THE JOURNAL OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN PROFESSIONAL SKI AND SNOWBOARD INSTRUCTOR

SUMMER 2013

Rocky Mountain Board RepresentativesJoel Munn, President, Western SlopeRick Hinckley, VP, Southern DistrictRick Rodd, Secretary, Member at LargeDonnie Mechalke, Front RangeAlicia Houchen, Front RangeJane Tarlow, Front RangeTiffany Neal, Western SlopeJason Hartmann, Western SlopeRobert Lemley, Member at LargeAndy Docken, Member at LargeRobin May, Southern DistrictJenny Cooper, Southern District PSIA/AASI RepresentativePeter Donahue COMMITTEE CHAIRS:Kirsten Atkins – Adaptive ChairJonathan Ballou – Alpine ChairDusty Dyar – Children’s ChairJim Shaw – Nordic ChairMichael Blanton – Snowboard ChairJack Sciacca – Member School Chair

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You spoke and we listened… Rocky Mountain has a NEW database

By Executive Director Dana Forbes

Prior to joining ASEA’s CRM (data-base), Rocky had a great system and we were the only division who had online event registration including:

automated confirmations, dues collection, new member registration, ballot voting, and a staffing modular. While we agreed in 2007 to a centralized system, it was only because we were promised the same level of service with the new system AND, additionally the benefit of shared data across the nation. At the time, many of the other divisions and ASEA were exploring updating their data-bases, so when ASEA offered to be the “host/developer” of a centralized system, it sounded like a reasonable offer. In now year three on CRM, we still do not have the same functionality our old system iMIS had. Because of this, Rocky Mountain decided to go back to our own database. On July 1st we made the switch to CiviCRM. The three main reasons:1. Cost savings: The new system will cost 1/3 of what we were paying ASEA, that’s a $10,000 annual savings! So not only will we not need to raise dues next year, we will be able to continue to fund scholarships, expand our curriculum and better serve you, our members. 2. Ease of use: The new system is cleaner, slicker and way easier to navigate through event sign up and dues paying. In fact if you haven’t paid your dues yet – go to https://members.psia-rm.org/ and see for yourself just how easy it is! 3. We care: We embrace Rocky Mountains Divisions’ unique needs and demographic differences from the other 8 divisions, so this allows us to support you, our members, better.

While we appreciate the effort on ASEA’s part to have one central system, unfortu-nately, it just did not work. While we have been criticized for this move, we were the only division FULLY using all aspects of CRM prior to our departure. This allowed us to give valuable feedback to ASEA to help them improve the system so it will hopefully get better in the years to come for the other

divisions. Unfortunately the national database sys-

tem went down on June 28th for approxi-mately a week during the dues collection deadline, therefore we are a bit behind on getting everyone’s records up to date and membership cards printed. I strongly encourage you to go to both our website www.psia-rm.org and ASEA’s website www.thesnowpros.org to be sure your information is up to date. In the future, you will find a minimum of a 24 hour delay in your information being updated from one database to the other, therefore we encour-age you to plan ahead when trying to access such things as event registration and pro deals if you have not paid your dues.

We would like to personally thank Tyler Barnes of Popstar Digital for designing and implementing a system that works for you. Our launch went off without a hitch and we look forward to reaping the benefits of the new system as event registrations begin in the Fall.

Please don’t hesitate to call our office if you have any questions or comments on the new system. 970-879-8335

Joel Munn, RM President

Interview With Dave Schuiling, Director of Education

Last winter I interviewed our President, Joel Munn. The interview received so many compliments and support that we have decided to have a follow up con-

versation. With so many articles and reports being sent out via our various levels of social media such as Facebook, LinkedIn, the Scoop and the Community, we thought it was time to check in on the state of the division and what’s happened since last February. Scoop: Joel, great to catch up with you again. We did our last interview in February. Many of our members said the interview brought a good deal of clarity on some complex sub-jects. Thanks for sitting with us. Joel: Thanks Dave. It’s great to have the oppor-tunity to speak directly to our members and The Scoop is a forum I appreciate. I get around quite a bit during the season and visit some of our groups on the mountain. There are always some great things going on, however every-one is wrapped up in the fun and learning or focused on a cert exam. Other than a quick chair ride with a few people here and there, I don’t get to speak to a lot of people in depth. Scoop: Well, with all that’s been going on since we spoke last on this forum, how are you feeling about our current situation regarding interactions with ASEA and the other divi-sional companies? Joel: The past 6 months have been eventful yet, relatively speaking, non-productive from a partnership/affiliation perspective. I think what is important right now is how our mem-bers feel about the situation. My personal take is that our members are happy with how Rocky Mountain (RM) is being run from an admin-istrative standpoint and judging from the par-ticipation and enthusiasm we see in our educa-tional events, it would seem we are in a great place. The overwhelming feedback we get supports this positive viewpoint. We do how-ever have continuing issues regarding ASEA, (National) relative to their insistence on having us sign their proposed Affiliation Agreement. The present ASEA sponsored and facilitated Governance Task Force (GTF) has unfortu-

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nately turned out to be another move promot-ing the affiliation agreements. The RM Board of Directors has pointed out realistic problems with the structure and organizational model that negatively affect our ability to move RM into the future. I feel that no other division has been more engaged, creative, and transparent in the entire process than RM. Yet our attempts to find resolution have been fruitless. We are, and have been for over a year, at an impasse. We have some irreconcilable differences. As our recent Board Report to the RM members indicates, the time has come to stop the costly, non-productive and counter-productive argu-ments, and potentially “agree to disagree.”

Additionally, the time has come for our RM leadership, in support of our member-ship, to make some very difficult decisions. We’ve spent enough time, money, and human resources on this matter. Unfortunately, as negotiations stagnated, RM became the target of a negative PR campaign which is causing undeserved damage to the reputation of our division, our administrative staff, and volun-teer leaders. The RM board has studied every side of the situation; we have sought legal and professional advice, and worked with three other divisional boards with common viewpoints. The four non-signing divisions are RM, East, Intermountain and Northwest who represent 74% of the entire membership. We have a very good understanding of our options both legally and procedurally. Now before moving forward we must have the additional viewpoints and opinions of our engaged members as soon as possible. Scoop: Wow, that’s quite an opening state-ment! Let’s focus on a few key aspects and go into more depth to help better our understand-ing of the issues. Joel: That’s why I’m here. I’m going to speak in my normal frank and direct style if that’s alright. The points I make are agreed upon by our Executive Committee, as well as our internal task force on this issue; which is just over half of our board. The rest of the board is in tune with the information, and as I con-tinue to check for understanding, in general agreement. Scoop: Fair enough. Ok, for a starter, let’s focus on what you call “irreconcilable differ-ences.” What exactly does that mean? Joel: This is as simple as I can describe it: We want to be a partner in a national organization. The present organizational model that ASEA believes in is a top-down model and they are

trying to solidify this model by having all of the divisions sign the affiliation agreement. RM wants to be partners in a collaborative national association. They want, and assert they have, ultimate control. People should make no mistake as they assess this subject; this is about control. The very existence of

RM, in the way we all know it, is at stake here. Our independence in all of what we do is at risk. We have always been a culturally rich, proud, successful, and visionary division. We have an incredible depth of talent, and a pas-sion for constantly improving ourselves which is, in my opinion, unmatched. The success of divisions comes from their ability to manage their own businesses. Part of that management is based on the divisions’ ability to connect and communicate with individual members as well as the schools. Our Administrative and Edu-cational Staff have historically had a sense of ownership in the organization they are directly responsible for; this is what fuels their passion and creativity. The by-product of that passion is the culture which develops and drives the values, belief systems, and behavior which gives a division its unique and specific iden-tity. As this board looks at the “mother ship” model (top-down) being promoted, we feel it is not sustainable financially, practically and procedurally, and most importantly from a human resource perspective. Why does ASEA continue to need dues increases, have an infra-structure that is limping, and a turnover in their staff which is staggering? I encourage all members to take a close look and start asking some serious questions. Scoop: Where does the assertion of ultimate

control come from? Joel: Well first I would ask people reading this interview to read all of the earlier links posted to the scoop on our web site. They need to get a greater perspective on history and the maneu-vering than I can provide in this timeframe. But to answer your question, the ASEA owns the Marks, Logos, and Intellectual Properties which we use in our RM business model. The ASEA Board and their attorney Mr. Walters have repeatedly stated that because they own the Properties, they must have ultimate deci-sion-making power over anything concerning those Properties. That can, and over time most likely be applied to almost everything we do within RM. This statement positions ASEA with control in a top-down, authoritarian model. Our attorney has explained to us very clearly that signing the present agreement is akin to signing over RM. Our administrative group would come under ASEA directive in many ways, our Education Staff would be pro-gressively directed and monitored by ASEA, and many decisions which could affect finan-cial stability and the versatility of our business model could be made by the ASEA Board and directly and indirectly by the ASEA Executive Director. The fact of the matter is our Board most likely cannot even sign the present agree-ment legally; at least without a By-Law change amended by the board and adopted by the membership. We also believe we cannot sign it ethically. When we say we want to be part-ners we are serious. They continue to tell us we are an affiliate of them; not in affiliation with them. We respectfully disagree! Since we are an independent non-profit corporation we have every right to do so. In many ways, this move on the part of the ASEA can be interpreted as an attempted corporate take-over. Our Board is sworn to a “duty of care” of this organization. It is impossible for us to sign the proposed agreement, and at the same time meet that duty. It is just that simple.Scoop: What would you say is the primary difference with what RM is proposing and the position of ASEA and the 5 divisions that have already signed the present Affiliation Agreement? Joel: At present the ASEA is a tenth, and for the most part, a separate corporate entity in a “national” organizational model which we believe should be nine or less. There are no legal ties between the divisional companies and the ASEA other than the 1986 Licensing Agreement. Our attorney argues that ASEA

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actually has no members. There are the “divi-sions” and there is the ASEA; it is not one and the same. Before 1971 there were only divi-sional members. Pros had the option of joining PSIA (now ASEA); a separate organization. Since its inception, PSIA was intended to be a marketing, publishing, and at times facil-itator between the divisions; these were the services they were formed to provide. Those services were and still are, to varying degrees, necessary. In the late 60’s it became apparent that the dues collected were not sufficient to keep PSIA financially viable. Thus the divi-sions, in order to keep PSIA afloat, agreed to have members join both organizations. The divisions, as business entities, were not then, nor are they now, members of PSIA (ASEA). Therefore, and unfortunately, the divisions cannot directly represent their members or business entities. Decisions are made without member or divisional recourse by the ASEA Board; and ultimately their Executive Director and administration.

Our proposal is relatively simple: We believe the divisions should be the sole mem-bers of what is now called ASEA. In essence the divisions would be ASEA. The existing ASEA office and infrastructure would con-tinue as it was intended; a Service Center to the individual members and to the divisions who supply the members. ASEA would “house” the Properties, and when we get there, the National Standards. The present Lakewood group would essentially be the “headquarters” of the new alliance or part-nership between the divisions. Management would report to the new Board of Directors. The Board would consist of one Board Mem-ber from each of the divisional companies, and thus finally be a “National Board.” Each Board Member would directly represent their respective, contributing company, yet cer-tainly have responsibilities for the welfare of the entire group. At present from the advice of our attorneys, this structure is the only structure which would allow us to directly represent our members and the company they own, within a national organization.

We also feel it is imperative that voting within this Board, on most if not all matters, needs to be proportional to the number of members, and ultimately the financial sup-port, each division is contributing. At present, the ASEA is providing administrative assis-tance to some divisions. It may be argued, and is by some, that they are being at least

partially subsidized by the dues of members of the other divisions. One might conclude that this is a contributing factor for some of the divisions that have signed the present Affiliation Agreement.

