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About This Event

The Tele Rendezvous is a two-day celebration of the telemark community -- a gathering for everyone who loves the freedom, craft, and camaraderie of the free heel. More than a clinic, this event is about coming together, enjoying the mountain, and connecting with people who share your passion for telemark skiing.

Sessions

Day 1: Learn to Tele -- Teaching Focus

• Transferring skills from other snowsports disciplines to telemark
• Parallel skiing for telemarkers -- bridging technique across disciplines

Day 2: Personal Skill Improvement

• Efficiency to last the whole day -- energy management and technique refinement
• Enjoying the tele community -- connection, conversation, and shared experience

National Standards This Event Addresses

This event supports preparation for the PSIA-AASI National Certification Standards in the following skill areas. Not all levels listed below may be applicable to every participant -- focus on the level(s) most relevant to your current certification goals.

Professionalism & Self-Management

LI: Maintains a professional environment by demonstrating self-awareness and self-management.

LII: Contributes to a professional environment by managing behaviors and emotions in response to others.

LIII: Promotes a professional environment by adapting behaviors to positively affect others.

People Skills

LI: Engages in meaningful verbal and non-verbal communication with the group as a whole / Identifies likely motivations and emotions of individuals and understands group dynamics.

LII: Engages in and adapts verbal and non-verbal, two-way communication with individuals and subsets of the group / Adapts to the motivations and emotions of individuals.

Teaching Skills

LI: Plans learning outcomes and organizes progressive learning experiences relevant to beginner/novice students / Implements and adjusts a learning plan.

LII: Plans learning outcomes and organizes progressive learning experiences relevant to intermediate students / Implements and adjusts a learning plan for a range of individuals.

LIII: Plans learning outcomes and organizes progressive learning experiences relevant to advanced students / Implements and adjusts a complex learning plan for individuals.

Technical Skills

LI: Applies the Technical Fundamentals to demonstrate techniques and tactics relevant to beginner/novice terrain.

LII: Adapts the Technical Fundamentals to demonstrate techniques and tactics for beginner through intermediate terrain.

LIII: Continuously blends the Technical Fundamentals to demonstrate techniques and tactics across all terrain.

What You Will Gain

By the end of the Tele Rendezvous, you will be able to:

• Apply new or refined technique to your telemark skiing
• Connect with other telemark enthusiasts in a warm community setting
• Leave with energy, ideas, and connections to carry your tele journey forward

Who Should Attend

Open to all current PSIA-AASI members with an interest in telemark skiing -- from beginners exploring the free heel to experienced tele skiers seeking community and continued development.

Prerequisites:

• Current PSIA-AASI membership

What to Bring

• Telemark equipment appropriate for the day's terrain
• Helmets are mandatory

Questions?

Contact PSIA-AASI Western Region Member Services: memberservices@thesnowpros.org | (303) 987-9390