All I Really Need to Know I Learned from Snowboarding

Last week Chris and Nick gave an overview of Emotional Intelligence and discussed why it's one of the most important traits for instructors. This week, we go deeper into practical application share tips on how instructors can train and develop emotional intelligence skills.

The snowboard podcast All I Really Need to Know I Learned from Snowboarding is a weekly podcast with AASI Snowboard National Team Members Nick Alfieri and Chris Rogers. Tune in each week as we discuss snowboarding, snowsports instruction, instructor certification, and how, well, basically, we learned everything we need to know from snowboarding!

What is Emotional Intelligence, and why does everyone keep talking about it? In this episode Nick and Chris head into soft skills territory to discuss Emotional Intelligence and why it's one of the most important skills an instructor needs to have. This episode focuses on defining emotional intelligence in relationship to snowboard and ski instruction. Next week's episode will follow up with a discussion on how to develop your emotional intelligence skills.

The snowboard podcast All I Really Need to Know I Learned from Snowboarding is a weekly podcast with AASI Snowboard National Team Members Nick Alfieri and Chris Rogers. Tune in each week as we discuss snowboarding, snowsports instruction, instructor certification, and how, well, basically, we learned everything we need to know from snowboarding!

In this episode Chris and Nick talk about why every instructor should do at least one back-to-back winter. They'll share a little bit about why they choose to travel south in search of snow for the summer, as well as some of the benefits instructors receive from doubling up on winter. As US-based instructors in the New Zealand for the summer, the episode is framed from their point of view, but is equally applicable to southern hemisphere instructors who might be consider a northern hemisphere season.

The snowboard podcast All I Really Need to Know I Learned from Snowboarding is a weekly podcast with AASI Snowboard National Team Members Nick Alfieri and Chris Rogers. Tune in each week as we discuss snowboarding, snowsports instruction, instructor certification, and how, well, basically, we learned everything we need to know from snowboarding!

The snowboarding podcast All I Really Need to Know I Learned from Snowboarding with Nick Alfieri and Chris Rogers. In this episode Chris and Nick discuss several career paths in the ski and snowboard instruction and snowsports industry, including career instructor, trainer, examiner, and management. They also highlight some pros and cons of several of the different opportunities.