We believe our suggestion is not only for fairness and practicality, but to make the entity financially sustainable; something which is in question as it exists today. At present there are 3 divisions that in total do not have the same amount of members com-bined in the next smallest division. For their best interest, and the best interest of the new national entity, we suggest they consider combining with each other, or perhaps part-ner with their nearest geographical neighbor. This would make the national entity either 6 or 7 divisions. We believe this would make a new national organization less cumbersome, allow for more equity in voting, consistency of process and standards, ease of movement forward on issues, and as I mentioned, finan-cial stability. Scoop: Ok, you’ve laid out the present sit-uation very clearly. With all of this in mind what do you and the Board see as our options going forward?Joel: Option 1: First I would say we need to decide whether RM wants to be part of a top-down national organization. We have stated unequivocally we want to be part of a “national entity.” With that said, we continue to insist it be a partnership, not a top-down model. We’re asking for feedback from our members as soon as possible. We are being forced on a number of fronts into making a decision.

As for the Board of Directors of RM, we feel because of our fiduciary responsibilities to the survival of RM, it is not possible for us to sign such an agreement. Yet, should the overwhelming majority of our membership tell us they don’t agree, we have to give seri-ous consideration to signing the Affiliation Agreement, along with whatever governance model. So, what I’ll call Option 1 is to sign the Affiliation Agreement.

Option 2. This is a choice that in essence would be a transition period. We feel we have tried in every way to offer a best case scenario for this issue to come to resolution. Yet it is obvious that ASEA will continue with its refusal to allow the divisions to be the members of ASEA and ultimately be ASEA. We are now moving on and simply “agreeing to disagree.” When I say move on, we will state our intention to ASEA to

continue with business as usual. We will continue to set standards, educate to those standards, and verify that education through our certification programs. We will use the Marks, Logos, and Properties as we always have and will continue to collaborate with our divisional partners. With that said, note I said “transition.” Every indication we’ve seen from the ASEA Board and their attor-neys is that if we do not sign the Affiliation Agreement, they will subsequently pull our right to use The Properties. Their attorney, Mr. Walters, put it very simply. He stated “if you don’t sign, you will be in violation of the 1986 Agreement and will have essen-tially given up your right of use.” From his perspective and that of the ASEA President Mr. Sheckleton, anyone not being a member of the ASEA should not wear PSIA or AASI pins.

That leaves us with Option 3. If and when the ASEA decides to pull our use of The Properties, we would be forced to transition into a newly named company. We would manage our affairs under a new logo and seek legal means to continue use of what they con-sider “their” Properties. RM educational units would continue to be valid and we would negotiate reciprocity with the other divisions. How the ASEA would handle this is unsure, yet they have stated they would “come into” RM and conduct educational and certifica-tions events. Our members would have the option to join both RM and the ASEA, yet as things stand right now, unless the ASEA adapts another By-Law change, could not join the ASEA solely because you can only become a member of the ASEA by joining a division first.

I do see an Option 4. That would be the ASEA Board giving up on the ultimate authority they are pursuing and join a collab-orative process to design a completely new paradigm as I proposed earlier in this conver-sation. They can do that with us, or if not, we can take the lead alone and invite our divi-sional partners to move in a direction without the ASEA and form a new paradigm. Scoop: Thank you very much Joel for your continued passion, dedication and persever-ance through this process.

Please check out last winter’s interview in the winter edition of The Instructor to Instruc-tor on our website www.psia-rm.org. You can also find historical documents in earlier posts on The Scoop.

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Ihave the extreme pleasure and benefit to hang with so many wonderful coaches throughout the season. Whether it’s sliding with folks during education ses-

sions or working closely with our advanced education staff, I get to witness some of the magic that happens when the sharing begins. I’m talking about the Zen of teaching awe-someness here, the stuff you can’t find in any manual, workbook or instructional video. Ok, so I just totally jinxed myself, because I can’t really even write about it based on my last sentence. However, I can share what I’ve observed out in the snowy pasture of educa-tional life. I don’t have all of the answers, but I did ask this simple question to conjure up some thoughts. Great coaches…?

LEARnGreat coaches are hungry for knowledge

and never stop asking why, how, when, where or what if? They are true students of the sport and insist on learning right alongside of their students. The great ones never settle know-ing that constant evolution is happening at so many levels. Psychology, diet, technique, equipment, etc. As the athletes push, the men-tors must be ahead of game striving for con-stant knowledge. The result is that they never have all of the answers and insist on progress-ing together as a team.

PLAyBefore each game of arguably America’s

pastime, the umpire exclaims “play ball!” Or, before a tennis match the chair umpire

says “ready, play.” Great coaches play. They honor the sport by exuding the same funda-mental love that they have always had for the sport. This playful exuberance rubs off on everyone around them and the atmosphere is simply electric with the joy of learning. One of my mentors and still active RM educators can still be heard saying, “we had an awe-some day, we played with all kinds of stuff.”

LIStEnShhhhh… Can you hear that? If you can’t,

there’s probably some great learning happen-ing. Great coaches are the best listeners and are patient with the learning process. It’s easy to be in a hurry to impart all of the knowl-edge amassed from training and certification, however without stopping to truly listen, we can sometimes miss the mark altogether. The great ones sometimes seem to be only listen-ing and simply asking for deeper clarification.

ModELGreat coaches unconsciously model the

behavior they instill on others. They arrive earlier than necessary and usually stay later to work on something. They are positive and calm in the height of pressure or fear. They respect their peers, surroundings, equipment and environment with the utmost care and always carry themselves in a professional, dedicated manner. At the same time, they are human and recognize when they have faltered or not been correct in their presentation. To be humble is not to be weak, but truly awe-some with integrity.

ExcItEQuite simply, great coaches are the people

you want to be around. The ones you want on your team or the ones you want to chill with. Their passion for the most mundane aspects of the task is absolutely ludicrous at times while at the same time contagious. They can recognize the smallest breakthrough and feed off that positive energy. Never phony, the energy is positive and drives us to want more. Great ones exploit the glimpses of brilliance in us all.

EMPAthIzEThey get it. Great coaches completely

understand your frustration. Why? Because they remember when it was not so easy for them. They’ve been down the same learning pathway before and continue to work on their

own game. Because they are learning right alongside of you, there is a team aspect in achieving your objectives. I’ve never been a fan of the beer fine for falling in uniform because I’ve been known to crash hard in uni-form on occasion. Great coaches sometimes push the envelope to folding and can there-fore relate to a little topple along the way.

FocUSGreat coaches can eye the prize with such

precision and determination that it is scary (in a good way). Sometimes it can be easy to get learning ADD and bounce around from one task to another when the going gets difficult. We simply move over to a slightly easier task. Great ones recognize the focused build-ing blocks of skill development that must be attained before moving on to more complex skills. This focus, although unnerving at times with our patience, pays huge dividends when advancing to a greater, advanced skill set.

WAItWait for it… Learning happens when

coaching and instruction stops. Huh? Yeah, I said it. The great ones know when to stop and simply let the learning flow. Great coaches wait. Patience grasshopper! Sometimes the best coaching doesn’t seem like traditional coaching at all. The environment is set and then the learning responsibility is placed on the student. How is this possible? Aren’t we paid the big bucks to provide the learning? Nope. The great ones wait.

LIvEThe great coaches simply live the code, to

share their passion with others. As teachers, we can all relate to the feeling we get when our peeps “get it.” No learning process is ever the same, canned or linear. This mantra is the true beauty of our craft as educators. At times it is the true horror as well. How many times have you ended the lesson thinking that you totally blew it, missed the mark and didn’t make any sort of learning connection? You are then shocked when your student says, “that was awesome, the best lesson ever, I learned so much! Let’s do it again tomor-row.” All righty then, what just happened here? Progress just happened because you lived it, and achieved it together. This true commitment to learning is what makes a great coach. I have the pleasure of seeing it happen on a regular basis.

Great Coaches…By Dave Schuiling, Director of Education

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No matter what job you perform at your resort, return business is crucial to sustain all of our careers. As instruc-tors we are the frontline, the interface

between the guest and our resort. We have many great opportunities to help people which supports a positive image of us and our respec-tive resort. We love it when people start plan-ning their trip for next year right on the chair-lift with us. Honestly, I never truly understood why until I played the part of a guest.

In my early teaching years, it never made sense to me why people pay large sums of money to book an instructor, or why they come back and do it again. My only explana-tion was they had a pretty good time and all the money in the world.

We all know the single lesson experience where somebody just wants enough informa-tion to practice some basic skills. They may come back if they get stumped, but otherwise you never see them again. That was me as a student for many different things.

When guests would come back to my resort and request me year after year I fig-ured I was doing something right. Most just wanted a little “let me know if I’m doing something wrong,” and to hang out and share good times. When guests became friends and began to call me directly just to say “Hi,” I started to put things together.

Obviously, we related to each other. Relate is the root word of “relationship.” Empathy allows one to relate to another. Anyone can relate to:

1. Missed flights 2. Lost luggage 3. Overbooked Hotel 4. Kids/Ski School check-in, sick, tired, cranky 5. Inappropriate gear 6. Etc....

Before I started traveling more, and had my own family, it was my job to be “aware” of these pitfalls. Now, being a guest and student is part of my life and I “know” the pitfalls. Which moves those of us that “know” into sympathy. Not only can I relate, I have lived it! I have also been to places where people are extremely friendly, happy and willing to lend a helping hand. For me everything has come full circle. From host and instructor to guest and student. Then back to instructor only to apply deeper understanding of the positive experiences I help to create. By being a guest and student, I know why we have such an impact on the frontline of our resorts. I now truly under-stand and appreciate “Why they come back.”

This summer, my suggestion is to go out and take a lesson for something you have been wanting to learn, allow yourself to be taken care of as a guest. Turn off the instruc-tor and host inside you and release yourself to an experience crafted by others! Let someone make your day!

Have a great summer!

Why They Come Back...By Michael “Spicky” Blanton, RM Snowboard Committee Chair, Telluride

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The PSIA-RM Adaptive Committee is very proud of Beth Fox, Adaptive Examiner and Committee Member for receiving the 2013 Cobb Partnership

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Beth, Operations Director for the National Sports Center for the Disabled (NSCD), has been an integral part of the PSIA-RM Ed Staff and Committee for over 20 years. She also has been a key player on the national level, serving on the Education Advisory Council, helping to create the Adaptive National Stan-dard and running the PSIA National Academy for continuing education at the Hartford Ski

Spectacular in December. Beth was inducted to the Adaptive Ski Hall of Fame in 2005. Her credits also expand to Nordic skiing as she has helped create programs such as an adap-tive Nordic program for school children with disabilities.

In the summer Beth runs the International Congress on Adapted Sport, providing train-ing opportunities for Adaptive ski instructors in Mt. Hood Oregon.

Beth also likes most outdoor pursuits like windsurfing and mountain biking, and has been known to ride the occasional mechan-ical bull!

Her work in Iceland began 7 years ago when she joined a group from Challenge Aspen. Since then, she has continued to travel there each winter, volunteering her time to teach instructor/volunteer training clinics in Adaptive ski techniques and teaching lessons to Icelanders with disabilities. This program

has expanded with NSCD hosting instructors to work, train, and return home with their new education and skills. They have added a com-petition component with Icelandic athletes, training with the NSCD. Iceland will be send-ing two athletes to compete in the Paralym-pics in Sochi in 2014!

