years, most of their demonstration dealt with advanced skiing and racing turns. They apparently abandoned looks for effectiveness. But they are alive on their skis and take 'pride in being different. We may as well get used to words like "avalement" (body movinq downhi.ll ahead of the skis) or cram­Donnage (clinging with edaed inside ski) . The West Germans presented a practic­ally unchanged rendition of the "Classic Austrian Techniquell • Thev too, however, continued in to some racinq turns and showed interesting methodical approach­es at that level. The Japanese are masters in their own rights. Here again, definitely Austrian technique extremely well skied. They combine fine choreography with ballet like precision and come close to the Italians in graceful form. They leave a fine impression with great atten­tion to detail and remarkable discipline. The fourth day brings on the Swiss, with some remarkable skiing of their own. Particularly noteworthy was their pres­entation of various parallel turns at slow demonstration speed. They then proceeded to show team ski acrobatics, also a novelty at a Congress. As for the American demonstration, I want to say that it went well. First the ski patrol was on, followed by handicapped skiers. Then we put on a "Kindergarten ll , usinq plywood figures. This was followed by a historical pre­sentation from the Indian on snowshoes to today's ski technique. Then came the moment of truth for our team and our coaches. I certainly was proud of them and so were the American ski instructors on the scene. We are all highly indebt­ed to our coaches and demo team members who spent four weeks in Aspen to rep­resent us at Interski. I only regret that not all PSIA members could be there to enjoy this great performance. PART III Observations, considerations and some conclusions: What I have to say on Interski today is considerably different from my first impressions at Aspen. First of all, I worked myself through 13 hours of tape at the Ampex Video Institute. I aqain listened to the narrations and was able to re-run any phase of the demonstrations I desired. Secondly, a meeting of the International Ski Instructors Associa­tion was held in Zermatt, Switzerland. Some information that transpired from that gathering also has some influence on this report. (continued on page 4) Interski Report (continued from page 3) I am certain that many colleagues of my vintage (over 25 years of active ski teaching) came away from the Austrian demonstation in disbelief. We sort of had the feeling of looking at a skeleton brought back out of the closet and str­ung with new wire. I personallv feel that wide-track exercises at the beqin­ning level certainly have merit and present additional methodical possib­ilities. I would have considerable reservations in accepting it as a basic technical principle. But we should experiment and reach some conclusions to what level it is feasible and benef­icial. The stemming of the lower ski in the stem christie is a direct result of the wide stance. Since I never taught the abstem, I feel not qualified to ex­press an opinion at this time. I do remember customers ex~eriencing consider­able problems at the parallel level, once the abstem became habit. I have no reservations about the shorter ski being advantageous to learn­ing. It seems particularly helpful for the beginner, the poorly coordinated and the occasional participant. Most of us are keenly aware that the modern ski, about the length of a persons height is long enough for the first 4-5 stages of the ski school system. I believe that counseling on proper equipment and agres­sive promotion of the individual student should be commonplace. My experience with GLM was rather disappointing. If the student is exposed to different skis in a short period of time, the psycoloq­ical reaction completely offsets what­ever advantage the shorter ski had. If he is kept on a ski for some time, his adjustment to another piece of equip­ment again poses problems. We can off­set or reduce his mental reaction some­what by encouraging the use of the same brand of skis, but there is no way to overcome the individual characteristics of any given pair. It will certainly not bother the beginning skier the way it bothers the expert, but it tends to bother him longer. I therefore like to advise a beginning skier to buy his skis on the short side, buy good quality and stick with them right up to or even through the parallel stage. A ski owner represents more repeat ski business than a ski ren ter. The invention and promotion of 80- called shortcuts is as old as ski inst­ruction itself. But the snow, the cond­itions and the mountain treat everybodv the same way. In this challenge, the instructor becomes the great equalizer, he encouraqes the timid and "coDlsH down the bragga~t. Within a ski school we have to be able to accommodate them all. This calls for great flexibility in meth­od and thourough understanding of human nature and the individual. The short cut peddlers pay little heed to these basic needs. They become addicted to one particular approach or possibility. This reduces the instructor to a robot and tends to make learninq monotonous. Regardless of preferences, ski instruc­tion is close to enterinq a new era. International basic ski technique is feasible and can work. I wrote a letter to Mr. Gamma which he presented to the meeting in Zermatt. First of all, I strongly supported the Swiss proposal made at Interski. Secondly, I pointed out that if unification was possible here in the United States, it should also work for the European nations. The solution we found here is now seriously considered by our colleagues abroad, to agree on the principles of a basic uni­form technique and leave the methodical solutions to the individual nations. It is exactly the approach we chose to take seven years ago for which PSIA and the Technical Committee have often been abused. Without this common base or platform it is impossible to agree or even discuss advanced or competitive ski technique. The scant information now available on the Zermatt meeting indicates consid­erable consensus ~n the release of the parallel turn, with a push off and rotary impulse in the sense of the turn. This, of course, is not the form of rotation we referred to in the past but rather a minimal effort. This would always be followed by a counter motion, particular­ly of the hip. without defining the "rotary impulse in the sense of the turn", it certainly is bound to keep everybody happy. If coming mostly from the should­er, we would have the so-called split rotation (not a good description). Done with the entire body it would amount to circular projection and finally, if originated in the hip or the legs it would be a form of counter rotation. In a quick stop christie, the rotary impulse, on the up can, of course, be followed by counter rotation on the down. This is but a small example of interpretation, of the possibilities hidden in this description. The one really encouraginq aspect of the Zermatt meeting is the recognition that basic technique comes first. I could point to numerous occasions in the recent past where nations tried to ride on the success of their racinq teams. TrUe, the best competitors are the best skiers. But we should study their per­formance in free skiing and seek and find better technical solutions there. They indeed show technical perfection in advanced form. This is where we should look for inspiration from our racers and not when they attack a race course in competition. I know of few racers that were happy of their performance technically going full blast on the artificially prepared slope. To compare his effort under duress with basic technique escapes me. I would even venture to state that it is more import­ant for the racer to have some knowledge of basic technique than it is for the recreational skier to know anything about competition. In conclusion I would like to ask our members to participate, to stay informed and to promote our technique and our organization. It takes all of us to keep it evolving as it has over the last years. IPSIA Meets in Zermatt Hoppichler and Kruckenhauser In early September, leading experts of the German, English, French, Italian, Jugoslav, Liechtenstein, Austrian, and Swiss Ski Instructors Associations met in Zermatt. They discussed the serious proposal, advanced by the Swiss, during the Interski Congress in Aspen, to seek a uniform basic ski technique. The motto: "The interest of the customer comes first". The ski school student should not have to learn a different technique when he decides to visit another country. Chairman of the meeting was Mr. Cathiard, President of the French PSIA and the International Professional Ski Instructors Association (IPSIA). The presence of Professors Kruckenhauser and Hoppichler of Austria indicates the importance of the meeting. The main proponent of this effort, Mr. Gamma of Switzerland, was elected Chairman of the Technical discussions and the demonstrations on the snow. There was some confusion at the start but the sincere effort of all present seems an indication of agreement, if not immediately, certainly in the near future. It was particularly encourag­ing to see the French and Austrian representatives find commOn ground in very open and free argumentation. A skitechnical study commlttee was elected. Chairman is Mr. Gamma. Members are: Profs. Kruckenhauser and Hoppichler, Austria; Daniel Jonville, France; Erhard Gattermann, Germany; and one member still to be named from the Italian delegation. All these gentlemen are the chairmen of the technical committees in their countries. The United States, Canada, and Japan were