Okemo Is The Place To Be For Early
Skiing! Come join us November 26-27 and December 3-4, 2011.
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.
It's A Skiing Best Buy!
The 4 day Level 1 program fee is $220.00 plus lifts. The two day
Advanced Skiing is $110.00 plus lifts. Discounted lift tickets are additional
and available through us the morning of sign in for the program by cash or
check. If you do not need lift tickets, please indicate that
on your program application.
Clinic Offerings
Level 1 Alpine Certification - If
you're looking for a job teaching skiing, this clinic 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!
Advanced Skiing 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. Certified folks will receive refresher credit.
The Registration Deadline is November
11, 2011
Register early! All applications MUST
be received at least 2 weeks before the program 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 program is popular and will fill quickly.
Still have questions? Email or call Nancy Nolan, Okemo Earlybird Coordinator, at
nancynolan@snet.net or 203-272-4681 for
more information.
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!