One aspect of Beth’s work in Iceland that was key in her selection for this award, was her representation of American values. More specifically she expressed the culture of vol-unteerism, which is not as prevalent in Iceland. By initiating volunteer programs on how to treat, recruit, and train volunteers she shared an essential tool that allows us to run successful adaptive ski programs here in the US.

We are fortunate to have her as part of our team! She is one of the many reasons that PSIA-RM is a leader in Adaptive education, instruction, and safety, both at home and abroad.

Events Update

The Events team at the RM office is proud to announce the 2013-2014 PSIA-RM cal-endar is currently online. We have created a view only version of this calendar so you can get a head start on planning your winter season and hope to have registration open to you by September. We have heard from many of you concerning the need to

get this calendar out earlier and we have done just that. While it is impossible to have the calendar ready in April we hope that this early August launch is a step in the right direction. As always we have a great line up of events and clinics and there are a few events that we would like to highlight here.Alpine: History of Skiing at Vail 4/12-4/13, L3 Exam at Taos 3/24-3/26, Boot Balancing at Vail Jan 16-17, Edwin Terrell at Santa Fe 2/1 – 2/2, Strength Based Learning at 4 different locations, Alpine FS2/3 Snowmass 3/5-3/7 and Vail 4/9-4/11, Tech Foundations indoor in Phoenix 11/2 – 11/3Adaptive: Adaptive Snowboard ITC Breckenridge 12/5-12/7 and Mary Jane 2/4-2/6.Children’s: Kids 401 Breckenridge 1/27–1/28Nordic: X/C Ski Techniques For New Coaches Frisco Nordic 12/3, Tele Skills Improvement at Powderhorn Jan 13-14Snowboard: Halfpipe improvement Vail 2/4-2/5MSM: Breckenridge 11/10–11/12Be sure to jump on the PSIA-RM.org web site to find complete details and event descrip-tions for the events mentioned above and to check out the rest of the events on the calendar..

Tim Kenney and Carissa EggersEvent and Membership Coordinators

Adaptive News FlashBy Kirsten Atkins, Adaptive Committee Chair

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Alpine Update, July 2013By Jonathan Ballou, Alpine Chair

jonathanballou@mac.com

Summer is a busy time for the Alpine Committee. Once the lifts shut down and the ski areas start to gear up for summer oper-ations the committee begins the work of reflecting on the pre-vious season, analyzing successes and areas of opportunities,

and planning for the upcoming seasons. Most projects take multiple years to complete, and usually require some small tweaking once put into play.

The Level 3 ski day is a perfect example of this process. The com-mittee spent 3 years planning this change. The intent of the change was to look at the skiing ability of Level 3 candidates in a more holistic manner and create a more comfortable and interactive exam experience. Upon review of the results from the season and or goals within the process, a slight change seemed to be in order. In 2012/13 Bumps and Performance Short Turns were “must pass” tasks in the Applied Skills section. The “must pass” rigidity was contrary to the holistic intent of the new process so, moving forward, all scores in the Applied Skills section will be averaged. The scores to be averaged must not be below a 3. Since this is the only change to the Level 3 skiing exam we decided to make that decision retroactive and include the 2012/13 season. We would like to congratulate Jackston Ignatius of the Steamboat Ski & Ride School on attaining PSIA Level 3 cer-tification!

Here are a few projects in the works that you may find of interest:• Asof2014/15ChildSpecialist1(CS1)willberequiredasamoduleof Level 2 Certification. Like the other modules (MA, Teaching, and Skiing) CS1 may be taken before or after any other module. CS1 will still count as one of the prerequisites if taken prior to the rest of the exam modules. • For2013/14wewillbeofferingLevel2andLevel3TeachingExamPrep clinics. These will be included in the menu of prerequisites for their respective exams. The outlines for these clinics have been in development for the past two years. We expect them to be fantastic offerings and very beneficial to anyone going for an exam or just inter-ested in strengthening their teaching skills. • WearebeginningtolookintotheprocessofredevelopingtheITC(Level 1) process. There are quite a few ideas of how this may work. General Membership, Member School Management, and Education Staff are all being consulted on this project.

We hope you all are enjoying summer wherever you are. Should you be in winter, as I am at the time of writing this, we hope the conditions are great.

As always we value your input and encourage you to send us sugges-tions on how we can make your education and certification experiences more valuable. Please feel free to reach out any member of the Alpine Committee or myself. Current members are: Jim Shaw, Josh Fogg, Jenn Metz, John Wilt-gen, Randy Brooks, Dave Gregory, Mark Raymond, Gates Lloyd, Jon-athan Ballou–Chairperson

• Very competitive pay plan

• Growing resort and clientele

• Full-time trainer

• Free lift tickets to local resorts

• End of season bonus plan

• Great benefits

WORK, PLAY, GROW.

Did you know Canyons Resort earned a 2013 Ski Magazine Top 10 rankingand Outside Magazine’s <outsideonline.com> gave Canyons a Top 4 ranking.

Locally, Canyons has also been recognized as a Best Places to Work.

Canyons Ski and Snowboard School is recruiting Certified, Level 1, 2 and 3instructors for the 2013/14 season and for March 2014.

SUMMER OFFICE HOURS Please make a note that office hours

for the months of June, July and August

are from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday

through Thursday. The office is closed

on Fridays for the summer.

Found at the February 27, 2013 Breckenridge

event – one Core Concepts and one Alpine

Technical manual. They have been well-used and

have been highlighted with pink highlighter.

No name in either manual.

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Howdy Nords, and welcome back to N-mail! Sure, it’s summer right now, but how was your ski season? My hope for you is that it was exceptional

in a variety of ways, and that next winter will be even better. At this point, some would say, “it will be winter before we know it.” I’m not going to throw that old spoiler at you, because I love summer in the high country way too much, and I’m guessing you do too. But as you know, being a Nord is a year-round thing. I’d like to cover some PSIA-RM Nordic busi-ness just to keep you in the loop, and then we can all get back outside where we belong! For the first time in a while, there are some changes afoot in the RM Nordic Committee. You may or may not already know this, but the XC and Tele Education staffs comprise the Nordic Committee. Within that commit-tee, there is a 7 member executive commit-tee. Those who are “in the know” (principally me) call it NordExCom. NordExCom mem-bers are voted in by the Nordic Committee (let’s just call it NordCom to be consistent), serve 3 year terms, and select a Nordic Chair person from within their ranks. As of our annual Spring meetings and after extensive, elaborate, and highly secret polling practices, here are the current NordExCom members (specialties in parentheses): Patti Banks (Tele & XC), Dale Drennan (Tele & XC), Tom Hickock (Tele), Charlie MacArthur (Tele), Jim Sanders (Tele & XC), Jim Shaw (Tele), and Leigh Sullivan (XC). Welcome to the newest NordExCom members Tom Hickock and Leigh Sullivan! They replace two mem-bers who have completed their terms, Brian Blackstock and Deb Willits. Additionally, NordExCom decided to try a new leadership model. We now have Co-Nordic Chairs, with Jim Shaw stepping in as Tele Boss, and Patti Banks featured as our XC Czar. This is a big change.

There is a bit of recognition and thanks due. Patti Banks has been our Nordic Chair Person and talented leader for at least 15 years (what?!). Brian and Deb have also

played critical leadership roles throughout that time period. Under Patti’s chair-person-ship, with deft and insightful assistance from Deb, Brian, and a few other long-time, key

NordExCom members, the PSIA-RM Nordic world has come a long way in a very good direction. Thanks to all three of these super Nords, who have done a great job. If or when you run into any of them, take a few minutes to chat and thank them for their time, effort, and wisdom over the years. They will con-tinue to make contributions as key NordCom players, just in different capacities. Dana, our faithful RM Executive Director, made an interesting observation at our Nor-dCom Spring Meeting. RM Nordic members do not take advantage of PSIA-RM scholar-ships. Now imagine that: Nords who are not interested in a discount! Frankly, I cannot imagine it, so I’m guessing this is an edu-cation issue. Did you know there are at least seven different types of scholarships avail-able to RM Members, none of which is dif-ficult to win? We are talking about (almost) free money here. And did you know that not one of these scholarships has been awarded to somebody who did not bother to apply for it? That was a subtle hint. If you didn’t catch it, here’s another one: go to www.psia-rm.org, put your cursor over “Membership,” scroll down to “Member Benefits,” then click on “Scholarships.” You might surprise yourself with how easy it is to get a substantial dis-count on a clinic or exam of your choosing this season. I have a few Telemark news tidbits/updates to share:• Wehavedevelopedand refinedaveryeffective Telemark Movement Analysis pro-cess over the last few years. The most current description will be in the 2013/14 Nordic Handbook. The Nordic Handbook is a “liv-ing document” and is updated and corrected every summer. It’s always worth it to down-

load the latest version from the RM website each fall. You can see the vintage of the Nordic Handbook on the Cover Page (even though the handbook ages well and develops hints of chocolate and Bing cherry, I recom-mend the freshest, newest version for each ski season).• Wehavecreateda2-dayLevel1TelemarkITC for members who are already Level 1 certified in another discipline. This event is offered on a travelling clinic basis, so get a few friends or colleagues together and get your Tele Level 1 Cert on this season -- in two days instead of three! Why wait?• WewillcontinuetooffertwoTelemarkCertification alternatives, both the 3-day Cer-tification event and the 2-day Modules. Only the Skiing 2-day Module will be offered this season. Other 2-day modules will be offered in the future.• Agreatwaytolearn,prepareforcertifica-tion, and improve your performance at Cert. events is to take a Tele Cert Prep clinic. These clinics are really fun and have been underuti-lized. Why not use one of those scholarships you are going to get this season to take a Telemark Prep Clinic and really bump your skills and knowledge up to the next level! I feel like I owe you some XC news updates, but if I let all of the cats out of the bag at once, what will you have to look for-ward to in your next N-mail? Besides, who wants to be herding cats when it’s so beau-tiful and green out in the forest and the high country? I will give you one tidbit for now, an insider tip. The new National XC technical manual is still in the works, and I really do believe the finished product will be worth the wait. Writing a new manual has forced a good hard look at what we have for technical infor-mation and concepts in the Cross Country world, and it looks like the resulting process is producing something very worthwhile. So hang in there, it’s coming. That’s more than enough for now. We all need to get outside and enjoy our amazing Rocky Mountain summer. Maybe I’ll run into you up there in the high country. I hope so. I’d love to share my chocolate and hear a few of your stories. Until then, you can e-mail n-mail at hugeglide@aol.com. See ya’.

N-MailBy Jim Sanders, Nordic Committee

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SUMMER TIME SKILL

DEVELOPMENTDusty Dyar, Children’s Education

Committee Chair

Summer time has many great opportuni-ties for children to develop skills use-ful to snow sports. One of my favor-ite summer activities is trail riding!

Whether I’m out roosting on my motorcycle or cranking away on my mountain bike, I love all types of single-track. Among the many healthy benefits children get from these activ-ities, I like to focus on vision. Children can gain visual-psycho-motor skills riding their bikes along trails.

How often do you advise people in the winter to look up, look ahead, don’t look at your feet? Luckily we all get to practice this same advice all summer chasing single-track, except the goal is to look down a predeter-mined path instead of at the front wheel. This works great for children as the trail acts like your tracks in the snow and gives them something concrete to focus on. If you get a chance to have kids ride through trees on a tight winding trail, encourage them to look all the way down the trail to the point where the trail unfolds. This becomes more difficult when obstacles show up, yet provides a good challenge to trust peripheral vision and kines-thetic sensors.