not present in Zermatt. They are supporting this international effort and will attend the more important meetings in the future. The entire technical committee of the Swiss Ski School Association was present. This "Small Congress of Zermatt" may one day be recognized in the history of skiing. Mr. Cathiard closed the remark­able meeting by stating: "Because we left our national flags at home, we were able to have constructive discussions". COLLECTIVE LETTERS Dear Paul: It will be difficult for me to be critical of Interski because there is little to be critical of. You are perhaps aware that this is the first Congress which I have ever attended, therefore, I cannot make any comparis­ons. Of the administrative or organiza­tional end of the Congress I find only one legitimate complaint to be voiced, which is my own personal one--therefore nothing serious. I found that I was somewhat left up in the air as to what was expected of me as the coordinator of the Amateur part of Interski; nor to date know if I fulfilled all the ob­ligations expected of me in that capacity. If I am the only One this happened to, then the complaint is indeed minor. Considering the size and scope of this event I felt that the administra­tion was very good. I was somewhat disappointed however at the lack of spectator participation (non CPSI) at the demonstrations. I do not know the reason for this lack of attendance. In reviewing my feelings of the American demonstration, there is abso~ lutely no question in my mind that PSIA took the right approach in how it was done. It was excellent, and done in good taste. The obvious withholding, other than a sprinkling of commentary, said more for the American Technique than anything else could. I personal­ly feel that those impressed most were the Americans, and not the other visit­ing nations who I'm sure expected it of us. With the required amount of time and effort it took just to put the Congress on in this country, it would have indeed been foolish to attempt anything other than what was done. However, now that the world knows the American Technique takes its establish­ed and well deserved place at the top, there is a challenge then to explore, and to possibly develop new exercises or methodically approaches to present in 1971. The name of the game for the pupil is fun--it is the professionals job and duty to see that the pupil skis safely, correctly, and better in the limited amount of time the average CPSI has with a pupil. I was also pleased that the Swiss, through the lectures of Brandenberger and Gamma, asked the Congress to explore the possibilities of developing an International technique. This, in my opinion, is far sighted thinking. In conclusion--I came home from the Congress fully satisfied that the job could not have been done better. STANLEY C. HEIDENREICH, Chairman Professional Ski Teachers - USEASA Albany, New York What is Your Evaluation of the 8th Interski, Particularly the American Demonstration? PSIA is in the process of describing to our members, who were not in attend­ance, the 8th Interski. There were many healthy reactions to the Congress, but some members of the Ski Press have been critical. Any constructive criticism is beneficial and desirable, but it should be factual. PSIA feels that the critical level is biased and unfair; some of which has personal basis (or should we say animos­ity) . We would like your honest opinion and evaluation of the overall of the Congress, and particularly the American Demonstration. We intend to supplement your opinions with a review of the papers and demonstration of the Congress. PAUL VALAR PSIA Technical Coordination Chairman East Wallingford, Vermont Dear Paul: My personal opinion about 8th Inter­ski is that I feel very sorry for any­one in the ski instruction business having not been able to attend. I found it well organized and the demonstrations very interesting, and for someone as long in the ski business as I have been, I brought back with me many things that I will undoubtedly incorporate into the ski instructors manual for the Sun Valley Ski School. I was very pleased and happy with the American demonstration and my analysis of what was shown to everybody present seemed a very simple and practical approach to the vital form of skiing. Once again, I can say without hesi­tation that I was personally very proud to have been there and for having seen a worthwhile International Congress. SIGI ENGL Sun Valley Ski School Sun Valley, Idaho Dear Paul: The bad press which the 8th Interski American team received is unfortunate and of great concern to all American ski instructors. One of Chicago's leading ski clubs invited me to speak on 8th Interski, with emphasis on the criticism of our American team--and my prepared text (which has the endorsement of both Norman Johnstone and Ron Parody) should answer your letter. Both Norman and Ron are PSIA Members and on the Board of Examiners of USSA-Central Ski Inst­ructors Certification Committee. We believe we should not engage in a letter-writing contest with the critics or the magazines--but should address ourselves to the American ski instructors (not the public) in a PSIA letter or the Skipro publication, in order to strengthen their conviction and belief in the American Technique. You will find the speech which I have attached. If you have any quest­ions or comments, please let me know. HELMUT TEICHNER Wilmot Ski School Chicago, Illinois Read Helmut Teichner's speech on page 7. Dear Paul: In retrospect I think the 8th Inter­ski was perhaps the experience of a lifetime for all certified instructors of the United States. It was a shame that they all could not have been in attendance. For those who were unaqle to attend they missed a truly great skiing experience. For me to list all the events of their importance, and their gratifi­cation to me, would be difficult without omitting some memorable event on the program. Perhaps, one of the great moments of the Congress took place Sunday morning on Aspen Mt. when two members of the demonstration team from each country demonstrated all the maneuvers from snowplow to shortswing. It was during these demonstrations that one could plainly see that each country's (continued on page 6) Collective Letters (continued from page 5) maneuver was surprisingly similar in execution. This similarity showed clearly that an international ski technique on the basic level is not far off. These demonstrations were particularly interesting and informat­ive because each country performed the identical maneuver. The Alpine demonstration of the united States was magnificent. They executed their final forms and man­euvers with great precision and relax­ation. They demonstrated that the United States does not have to take a back seat to any skiing nation. In fact, the team executed several ad­vanced maneuvers as well as or better than some of their Alpine brethern. Many observers to the Congress looked forward to the U.S. demonstra­tions with some misgiving, but their feelings soon changed to "I did not know we had it in us" type of remark. Great credit should go to Curt Chase and Cal Cantrell, the coaches, and to every member of the team. They were exciting. BRUCE FENN, II Auburn, Maine Dear Paul: I feel the 8th Interski was very well organized and most interesting. I believe the reason the Ski Press was so critical was because they felt our American System was too restricted and did not show any new or creative ideas. What we demonstrated was well performed by all members of the team, but it has not had any new aspects for several years. I realize the problem in trying something new when we are almost reaching the majority of ski schools by teaching them what has al­ready been developed. When you introduced the cerpentina in Sun Valley three years ago every­~ ody was surprised and very critical. ,\'Jhat we need is more experimentation in all levels including racing (or skiing above parallel) and we have to make our instructors realize this. The press is always critical when any group becomes organized and perhaps we should add to our alphabet in our progression a G & H group for advanced skiing including racing and coaching. Our team at Interski performed extremely well and the audience was never kept waiting. They demonstrated what we are teaching, but perhaps if they had done more spectacular maneuvers the press would have been more impressed. I have recently been elected president of the USSA Coaches Association, and I will be doing all I can to coordinate the PSIA and the coaches organization. We are setting up a certification plan for ski coaches, whereby, they must be a full or associate instructor before they can be a full certified coach. I think this may help our two groups together. We are using the PNSIA coaches certification plan as an outline for the organization. We would like to set up a technical committee of three Alpine US coaches from the National staff, three coaches from the association and three PSIA Members who would meet at specified times during each year to discuss coaching procedures and the latest techniques. I have a feeling that this would upgrade our National Coaching staff and our National team. RENE' FARWIJ:; Bogus Basin Boise, Idaho Dear Paul: Let me briefly express my opinions on the recent 8th Interski. First, the granting of the 8th Inter­ski Congress to the United States at Bad Gastein, Austria by the 7th Congress, evidenced to all skiers and potential skiers that leadership in American ski instruction is endeavoring to brinq to them a better caliber of ski lesson thru a better understanding of the teaching methods used by other countries of the world. Our delegation to Bad