In this week’s episode, Brian, Chris, and Matt dive into what’s in their pockets when working as instructors and examiners. Numerous threads are followed, including locker contents, and whether snow and coffee lead to dehydration.  This week’s hot take: what’s the biggest failed innovation in snowboarding? The snowboard podcast All I Really Need to Know…

The SCARF model is a psychological theory that explains how five social dynamics can trigger a threat or reward response in our brains. These elements are Status, Certainty, Autonomy, Relatedness, and Fairness.  The SCARF model was developed by Dr. David Rock in 2008 in his paper, “SCARF: A Brain-Based Model for Collaborating With and Influencing…

New hire training, ITC, instructor training course, whatever your ski and snowboard school calls it, we all have them! With training season upon us, Chris, Matt, and Brian share their thoughts on hiring and training new instructors!  The snowboard podcast All I Really Need to Know I Learned from Snowboarding is a weekly podcast with…

This spring is the 25th anniversary of Rider Rally, and we’re celebrating by bringing Rally to Copper Mountain in Colorado. This week, tune in as we welcome AASI National Team alumni Eric Sheckleton to the show. Eric is the President of Interski and has been involved in shaping much of the last 30 yeas of…

Files, Diamond Stones, and Waxing, oh my! In episode 40, Matt, Chris, and Brian dive into the wide world of snowboard care and tuning! Hear about their learnings and takeaways for maintaining gear.  This week’s hot take: Pros and Cons of Family Private Lessons! The snowboard podcast All I Really Need to Know I Learned…

Can we give you some feedback? You definitely need to hear this episode on developing your people skills through tools for delivering and receiving feedback! We’ve highlighted elements of this topic in previous episodes on learning from failure, but this one gets into the nitty gritty of giving and receiving feedback. Tune in to hear…

There are many different ways to find success in the instruction industry. In a continuation from last week, this episode takes a deeper look at other pathways within the ski and snowboard industry. Tune in to hear more about how Matt’s dual careers as a nurse and snowboard instructor benefited both. Chris and Brian share…

There are many different ways to find success in the instruction industry. In this week’s episode we look at the paths of teacher, trainer, and examiner. What is the difference between teaching and training? How does that change as an examiner? Tune in to hear more about Matt, Chris, and Brian’s journey and how they…

In this episode, we connect with PSIA-AASI Snowboard Teammate Lyndsey Stevens on the topic of growth through failure. Lyndsey is a second-term national team member and shares some of the successes and failures she experienced along the way! The snowboard podcast All I Really Need to Know I Learned from Snowboarding is a weekly podcast…

In this episode, we follow up on Episode 33, answering a bunch of listener questions from that episode on commonly misunderstood terminology specific to the snowboard instruction vernacular. Flexing vs Extending Edge Change, Retraction, Up-Unweighting and Down-Unweighting, and Rad are all covered in this episode! This week’s hot take: What’s the deal with asymmetrical sidecut?…