Through the development of visual skills, children will have more time to process visual information and make decisions.

As you may or may not know, skiing was a massive part of my dad’s life. In fact, he designed his life around the sport. He was a “behind the scene survivor.”

He was never in the right place to race or gain any glamour - he is a work horse. Vino was certified over 50 years ago in Crested Butte where he started on the Ski Patrol, but he was quickly recruited by the Ski School because of his skiing talents. He worked in Crested Butte for a few years until he was married to my mom, Jackie Anthony, and they moved to Denver. From Denver he could not get the sport out of his blood nor could the sport forget him. Copper Mountain recruited him prior to their opening season. At one point Jackie was the supervisor of the Children’s Ski School. My dad worked through the ski school for several years, then started the Youth Program, the Copper Choppers, with another gentleman. The Copper Choppers was a massive ski program that brought thou-sands of kids out of Denver every weekend. Copper Choppers grew our sport and made it more approachable for many Denver Youth, but this was not enough. My father, though his primary profession is a jeweler, decided to open the KIDS SKI EQUIPMENT Company in Cherry Creek Denver. The primary goal was to have an approachable price for fami-lies to outfit their kids. He wanted my sister and I to have equipment. This side business was never about money. He opened the store above his primary business in a little house in the heart of Cherry Creek Shopping district. It was a hit!

When Beaver Creek resort became estab-lished, my dad was one of the first to be

looking around the base area for opportuni-ties. His goal was to open up a business or move his business placing him closer to the sport. He opened up the Golden Beaver, a custom Jewelry store where he designed the iconic Golden Beaver Logo and pendent around the resort’s theme. He also designed Winchester, the Skiing Beaver. He started the Beaver Creek Villager magazine and both my dad and I opened up an instant photo-finish shop. Even though he did not ever work on the Beaver Creek Ski School my dad kept up on his PSIA certification and remained a loyal member. He has been part of the Beaver Creek community since the beginning both on and off the slopes. His photography more than grabbed the passion he had for the valley and the sport.

Vino traveled with me to more than 7 World Extreme Championships in Alaska and became an iconic part of the Valdez Com-munity as well. He would sit up on the side of the mountains roped in for hours catching dramatic shots of the athletes as they put their lives on the line to push the sport.

He traveled with me to Valbruna, Italy, where he help me host, along with former Italian National Champion Marco Tonazzi, our ski programs. The Italians soon came to know my father, his craftsmanship and his photos as well as his skiing talent.

Vino Anthony suffered from a traumatic brain injury from a fall he took (with helmet) on Vail mountain while skiing with the 50’s group. The fall took place Jan 22, 2013. Vino was in the hospital where he underwent more than six brain surgeries. Vino passed away at home on June 19, 2013.

Vino AnthonyAs written by his son, Chris Anthony

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I am a Nord. I think I have always been a Nord at heart. Officially, I became a Nord when I bought my first complete set of free heel equipment: wooden skis with

cable bindings, bamboo poles, and leather boots – all for $50.00. This equipment set me free from being chained to ski chairlift runs. Instantaneously, I was able to stride into the backcountry and go on adventures. For me, being a Nord is all about having adventures while sliding. Plus, Nordic adventure involves reading maps, planning a trip from point A to point B or maybe planning a loop—going somewhere I have never been before, and stride, glide, double pole, and telemark turn to get there.

In March, my husband Larry and I searched for the essence of Nordic adventure by travel-ing to Norway, the mother country of skiing. We chose to join the ski culture in Norway by using the most popular sliding method: clas-sic skiing. It was the trip of a lifetime because of the skiing, the culture, and of course, the adventure.

Our trip focused on several areas in Nor-way each with its own flavor of “nordness.” We landed literally in Oslo, Norway via ferry boat on a steel grey, overcast morning. Light snow was falling as the ship docked amongst some small scattered ice blocks floating in the harbor. It felt cold and strange. We drug our bags across the gang plank down the ramp past the customs guys, who merely waved at us, and out to the curb where a taxi driver wedged our long ski bag between the car seats. As we drove, I surveyed Oslo for the first time. With fresh snow coating the hardwoods and a predominance of Victorian era buildings, this quaint city reminded me of Burlington, Vermont. One of these Vic-torian style buildings, the newly renovated Saga Hotel was our destination. Consulting Trip Advisor and Mapquest, I had chosen this hotel because of its location in a picket fence type neighborhood and because of its proxim-ity to the subway station that would link us to the cross country trail system just to the north of town.

The morning after our arrival we dressed in cross country gear, armed ourselves with skis and poles, and set out for the subway station

about half a mile from our hotel. When we hit the main thoroughfare, we walked briskly along the narrow icy sidewalks not only due to the cold, but also to keep pace with fam-ilies shopping and people hurrying to work. At the subway station, we joined fellow skiers who advised us to take train #1 to Sognsvann. Riding the train with skis is normal in Oslo. None of the non-skiers who were reading books, talking with their children, and listen-ing to their ipods gave us a second glance.

Only skiers remained on the train when it squeaked to a stop at the end of the line. We followed the crowd a few hundred feet to the busy trailhead by a lake. Here we found ourselves with every kind of cross country skier imaginable –young racers with the latest equipment and sleek outfits, older folks wear-ing knickers clamping on vintage 80’s skis, along with parents towing children who could barely walk on skis, and dogs with bright colored foot pads. The absence of snowmo-biles left the air humming with happy human voices. Apparently, on this Saturday morning in Oslo, Norway cross country skiing was THE family activity.

Ullevalseter Lodge near Olso, Norway

So we fit right in. We waxed up (hard wax, yeah) and set out on the well prepared tracks. (Note: there are no trail fees in this country. I think the high cost of everything else pays for the track setting.) Kicking and gliding up the first hill, we stopped to read one of the many sign posts. There were so many trails and so many trail intersections that we had to stop often to figure out where we were, frequently asking directions from passersby. After a few hours of skiing this complicated network that wove over and around wooded hills, we reached a clearing that featured a large back-woods lodge called Ullevalseter. The lodge

was buzzing with the enthusiastic skiers eating lunch and sharing their hill exploits in loud voices. Virtually everyone had skied at least 5 K uphill to get to this lodge. This amazed me when I saw some of the very small children there. I admired two, watching them out of the lodge window while eating my minestrone soup. A couple of small boys repeatedly her-ringboned up a snow bank and then zoomed down over a mini jump—their skis exten-sions of their small bodies. After coffee and a tasty homemade cinnamon roll, we corked in some warmer wax and skied another 12 K to the other side of the lake and then back to the subway, which arrived after only 5 minutes of waiting. Happy and tired we returned to the city. With skis in hand, we waited at the cor-ner for the “green man” light signal to tell us it was safe to cross the busy street. Such a juxta-position of city and forest all in one day! Our Nordic adventure had begun.

The next day, now “veterans” of the trans-portation system, we embarked on sub-way-ski-subway trip number 2. We took the #6 train to the end of the line at Frognoseteren. After the train left, we walked across the tracks and began another morning in the woods – ski-ing to trail intersections, figuring out where we were, and then skiing some more. The tracks were crisp, the trees were flocked, and the sun was out. It couldn’t have gotten any bet-ter! Since it was Monday, fewer people were skiing and the first lodge that we targeted for lunch was closed. We skied some more and found ourselves at Ullevalseter again, this time approaching it from the opposite side. It too was closed so we skied more Ks, finally eating lunch at a lovely log lodge called Try-vann, situated at the base of a small downhill run. A fire burning in the stone fireplace wel-comed us as we entered. Adding to the homey effect, a jar of tulips decorated every table. A moose head hanging from the wall “watched” me eat my open face meat sandwich, which I had to order by pointing because I could not pronounce its Norwegian name.

From Tryvann we skied a few more Ks, mostly downhill past the Frognoseteren sta-tion, where we had started that morning, to the world famous Holmenkollen Nordic ski jump. A huge metal structure with the start house 60 meters off the ground, I calculated that a person would need more than a dou-ble shot of testosterone and a few martinis to even consider just skiing down the in-run, let alone jump! Nevertheless, about 30,000 peo-

A Classic Nordic AdventureBy Dale Drennan

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ple did watch the few who dared to compete in the jumping event portion of the 2013 FIS World Cup Nordic championships which had taken place the day before. Beside the jump was the Holmenkollen sta-dium, lined with targets on one side for biath-lons. A set of 10 classic tracks remained from yesterday’s competition. Indulging in fantasy, I lined up on one set and skied as fast as I could. I could hear the crowds cheering as I lunged for the finish! Well, not really, but that was the finish of our skiing in Oslo and Day 2 of our Nordic adventure.

Larry in front of the Holmenkollen ski jump

Next on the agenda was Lillehammer, home of the 1996 Olympics. Because we only had one night in this location, we had to make every minute count. On the day of our arrival we visited the Nordic Olympic Museum where I we learned about the history of skiing and the history of the Olympics. Particularly fas-cinating were photos and news reels of classic skiers of yesteryear. I also enjoyed seeing a pair of cable binding alpine skis like the ones I started on as a little girl so long ago.

Outside the museum, we met an older woman and her dog Whisper. After giving us some good advice about where to ski, she let me take her picture. I thought it was cool that instead of the boring kind of walker that peo-ple use in the States, she had a ski “walker,“ giving credence to the idea that everyone wants to slide and keep sliding in Norway.

The following morning was overcast and snowing. To save time, we took a cab from our hotel to the renowned Birkebeiner sta-

dium, located a few kilometers up the road from the Olympic buildings. Using our map, we set our course so that we would ski an 18k loop and hopefully end up near our hotel in time to rendezvous with our ride to our next location. Day 3 was the day that we began to “own” classic ski technique. Because there were longer distances between intersections, and it was relatively flat, we relaxed into each stride, feeling the hip move forward and over the gliding ski. The sensation of “high hips” that I have been seeking for years finally sunk in! We kicked and glided rhythmically, find-ing a comfortable pace that allowed us to turn our heads from side to side and absorb the scenes unfolding around us. We skied past streams, ponds, summer homes, and a lake –then over a bridge, through woodlands and open areas –then around corners, emerging from a thick forest out to a wide open view of the valley. Tucking coupled with step turns, stem Christies, and parallel turns around some tight corners brought us back down to the outskirts of Lillehammer. Next, following the lampposts that light the trail in the dark months, we double poled down a fenced-in lane that sliced through backyards. We finally ran out of snow less than a quarter mile from our hotel and walked the rest of the way. After several hours of skiing we arrived with just enough time to change and eat lunch. Then Eric, a lively elderly gentleman and hotel owner, arrived. He came to take us by car to his Dalsetter Hoyfjellshotell Lodge.

Ahh the Dalsetter Lodge! Oh to have had more time at this oasis of cross country ski-ing! The Dalsetter Lodge was the jewel of our trip. Perched on a ridge above a lake,

the lodge overlooked the treeless expanses of Jotunheimen National Park. The day after we arrived we skied 28 K of some of the most drop-dead beautiful trails I have ever seen—most of which were above tree line and all groomed to perfection. Was it cold? Yes, it was cold and that was what made the tracks so good. VF 20 worked well and pro-vided just the right amount of grip to get us up hill and to Bingsbu hut above tree line. Norway is full of huts like this. You can plan all kinds of trips that link these huts together by skiing ungroomed but well marked trails. Some huts are staffed; others are not. Most have food that you can eat; you just pay by putting cash in a box, or you can even pay later with your credit card. (In Norway no one would consider not paying.) The next time we go, a hut to hut trip would open up all kinds of scenic possibilities. Still the days we spent at Dalsetter, enjoying the groomed runs, hot showers, and excellent meals in the evening, were cross country skiing Nir-vana—pure JOY.