Gastein should be given a vote of thanks for bringing the 8th Interski Congress to our shores. Second, the Organizing Committee for 8th Interski took on a monumental task and dispatched it with apparent ease, or at least to the casual observer it appeared so. I am aware of some, (not all), of the problems involved--to name a few, fund raising, transportation, accommodations, translations, meeting places, lift accommodations, communi­cations, demonstration areas, coordin­ation with International, National, State and local agencies, parades, accounting, office help, etc., etc., etc. It never ceaSes to amaze me at the number of people in the ski instruction profession who are willing to countless hours of their time good of the sport of skiing. who contributed their time on donate for the The men the Organizing Committee cannot be thanked enough for the Verv valuable and re­markable job which they did in staging the Conqress. Third, the Congress itself could only be referred to as a huge success. The wealth of knowledge that was brought together at Aspen for any American ski instructor, ski school director, or interested person was frankly a little bewildering in its immensity. The speeches, demonstrations, and social activities seemed all geared to the exchange of ideas between the instructors of the various nations. Speaking of the overall aura running thru the Congress, I think it was best put by Mr. John Fry in his title article of the Official Program which states "Togetherness at Congress is unique". However, it seems Mr. Fry is one of the most vocal in his criticism of the Congress, Demonstrations, and officers of PSIA. I really feel that all the rattle by the ski press is only to try and involve PSIA in a controversy to enable them to sell more magazines (they certainly need something!). Also, I don't know if Mr. Fry has ever taught a ski lesson before or not, and even though he refers in his article in the Official Program to the differ­ence between Technique and Methodology, it seems his article in the recent Ski Magazine lost sight of this fact. Pro­fessor Kruckenhauser and Professor Hoppichler in their discussion titled "The Red Thread" state that their wide track position is an aid to the student to attain a parallel position early until he has developed some kind of balance. This was based on watching children learn to ski as well as the current top racers. The reason for my attending the Congress was to learn more about ski teaching and especially the different approaches other people use to attain the same results we are all seeking (as evidenced by the way all nations short swing). This was brought home to me when the same "Red Thread" lecture stat­ed "The changing of the edge and the turning of this inside ski is started through a quick and strong bending of the "inside" leg." A little different way of putting the solution to a very old problem. Another feeling I think held by many was as stated by Mr. Daniel Jonville of France that "Our intent is to satisfy all types of skiers who are eager to progress rapidly. Our method of easy progressive steps leads to turns that are simple and efficient under any conditions." He states also "We call it "Total Skiing", sounds very much like our Total Motion, doesn't it? I feel it very important to watch the natural movements of children as well as observe the top racers of the day to see if there are new approaches we can qain to (continued on page 7) Collective Letters (continued from page 6) attain easier progress from our students, but as was stated at the Congress, the top racers have been skiing now for from 10 to 15 years. I was entirely thrilled at being able to attend the 8th Interski and the high­light was, of course, the demonstrations. I was amazed at the precision with which all nations pr~sented their demonstra­tions. The American team and their coaches should receive the accolades of the entire Ski Industry. They did an out~tanding job. I felt the present­ation by the team truly expressed the light hearted feeling of the American skier as well as the American Technique. We did not show every game which we play for fun with classes or in our instruct­or clinics (which we are accused of not doing), nor every variation of method which we need to meet the vast differ­ences in terrain, snow, customers, etc., in covering an area reaching from Maine to Alaska. I do feel, however, that we expressed with our demonstrations the American attitude towards skiing and ski instruction. With the vast geographic ~rea we cover, it would be nice to have all the demonstrators teach in one area all winter to train as some European nations did. Perhaps for the 9th Inter­ski this will be possible if the ski instructors sufficiently realize what can be accomplished by the Congress and support the Professional Ski Instructors of America. The demonstrators had some minor variations in hand and body move­ments, but if they had trained together all winter they could be as precise as the Japanese. In conclusion, let me say that atten­ding the 8th Interski was one of the highlights of my skiing career, and I wouldn't have missed it for the world. WOODY ANDERSON Park City Ski School Park Ci ty, Utah 8th Intersl~i by Helmut Teichner When I went to Aspen, Colorado, in April, 1968, to attend the 8th Inter­ski (International Congress for Ski Instructors), I did not expect to experience one of the most thrilling, dramatic, well prepared, and organized ski events in my 30 years as a ski ins tructor. What a pity that this magnificent festival was relatively poorly attend­ed. It deserved participation of any­one and everyone connected directly or indirectly with teaching skiing and with the sport in general. The sun­shine, the powdered snow, and the camaraderie between the skiers of all countries, made the event unforgettable. It dismayed me to read a review of the events in various ski publications which glorified the Austrian demonstra­tions and the demonstrations of their satellites, and at the same time, pract­ically denouncing th9 America; team, the American Technique, and the PSIA. I take great exception to these criticisms. The poorly informed American skier has the concept that all phases of skiing are exclusively Austrian. Swiss, or French. When the Austrians and their Satellites perform, every man­euver is accepted; when Professor Stefan Kruckenhauser speaks, there is a hush over the crowd and every word is accepted like an inspired idea from on high. Trying to be objective, it is my firm conviction that the American Technique has faced-up to a terrific challenge to organize and unify ski teaching. PSIA adopted a technique which is versatile enough to adjust to a large variety of people, conditions, and ski instructors. There is nothing final in the technique's "Final Forms" - there is much room for evolution. The American Technique is founded on a sound knowledge and follows a logical step-by-step method. There is a marked diffference be­tween "evolutionll and "revolution". How inconsistent to negate the teach­ings which were advocated seemingly only yesterday and preached with con­victions in all European and American ski schools like the gospel (also in Japan). We have happily succeeded worldwide to simplify and uniform a new ski technique, accepted and adopted with various deviations by the majority of all ski schools. This new technique was a complete departure, a revolutionary change from the concept of skiing with rotation. It took many years to develop, introduce, and re­ceive acceptance by the skiing pUblic. \"/i th this almost accomplished, Prof. Stefan Kruckenhauser--at the eve of his retirement as President of Interski and as a last "Hurrahll--decides on a radical change under the heading of "Offener Schwunq"-- IIBrei t-Sprung" (wide track), etc. PROFESSIONAL SKI INSTRUCTOR OF AMERICA At this stage of skiing evolution, we don't need an Itabout facell--we need common sense improvements in tactics-­we don't need a "Kruckenhauser" revol­ution; a Cathiard (French) sheer brawn acrobatic knee wedeln, or a Gammils (Swiss) exotic Kangaroo, Aircushion and other turns. They felt they had to demonstrate something spectacular and showy. The COHunentators describing the various demonstrations of their teams required endless explanations because the maneuvers were beyond the level customarily taught to the recreational skier. We can understand that these innovations are a challenge to the accomplished skier, but violate our concept of learning the dynamics and fundamentals of skiing. Because tne Amerlcan Ski Team was trying to demonstrate in a light­hearted, happy vein, that skiing--­based on the logical American Technique --is easy to learn, the commentator, Paul Valar, needed hardly any comments to explain the maneuvers. Everyone understood the dynamic, yet gay present­ation, the progressive steps which lead to turns that are simple and efficient to learn under any snow conditions and terrains. The demonstrations proved that radical changes are not necessary. I, for one, was very prOUd wnen I watched the fluent, simple, yet imp­ressive demonstration of the U.S. Team. They not only conveyed a message ... it's easy to learn to ski ... but demonstrated that skiing is a fun time, light-hearted recreational sport. The Americans (contrary to other teams) were not try­ing to promote the racers. The effective "naturalness!! of the American Technique was enthusiastically applauded by all participants and spect­ators, and discussed approvingly and with admiration. They all agreed that, with the American Technique, we have considerably raised the standard of skiing in the united States. May I add here an amazing personal