Okemo Is The Place To Be For Early Season Skiing!
Come join us on November 29-30, 2008.
It’s time to get out the skis, safety check the bindings,
and think about graceful gliding. Okemo offers some of the best early season
snow conditions in New England and is known for its snowmaking capabilities.
Not feeling so graceful? ASIA course conductors will whip us into shape by the
end of the day on Sunday. They bring with them their expertise and bag of tricks
to help shake out the cobwebs, find our balance and improve the skills we need
to make that perfect run.
Program Offerings
This season we are offering a Level 1 Alpine Teaching Certification on Nov 29-30
& Dec 6-7, along with our Advanced Groomed to Crud to Scraped clinic on
December 6-7, 2008.
Level 1 Alpine Certification -
If you're looking for a job teaching skiing,
this event is just what you need to give you your entry level teaching
and demo skills. If you just want to start looking like a ski
instructor, the skiing improvement and technical
focus will get you there!
Level 1 Day 1
We spend the first morning skiing to get warmed up and get our ski legs
under us. For many folks these will be their first runs of the season! This usually means a few warm up runs and exercises to
hone in on fore and aft and side to side dynamic balancing movements. Then we'll ski through the tasks
we'll be expected to perform on evaluation day. These include straight
running, wedges, wedge turns, wide track parallel turns, short radius
turns and hockey stops. In the afternoon, we'll learn and ski the
teaching progression from the rental shop to linked wedge turns on the
beginner hill. You'll be the beginners and we'll be the coaches.
On day two, we'll start out the same, then in
the afternoon, we'll go through the teaching progression again, and
start having you become the teachers. We'll look at our own balance and
symmetry in the beginning skiing tasks and learn the cause and effect of
skiers' movements and how to enhance them.
On day three we'll work through all the skiing
tasks in earnest, to get ready for the evaluation on the fourth day.
There will be lots of practice and personal feedback to help you. The
third afternoon, you'll become the teachers, and get feedback as you
take your fellow candidates (the students) thru the progression from
never ever to mountain skiers.
Day four will be the on-snow evaluation of your
new teaching, technical and demonstration skills, and then you're off
and running! I mean skiing!
Groomed to Crud to Scraped (Advanced)
is an exciting clinic designed to develop your carving
skills at higher speeds on that great fresh groomed snow. As the snow
gets cut and piled up, we'll work on the tactics and techniques for
skiing bumps and crud. Finally, when it's all scraped off in the middle
and icy, we'll get some tips on how to hold on that shiny,
challenging afternoon surface.
It's A Skiing Best Buy
The cost of the 4 day certification is
200.00 plus lifts and the
cost of the Groomed to Crud to Scraped clinic is $100.00 plus lifts. Discounted
lift tickets are extra, and will be available from me on the morning of registration. Bring cash or check,
please.
I look forward to seeing my ASIA friends, new and old, at
Okemo on Nov 29-30, and Dec 6-7, 2008. So, think graceful gliding, and sign up
now!
Nancy Nolan, Okemo Coordinator
The Registration Deadline is November 14,
2008
Register early! All applications MUST
be received at least 2 weeks before the cutoff date!
It’s easy,
just fill out the Program application, write
in your clinic choice, and sign the release and mail it with your check
made out to ASIA. Please
note: Classes may fill before the cutoff date, so be sure to sign up early for
great fun and learning. This event is popular and will fill quickly.
Mail your application and program fee to:
ASIA
28 Park Drive
Woodstock, NY 12498
ASIA membership is required.
To become a member of ASIA, fill out
the Membership application and mail it with
your dues check of $25.00 made payable to ASIA to the ASIA office.
Come Ski And Ride With ASIA!