I could go on and on about this place and other places where we skied, but I need to bring this article to a close. My hope is that reading this saga has stimulated the Nord in you! Going to Norway reinforced my belief that cross country skiing can be enjoyed by all, not just a few elite super fit people; although I won’t lie, fitness enhances enjoy-ment. Skiing on skinny skis with a small pack opens a world that can only be accessed and experienced in a unique way—So light… so free… so cool!!

Dalsetter Hoyfjellshotell Lodge

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ALPInE cERtIFIEd LEvEL IAchorn, Tisha; Adamkova, Lucia; Aichele,

Randall L.; Alkire, Heather A.; Alvarez, Matias L.; Ambrosio, Linette P.; Amster, John K.; Andre, Jennifer A.; Arena, Francis B.; Arita, Kingo; Arrieta, Andres M.; Arthur, Martyn; Ashley, Emil T.; Bain, Lena E.; Bak-ker, Reuben; Bald, Valerie R.; Baldwin, Eric N.; Balmer, Carolyn F.; Banks, Steve M.; Barajas, Bobby R.; Barricklow, Beck A.; Bar-tels, Erin A.; Battjes, William E.; Bauserman, Joseph N.; Baxter, Lynn Marie; Baxter, Rachel C.; Beauvineau, Yves J.; Bell, John R.; Bel-lomo, Antonio; Beltramone, Elisa I.; Bennett, Samuel W.; Benson, Mark S.; Berg, Benjamin C.; Berry, Katherine C.; Betkowski, Adam S.; Biddle, Christopher G.; Bineau, James E.; Birnbaum, John T.; Bischoff, Justyn M.; Blaze, William L.; Blean, Mark J.; Bleekman, Dell; Boak, Sarah B.; Bolger, Hannah C.; Bone, Thomas M.; Boni, Krista L.; Bonzi, Martin I.; Bopeley, Lynn C.; Borderick, Rhi-anna L.; Boulet, Christian M.; Bowen, Kath-ryn L.; Bowling, Heather B.; Brandewie, Christopher H.; Brands, Laura K.; Brauch, Mary I.; Brazil, Evan; Breard, Eugenio I.; Brink, Joe D.; Brooks, Matthew D.; Broste, Juliana; Brown, Greg S.; Brown, Stephen M.; Browne, Casey M.; Browner, Chris K.; Bruck-ner, Emily E.; Bryant, Jill M.; Buckingham, Edward W.; Buckley, Lorelei; Bukowski, Pat-rick T.; Burchenal, Anna K.; Burrows, Laura L.; Busch, Rowlie P.; Butler, Guy L.; Caffery, Michael P.; Cannon, Katharine T.; Cannon, Molly E.; Caples, Kristen M.; Carmichael, Michael O.; Carnal, Emile L.; Carter, Lindsay M; Carver, Douglas D.; Cashel, Timothy J.; Catron, Emily R.; Chalstrom, Patricia L.; Chandler, Cody T.; Chesner, Trace L.; Chris-tenson, Nathan H.; Chudacoff, Natalie C.; Clark, Cody C.; Clark, Steven T.; Cleary, Brendan J.; Cobb, Lisa M.; Cohen, Barry; Cook, John K.; Cooper, Edward R.; Corman, Daniel Y.; Courtenay-Morris, Isabella S.; Cox, Randall K.; Creamer, Gregory S.; Criswell, Jocelyn E.; Crockett, Sarah L.; Crump, Sarah V.; Dahlgren, Steven J.; Dale, Christopher A.; D’Alessandro, Daniel; Daradics, Christopher E.; Darrow, Dawn M.; Dawson, Tomas P.; Day, Jennifer B.; Delgado, Michael G.; Devore, Nicholas S.; Di Cesare, Patrick A.; DiBenedetto, Marie L.; Dobert, Stephen C.;

Dressel, Mallane R.; DuBois, Cassidy E.; Dunn, Ryan P.; Duran, Raul; Dusin, Linsey; Dwyer, Beri A.; Dwyer, Thomas E.; Edgerly, Brian; Edminister, Michael E.; Eiletz, Trinidad A.; Elefant, Michael M.; Elston, Matthew D.; Elwood, Kelsey K.; Esau, Hanna J.; Escue, Philip W.; Etchepare, Milo M.; Evans, Gianna L.; Fadal, Jill M.; Fairfield, Edwin E.; Farrell, John M.; Fay, Brennan; Felton, Cherlynn; Fer-ley, Heather; Fisher, Emily L.; Fitz, Robert D.; Flawn-Chopp, Tyrrell T.; Fleischman, Noah P.; Flensburg, Karin K.; Foote, Kevin R.; Forbes, Robert; Formichella, Christopher M.; Forney, Sean L.; Forster, Leslie E.; Foster, Alison C.; Fowler, Patrick M.; Fox, Sydney L.; Freeman, Charles; French, Dylan C.; Fried-man, Len; Frydenlund, Shae; Fulton, Richard M.; Fusco, Stephen C.; Gagnon, Paul J.; Gay, Anna O.; Gee, Viven; Germon, Dylan I.; Gid-dens, Jay P.; Gifford, Dave A.; Gilbreath, Jason B.; Gilman, Katie E.; Gioia, John M.; Gipp, Wayne C.; Gish, Michael G.; Glider, Pete; Glover, Steve C.; Glumac, Ian J.; Gol-bus, Ryan E.; Goodman, Sophie A.; Gordon, Jeffrey A.; Gorevan, Matthew J.; Gorevan, Sara C.; Gorfinkle, Gabriel S.; Gould, Ellen; Govoni, Cory C.; Graham, Judy A.; Grauer, Donna; Gravelle, Deborah S.; Gray, Michele M.; Greene, Ella Z.; Gregory, Mark M.; Grillo, Catalina M.; Gross, Fred A.; Gunselman, Karl E.; Haberkorn, Hans A.; Hall, Gregory J.; Hall, Johannah K.; Halligan, Daniel H.; Halp-erin, Trevor C.; Hamilton, Alec F.; Hamilton, Andrew P.; Hampton, Stephen W.; Hanifan, James P.; Hanssens, Matts; Haren, Timothy S.; Hart, Mathew M.; Hart, Paula P.; Haugh, Pete; Haussy, Philippe; Heckaman, Alexander L.; Heine, Jeff D.; Hendershot, Wesley E.; Henry, Hilary E.; Herbert, Alison D.; Hermanns, Gra-ham P.; Herre, Martin; Hesh, Laura G.; Hill, John W.; Hodgkiss, Jennifer L.; Hofer, Ernest E.; Hook, Rachel L.; Hopson, Lysa P.; Horn-blower, John G.; Horvat, Jeffrey E.; Hoskins, Grace C.; Hoss, Julia A.; Howell, David M.; Hoyl, Christy D.; Hudson, Chris E.; Hughes, Kley; Hunter, Laurie K.; Hurley, Shannon; Hutchinson, Victoria A.; Hylla, Frederike; Irwin, Sarah J.; Jacobsen, Erik K.; Jamal, Nader Z.; James, Theodore; Janos, Andrea C.; Jay, Howard C.; Jeckel, Shane L.; Jenkins, Danielle M.; Jensen, Parker D.; Jimmerson,

Keith O.; Johnson, Kendall; Jones, Amy D.; Jones, Timothy L.; Kallgren, Eric E.; Kam-mert, Kevin W.; Kaplan, Barry F.; Katz, Bree K.; Kayne, Benn A.; Keens, James; Kenny, Eli C.; Kent, David A.; Kimnach, Robert B.; King, Anna T.; Kissinger, Thomas V.; Kittredge, Robert L.; Koch, Aidan M.; Korby, Casey C.; Koschmann, Steve R.; Kowalczk, Nathan A.; Kozlowski, Kevan R.; Krupicka, Benton K.; Kubiak, Hanna; Kuppens, Chris; Kushner, Thomas L.; Lagos, Agustin; Lanusse, Ricardo J.; ash, Daniel C.; Laughlin, Rob S.; Lawson, James T.; Lay, Alison M.; Lentz, Leah M.; Levine, Jeffrey M.; Lewarton, Sandy L.; Ligas, Richard; Lilly, Justin H.; Lones, Amy K.; Long, Robert; Low, Charlie H.; Lowe, Robert E.; Lowinske, Mariah E.; Lud-wig, Sonnet F.; Lusenskas, Erin M.; MacFar-land, Lauryn M.; Mack, Spencer A.; MacLel-lan, Tammy B.; Madsen, Joanna M.; Magallanes, Joao H.; Mahoney, Patrick E.; Mako, William D.; Malueg, Josiah A.; Man-kowsky, Erica J.; Margolin, Macy H.; Marino, Joseph S.; Marmulstein, Laura; Marotta, Emily A.; Marshall, David; Martin, Laraine E.; Martinez, Anthony L.; Matherly, Jamie M.; Mathieu, Elizabeth; Matthews-Forney, Peggy J.; Mattison, George A.; May, Paul A.; McCole, Timothy J.; McCormick, David C.; McGarey, David T.; McGhee, John M.; McGill, Trevor G.; McIntosh, Jennifer S.; McKenney, Matthew T.; McKnight, Rose-mary; McLean, Neil M.; McNiven, Karissa A.; McReynolds, Heather H.; Meehan-Keefe, Michael R.; Mejia, Sofia; Meloy, Mallory D.; Metz, Margaret K; Meyer, Andrew T.; Mid-dlemiss, Andrew J.; Miller, Elizabeth M.; Mil-lert, David E.; Miner, Robbie E.; Minton, Abi-gail V.; Mirrione, Margaret C.; Mistretta, Maria A.; Mitchell, Holly P.; Mitchell, Joel M.; Mitkus, Erika A.; Mitsuoka, George; Molitor, Carmen D.; Monroe, Debra L.; Mon-roe, Jennifer N.; Montalbano, Chris C.; Mon-toya, Keith S.; Morgan, Alex G.; Morin, Wyatt L.; Morrison, Keller G.; Mosher, Leif G.; Motelet, Garrett; Mrazik, Scott T.; Murdock, John E.; Murphy, Brendan J.; Myles, Alexan-der D.; Nadeau, Kenneth S.; Nagel, Thomas M.; Needle, Trevor; Newton, Sandra; Nicho-las, Gabe T.; Nichols, Natalie; Nicholson, Richard E.; Niebuhr, Kiki A.; Niebuhr, Renny

CONGRATULATIONS TO 2012/13 EXAM CANDIDATES!