observation? Having had the opport­unity to watch weekend skiers on both European and American slopes over the past 10 years, it is my belief that the American recreational skier is by far the better skier--the more elegant skier. It would be most regrettable and, in my humble opinion, a mistake, to upset everything we have accomplished. Evolution - YES Revolution - NO Gossip Box H. !lEdH Link, former director of Wash­ington state Civil Defense, is the new president of Crystal, Mountain, Inc. in Washington. Rene' Farwig, Ski School Director at Bogus Basin was recently elected Pres­ident of the USSA Coaches Association. Fritz Tatzer, once a professional rac­er, is now directing the Purqatorv Ski School, Duranqo, Colorado. Bill LaCouter was elected to the RMSIA Board at a meeting held recentlv in Aspen. Help POSITION WANTED--as director or inst­ructor in Western states. Native of Germany wants to get "back to the mount­ains". Member Canadian Ski Alliance. Experienced instructor I co-director. Last position, assistant director--Mt. Snow, Vermont. Examiner ASI and CSI. write: Franz Kopp, Box 403, W. Dover, Vermont 05356. POSITION WANTED--as ski instructor from December 15 to February 15. Italian equivalent of fully certified­- experienced. Speaks fluent Italian, English, French, German, and Spanish. General Manager, Imperial Palace Hotel. If interested contact: Dante David, %Imperial Palace Hotel, 16038 Santa Margherita Ligure, Porto­fino, Italy. INSTRUCTORS WANTED--One female, A.S.I. or better and one male, C.S.I. To apply, send brief resume to: Timber­line Ski School, Timberline Lodge, Oregon. USSA on the Move The switch is on. Our good neigh­bors in Colorado, the United States Ski Association, moved their offices from Colorado Sprin~s to Denver. Their new address is: USSA, 1726 Champa Street, Sui te 300, Denver, Colorado 80202. Letters to the Editor At the urging of George Savage, I am sending in my dues for one more year. If there is not a considerable improv­ment in the American Technique and the operation of PSIA, you are going to have one member less in the very near future. ELLIS WICKWARD Washington Cong~atulati0ns to the great job of the Interski. Never have I enjoyed any­thing more. LUGGI L. FOEGER Nevada The two comm~nts, found above, were not written to the editor nor can they properly be termed letters. The notes were both received the same day and serve to illustrate the wide range of opinion held by PSIA Members. Gloria Resigns Gloria Chadwick, Executive Secretary of USSA, announced her resignation at their recent Board Meeting in Aspen, Colorado. Gloria, who has served efficiently as Secretary for the past seven years, will retain her position until the end of October. RMSIA Exam and Clinic Opening Dates 1969 January 7 at Lake Eldora, Colorado Supplemental Exam April 2 at Taos Ski Area, N. M. Southern District Exam April 21 at Arapahoe Basin, Colorado Western Slope-Front Range District Exams CLINICS: January 6 at Lake Eldora April 1 at Taos April 18 at Arapahoe April 18-20 at Arapahoe, Colorado Annual Clinic for Credit Exam applications will be available through the ski school directors. Dead­line for Supplemental Exam applications to be submitted is December 1, 1968. If blanks are unavailable write: Rudi Schnackenberg, 1070 Crawford, P. O. Box 4, Steamboat Springs, Colorado 80477. Apprentice Examiner applications for 1969 must be made no later than Febru­ary 15th, allowing the RMSIA Board to make the selections at their March meeting. CHANGE OF ADDRESS FORM Complete and return to: P. O. Box 762, Salt Lake City, Utah 84110 OLD ADDNRAEMSSE _____________________________________________ __ ADDRESS _________________________________ _ CITY _____________________ STATE, __________ ZIP _______ __ NEW ADDRESS NAME _____________________________________________ _ ADDRESS _______________________ _ CITY ____________________ ,STATE _______ ZIP _______ _ CERTIFIED SKI TEACHER I. s. 1. A. Photo - Lex Kunau ewsletter VOLUME I - NO. 1 DECEMBER 1968 Photo - Leon Dean B.O.D. SELECTS NEW LEADERS At the Board of Directors meeting at Idaho Falls on Sunday, the 27th of October, the new officers elected to head the ISLA for the 1968-69 year were: President-----------Max Lundberg Vice President------Phil Jones Secretary-----------Clark Parkinson Treasurer-----------Adrien Segil Congratulations to the new officers and good luck during their terms of office. I.S.I.A. GENERAL MEETING AND SEMINAR IN IDAHO FALLS The Second Annual Fall Seminar and Gen­eral Meeting of the ISlA was held on October 26 and 27 at the Elks Lodge in Idaho Falls. The meeting was a varied and dynamic inter­change of ideas -- not only among the mem­bers present, but also with Mr. Al Bone, director of the Canadian Ski Instructors Alliance. The lively spirit of the meeting was set by Trudy DeKorver and Leon Dean as they pre­sided over the frequent drawings for door prizes. The prizes were all donated by mer­chants from the towns and ski areas in the realm of the ISlA. The communications between the members on important and significant issues was strongly encouraged by the format of the meeting. In his talk, Mr. Bone described the struc­ture and function of the Canadian Ski Instruc­tors Alliance. Following his talk Mr. Bone answered numerous and interested questions from our members. One of the most provacative activities of the seminar portion of the meeting was the panel discussion headed by Lou Lorenz and the ISlA Executive Committee -- "ISlA In The Future." Though nothing definite developed from the discussion, the exchange of thoughts was very successful in setting the wheels of thought into motion. What should the ISIA be in the future? Is ISlA moving in the right direction? ~~~+ CERTIFIED SKI TEACHER 2 1. S. I. A. . - Membership Card On November 15th, all current members were mailed the Association's new I. D. Card. The laminated card was designed by Dave Chaplin. The I. D. Card Committee consisting of Clark Parkinson, Bob Larson and Dave Chaplin were responsible for the design and distribution of the cards. All members who sent in photo­graphs prior to the 15th, received a lamin­ated card with their name and number typed on the face of the card: a date of expiration was included. For those who didn't send a picture, sent one too large or sent one too late, an un laminated card was sent out. For all members who haven't paid their dues, upon paying will receive an unlaminated card also. The card is designed to be permanent. It is hoped that it will eliminate some adminis­trative work each year as dues are processed and above all it will eliminate any abuse of membership privileges, such as lift and mer­chandise discounts. A letter has been sent to the Intermountain Area Operators regarding our card and they have been instructed not to honor a card that does not have a photo attached, an expiration stick­er, and a members signature. Next year when you pay your dues, you will be given a sticker with an expiration date on it to attach to your card. Associate certified members, passing for full certified this year will receive a new by the Secretary of another Photo - Leon Dean And From Alta Gene and Joan Huber of the Deep Powder House at Alta have two new additions, a daughter, Julie, bor~ August 8, and a beautiful new build­ing to house a ski shop, rental and repair shop, and three studio apartments. The new shop is on the valley side of the road at the top of the new rope tow beginners slope with easy ac­cess from both the ski lifts and the road. There are many other new additions to the Alta ski scene to add to the comfort and conven­ience of the skier: the Alpenglow restaurant at the base of the Sugarloaf lift, the new Gold­miner's Daughter with a large restaurant and after ski facilities, and the Shallow Shaft, run by Association member Lyle Waldron, an after ski spot for beer and sandwiches and live entertainment, located in the old Powder House building. CORRESPONDANTS: ALTA Bonnie Pond Marilyn Shearer BRIGHTON Dave Larson BURLEY Lex Kunau KELLY CANYON Aris Boyle BRIANHEAD Georg Hartlmaier SUN VALLEY Jack Colven SKYLINE Roger Roche SNOW BASIN Bob Zeigler PARK CITY Trudy DeKorver SOLITUDE Dave Parkinson Daily Oliver LOST & LOST THE FOLLOWING IS A LIST OF LOST MEMBERS: Gail Ashby Marv Casey Tone Glenne Bob Nelson Mark Lundstrom Malcolm Matthews Peter Whitwell Malcolm Davis If you have any information which would help us contact these people, please write or call the Secretary. OUR STAFF EDITOR EDITORIAL ADVISOR David Chap lin Clark Parkinson PHOTOGRAPHER Leon Dean ARTWORK David Chaplin TYPIST Mary Ellen Parkinson MOVING? Please attach the label from your ISlA Newsletter in this space, indicate your new address below and mail this form to: Clark Parkinson 2245 Oneida Street Salt Lake City, Utah 84109 NAME __________________________________ __ ADDRESS, ________________________________ __ C ITY _________________ STATE. ________ Z IP ___ Instructors Principals in Purchase of Solitude Two members of the Intermountain Ski Instructors Association, Dean Roberts and Grant "Sunny!! Beagley, Were principal ne­gotiators and are officers in a new cor­poration that recently purchased the Soli­tude Ski Resort up Little Cottonwood Canyon. President of the n~w Solitude Recreation and Developmenl Corporation is Dean Roberts. Dean has been teaching at Solitude since it originally opened. Most of you know Dean as an examiner for the ISlA. When Dean is not skiing, he is selling insurance out of his Cottonwood Mall offiCe in Salt Lake. Vice President and General Manager will be Sunny Beagley from Logan, Utah. Sunny in the past has been in charge of the ski program at Utah State University and teaches golf there also. Some