SAM Coverage
Ski School
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Zeth Says: Party with the Guests
Slats Grabski tells Seth real retention starts after lessons, at the bar. Have fun with guests during and after the day, like the all…
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A Consumer Challenges: Why the despicable instruction monopoly?
A beginning skier writes about what looks like a monopoly to her: The fact that ski schools look askance at independent/freelance private instructors. She…
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It’s You; Not the Equipment
While equipment advances are great, let’s not forget to sell the fun that is skiing. David suggests instructors ski on the gear that’s available…
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Adopting Adaptive
The article describes the adaptive programs around the country and how there are lots of reasons for offering such programs to physically-challenged people.
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Seth Says: On-line Auction of Ski Lessons
Seth interviews his friend Slats Grabski in this tongue-in-cheek look at how auctioning lift tickets and lesson on-line could lead to some big profits.
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Terrain Made For Teaching
Three areas–Jiminy Peak, Mass., Camelback and Seven Springs, Pa.–recently underwent redesigns of beginner terrain. Specific factors that were considered: insulation from general skier traffic,…
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Turning Trails Into Classrooms
Ske-Cology was developed at Vail to teach young skiers about the environment. Children learn about wildlife while they ski, and they just may pass…
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Ske-Cology Takes Partners To Succeed
Describes the partnership among Vail, the USDA Forest Service, National Winter Sports Partnership and NSAA to provide Ske-Cology to as many resorts as possible.
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Adults Learn To Ski Like Magic
Adults as well as children learning to ski use the Magic Carpet ski lift in Greek Peak, N.Y., to ease beginner’s apprehension.
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Breckenridge Creates A University
How Breckenridge, Colo., improved and enlarged their training program for a staff of 400 ski instructors.
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Keeping Women Coming Back
Jeannie Thoren is taking her women’s equipment clinics to midwestern areas to make the sport user-friendly for women. This piece explores the merit of…
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Knowledge Reduces Accidents
Surveys taken at Mount Snow, Vermont, revealed that skiers with knowledge of ski-related fatalities rated skiing as more dangerous on a scale from one…
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Tougher Training Terrain
At Attitash, New Hampshire, ski school director Tom Chasse designed a terrain garden with bumps, curves and obstacles for intermediate and advanced skiers to…
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How Ski Schools Can Be Better
Author John Fry interprets the results of a Snow Country magazine survey on the effectiveness of ski school, including the differences in perception from…
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U. S. Instruction: Is It Broken?
An interpretation of a Snow Country survey of North American ski schools and how they are failing. Written by the co-chair of the NSAA/PSIA…
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Eurocentricity And Interski
A look into the organizational structure of Interski, the International Association for Ski Instruction, and how it seems to be losing efectiveness in several…
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Farm Team Trainees
A look into a new technique for recruiting and training ski school instructors at Monarch ski area in Colorado. The program allows for aspiring…