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Sorry to tell you this but from what you said, bubbles on the base, this board's done. Time to pack it up and send it to that big mountain in the sky
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Mtn employee-instructor. so free season passes, and if i want to go somewhere else I usually get a discount or comp ticket for being a cert instructor and being employed at a mtn. Helps make the crappy pay worth it
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It's 5:25 am, should be finishing up an econ paper but felt the need to procrastinate :D
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i've been giving this topic thought, and i don't think you can compare instructors vs coaches, because, while yes they are very similar, they are still 2 different jobs and it cannot be said which is better or more important because they are different. both important to the sport, coaches take care of people who want to compete and isntructors take care of people who just want to get better, outside of the competition realm.
and on a humurous note(don't want anyone to take this too seriously) aren't all you coaches glad there are instructors out there so when you get an athlete you can focus on helping them improve in competion instead of having to teach them how to get off the lift ;)
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While true, an accountant doesn't walk around saying they're a pro accountant, I believe athletes do refer to themselves as professionals if they get paid. And if we want to break it down in a similar fashion as to using dictionary definitions a person is a professional whatever because whatever is their profession, their main job and main source of income. If your profession is a snowboard instructor than that would make you a professional instructor. I believe it is warranted to refer to yourself as a professional because there are many instructors who only do it part time and have another main job, or profession if you will :D If 2 people do the same activity but it's one person's profession and the other person's hobby, in most cases the person whose profession it is is going to have more dedication and work harder than the person who is just doing a hobby.
anyway, i may have gotten a bit abstract here, but all i'm trying to say is IMO it's ok for a person to call themself a professional snowboard isntructor if it's their main source of income and it's their career. and that there is a difference between a pro instructor and an instructor.
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According to the dictionary definition, I would be a teacher, because it is my profession to instruct. I pose a new question, if coaches are defined as training teams, who's training coaches?? instructors?? i think so
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I don't want to really start another thread on this subject, so I'll just ask this here. Do you think a duel between JJ Anderson and Klug could possibly save us. Would NBC give coverage to something like this? I'm sure CBC would. What about Jasey winning PGS and SBX? Does that get coverage?
I think it would only get coverage if they couldn't find any footage of snowboarders doing there flippy tricks, or skiers racing. Maybe if we put Bode on a board and raced him against klug :rolleyes:
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I saw a skier in whistler about 4 years ago who won the award for best outfit on a skier. Tall guy, easily over 6ft. decked out in a leatehr cowboy hat, black skin tight jeans and a black leather ankle length trenchcoat that was unbutoned, so it more resembled a cape flapping in the breeze. I refered to him as the leather zoro.
What makes this even funnier,and ties it to burton is that the next year in the analog line burton came out with an entirely leather outfit, pants, jacket gloves, all that was missing was the cowboy hat.
Apparently leather zoro was ahead of his time, thus making him an awesomely gnarly skier, because if you have cool digs, the skills are sure to follow. And here I thought sticking your butt out while in a power wedge was a beginer move
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started snowboarding in 90, started HBing in 01. so 3 seasons HBing, I don't count last season since pins sticking out of my wrist prevented me from doing more than a handful of runs in plates.
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In AK we would put strips of duct tape on our faces to prevent frostbite.not all over our faces though,mainly where the bottom of the goggles were. worked better than fabric because it would keep the wind out.
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I don't get it, wouldn't races be a good thing in an olympic year? My only racing experience in the US is with USASA, so I don't have a solid grasp on how races are normally run here, especially in olympic years. Is it normal to have so few races?
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I just checked the us snowboarding website and it's now listing the breck stop of the grand prix as only having hp. does anyone know if this is a typo(hopefully) or have they decided to drop the pgs race that was scheduled? Breck's site is still saying there will be pgs.
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25. international snowboard instructor of mystery(in Breckenridge this season) :D and sporatic college student-1 more year!
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If only I was trying to buy clothing. I learned that lesson a few years ago, and now rock non-snowboard company clothes. The ones that are, gasp, more concerned with function than fashion. I wanted padded shorts, i like how the padding is removable. oh well, if burton makes it there must be atleast 1 other company who made it first :D
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So, I am officially done with burton. I'm a canadian instructor and get the "super" proform from burton-the normal proform discount plus 20%. I now live in the U.S. I just attempted to place an order, but since I have a canadian proform card, according to burton, the items must be shipped to canada. Since I do not have an address in canada, I was told that I cannot order anything. If I want a U.S. profrom card I should join aasi(I'll snowboard in hell before I ever do that). What gets to me is that they sent the card to my U.S. address and are now acting surprised like they didn't know I wasn't in canada anymore.
Nothing like the company who claims they are for snowboarders supporting riders. I'm sure my vow to never again use, buy or recommend Burton won't matter much. For every one of us who realizes Burton is crap I'm sure there's 20 trendy kids lining up to drop a grand on a plaid outfit.
Just felt the need to vent.
