Dues for 2013/14 season
Thank you for your membership! Dues for Western Division members will remain $ 96 for the coming season. Online payment can be made at www.thesnowpros.org. Use your email address for your Login ID and your 6 digit National ID # as your password. Hard copy invoices will be mailed in May if we have a GOOD ADDRESS for you. Remember to renew before June 30 to get the lowest dues price. Contact our office, (530) 587-7642 if you have questions.
New Instructors Guide English/Spanish
Check out this resource for new instructors:
New Instructor Guide 2012
Guia del Nuevo Instructor de Deportes de Nieve : Spanish translation funded by a grant from the PSIA-W Education Foundation.
Scholarships Awarded
The PSIA-W Education Foundation Scholarship recipients for 2013 are:
Apodaca, Chase, Bear Mountain, Sato-Anderson, Shelby, Mammoth- Corson, Christian, Dodge Ridge, Sato- Barker, Alyssa, Mammoth- Blizzard, Bear, Mt. Baldy Sato-Calhoun, Shannon, Heavenly, Sato-de la Torre, Jennifer, Northstar- Haines, Scott, Mt. Baldy, Sato- Hakkanen, Stephanie, Mammoth, Sato- Marchant, Austin, Mammoth, Sato-McLane, Herbert, Mt. Shasta, Sato- Newman, Jason, Snow Summit, Sato-Pace, Chad, Squaw Valley-Pelham, Amanda, Mammoth-Pieper, Julia, Squaw Valley-Quinn, Natalie, Mt. Shasta-Ryerson, Henry, Sugar Bowl-Scott, Richard, Mountain High-Shattow, Eric, Squaw Valley-Smith, Samson, Sugar Bowl, Sato-Silber, Alden, Mt. Shasta, Sato –Spielman, Peter, Diamond Peak-Willis, Aaron, Heavenly, Sato-Zieba, Andrea, Mt. Rose
Sodergren Scholarships : Milelli, Tanya, Heavenly- Saugez, Bill, Snow Summit
PSIA/AASI National Teams Selected.
The following members of our Division have been selected for the PSIA and AASI National team. All reports say the tryouts were very challenging, the competion both inspiring and tough. Alpine Team: Robin Barnes, Heavenly, Ryan Christofferson, Northstar (Freestyle Specialist), Heidi Ettlinger, Heavenly, Mike Hafer, Northstar.
Snowboard: Chris Hargrave, Northstar, Seth Johns, Heavenly and Michael Rogan, Heavenly.
To read the full Press Release of the Team announcement, go to www.thesnowpros.org.
The expenses incurred by each candidate for the tryout average $ 2,000 for registration, travel and lodging. We have set up a link to donate to help the team thru a tax-deductible donation to our Education Foundation.
PSIA National Team
The following members of our Division have been selected for the PSIA and AASI National team. All reports say the tryouts were very challenging, the competion both inspiring and tough. Alpine Team: Robin Barnes, Heavenly, Ryan Christofferson, Northstar (Freestyle Specialist), Heidi Ettlinger, Heavenly, Mike Hafer, Northstar.
Snowboard: Chris Hargrave, Northstar, Seth Johns, Heavenly.
The expenses incurred by each candidate for the tryout average $ 2,000 for registration, travel and lodging. We have set up a link to donate to help the team thru a tax-deductible donation to our Education Foundation.
Adaptive Scholarships
Adaptive Scholarships are available through the Marcus Haile Foundation. This is a private Foundation, not affiliated with PSIA/AASI-W. For information and the application form, click here: MARCUS HAILE MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP PROMOTING ADAPTIVE SKI AND
Western Division Board of Directors 2013-14
Congratulations to our returning Directors, Neil Bussiere, Heidi Ettlinger, Dan Ray and Bryan Schilling, who were re-elected to serve on the Western Division Board of Directors. 469 members cast ballots in this election.
Welcome New Team Members
Welcome to our newest members of our Alpine Tech Team. John Juba and Jimmy Whiteley of Mammoth were selected at our tryouts on Feb. 28 at Mammoth. Welcome John and Jimmy.
Coming Events
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