of you know Sunny from Bear Lake where he owns and operates the Lakota Resort. Mr. Beagley has also been affiliated with the Solitude Ski School in the past and plans on moving to the area with his family to manage the operation. He said that the original name of Solitude will be reinstated. Dave Parkinson will head up the ski school staff at the newly purchased area. Dave has taught at Solitude for the past two years and was previously at Park City. Dave has been teaching since 1957 in the Salt Lake area and is also connected with the certification program and on the BOD of ISlA. According to Dave the staff will be made up of certified instructors and will include most everyone that was there last season with only a couple of changes. The resort will open in plenty of time for the Christmas holidays and you can be assured that between the three of these men that Solitude will be put back on the map once again! CERTIFIED SKI TEACHER I-. S. I. A. 3. NEXT YEARS DUES The Board of Directors voted to change the due date for the 1969-70 dues to April 1, 1969. The purpose of this change was to allow our members to pay their dues while teaching skiing and so they could pay them out of ski teaching income. This new procedure will also help the Trea­surer budget income on a marc dccur~t2 b~sis next year. In effect, each member will be prepaying dues for the coming year. Billings will be mailed out on March 1, 1969 \\'ith a due date of April 1, 1969. If dues are not received by May 1, 1969 (30 days) a second notice will be sent and the member \vill be given an additional 60 days to pay dues. If payment hasn't been received by then, the mem­ber will automatically be placed on an inac­tive status. The inactive status will con­tinue until the April B.O.D. meeting, at which time the member \..lill be dropped. If, however, dues are paid after July 1 but be­fore the April Board Meeting, a $10.00 fine will have to be paid. The Spring Clinic will provide an excellent time for all members to prepay their dues for the next year. So remember, when you receive your dues no­tice in March of 1969, pay it then and you will be paid up for the next year. A SECRETARIAL ADDITION On recommendation of Clark Parkinson, Sec­retary, the B.O.D. during their November meet­ing in Idaho Falls, approved establishing a permanent position of Executive Secretary, to be held by a non-member, hired and responsible to the President and B.O.D. The duties which have been performed by the Secretary this last year are essentially a consolidation of the Secretary1s, Treasurer's, and Certification Chairman's work. Mrs. Margene Sinclair was hired for the position and attended the Fall Seminar in November. Margene has had experience in the area of ski association administrative work. She is working part-time for the Greater Salt Lake Ski School and the P.S.I.A. She will work directly with the Secretary in the areas of dues processing, certification administra­tion and will, in general, handle all the ad­ministrative work of the Association. The idea of this position came from Lou Lorenz during the fall of 1967. Clark Parkin­son agreed to take the position for a year and set up the procedures which would enable this position to function smoothly. It was discov­ered that by centralizing the many administra­tive functions that mistakes, delay, and con­fusion were minimized. Expenses were reduced and certification, in particular, benefited greatly from this new procedure. Lou and Clark should be thanked, and we should all benefit by their work and foresight. Any questions relating to dues, etc. should still be directed to the Secretary. It is felt that a member, such as the Secretary, should be the contact between the membership and the Executive Secretary. CERTIFIED SKI TEACHER 4 I. S.I. A. . '---------' Your Board of Directors GENERAL MEETING AND SEMINAR (Continued) Phil Jones, one of our ISLA Demonstration Team members and member of the 1965 and 1968 demonstration teams to Interski for the U.S. showed his films of Interski in Aspen last spring. The showing demonstrated further evidence of Phil's technical perception and ability to interpret what others (other ski­ing nations in this case) are doing on skis. The showing also demonstrated that we have yet another skiing cinematographer in the making, Later in the afternoon of the first day following another rousing door prize cere­mony, two more panel discussions were held. One, headed by Woody Anderson, dealt with the subject of our Certification Program. Woody read some statistics comparing our exams and candidates to those of other in­structor programs in the U. S. The other panel was led by Glenn Evans and Keith Lange who, aided with the results of a question­naire filled in by each member, discussed the Clinic Programs of the future and the program as it functioned last year. The evening social hours were spent in the bar of the handsome Lodge where even more informal panel discussions ensued over a glass of punch. The second day saw the ISlA 1968 Annual Meeting called to order. Amidst the read­ing and approval of the reports by the chairmen and members of the Association, the pleasant feeling of interest and coop­eration continued. New members of the ISlA Board of Directors were elected including two members returning to new three year terms: Lou Lorenz and Glenn Evans. Those newly elected to terms on the Board of Directors were: Allan Miller, Clark Par­kinson and Ed Pond. The high point of the General Meeting was the heartfelt and standing tribute paid to our now past President, Lou Lorenz, for the loyalty, dedication and genuine ability which he has shown in the Presidency these past years. Without Lou's devotion to the sport and the Association, the ISlA would be a different and probably lesser thing. INSTRUCTORS WANTED Dave Parkinson, Ski School Director, Solitude Ski School, has positions avail­able for certified instructors. In addi­tion, the area is interested in ski patrol­men. If interested call 278-3758 after 5:00 p.m. weekdays, all day Sat. and Sun. or write to 3823 Villa Drive, Salt Lake City, Utah 84109. DISCONTINUED MEMBERSHIPS By Board action, the following members cer­tification status was terminated and their mem­bership dropped from the Association roster: Ferrell Adams Yvon Arnoux Bill Ashley Bruce Barr Gary Boeser Gene Cies lik Curtis R. Coulam Raymond Cox Arlow J. Curtis Rudolf Erler Vince Falco Henry Gandiaga Dennis Guiver Jay N. Herring Gary R. Jacobson Tom Morgan Leo Kresitsching Rene Moser Leslie Outzs Stacey Pond Olaf Rodegard Andreas Schernthanner John D. Slade Rex Wayne Garner Steve Hanson Robert Redmayne Patricia Smith Konrad Staudinger Joseph Young Barry Corbet Jack E. Diteman In other B.O.D. action, all members who have not paid their current 1968-69 dues by January 15, 1969, will automatically be dropped as of that date. Each member who hasn't paid current dues will be notified by a certified letter on December 15, 1968, and will be given 30 days to remit their dues. ? ::;~;~;'~:,:• . ,.:/:!i I •.. ; /' ; :'" . . ',' .- ~-. -,-,"~-----'-- .. - ._._", ...... ~~,,. , ;,! ,::~. 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A. coming to America. april 19-28 ISlA MEMBER INSTRUMENTAL IN BRINGING INTERSKI TO U.S. Probably the most significant aspect of the forthcoming 8th Interski, as far as I.S.I.A. members are concerned, is the fact that one of our members and past presidents was probably the most important figure in influencing the Directors of Interski at the 7th International Ski School Congress to hold their 8th Interski in the United States. Bill Lash, President of P.S.I.A. and one of the founders of I.S.I.A., made a dramatic proposal to the Directors of Interski at Badgastein, Austria, in 1965, that the 8th Interski be held in the U. S. The bid was accepted and with the help of Willy Schaef­fler and Paul Valar, the initial impetus for the United States first Interski was underway. Bill is no stranger to Interski. He was a strong force in getting America's first demon­stration team to the 6th Interski and as Pres­ident of P.S.I.A. was chief delegate at Bad­gastein. Bill Lash's background in organized skiing re­veals a dedication to skiing and it is no sur­prise that he has emerged as one of the moving forces in the ski teaching profession in the United States. He became President of ISlA in 1951 and served until 1953. After two years in the service, he was again elected President in 1955 and served until 1961 . During his presidency, he served as Certification Chair­man and from 1958 to 1961, served as national certification chairman. He also served on the ISlA Board of Directors for a number of years. In 1958 Bill organized the first national meet-ing of aLl the ski instructors associations divisions. This meeting was a prelude to a national organization which developed later into P.S.I.A. A uniform standard of certi­fication was initiated at this national gathering and shortly after, Bill published his ski manual "Outline Ski Methods," which was widely read by instructors everywhere. In 1961 the Professional Ski Instructors of America was formed with Bill Lash as President. Bill was instrumental in the organization of PSIA and has remained President ever since. During his tenure, PSIA has grown from the original six members to over 1,200 certified instructors. The American Ski Technique has developed and two editions of the manual "The Official American Ski Technique" have been printed. Of course, PSIA is the host of Inter­ski. Many individuals have contributed greatly to the development of organized skiing, PSIA, Interski and the ski teaching profession in the U. S. We as a ski instructors association are proud