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Alpine Skills Challenge

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Date: Sunday, December 10, 2023 from 8:45 am - 4:00 pm
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Event Type: Prep Clinic

Location: Solitude (Upper Level of Moonbeam Lodge Ski School Building (Entry 1))
There is no free parking at Solitude. We recommend you park in the Park and Ride lots and take the bus or carpool .The daily parking plan is tiered based on vehicle occupancy. It's $20 for a vehicle holding one or two people, $10 for three occupants and $5 for vehicles with four or more people in it. Information on the UTA Ski Bus service can be found on their website.

Registration Information:
- First Chair Rate: $110.00 (available through Saturday, November 25)
- Last Chair Rate: $135.00
- CEUs: 6

Prerequisites: Current PSIA-AASI Membership

Registration Deadline: Sunday, November 26, 2023, 11:59 pm

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Online Registration: CLOSED

Late registration may be available with a $25 late fee. Contact the office at (303) 987-9390 or admin@psia-i.org for more information.

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Course Description:

Come challenge yourself, explore the fundamentals of skiing and improve your performance!

This event will feature 5 stations. Each station will feature a drill designed to specifically challenge one of the 5 PSIA skiing fundamental. Two PSIA-Intermountain Examiners will score your performance at each station, give individual feedback, allow for practice and then re-score your final performance.

Here are the 5 drill stations listed by skiing fundamental, a link to a video example and the key feature for each drill.

1. Pressure Control (fore-aft) - Dolphin Turn

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8_c3le3XNI

Key feature: During each hop the ski tips come off of the snow first and land first.

2. Pressure Control (outside ski) - Stork Turns/Outside Ski Turns

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEDwCVSVCek

Key feature: Each turn is made balanced exclusively on the outside ski with the inside ski lifted.

3. Pressure Control (magnitude) - Pole Jumper

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wk4NgR-ayE

Key feature: The entire length of the ski clears the pole during each hop.

4. Rotary Control (leg Steering) Straight Run to Sideslip with Edge Set

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bCt9hImUPw

Key features: Both skis are pivoted simultaneously into a sideslip. The same width corridor is maintained during the straight run, pivot, sideslip and edge set.

5. Edge Control (inclination/angulation) - Railroad Track Turn

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdLplOofdOY

Key feature: the ski tails follow the exact same track as the ski tips/no skidding.

Additional Event Details:

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Policy modifications and cancellations must be done at least five days before the start date of the event. The policy is fully refundable until that time and is non-refundable after.

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All PSIA-AASI members must follow the PSIA-AASI code of conduct.

All members participating in an Intermountain clinic or assessment must wear a helmet when sliding on snow using lift-accessed terrain. 

If you are looking to carpool to one of our events, you may use this Google Sheet to help coordinate with other event attendees.

If you are looking to room share  for one of our events, you may use this Google Sheet to help coordinate with other event attendees.

Please be sure you are familiar with all of our Registration and Change/Cancellation Policies.

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