BURTON
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I'm looking for a pair of hardboots in mondo size 24.0(liner). I don't have the cash to throw down on a new pair, would like to pay around $150.Email me if you can help me out. i_guana_420@yahoo.com
Thanks
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The IFS went under because it lost funding. Not many companies wanted to be associated with the organization after it lost control to the FIS. I'm not entirely sure how the FIS came into running both skiing and snowboarding, but I believe the general concept was that the FIS was bigger than the IFS, thus making it better able to run large comps and keeping track of points-atleast in the eyes of the powers that be. I don't know, I think it just shows that skiers run things, even though they have no clue what they're running, bu this is evident in many aspects of snowboarding. Almost every country's instructor organizations are run by skiers, except Canada :D .
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I wouldn't say the riders chose FIS, actually a lot of riders stopped competing when the change from IFS to FIS occured. I think things would be better with a spereate organization because we wouldn't be the red-headed stepchild. As things stand now we have to compete with skiing for FIS. Let's face it, it's not something we can win. Look at the amount of skiing programs out there. What mountain in the US doesn;t have a ski race program? In contrast, how many have snowboard race programs? If the FIS decided to drop snowboarding there would be a lot more people(skiers) who would not argue it than people who would argue it (boarders). Ski racing is a lot more popular than snowboard racing. While not all the blame can lie with the FIS, I believe a good amount can, it's obvious they spend a lot more time on skiing.
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from my experience with burton, both the pro form and shop form, they really only take care of you if you work in a coalition shop, aka-a shop that spent, i think around $100,00. I got sick of the " sorry, we're out of all of the 8 things you want in every color" i kept getting from the mighty burton. my advice is work the pro angle with other companies, most will give you some sort of discount and the gear is usually better.
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I think carving/hardbooting would still be around. It's not very visible in the U.S. but in other countries hardbooting is more popular and among lots of non-racers. I think racing serves as large scale advertising for hardbooting. If racing were to be no more it would be a little more difficult to get people to hardboot, an advantage now is if you race you'll be faster, usually, with hardboots. The reason I got into it. But, it owuld still be around. I wish the U.S. would pay more attention to hardbooting and carving, but even if they continue to refuse, the rest of the world is doing it, and that will keep it alive.
To comment on AASI and noah's comment, I think that just proves how out of it and close minded AASI is. That organization needs to get out of the park and learn to turn :D
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I've never flown air canada. Usually Northwest. I've never had a problem checking bags. they usually don't weigh my board. The one time it happend, I stepped out of line and just went to a different agent. Usually if they're on the end of the row they'll have you put your boardbag next to the counter so they don't have to pull and manouver the long bag through the normal square space that has the scale.
The pasport thing deffinately sucks. Didn't need it before for car or plane travel. But I do get hasseled less with the passport than I did with the lisence and brith cert.
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the last time I checked all coaches were certified instructors. It's not I'm a coach and you're an instructor. It's I have clients who want to work towards a large goal(ie-winning nationals) and you have clients who want to make better turns on blue runs. Instrucor and coach are the same person, the difference is in what your client is looking for from you.
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I won't say too much on AASI(assey:), since I am not a member, nor do I care to be. From what I've seen of assey and heard from cert instructors they seem more focussed on who can show off not who can convey the info to their clients in a simple, yet effective manner.
I'm CASI(canadian) certified. I believe this organization is a much better one. We are trained to teach advanced riding, the level 4 requires proficiency in hard boots as well as soft. The prerequisite for level 3 is passing the basic freestyle coach course. They also offer a basic race coach course, as well as advance coaching courses for each, and these are tied in with the CSF. CASI has their stuff together, and are working hand in hand with the CSF, so they are not just training instructors but creating snowboard professionals qualified to give an hour lesson or a season of coaching.
I think the difference between instructing and coaching is the atitude of the teacher/coach and the desire of the client. If all they want is an hour lesson, that's all they're going to get. If they want to progress and have help from a pro, they're allowing themselves to be coached. I'm capable of providing both of these services. I don't consider myself just 1 or the other. I'm simply a snow pro ready and willing to convey my knowledge and love of this sport to who ever would like it. If my clients have questions on diet, excercise, health, tuning, I'm happy to help and give them more knowledge than they thought was out there.
Best coach: " keep your upper body more upright. Pretend your a stipper and are standing against a stripper pole collecting tips"(I was seriously told this, it's more laid back in Canada)
Worst coach:blah, blah, blah
He spent the majority of the time sitting on the side of the run and talking, talking , talking. Shut up and ride. :D
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I'll just add that investing in some padded shorts wouldn't be the worst thing to do. Burton makes a good pair, relatively cheap, and low bulk so no one can tell you're wearing them.
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He spent the majority of the time sitting on the side of the run and talking, talking , talking.
Technique
in Carving Central
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It's important to have your body aligned. Think shoulders over hips over knees over ankles, nicely stacked. This will keep you balanced. So if you begin to ride super forward angles(for softboots) your shoulders will be slightly open. Don't get too hung up on being square to the nose, I'm guessing it was just a very simplified way of saying how to be stacked with a neutral stance.