to have as one of our members an in­dividual such as Bill Lash who has devoted his time and energy to organized skiing. From these tireless activities we all directly bene­fit through a standardized teaching technique and international recognition of the American ski instructor, to name only two. The fact that 8th Interski is to be held in the United States is a tribute to Bill and the PSIA Board of Directors and officers. We should all sup­port it and a ttend it. LOU'S LINES On January 22, 1968, the Deseret News, Salt Lake City, Utah, published an editorial by Mr. Hack Miller, titled, "Is Everyone the Same?" The first paragraph states as follows : "Over in Colorado come April 19-28 there will be 'Interski.' That's an interna­tional meeting of ski experts who will determine what is the one best way to ski . Its big name is the 'International Congress for Ski Instruction . '" The remainder of the article is an editor ' s opinion of why he thinks this is not right. In the process of expressing his opinion, Mr. Miller manages to insult the American Ski Technique, the ski teaching profession's past, present and future, as well as personally in­sulting Willy Schaeffler, Woody Anderson and Alf Engen . This article, clearly based on an inaccurate, casual observation could be to a beginning or an about-to-begin skier the difference between taking ski lessons or not. To the individual who regards what he reads in the newspaper as fact, ski school is the last place that he would go or send his children. The result to the in­structor and the ski school need not be explained. Mr. Miller's editorial is, of course, only one of a few critical articles that we occasionally see among the many good ones that are published. The critical ones are the outstanding ones, and of course, the closer to home that they orig­inate, the more glaring. It is the association's purpose and obligation to present a professional image to both its mem­bers and the skiing public. The profession needs the support of the news medias. At least it can do without their negative support in the form of inacourate reporting . ' The Association, its officers and Board of Dir­ectors should and will make all possible effort to cooperate with and maintain cordial relations with the news media by circulating information and reports of our activities. Hopefully, each individual member will assist by doing the same. We all know that we are on the right course; let's spend more time telling the skiing pub­lic what we are doing. Lou Lorenz President, I.S.I.A. CERTIFIED SKI TEACHER I. S. I. A. 2 Would you like to contribute to your News­letter? There is still need for more area representatives from each ski school in the I.S.I.A. If you have any news items or photographs to submit, please send them to: I.S.I.A. Newsletter 136 East South Temple Salt Lake City, Utah is coming to America april19 to 28, 1968 Aspen (\ ~jJ~l NOTICE! There will be a final examination of the season at Alta, Utah, on April 6th and 7th. Applications must be to the Executive Sec­retary by March 23rd. Woodv Anderson OUR STAFF EDITOR EDITORIAL ADVISOR CONTRIBUTING EDITOR PHOTOGRAPHER ART WORK AND LA your TYPIST David Chaplin Lou Lorenz Clark Parkinson Leon Dean David Chaplin Mary Ellen Parkinson MOVING? Please attach the label from your ISlA News­letter in this space. Indicate your new address below and mail this form to: Clark Parkinson 2245 Oneida Street Salt Lake City, Utah 84109 NAME: ________________________________ __ ADDRESS: ________________________________ _ CITY ________________ _ STATE ___ ZIP __ _ MID-SEASON CLINIC TO BE HELD March 16th and 17th have been picked as the days for a special mid-season clinic. The Skyline Ski Area wi 11 hos t the two-day event which will be conducted by Phil Jones, the ISlA Demonstration Team coach, and the team members. Each of the ISlA members have been mailed a letter outlining the agenda and registration procedure. Briefly it will consist of review­ing the American Ski Technique in five dif­ferent stations run by one member of the demon­stration team. The registration fee is $10 : if the pre-registration form is used, $15. if not for all ISlA members. The non-member fee will be $15. This clinic is not mandatory for membership requirements. The annual spring clinic was waived this year due to the conflict with 8th Interski. However, the 1969 Spring Clinic will be mandatory and if a member missed the last clinic -- Spring of 1967 - attendance at this special clinic can be used to satisfy the man­datory clinic attendance requirement that a clinic be attended at least once every two years. If a member did miss the 1967 Clinic and didn't attend the special clinic, the 1969 Spring Clinic would have to be attended. Considerable preparation and planning has gone into the clinic format and it should be one of the very best ever held. Your attendance is encouraged. ARE YOU 'CURRENT'? Have you paid your 1967-68 dues? As of this writing, 56 members haven't. In addition, 14 haven't paid 1966-67 dues, putting them two years behind. According to the Secretary's office, approxi­mately 85% of the membership is current. For those who are not current, the dues were pay­able July 1, 1967. According to our By-laws, a member who does not remit his dues by August 1st is delinquent and if not paid within sixty days - October 1st - his membership may be ter­minated . A new program will be initiated this year by the Secretary, whereby each delinquent member will be notified by registered mail that they are, according to the Secretary's records, delinquent. A deadline date will be set for a reply and if no word is forthcoming, the mem­bers name will be presented to the Board of Directors for consideration. For the current fiscal year, July 1, 1967 to June 30, 1968, these letters will be sent out May 1st. If no reply is ' received by June 30, the member's name will be submitted to the Board of Directors at their November Annual Meeting. It is hoped that this procedure will,first of all, eliminate any discrepencies between the Secretary's records and the indi-viduals records and secondly, eliminate any possibility that due to not being notified a member becomes,inadvertently, two years behind and lastly, it will keep the records current and will eliminate those members who are for one reason or another not interested in main­taining their membership in the Association. CLINICS CONDUCTED At Pomerelle Ski Area near Burley, Idaho, on February 11, Phil Jones and Roger Roche con­ducted a ski instruction clinic. Those who attended this clinic were: Holly Adams, Sydney Rehn, Jack .Wilson, Elaine Wilson, Charlie Norbie, Pete Weir, Corky Hilliard, Bob Brock, Jay Nickols, Harold Stranger, Norva Stranger, Steve Aton, Bob Adams, Bob Hilliard , Ann Frahm and Jim Olson. The week following, on February 18th, Phil head­ed another instructors' clinic at Magic Mtn., near Twin Falls. Attending this clinic were: Claude Jones, Don Molesworth, Vince Cook, Carol Cook, Jim Olson, Bonnie Jones, Pete Link, Irene Link, Ron Leirman, Nancy Leirman, Jack Person­ius and Merle Leirman. Phil Jones COUNTER ROTATION IN STEM CHRISTIE? 4 STEM CHRISTIE ••••• I feel an important part of the stem christie is being overlooked ••• counter rotation. As the ski is stemmed, it is placed on a natural edge. As the skier comes up and forward there is unweighting. It is my feeling that if counter rotation is not applied there, there is a loss of the natural edge, created by the stem. The reason is that the stem christie is done on steeper and faster slopes. In other stem turns, the skier needs to close his skis quickly to begin angulation immediately to produce a smooth, fluid turn from traverse to traverse. If counter rotation is not used as the skis are closed, the skier is not in a position to angulate. The result can be sideslip and loss of control. In the American Ski Technique, there is no counter rotation in the stem christie. How­ever, in teaching the student, counter rota­tion is taught in the uphill christie to snow­plow christie, beginning stem christie, and stem christie. In the method section of the book, Class D, the use of counter rotation in the snowplow christie, beginning stem christie, and stem christie is advocated. This follows proper sequence with the up-hill christie and the parallel turns. I realize that the teaching method often has no place in the finished form but I feel strongly that any time a basic principle is taught in the finished form or method of learning, it should be used in the finished form from that time. Even though it is realized that stemming of the ski deflects the ski in a stem christie, I feel counter rotation is very important in order to do the turn correctly. It also helps to pro­gress a student faster towards parallel turns. DICK LYON, Director Snowhomish Ski School Snowhomish, Washington STEM CHRISTIE Response to Dick Lyon Counter rotation, as defined in the Sea cond Edition, Official American Ski Technique, is definitely not needed to ski a perfect stem christie. Our 'first edition, and this is what the question is obviously based upon, was in error in that respect. I recognized that fact, and so did the Swiss expert, Hugo Brandenberger, during our demon­strat ion at the INTERSKI in Badgastein, Austria. Since the outside ski is moved to a new direc­tion, and its edge is changed in the process, all that is needed is proper weighting and maintaining of the edge to continue the skis in an arc. That arc can be changed at will by leverage (forward or back lean). The change in body position between traverses (change of angulation) should not be construed to mean counter rotation. If counter rotation as defined would be applied