SAM Coverage
Ski School
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Sliding into Bigger Profits
Back in 1998, Burton completed a study that showed just one in 10 people who took a first snowboarding lesson came back for a…
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Ski School Reunion at Tremblant
— Indeed, real snow skiing on Tremblant’s south side trail Flying Mile—in July! And 600 ski instructors took part in the skiing or watched.…
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Terrain Made for Teaching
With the current emphasis on bringing new skiers into the sport, beginner teaching terrain has gained new importance. At many ski areas, redesigns of…
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Aspen Ski Schools Try Cads Training
The Ski Schools of Aspen have incorporated Walter Dandy’s CADS system (Constant-force Articulated Dynamic Struts) into the menu of options but its introduction hasn’t…
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Farm Team Trainees
Baseball has its farm teams for training upcoming players, why shouldn’t ski schools have programs to train potential ski instructors? Three years ago, John…
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Aspen Ski School’s New Philosophy
Instructors are now called “ski pros.” The hierarchical supervisory system has gone the way of Cubco bindings. And the ski school has become a…
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U. S. Instruction: Is It Broken?
Is there something wrong with ski instruction in this country? After more than 18 months as co-chairman of the NSAA/PSIA joint task force on…
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Eurocentricity And Interski
There is no doubting the fact that Europe is the cradle of skiing—of skiing as transportation, especially for hunting and warfare; of skiing as…
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Ski School– Sexism
It is not unusual for customers to approach the ski school desk and specifically request a male or a female instructor. Their reasoning is…
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Ski School
They say that in sex, marriage or anything else that involves more than one party, communication is the key to keeping a good relationship…