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S.; Nimmins, Joshua E.; Nimocks, Edward B.; Noyes, Mali S.; Nunez, William T.; Oberly, John F.; O’Brien, Allison L.; O’Donnell, Lance A.; O’Donnell, Sean D.; O’Herron, Michael R.; Oldaker, Charles B.; Oliver, Wil-liam B.; Orie, Steven; Ouillette, Jane L.; Padlick, Carol; Pagani, Fermin; Pahl, Becky L.; Paigen, Joshua; Paul, Nancy J.; Penney, Paul E.; Pershing, John; Peterson, John S.; Peterson, Justin; Petkov, Nikolai; Petrovski, Peter; Pietilainen-Caffrey, Riikka K.; Platt, Jessica M.; Poeppel, Sarah E.; Pope, Kevin P.; Posner, Austin P.; Powell, Joshua F.; Powell, Kenneth C.; Pratt, Phillip R.; Proesel, Thomas N.; Puntenney, Kira C.; Pyatt, Anneliese S.; Pylman, Elisha A.; Quigley, Christina S.; Rag-ona, Nicolas A.; Raitman, Ross A.; Ran-dall-Parker, Tammy K.; Rankin, Billy; Raven-scroft, Cammy M.; Raynor, George H.; Reeder, Gordon R.; Reenders, Rachelle J.; Reichert, Michael J.; Reid, Curtis R.; Resnick, Leslie; Rickarby, Carly J.; Risch, Jesse P.; Ris-torcelli, Steven A.; Rivera, Katie M.; Roarty, Sean M.; Roberts, Susan B.; Roche, Michael G.; Rodriguez, Justin R.; Rogers, Susan; Rohrer, Andrew F.; Roland, Dennis L.; Rolfson, Matthew E.; Romero, Laurel; Rose-berry, Michael S.; Rosenbaum, Terri F.; Rosenstein, Eli; Rosenthal, Sarah S.; Rosen-thal, Steven M.; Ross, Bryan M.; Ross, Wil-liam C.; Ross, Zach D.; Rossman, Ben; Roth, Jill G.; Rowland, Sammantha D.; Ruff, Jessica M.; Ruhle, David C.; Ruz, Joaquin; Ruz, Val-entina; Sabandal, Sheryl D.; Sadowsky, Reu-ben P.; Sahn, Karen R.; Salvin, David J.; Sam-ford, JT; Sanderlin, Raymond; Santangelo, Tess A.; Saunders, John T.; Schaffer, Loren; Schilling, Mercedes; Schroth, Jon F.; Schroth, Tracy A.; Schulte, Richard A.; Schwab, Mar-garet M.; Schwartz, Brittany L.; Scoby, Kyle A.; Scott, Vance R.; Searcy, Brennen H.; Seidl, Stephanie M.; Shangraw, Emily R.; Sheehan, Harrison P.; Shellenbarger, Robert J.; Sherrill, Taf M.; Shier, Hannah D.; Shikverg, Kimberly H.; Sifers, Ashley L.; Silver, Scott R.; Sin-dlinger, Marki A.; Skolnick, Marty E.; Slack, Francine A.; Slade, Nicholas D.; Sloan, Travis J.; Smiley, Connor P.; Smith, Dana M.; Sny-der, Bruce A.; Snyder, Patrick C.; Sofranko, Kenny M.; Solganick, Brian; Solomon, Mat-thew P.; Sommerfeld, Corinne K.; Sommer-ville, Michelle S.; Soncrant, Champ P.; Son-crant, Joanne F.; Sowers, John C.; Spear, Christopher G.; Spicocchi, Ken D.; Sprague, George H.; Sprague, Megan N.; Spritz, Rich-

ard A.; Starnes, Robert; Stein, Michael P.; Stein, Russell N.; Steinberg, DPM, Robert S.; Stern, Jared A.; Stettner, Richard B.; Steuri, Christian; Stewart, Maggie M.; Stone, Jillian A.; Storm, Trevor; Strom, Signa M.; Strouse, David M.; Sullivan, Jim; Swain, Tristan; Swanson, Gretchen F.; Sylvester, Alexandra L.; Taber, Scott R.; Tallmadge, Jeffrey; Tenen-baum, Kyle A.; Tenorio, Florencia S.; Thomp-son, Gary W.; Thompson, Robert D.; Thomp-son, Sarah K.; Thoreson, David M.; Tiemersma, Ian M.; Timmerman, Emma T.; Tindle, Anna M.; Todd, Justin R.; Tomaghelli, Micaela; Tonkin, Allen M.; Townsend, Kyle O.; Twohig, Lauren A.; Tydings, Justine E.; Umpleby, Oliver G.; Urquhart, Howie; Van Der Rijt, Rhys; Varela, Joaquin J.; Vertuca, Robert E.; Vetromile, Dominique B.; Villa-suso, Andres A.; Von Trapp Hunter, Carla C.; Waidner, Philip l.; Walker, Patrick D.; Ward, Rebecca; Ware, William M.; Warr, Christo-pher G.; Warren, Brendan W.; Weber, John D.; Webster, Richard L.; Wehse, Erik A.; Weich-sel, Christian C.; Weidemueller, Cass G.; Weinhold, Aisha; Welch, Alex; Welsh, Joseph J.; Welsh, Shauna M.; Wenger, Noah M.; West, Emily F.; White, Tegan M.; Wichert, Cherie N.; Wight, Matthew R.; Williams, Corinne T.; Williams, Johanna M.; William-son, Samuel E.; Willis, Ryne K.; Willits, Orion M.; Wilson, Andrea R.; Woitas, Peter L.; Wood, Brandon T.; Woolaway, James T.; Wright, Powell T.; Wyatt, Melissa N.; Wysol-merski, Michael N.; Yeiser, Kathy L.; Yelinek, Lauren A.; Yellon, Shayna P.; Young, Joshua R.; Zienkiewicz, Todd A.; Zug, Albert E.; Zug, Caroline; Zukosky, Jason R.; Zuroff, Bernard L.; Zuroff, Rochelle S.

ALPInE cERtIFIEd LEvEL IIAlonso, Federico M.; Anderson, Melissa M.;

Antonio, Lindsey C.; Baalerud, Andrew; Bain, Lena E.; Bangle, Joshua M.; Battjes, William T.; Belocopitt, Facundo; Beltramone, Juan P.; Bermudez, Camila; Block, Courtney; Brown, Lauren E.; Burt, Ellen M.; Camacci, Daniel J.; Chaney, Peter W.; Collett, Lauren; Conneely, John; Cordova, Jacqueline M.; Crofut-Brit-tingham, Amelia; Crosby, Wendy W.; Darosa, Amy G.; Darosa, Erik J.; Diaz, Nelson; Doby, Elizabeth M.; Dockstader, Rodgers A.; Dole, Nathan S.; Dudycha, Lindsay N.; Dunn, Ryan P.; Durand, Timothy; Engle, Bruce B.; Fish-man, Susan A.; Fox, Kathrin; Frank, Philip G.; Gavinski, Peter L.; Gerdin, Theresa; Giesler,

Sandra; Gildesgame, Emma; Goldmann, Kate A.; Gorga, Chris M.; Graceffa, Julie A.; Grdin, Marco; Green, Miriam M.; Guardatti, Danisa L.; Hamlin, Derek; Hart, Philip S.; Hastings, Lindsay M.; Henry, Melinda M.; Holtz-man, Howard L.; Hueth, Kevin L.; Jernberg, Charles M.; Katt, Sarah B.; Kohler-Overstreet, Patty L.; Kohlhardt, Jeffrey G.; Kroneberger, Kylie C.; Lagos, Joaquin; Langlands, Sarah A.; Londner, Elizabeth A.; Lovelady, Tyler; Maag-Brown, Travis J.; Mackoff, Benjamin D.; Madsen, Joanna M.; Manahan, Kimberly H.; Marino, Joseph S.; McCartney, Calle S.; McFerrin, Jeremiah R.; Metz, Rachel L.; Meyer, Lyndsay E.; Michelet, Christian; Mineo, Matthew; Ming, Yung C.; Murphy, Brendan J.; O’Shea, Timothy J.; Paradee, Ben-jamin R.; Pocius, Nicolette V.; Powers, Dave M.; Prockter, Sean T.; Rose, Julianne T.; Rose, Susan M.; Sassoon, Alex B.; Seiber, Jason A.; Shore, Lee G.; Smith, Sarah R.; Spencer, Dylan; Steninger, Matthew J.; Stepleton, Jes-sica M.; Stimac, Terry; Stumm, Charles R.; Swearingen, Wesley W.; Tarloff, Danielle L.; Truitt, Nicholas F.; Urbanek, Julie; Van Deventer, Pete; Watts, Troy M.; Weber, Den-nis; White, Tegan M.; Wilson, Eileen E.; Zink, Kevin; Zumberge, Linus E.

ALPInE cERtIFIEd LEvEL IIIBianchi, Julieta; Blackband, Stephen M.;

Chasson, Kate; Frasier, Matt; Guilbert, Patrick N.; Hendry, Adam J.; Hoffbauer, Chris M.; Ignatius, Jackston H.; Judy, John; Madison, Chris P.; McCleary, Neil R.; McDaniel, Chris; Stafford, Leslie; Stewart, Calvin; Vaitkus, Linas; Vomacka, Evan

ALPInE RM tRAInERCaruso , Chr is ; Howe, Katheryne;

Mogensen, Erik; Ogden, George; Pisko, James J.

ALPInE FREEStyLE LEvEL IAlonzo, David T.; Antonio, Lindsey C.;

Baker, Arthur S.; Baker, Charles K.; Balan-dina, Elena; Barnes, Robert C.; Barney, Scott N.; Battat, Scott E.; Benac, Dan; Berg, Doug-las G.; Bocksch, Benjamin D.; Boni, Krista L.; Boutet, Sol D.; Bowles, Norman; Boyd, Cait-lin; Brown, Stephen M.; Browne, Courtnay; Brunner, Mark; Buhlig, Lynne; Burger, Scott; Burnham, Amanda; Cannon, Molly E.; Car-ter, Roger R.; Clark, Tami L.; Closic, Jason; Conners, Nigel; Coppola, Chris; Coscarelli,

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Enrique M.; Craig, Erin; Dach, Christopher E.; Darosa, Erik J.; Del Rossi, Gabriel; DeVos, Heather L.; Do, Francis; Drees, Jesse; Dreissi-gacker, Philip H.; DuBois, Cassidy E.; Ellson, Alicia; Fear, William T.; Flawn-Chopp, Tyr-rell T.; Foote, Christopher W.; Fox, Sydney L.; Friedman, Erika B.; Gerber, Tom; Goodrich, Colleen A.; Gretsch, Edward W.; Guilbert, Patrick N.; Gustafson, Nancy R.; Haugh, Pete; Hedman, Julia M.; Hogan, Daniel J.; Holmes, Molly K.; Horne, David; Hueth, Kevin L.; Hylla, Frederike; Ilic, Ksenija D.; James, The-odore; Jubok, Jenni; Lataille, Colleen; Lauria, Christopher; Lawson, Jonathan; Leclerc, Ryan; Levinson, David A.; Lewis, Jane T.; Linde, Gordon; Litchfield, Nathan; Long, Trevor F.; Lovelady, Tyler; Ludwig, Sonnet F.; Luke, Kyle W.; Luke, Walter L.; Lypps, Aaron J.; Maag-Brown, Travis J.; Maag-Brown, Warren V.; Madry, Lauren A.; Manahan, Kimberly H.; Marienthal, Molly M.; Markoff, Megan M.; Marlette, Ricky J.; Marta, John; McCarthy, Kevin P.; McNutt, Dan; Medall, Jim; Miller, Wynn; Milligan, Lauren; Nevitt, Robert L.; Nugent, Sarah; O’Donnell, Blake; Owens, Thomas; Palmieri, Barbara; Parker, Stephanie M.; Parry, Kyle E.; Petkov, Nikolai; Pisko, James J.; Pocius, Nicolette V.; Prockter, Sean T.; Rawlings, David A.; Roberts, Joanne A.; Roberts, Michael; Rojko, Scott; Rosenberg, Elliot; Schulte, Richard A.; Shapiro, Milt; Simon, Josef P.; Sky, Lee; Smith, Kerry R.; St. John, Farnham; Stolbach, Bruce L.; Tan-nenbaum, Karen; Thomas, J Scott; Townsend, Kyle O.; Truitt, Nicholas F.; Vertuca, Rob-ert E.; Weber, Peter; Weidemueller, Cass G.; Whiteneck, Ryan; Wilkes, Jacob; Williams, Gareth A.; Wilson, Andrea R.; Wingard, Nel-son; Wood, Stephen; Yanco, Lindsay; Zim-merer, Angie

ALPInE FREEStyLE LEvEL IIEvans, Scott; Frank, Philip G.; Hartmann,

Jason T.; Pohl, Andy

ALPInE FREEStyLE LEvEL IIIBlock, Robert; Potts, Ben A.