at the up-forward motion of the skier's body, the outside ski would be visibly deflected and the unweighted inside ski being brought by at the same time would react in the opposite direction leading to continuous crossing of the ski tips. The movement of the skier's body opposite to the skis should therefore be called counter motion and not counter rotation. Counter ro­tation is used in all parallel turns and should be introduced commencing with the christie up­hill. PAUL VALAR Franconia, New Hampshire Reprinted through the courtesy of P.S.I.A. Skipro. I.. c« »•~ IN~TERSK I HATS OFF TO EARL Now the ski season is well under way. By the middle of March, the I.S.I.A. will have examined nearly 100 candidates. I would like to express my appreciation to one of our ski school dir­ectors, Mr. Earl Miller, of Snow Basin for the excellent job he has done in preparin~ his ski instructors for not only the examination but to teach skiing to the general public. In a recent exam at Snow Basin, Earl had seven can­didates out of nine pass the rigorous require­ments of the I.S.I.A. It certainly is an easy job for the examiners when such a well prepared group takes the exam. Earl has had night training meetings since Aug­ust, and also has been working out on the snow since the beginning of ski season with his people, and they are well prepared to teach. Hats off to Earl Miller. Woody Anderson Certification Chairman DOINGS AT BURLEY Burley, Idaho February 1968 The first year of the Burley Ski School was completed the last Saturday of January with an enrollment of 297. The school is spon­sored by the City of Burley and the Reminder Morning News. Lex Kunau, director of the school, said this is the most successful school ever conducted here and he gave special praise to the 58 volunteer instructors who have worked with the various classes ranging from youthful beginners to adults who wanted to brush up on their ski­ing abilities. The sessions included all day instruction with lif t privileges and transpor­tation to and from the area for 4 Saturdays. CERTIFIED SKI TEACHER I-. S. I. A. EXAM RESULTS Snow Basin Exam D. Scott Evans Fai th Fess enden Sofie Hamilton Gary Iverson Tad Lathrop Dale Miller Frank Rounds Brent Ward Park City Exam Richard Conley Ken Perkins Dave Prudence Allen Titensor Matt Vokelich Brighton Exam John W. Jenkins Fredrick Keller Marlene Larsen Duane G. Vigos Beaver Mountain Grant Beagley Kristi Cooper Dwight Peterson Thomas J. Pratt Kern Williamson Snow Basin Exam Patricia Ireton James R. Nye Ernest Underwood Robert G. Wall Pomerelle Exam James M. Olson Full Associate Associate Full Full Full Associate Full Full Associate Full Associate Associate Full Associate Associate Associate Exam Full Associate Associate Associate Full Associate Full Associate Associate Associate 5 Among those who were associated with Kunau in the direction of the school's activities were Jack Holland, Lewis Sands, Jack Keen of the City of Burley Recreation Department, and Herb Hollinger of the Reminder Morning News. Instructor Carolyn Holland g1v1ng certificate to young student at Burley Ski School. CERTIFIED SKI TEACHER I. S. I. A. I. S. I. A. NEWSLETTER 136 East South remp1e Salt Lake City , Utah 84111 LO U LO RENZ 20 10 IhES T NO . TE MPL E S . S ALT LA KE C ITY , UTA H \­,, ~~:/. , U,IG ~ _~- ,L __ • _4_~ ;.:. '. __ . " "1: I ,..;.,\ . .,~- ---.=a-l!'al:'''l!';'i;/;_ ;;_:;_;/_~-' ~-= lf ru"S"D0 STAGCj ~ .f .:; S - - • ~ , " l!(l •. , .". i~' - - CERTIFIED SKI TEACHER I. S. I. A. Mr. Clark T. Parkinson 136 East South Temple Salt Lake City, Utah 84111 Dear Mr. Parkinson: May 7, 1968 214ECUITABU-:2, ~I, 1'1 ,'J-,fR COLORADO USA .f'HO\J, "" ;Jl'l 5341968 CABLE iN ;ERS~I 'If ~IVfR~OlO (U S A I We have received the very generous donation from the Intermountain Ski Instructors Association to 8th Interski. On behalf of the Executi ve Committee, I want to extend our si ncere thanks for your support. We feel that the Congress was a complete success, and that its success was due to the contributions and enthusiastic support on the part of organizations such as the Intermountain Ski Instructors Association. Thank you again. cc: Max Lundberg Alta Inn Alta, Utah 84070 FUND RAISING Fund raising for Interski was successful in ISlA due to concentrated efforts of some individuals. ISlA and Interski wishes to thank all of those individuals for their efforts. No matter how large or how small, it all was helpful. One individual in particular did an out­standing job in his relatively small com­munity. Lex Kunau solicited $135.00 from the Burley, Idaho business people and sold 40 pins in the Burley Ski School. Congrat­ulations to Lex for Number One Fund Raiser! t\;:n~:~~ WILLIAM R. A8RAHAM Executl ve Director 8th Interski, Inc. CERTIFIED SKI TEACHER ~ 2 Board of Directors' Meeting The Ponderosa Inn, Burley, Idaho, was the setting of the I.S.I.A. annual Board of Directors meeting March 26, 1968. Those attending were Woody Anderson, Bob Bybee, Kirby Dawson, Bill Haskins, John Harring­ton, Phil Jones, Lou Lorenz, Max Lundberg, and Bob Zeigler. Guests included Clark Parkinson, Secretary, and Lex Kunau. Lex made the arrangements at the Ponderosa and was the official host. The business conducted at the meeting was primarily concerned with 8th Interski. The BOD approved transportation expenses for the ISlA Demonstration Team to and from Aspen and in addition, a subsidy of $3 per day for each team member while at Interski. The BOD approved expenses for two ISlA rep­resentatives-- President and Certification Chairman--to attend Interski and the PSIA annual meeting held in conjunction with Interski. They also approved purchase of film to be used by the Demonstration Team to record on film the Interski. The film will be processed and made available to the Association. Other business concerned the ISlA Newsletter which has been published twice on an exper­imental basis. Lou Lorenz outlined the purpose and cost of the publication. The BOD approved publishing four Newsletters next year and gave the President the auth­ority to appoint a Newsletter Chairman. Dave Chaplin was appointed. Discussion was held regarding the time and place of the Fall Seminar. The concensus of opinion was that the members in Idaho Falls who hosted last year's Seminar did such a good job that the BOD felt a return engagement was warranted. The BOD approved the selection of Idaho Falls, and a tenta­tive date of October 26th and 27th was set, subject to final approval of the Executive Committee. The officers and committee chairmen present submitted interim reports. The President's report noted progress in the areas of com­munication, promotion,and training. In the area of communications, the report noted the newly consolidated Secretary's office and the Newsletter have contributed greatly to a more efficient and better informed organ­ization. Your Newsletter contains the minutes and reports of the BOD meeting. You are en­cour OUR STAFF EDITOR --------------------- EDITORIAL ADVISOR ---------­CONTRIBUTING EDITOR -------­PHOTOGRAPHER ----------- --­ARTWORK & LAYOUT ----------- TYPIST --------------------- MOVING? David Chaplin Lou Lorenz Clark Parkinson Leon Dean David Chaplin Ellen Parkinson Please attach the label from your ISlA Newsletter in this space, indicate your address below and mail this form to: Clark Parkinson 2245 Oneida Street Salt Lake City, Utah 84109 NAME ADDR=E7S7S--------------------------------- CITY ____________________ State _______ Zip __ __ 8th I NTERSKI PHIL JONES PSIA has just completed a fantastic job of hosting the 8th Interski in Aspen, Colorado. Congratulations are certainly in order to all concerned. Interski was opened Saturday, the 20th of April, by a parade of demonstrators and official delegates from all the nations in­volved. The parade ended at Paepcke Park, in the center of Aspen, where the opening ceremonies took place. The parade and open­ing ceremonies were attended by approximately 4,000 spectators. Interski chose the theme "Wild, Wonderful West" for the Congress. This theme was acted out completely at the buffalo barbeque given for delegates and officials Sunday. Also to carry the Western theme along, cowboy hats were given to delegates and demonstrators. These hats were likely to be seen on the foreigners almost in any spot in Aspen. The scene had been set and everyone was ready for the coming week of lectures and demon­strations. Mond~the demonstrations started in Tour­telotte Park, which is a very well prepared slope in the heart of Ajax Mountain. The Scandinavian countries were first with Nordic demonstrations showing the latest techniques in cross country running and jumping. They also showed early skiing methods and equipment. Tuesday, Alpine demonstrations were given by Austria, Canada and Italy. The Austrians presented a new method of bringing students from snowplow turns to parallel turns. To accomplish this they used shorter skis, a lot of snowplowing and a strong emphasis on weight transfer. They also used children to help show how natural the transition was. The Austrian basic position is still very upright with the hip way forward and their hands and arms about shoulder high. The Italians stole the sho~ as far as syncronized skiing is concerned. This team worked together in the same resort all sea­son and the majority of them were on the team at the 7th Interski. Their style is very similar to the United States. The Canadians led by Ernie McCulloch, were quite precise in their demonstration of ski­ing maneuvers. CERTIFIED SKI TEACHER -I. s. I. A. Wednesday, France, Germany and Japan gave their Alpine demonstrations. The French, with earphones under their hats, gave a dem­onstration very