PSIA-AASI Alpine Team Member Dusty Dyar joins Dave and Angelo to talk about skiing and ski teaching.  Great discussion on big mountain skiing and how to gain the skills and confidence needed to go steep.  Dusty also guides us on how to assess the quality and taste of donuts.  Dusty will explain how it's all about the icing!

This is a great episode with not one, but three Team Coaches from three different countries!  Michael Rogan (USA) PSIA Alpine Coach, Jeff Marks (Canada) CSIA Coach, and Richard Jameson (Australia) APSI Alpine Coach join us to talk about Interski 2023 in Levi, Finland and so much more about skiing, teaching, and sharing the sport across the world.

Matt Boyd PSIA-AASI Alpine Assistant Coach and Development Coach talks with Dave and Angelo about good teaching and great teaching.  Discussion around the Learning Connection Model and how to understand how to become a better teacher.  Matt has some great insights on how to better understand the best practices of Teaching.  

The Fall Line:  With Chaos and Co. podcast welcomes Scott Anfang former 4 term Snowboard PSIA-AASI National Team Member and Coach of the Snowboard National Team.  Scott talks with us about his incredible journey learning how to snowboard when most resorts didn't allow snowboards to PSIA-AASI National Team Snowboard Member and Coach.  Scott also talks to us about his endless winters teaching here in the USA and then teaching in New Zealand in our Summer.   Angelo and Scott have some super interesting skateboarding conversations.

Pete Howard sits down for part 2 with Dave and Angelo.  In part 2, Pete talks about how he coaches and how to grow as a ski teacher.  There are great insights from Pete on the Learning Partnership and how to be a great coach and mentor.  If you like Part 1, you will love Part 2.  He  challenges you the learner to take responsibility for your learning and embrace change and experimentation.  

Peter Howard, new inductee to the Maine Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame,  joins Dave and Angelo to chat about his first day on skis and his journey to teaching skiing.  I know it will be a shocker learning about Peter's first season on skis, it is a great story.  It is easy to see how much passion Peter has for skiing and ski teaching when you hear him talk about everything he has learned along his incredible journey on snow.  Peter Howard is an absolute wealth of knowledge that loves to share with anyone that wants to learn and become a better skier, ski teacher, and a better human being.  

Canadian Ski Instructor Alliance(CSIA) Managing Director Perry Schmunk joins Angelo and Dave to discuss his journey in ski teaching world and the CSIA.  A very fun discussion on Perry's experience becoming a member of CSIA and his experience now as the leader of CSIA.  Interesting comparisons of the CSIA Collaborative Teaching Approach and the PSIA-AASI Learning Connection model are discussed.  Listening to Perry discuss how he went from never skiing to Level 4 Trainer in in four years will absolutely inspire you and give you ideas on how to get good fast.   

Great conversation with Jeb Boyd Head Coach of the PSIA-AASI Team.  Jeb talks to us about setting goals and how he works with the discipline coaches to create consistency among all team members.  Jeb explains how the Team utilizes the Learning Connection Model for setting goals and evaluating team and personal performance and how it guides the overall vision of the Team.  Jeb also gives us a glimpse of the the teams preparations and expectations for Interski in Levi Finland.

Chris Fellows chats with Angelo and Dave about his journey from learning how to ski to PSIA-AASI Alpine two term Team Member.  Chris has some great stories about skiing as a youngster including riding the rope tow backwards.  Chris being and avid and expert climber discusses the movement connections from climbing to skiing.  

Great conversation with Stephen Helfenbein about his journey to the PSIA-AASI Alpine Team.  Stephen chats about the struggles and the how he never gave up and continued to look at how he could learn and grow as a skier and ski teacher.  Great conversation about his relationship with Rollerblade and how he uses inline skating to stay ready to ski.  There is also a fun challenge put out there to teammate Brenna Kelleher, it's on!