SnoWBoARd cERtIFIEd LEvEL IAbbotts, Hollyanne F.; Allen, Troy; Alvine,

Joseph S.; Anderson, Bryan J.; Anderson, Josh A.; Baca, Timothy J.; Bagg, Lauren M.; Baker, Savannah G.; Baker, Zachary D.; Ban-ach, Ryan P.; Barry, Thomas M.; Beard, Adam J.; Boddery, Emma K.; Bodor, Garon; Boone, Taylor H.; Bottoli, Sasha P.; Brands, Laura

K.; Bremer, Kelsey G.; Brown, David T.; Brundage, Forrest S.; Bryce, Ansley E.; Bur-rows, Laura L.; Butler, Guy L.; Cagen, Emily; Casey, William; Chan, Szu-Lynn; Chapman, John C.; Claussen, Mikahla A.; Clifford, Ryan D.; Conway, Paul; Cook, Courtney R.; Cooper, Brock T.; Cotter, Megan J.; Cowger, Soren; Coyle, Jill M.; Crawford, Zac A.; Dahlgren, Steven J.; Daley, Erin E.; Davis, Bradley A.; Deatherage, Laura; Demos, Lauren A.; Detry, Nicolas; Diaz, Mihana C.; Dressel, Mallane R.; Driver, Marc W.; Drozda, Daniel L.; Dubroff, Adam M.; Dyar, Dustin; Early, Stan-ley T.; Elliott, Tommy K.; Erickson, Glenn A.; Fallon, Sean D.; Fantasia, Jennifer R.; Foos, Brandon L.; Fortune, Russell A.; Frank, Eric M.; Freeman, Ben J.; Galiniak, Kelly A.; Garo-fano, Colby C.; George, Jessica P.; Gerry, Jess; Giannini, Pete; Gibbons, Josef S.; Goodrick, Hayden A.; Green, Harry M.; Green, Magde-lynn; Greeney, Michael B.; Gretsch, Edward W.; Headley, Elise N.; Hesterberg, Erika G.; Hestwood, Spencer B.; Hile, Brent A.; Hilt, Brandon; Hobbs, Sherry L.; Hochgreb, Anto-nio F.; Homoki, Melanie E.; Horne, Amelia F.; Horwath, Amy M.; Ingalls, Gregory E.; Jimenez, Justin R.; Johnson, Grant T.; John-son, Sarah; Johnson, Zach S.; Kack, Kris-tine A.; Kalish, William J.; Kaman, Josh P.; Kelton, Colin E.; Kennard, Chris C.; Kepner, Perry A.; Kimbriel, Kristine E.; King, Bradley J.; Klomhaus, Rachel R.; Knight, Amber L.; Koster, Brand N.; Koula, Mallory J.; Kraft, Steven G.; Krisch, Ryan S.; Kupka, Andrey F.; La Roche, Sevie G.; Lambert, Corianne V.; Lane, Morgan T.; Langolf, Blake D.; Lan-ning, Charles B.; Lasky, Maxwell J.; Latch, Tyler C.; Lawrence, Emerson J.; Leo, Trina Z.; Leroux, Jocelyn I.; Levey, Jenny A.; Lim, Zhen; Logan, Jennifer P.; Low, Virginia E.; MacGregor, Sarah K.; Machiela, Benjamin S.; Mackey, Amber D.; Maher, Delia J.; Mahlst-edt, Stephen P.; Malueg, Micah D.; Marchand, Daniel M.; Martin, Wesley T.; Mateer, Daniel T.; Matthews, Jacob N.; McCoy, Heather M.; McGuire, Michael S.; McLaurin, Elizabeth O.; Menter, Bretton Y.; Mesa, Karen E.; Metz, Sarah T.; Meyer, Alec J.; Minardi, Jimmy W.; Miraglia, Dana M.; Mitchell, John G.; Mor-rissey, James J.; Motelet, Garrett; Murphy, Kyle D.; Murray, Allison A.; Mussey, Zach-ary J.; Najdecki, Campbell; Nance, Grayson A.; Neary, Timothy J.; Nelson, Trevor; Neu-mann, Clifton B.; Neustedter, Michael H.; Ni, Ruoli; Nienhouse, Gabriel R.; Noonan, Mark J.; Ogden, George; Ogg, Josephine R.; Oliver,

Curtis R.; Ordonez, Juan; Orgain, Will E.; Padilla, Kandace M.; Panasewicz, Jordan B.; Perry, Charles G.; Peterson, Meghan A.; Peth-tel, William P.; Philbin, Elizabeth A.; Piola, Tomas; Presnell, Dane M.; Quentzel, Joshua; Raper, Justin W.; Reimer, Craig T.; Rendich, Agustina A.; Rice, Alex C.; Richards, Grant W.; Richardson, Alexander F.; Richmond, Catherine B.; Ripley, Christin A.; Robinson, Leann L.; Rogers, Blake S.; Roth, Cullen J.; Salazar, Seve S.; Schaefer, Zane M.; Sekelik, Steven W.; Senst, Carlin A.; Sforzo, Zach-ary M.; Sharp, Garrett M.; Shriver, Sean S.; Sicard, James L.; Silverstein, Evan A.; Simon, Ludovic; Skaggs, Breanne M.; Skarbek, Valeria A.; Skerrett, Craig A.; Skotchdopole, Brian M.; Smith, Benjamin S.; Smith, Zoe F.; Smith-Garrison, James R.; Smith-Pfirman, Matthew S.; Spears, Natalie M.; Speckman, Keith D.; Stangroom, Bill D.; Stanley, Amy J.; Stevens, Richard L.; Stone, Brian R.; Sul-livan, Jacob H.; Swanson, Melanie M.; Szy-wala, Justin P.; Tanner, Austin R.; Teramoto, Doran M.; Thatcher, Noah H.; Thomas, Kyle A.; Thompson, Jeanelle K.; Thomsen, Bo J.; Thomsen, Hunter T.; Thurgood, Sarah A.; Torres, Enrique; Trtanj, Madeline A.; Van Der Heyden, Ines; Verrills, Edward M.; Vick, Kyle R.; Vidal, Jessica C.; Walsh, Colleen T.; Weisenberger, Ryan D.; Whitaker, Catherine D.; White, Tegan M.; Wilkins, Sean T.; Wise, Nina F.; Wood, Thomas J.; Wright, Connor P.; Wright, Matthew G.; Xanders, Paul T.

SnoWBoARd cERtIFIEd LEvEL IIAltenau, Claire E.; Beidel, Kent D.; Bris-

tol, Richard; Faurer, Patrick B.; Freeman, Ben J.; Gerhart, Scott D.; Herman, Mark H.; Hicks, Miranda W.; Holmberg, Paul; Jacobs, Sarah D.; James, Toni M.; Jenkins, Edwin B.; Kearney, Colin; Klemm, Max C.; Lam-bert, Corianne V.; Lim, Zhen; Loy, Geoffrey; Lutomski, Dustin; Madero, Alan; Madero, Diego; Miraglia, Dana M.; Mitchell, Melissa M.; Murphy, Kyle D.; Peralta, Leandro M.; Piatkowski, Kyle T.; Richardson, Alexander F.; Rogers, Blake S.; Rosenthal, Steven M.; Rossetti, Francesco J.; Sagona, Thomas P.; Schulte, Jaime L.; Schulz, Timothy A.; Smith, James R.; Stuckey, Christopher R.; Tepper, Rob F.; Thompson, David M.; Traver, Eliz-abeth J.; Walker, Patrick D.; Weisenberger, Ryan D.; Yates, Thomas

SnoWBoARd cERtIFIEd LEvEL IIIBeede, Mitchell D.; Bentley, Kevin; Brown,

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Beau E.; Donger, Matt G.; Goldstein, Jonathan R.; Kunstadter, Cecilia; Lanphere, Michael; Mackey, Joseph R.; McKay, Kalani M.; Mol-land, Cody; Nudy, Dominic J.; Rainey, Maxi-millian F.; Reynolds, Philip M.; Taylor, Bryan L.; Williams, Calvin

SnoWBoARd tRAInER’S AccREdItAtIon Delk, Jonathan; Hammerli, Nathaniel;

McKellar, Mike; Metzler, Brennan R.; Robert, Michael; Welsh, Benjamin; White, Wade

SnoWBoARd FREEStyLE LEvEL IBedell, Clay D.; Bieler, Tzvi; Borghesi,

Ciara R.; Brier, Jeffrey; Cooper, Mats H.; Davies, Katie; Devens, Chris; DeVita, Justin; Echave, Nick G; Fragoso, Felipe; Hopkins, Sarah T.; Kaczorkiewicz, Juan Andres; Kee-ney, Chloe; Kunstadter, Cecilia; Lim, Zhen; Richardson, Alexander F.; Riser, Tracy F.; Rosenthal, Steven M.; Rowe, W D.; Santora, Anthony; Sharon, Adir; Sowers, Rachel H.; Thompson, David M.; Urquhart, Howie; Van Parys, Krista; Weaver, John; Welch, Alex; Whetstone, Alex; Wilkop, Gemma

SnoWBoARd FREEStyLE LEvEL IICain, Tyler J.; Grimm, Jacob P.; Powell,

Adrian P.

SnoWBoARd FREEStyLE LEvEL IIIBennett, Thomas R.

AdAPtIvE LEvEL 1 ModULESAchorn, Tisha; Addabbo, Pat; Bowen, Beth;

Deck, Stacy; Donovan, William J.; Driver, Marc W.; Garber, Peter S.; Hurley, Shannon; Josef, Loren; Kaminski, Jan M.; Kowalczk, Nathan A.; Kuppens, Chris; Laughlin, Rob S.; Lawson, Bartholomew; Layman, Bobby; Lillick, Che; Mallouk, James R.; Miller, Sarah D.; Nimmins, Joshua E.; Notis, Beth; Rawl-ings, David A.; Ristorcelli, Steven A.; Ross-man, Ben; Weiss, John; Williams, Johanna M.; Woolaway, James T.

AdAPtIvE cERtIFIEd LEvEL IIDonnelly, Benjamin D.; Lunn, Stacey B.;

Rohrer, Robert S.; Wright, Walter R.

AdAPtIvE cERtIFIEd LEvEL IIIBenel, Gabriel; Symonds, Allen G.

AdAPtIvE tRAInER’S AccREdItAtIonGorman, Tara L.; O’Connell, Brynn; Runge,

Daniela; Zinn, Catherine

AdAPtIvE SnoWBoARd LEvEL IAubel, Christopher; Barry, Thomas M.;

Baryza, Eric; Driver, Marc W.; Green, Mag-delynn; Hewitt, Charles; Hicks, Miranda W.; Hoffman, David R.; Kim, Gershom; Lewis, Douglas G.; Loy, Geoffrey; Maul, Brett; McDonald, Craig D.; Miller, M’Linda; Neust-edter, Michael H.; Philbin, Elizabeth A.; Pil-iero, Daniel J.; Richardson, Rebecca S.; Rip-ley, Christin A.; Smith-Garrison, James R.

