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The season is in full swing, and many of us are already busy teaching snowboard lessons, programs or certification courses. As instructors and trainers, we have a responsibility to ensure the safety of our students because risk is omnipresent in the resort environment. We must all do our best to ensure the safety of our students, and sometimes this role takes on the air of being a guide or protective parent.
In this article, we'll talk about safety and remind you of a few best practices within your lessons, be them private or group, with children, teens or adults.
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The CASI National Technical Team (NTT) is assembled to act as a technical representation of CASI membership, and provides input to the Board and CASI technical staff on matters regarding, but not limited to: teaching and training methodologies, course standards, course content, training and member programs. New for 2024, there have been some changes implemented to the team structure and roles, and we are beginning the process of selecting a new portion of this team at this time.
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The Annual General Meeting of the members of the Canadian Association of Snowboard Instructors (CASI) will be held at the via ZOOM video conference on November 30th, 2023 at 16:00 hours, PacificStandard Time, for the following purposes:
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Teaching groups (of kids, especially) is one of the most challenging lessons we get assigned as an instructor; and it's also the most common. It's challenging because people are unique: they learn at different rates, have different amounts of endurance and different needs. This leads to the dreaded split.
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I’ve been snowboarding for 23 years and have always been known as “the snowboarder” in my community. At first, I thought it was a great name to have. I felt like I was doing something special, something not many other Indigenous youth were doing. I also felt like an outsider, like I was doing something that Indigenous people shouldn’t be doing, it wasn’t a space for us. I received criticism from within my community and from outside my community, “more sama7 (white person) than native,” “you’ll never become a splitboard guide, that isn’t a space for you,” were just some of the comments that would come my way. Things needed to change.
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Throughout my travels, one of the most common themes at any resort is that there’s always instructors complaining about the downsides of this gig – the resort, the job, the pay, the clientele, the snow, the list goes on... I get it, this industry is a tough one to thrive in and it's not always easy “living the dream”!
On the positive side, the other common bond we share as instructors is our passion and love for sharing this sport with others. I think it’s safe to say that this is one of the biggest reasons most of us have gotten involved in teaching in the first place, other than fame and fortune!
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As part of our 2023-2026 Strategic Plan: The Three Trails of Excellence, the Board of Directors recently recommended a few bylaw updates. The changes reflect the need for the modernization of CASI’s governance structure - including Board make-up, bylaws updates, and articles of incorporation changes.
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BC WEST, NWT & YUKON
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