strongly pointed toward the end result of a racer. They were very re­laxed and not too precise. The Germans had an interesting approach, using a hard step from one ski to the other, beginning in snow­plow turns and carrying through short swing. They skied on the new Vokl ski which had a segmented edge with the segments about 1-1/2 inch long; this ski they said was very re­sponsive. The Japanese gave a demonstration which was completely Austrian, but a bit more natural in their stance. The Japanese ski very well. Thursday, the 25th, Switzerland and the U.S. had the slope. The Swiss used a lot of ac­robatic and loose style skiing. They are very, very similar to the U. S. The U. S. gave a very relaxed demonstration of teaching exercises and finished forms. Also a demonstration using Disney-type fig· ures was given by local Aspen children, and a demonstration of skiing history in the U.S. by local Colorado people. On Friday a comparative demonstration was given on the hill with all the nations participating. This was very interesting to see that there is very little difference in the way everybody is skiing. The big differences come in the teaching approaches. It was also interesting to see that the majority of the countries are using up­unweighting. Let's hope that ISlA, PSIA and Interski can continue to make skiing easier to understand and bring everybody closer together. SKI SCHOOL CORRESPONDANTS •.... The following people have the honor to be chosen as the ISlA Newsletter correspondants for their ski schools: Alta Bonnie Pond & Paul Alsop Brianhead George Hartlmaier Brighton Dave Larson Burley Lex Kunau Jackson Sue Dunlap Kelly Canyon Aris Boyle Park City Dave Chaplin Skyline Darrill Scott Snow Basin Bob Zeigler Mtn. Empire Daly Oliver Sun Valley Jack Colven Twin Falls Jim Olson 3 Should any ski school have been omitted, we shall make additions before the 1968-69 season. CERTIFIED SKI TEACHER I.. .S.. .I.. A. . 4 P.S.I.A. MEETING at ASPEN As could be expected, the annual PSIA business meeting held Saturday, April 27, 1968, was somewhat a review of the efforts that organization had made toward Interski. President Bill Lash reported on his year's activities, stating that most of his spare time (and then some) had been spent travel­ing, meeting, and planning for PSIA and Interski. He pointed out that a lot of his travel and expenses had been borne by his employer. He expressed his personal gratification that his efforts had, to some degree, helped the cause of Interski in America to be a great success. Vice President and Technical Coordinating Committee Chairman, Paul Valar, stated that since the American Technique is now better understood and thus better applied, we can now shift our emphasis from technique to ABOUT THE EDITOR Seven-year-old Dave Chaplin was introduced to skiing by his father, Dr. Ernest Bauman, of Salt Lake. Ski sessions after school on the snowy slopes of the Salt Lake Country Club golf course prepared him for weekend trips to Brighton's T-bar. After !fa notably undistinguished career as a junior racer," during his high school years, Dave entered the University of Utah. In 1959, he graduated with a B.F.A. Degree in commercial art. His college years in­cluded teaching for the university ski pro­gram under the leadership of Doris Johnson. He also spent one of these years working in a Brighton ski shop. The two following years were spent in the flat lands of Colorado State College earning a Master's Degree in art education. Dave then returned to Salt Lake to work as an art teacher in a junior high school and to paint. But the call of the ski world prompted his move to Park City to engage in a short lived ski business venture while he commuted to Salt Lake to teach school. In the winter of 1965-66, Dave joined the Park City Ski School as a part time instruc­tor. This past year he gave up the school teacher's suit and tie to ring the ski school bell and instruct full time and moonlight as editor of the Newsletter. method. He voiced concern about ski schools teaching techniques that go outside the basic principles of the A.S.T. yet advertise the virtues of American Ski Technique. Mr. Valar suggested that "we (PSIA) continue to concentrate our efforts in training fine ski instructors and in promoting sound tech­nical and methodical principles." Mr. Otto Hollaus, Chairman of PSIA Certifi­cation Committee, again pointed out the fact that PSIA can only recommend, not dictate, to the divisions. He feels that with this limited influence, PSIA has helped tremen­dously, in only seven years, to standardize certification procedures in all eight divi­sions. It is his hope that in the future there will be 100% unification, achieved without dictatorship. Mr. Hollaus reported that during 1967-68 season a total of 1,416 candidates were examined, resulting in 322 successful full certified and 355 successful associates. Herbert Schneider presented the Hannes Schneider award to Mr. Willy Schaeffler (the first time the award has been presented) for his outstanding service as President of 8th Interski, Inc. Climax of the meeting was the election of Board members. Certain individuals had been lobbying to remove Johnston, Lash and Valar from the Board. Their stated reason was to get new thinking on the Board. The lobby was unsuccessful. The membership, by a large majority, gave these three original incorporators a vote of thanks and a vote of confidence by returning them to the BOD. What now, after Interski? No one knows for sure, but the same progressive thinking that produced the A.S.T., three American demon­stration teams, Interski in America, and many other things in only seven years, will, with your help, continue to provide goals for the profession. Gelande Gulch Ski School y~~ / ~o(j~.' .. SKYLINE HOSTS SPECIAL CLINIC The Skyline SKi Area, Pocatello, Idaho, hosted 30 ski instructors from the Inter­mountain area at a special mid-season clinic sponsored by the ISlA. The clinic was held March 16 and 17. The ISlA Demonstration Team, headed by Phil Jones, Team Coach, con­ducted the two day affair. Each team member was in charge of one of the five different phases of the American Ski Technique. The clinic participants rotated from one "sta­tion leader" to another. The participants were coached on demonstrations and method­ology. Present at the clinic were Lou Lorenz, Pres­ident, Clark Parkinson, Secretary, and Max Lundberg, Treasurer. After the sessions the first day, Glen and Patti Evans, directors of the Skyline Ski School, hosted a beer bust and pizza dinner. Many non-certified instructors attended the clinic and were given valuable help in their certification preparation. Others attending who were certified felt the clinic was well worthwhile. CERTIFIED SKI TEACHER I. S. I. A. YOUR SECRETARIES COLUMN SUMMER ADDRESSES? If you are teaching full time and will be moving at the end of the ski season, you should report the change of address to the Secretary. This summer each member will receive another Newsletter, a notice of your 1968-69 dues, and other important items relating to Association business. LOST MEMBERS The following members have been lost: Rex Wayne Garner Steve Hanson Box 241 Box 1355 Ketchum, Idaho 83340 Sun Valley, Idaho 83353 Rod Hurich Tom Morgan 15017 Dickens St. 4717 Amber Lane Apt. 1 Sherman Oaks, Calif. Sacramento, Cal. 95841 Dennis Neifert Jan Petersen 116 South 14th Badger Pass Pocatello, Idaho 83201 Yosemite Park, Calif. Joseph Young #8 University Village Santa Clara, California Could you help us locate these individuals? If so, contact the Secretary's office. Would you like to contribute to your Newsletter? There is need for area representatives from each ski school in the ISlA. If you have any news items please submit them to us. Address: ISlA Newsletter 2245 Oneida Street Salt Lake City, Utah 84109 5 TD lCBgiPJtlfli@1 PAG! The past winter season has ended and it was the concensus of all examiners that the Cer­tification Program, with minor exception was a complete success. The association conducted seventeen examinations with a total of 151 candidates. Eighteen passed for Full, forty­three passed for Associate, twenty-seven retained their Associate certification and sixty-three failed to qualify. Forty per­cent of the candidates passed their exams when the associates who passed for associate are not included. I feel that all candidates came to the exam­inations better prepared for certification than ever before. It was my pleasure to work with the fine group of examiners this past year and I would like to take this oppor­tunity to congratulate them for a job well done. Woody Anderson Kelly Canyon Exam 3/9 Kenly D. Bitton Ted C. Jensen Gene W. Palmer Jim R. Secrist Kelly Canyon Exam 3/10 David C. Chaplin Karen M. Masson Carl Moeller Alta Exam 3/17 Glenn F. Clark Deborah Douglass Paul H. Norum Park City Exam 3/24 Aris M. Boyle Ji11ane L. Frank William L.P1ummer John E. Vrabel Bruce J. Zenger Alta Exam 3/31 Robert R. Anderson Ned E. Christiansen Carol Whiting Alta Exam 3/30 Douglas W. Steimle Sun Valley Exam 3/31 Robert J. Brock William E. Evans David L. Vincent Alta Exam 4/6 Fred W. Finlinson James Nichol Lynn M. Nichol Raymond W. VanDongen Alta Exam 4/7 John 1. Bartlett Duaine W. Elg Donald Gallion Alta Exam 4/7 Gertrude DeKorver Karrie Jenson Margaret A. Thomson Alta Exam 5/5 David R. Anderson Janice L. Bovee Charles T. Soper Associate Associate Full Associate Full Associate Associate Associate Associate Associate Full Associate Associate Full Associate Associate Full Associate Associate Associate Associate Associate Associate Associate Associate Full Associate Associate Associate Associate Full Associate Associate Associate Associate ,(