AdAPtIvE SnoWBoARd LEvEL IIBrinkama, Moritz E.; Cecere, Matthew

P.; General, Ramir; James, Toni M.; Leard, Joshua M.; Phelan, Charley P.

chILdREn’S SPEcIALISt 1Adams, Chris G.; Adanalian, Cory T.;

Allen, William H.; Allsopp, Alicia M.; Alonso, Federico M.; Alvine, Joseph S.; Ambrosio, Linette P.; Ammons, Katie C.; Antonio, Lindsey C.; Baldwin, Maxwell C.; Bangle, Joshua M.; Barker, Dawn; Bates, Matthew G.; Begley, Don; Belin, Dave; Belknap, Kate; Bentley, Kevin; Bermudez, Camila; Birk, Emily R.; Birtwistle, Erin L.; Boak, Sarah B.; Bone, Thomas M.; Bowers, Jonathan; Brands, Laura K.; Braun, Amanda; Brennan, Paul; Brown, Lauren E.; Brown, Tim E.; Burke, Cindy; Byford, Kevin; Carter, Roger C.; Castro Cisneros, Juana; Chapin, Karen; Collins, Coquette A.; Collins, Gillian E.; Condon, Christopher J.; Cooney, Sarah H.; Copeland, Gregory; Croteau, Jaime; Crowe, Dorothy; Crum, Brian J.; Curran, Tyler C.; Damkoehler, Boyd L.; Davies, Max R.; De Miranda, Leslie; Dudycha, Lindsay N.; Elliott, Taylor M.; Emmons, Byron J.; Ertl, Katharine L.; Estes, Adrienne E.; Fan-ning, Blake; Faulkner, Lindsay; Felder, Car-olyn L.; Finkbiner, Mike R.; Foote, Chris-topher W.; Fox, Sydney L.; Frank, Philip G.; Gamble, Molly J.; Gelety, Timothy W.; Gildesgame, Emma; Goldmann, Kate A.; Gorga, Chris M.; Grannis, Peter B.; Grdin, Marco; Greene, Bryan; Guardatti, Danisa L.; Guiterman, David; Hade, Margaret C.; Hall, Kyler E.; Handegard, Mary M.; Hanson, Barry; Hartford, Jonathon L.; Hastings, Lind-say M.; Hawk, Andrew D.; Hedman, Julia M.; Hood, Chris R.; Horak, Bill J.; Horne, David; Hotop, Mark C.; Hylla, Frederike; Irvin, Michael; Jacobson, Steve W.; Jarvis, Ryan M.; Kaman, Josh P.; Kaminska, Agata; Katt, Sarah B.; Kimmerle, Mark W.; Kirk, Carolyn S.; Kovsky, Lauren B.; Krause, Win-

ifred; Lagos, Joaquin; Lamm, Christy; Lan-dau, Brenda; Lanusse, Ricardo J.; Lataille, Colleen; Latiolais, Marc E.; Lee, Ali R.; Leiman, Bruce D.; Linger, Andrew; Long-mire, Shelley; Lovelady, Tyler; Lowinske, Mariah E.; Ludwig, Sonnet F.; Lujan, Kenny A.; Lundberg, Douglas D.; MacDonald, Janet J.; Mackoff, Benjamin D.; Maclay, Alfred B.; Madison, Chris P.; Madry, Lauren A.; Margaride, Daniel; Masson, Robert; Mazza, Matthew B.; McGarry, Thomas H.; Meis-ter, Cynthia A.; Meloy, Mallory D.; Miller, William M.; Morrell, Douglas V.; Murphy, Brendan J.; Murphy, Kyle D.; Murphy, Scott W.; Neumann, Clifton B.; Nicholson, Nancy L.; Nikonov, Anton; Nora, Pamela M.; Nowygrod, Ashley C.; Odell, John H.; Ovind, Kirsten L.; Padlick, Carol; Parisi, Beth; Parry, Louise M.; Pawley, Timothy W.; Perez, Scott L.; Pilato, Alyssum S.; Reese, Kevin T.; Ribas Meneclier, Magdalena M.; Risch, Jesse P.; Roach, Kevin; Roberts, Sean; Roche, Michael G.; Rodriguez, Justin R.; Rodriguez, Thomas H.; Rose, David B.; Rosenthal, Ste-ven M.; Ruggeri, Dino M.; Sager, Audrey W.; Schmidt, Chris; Schnabel, Sara; Schorling, William H.; Schufman, Joseph; Sciacca, Jack L.; Scott, Vance R.; Shupe, Karen M.; Sil-berman, Ian L.; Skarbek, Valeria A.; Smart, John; Sondahl, Birrion; Spears, Natalie M.; Spencer, Dylan; Spitz, Andrew N.; Stachur-ski, Jason D.; Stockwell, Mark R.; Stretton, Blake A.; Stuckey, Christopher R.; Studt, Jen-nifer L.; Thayer, John R.; Thoreson, Chris-tine; Tierney, John J.; Tomaskovic, Thomas; Touchet, Naomi L.; Traweek, Jane; Truitt, Nicholas F.; Umpleby, Oliver G.; Urquhart, Howie; Van Deventer, Pete; Van Gieson, Michael P.; VanHoy, Jerry; Vigil, Christo-pher P.; Waterman, Colin M.; Webb, Kelly D.; Weber, Dennis; Weigand, Laura; Wein-hold, Aisha; Welch, Cay S.; White, Shalin R.; Williams, Corinne T.; Williams, Steven L.; Wood, Brandon T.; Young, George G.; Young, Jerry E.; Zimmerman, Sally B.; Zink, Kevin; Zwolak, Stefanie P.

chILdREn’S SPEcIALISt 2Aedo, Ignacio A.; Allen, Megan; Ammons,

Katie C.; Anklan, Shelley; Ansfield, Molly; Bailey, Dione; Balandina, Elena; Berry, Nar-cissus; Bond, David W.; Bornschein-Clark, Helen; Carpenter, James; Carpenter, Jamie; Caruso, Chris; Caskey, Jessica B.; Chaba-dova, Ivana; Charczuk, Christian; Chick, Michael; Cornwall, Georgina J.; Crosby,

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Drew; Darosa, Erik J.; Del Rossi, Gabriel; Doro, Alexandra H.; Doro, Matthew A.; Evans, Scott; Fechtmeister, Paul; Foley, Michael P.; Goldberg, Craig; Gordon, Wil-liam T.; Graham, Angus L.; Greene, Bryan; Grimm, Jacob P.; Guerrette, Linda T.; Healy, Daniel; Herbert, Alison D.; Holland, Larry; Horne, David; Hornsby, Courtney A.; John-son, Sarah; Juarez, Chris J.; Judy, John; Kaufman, Amy; Kawalick, Kayla S.; Keating, Molly E.; Knox, Kolby; Krogh, Marian; La Roche, Sevie G.; Leclerc, Ryan; Lipp, Greg; Long, Trevor F.; Lorton, Michael J.; Lowell, James M.; Mazza, Patricio J.; McCabe, Eliz-abeth; McManus, Sarah B.; McNutt, Dan; Medall, Jim; Mees, Ray W.; Oberle, Jutta; Oestrike, Katie I.; Ossanna-Holland, Joy; Palm, Jenny; Peterson, Erik; Pisko, James J.; Pocius, Nicolette V.; Poe, Jeffrey F.; Potts, Ben A.; Powell, Adrian P.; Quentzel, Joshua; Rackley, Justin; Rae, Jacob; Rauch, Richard

J.; Ravenscroft, Cammy M.; Reininger, Rus-sell J.; Reyling, Dawn; Roberts, Benjamin L.; Roberts, Joanne A.; Rose, Julianne T.; Ross, Bridget M.; Ruddy, Mary Elizabeth; Schmid-gall, Matthew; Schorling, Ann O.; Senterfitt, Ethan J.; Shapiro, Milt; Shea, Ryan; Sipsey, Liam P.; Sky, Lee; Stepan, Katherine R.; Ste-vens, Lyndsey; Sutherland, Robert D.; Tits-worth, James P.; Vincze, John A.; Weaver, John; Wedgwood, Carol; Weiss, Richard T.; Wenger, Ann; Williams, Jennifer; Wise, Nina F.; Wright, Kristin B.; Zerowin, Eric

noRdIc tELEMARk LEvEL IAmenta, Ted M.; Bremers, Henry L.;

Brown, Casey; Doak, Paul; Forsyth, Andrew; Gerrish, Stacey T.; Henson, Miles W.; Hewitt, Charles; Krumminga, Sara E.; Meyer, Christopher B.; Motelet, Garrett; Muller, Ashley J.; Pakulniewicz, David F.; Pocius, Nicolette V.; Taylor, Bryan L.;

Traweek, Jane; Welsh, Benjamin

noRdIc tELEMARk LEvEL IIBleckinger, Daniel; Gabel, Andy; Pecori,

Nicolo

noRdIc tELEMARk LEvEL IIIBlackstead, Alexis; Gorman, Tara L.;

Grimes, Richard; Pecori, Nicolo; Pisko, James J.

noRdIc cRoSS-coUntRy LEvEL IBilow, Alexandra L.; Brown, Trey; Pougia-

les, John; Stark, Christina A.; Taylor, Jayne; Thoreson, David M.; Zander, Kate C.

noRdIc cRoSS-coUntRy LEvEL IIBillings-Colton, Nancy J.

noRdIc cRoSS-coUntRy LEvEL IIIRhodes, Gregory; Stark, Christina A.

Level 1 Avalanche Course for PSIA/AASI members at the Alta Lakes

Observatory, Colorado

PSIA-RM-AASI member school Alpenglow Ski Safaris in conjunction with the American Institute for Avalanche Research and Education is offering a 3-day course based out of the Alta Lakes Observatory near Telluride this February. The trip will include two days of PSIA/AASI credits as well as the Avalanche Level 1 and is open only to PSIA members.

February 8-10th 2013, $750 dollars per person. Price includes-all course materials, instruction, two nights at the Alta Lakes with breakfast and dinner included. This trip will have two course instructors and be open to ten participants.

Contact:Alpenglow Ski Safaris

PO Box 947 - Telluride, CO 81435Tel. +001 (970) 728-6481

Toll free in U.S. (888) 586-8365www.alpenglowskisafaris.com

Email: globalski@alpenglowskisafaris.com

In MemoriamChris Heidebrecht, longtime mem-ber of PSIA-Rocky Mountain, passed away in May, 2013. Chris joined Rocky Mountain in 1987 and remained a member until his passing. He moved to New Jersey and became a dual mem-ber with PSIA-E in 2006. While in Rocky Mountain, Chris was an Alpine Divisional Clinic Leader (DCL) and school director at Keystone Ski/Snow-board School. A memorial fund has been set up for his children, Hana and Na Pali: Chris Heidebrecht Memorial Fund TD Bank, 382 State Route 23, Franklin, MN 07416; (973) 827-0551.

John R. ‘Big Bad John’ Gordon, long-time member of PSIA-Rocky Moun-tain, passed away July 5, 2013. John began his membership with PSIA-Rocky Mountain in December, 1971. He taught at Hidden Valley Ski Area in Estes Park and then at Ski Cooper in Leadville. Memorial contributions can be made to the 10th Mountain Division (The Tenth Mountain Division Foun-dation, Inc., 133 S Van Gordon Street, Suite 200, Lakewood, CO 80228).

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PSIA/AASI Rocky Mountain DivisionP.O. Box 775143

Steamboat Springs, CO 80477970.879.8335 / Fax 970.879.6760

www.psia-rm.org

Have you changed yourPERMANENT address?

Please contact thePSIA-Rocky Mountain-AASIoffice in Steamboat Springs.

970-879-8335 phone970-879-6760 fax

carolyn@psia-rm.org

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