Forum: Instructors Lounge

My fellow instructors and i were whining about how we don't make enough money. and we were all wondering what people at other places make, nad how they are paid. are you paid an hourly wage plus lessons. are you paid an hourly wage, (like 3 dollars) then what you make for lessons. are...

Im thinking about taking my level 2 this year. I just finished the Jay Peak Trees Clinic and i think i might go for my level 2 (i know im passed the deadline i have to pay the late registration fee). I feel as if my riding is the best its been in a longtime and i know my riding is ready for level...

did anyone else get an online survey from their division? Cause i just let mine have it with my many rants that i have about the organization. Here are some points that i covered rather then going into 20 paragraphs about the lack of action from our organization. - Educational tools and...

http://www.snowboredinstructors.com/ this is my friends site that he has been working on for awhile now. it has a good amount of articles and such to help people become better instructors and become instructors in general. some good reading.

I spent this past Sunday with a great group of kids and their mentors learning how to snowboard. I got assigned to hang out with a few of the beginners to keep their motivation during the day while their instructors taught them how to skate and side slip. I did a great job of navigating through...

In my discovery lesson last weeked, i had a new snowboarder telling me that he was going to be great at snowboarding his first day, i told him no, you probably will not be able to make it down the blues today, most likely, and he said "No i can do it on shaun white snowboarding on the wii"... ...

I was looking into getting my certification done to pick up some extra cash this winter and was wondering where the nearest place to do this would be in the tri-state area (NY,NJ,PA)

So the PSIA - AASI riders rally is in COPPER this year! March 8-13th Registration has to be in by Feb 11th. just wanted to see if anyone from SBA is going to come out. I mean Copper is down the road from Vail / Beaver Creek so I'll be there i think. Might also be able to house a couple...

my b/f brother told me maybe I am having a hard time because I am boarding reg and I may be goofy. How do you know this? or how do I find out? without going through a major change of the bindings when on the mt. I mean is there a way to find out b4 you go up so that if i am goofy I can change my...

It's that time of year again to pay dues, but I'm not sure if I want to. I may not instruct next season, I've been doing it for the last 3 seasons (lowly level 1 certified for 2 seasons) and I may want to spend a little more time doing some more of my own riding. That doesn't mean that I won't...

i'm so stoked! my son and i just started the instructor training program at our loc mtn. he's doing skiing and i'm doing snowboarding. they say it gets you to the point of being able to pass the basic aasi cert. our first real session is next wknd. can hardly wait. tips/comments welcome!

So im just curious to thoes who have worked for the larger mountains on west and up north. Where is the best place you have worked. Take into consideration, Pay, Clientell, How the runs are to play and teach, and employee moral.

I started instructing as a way to make some money while still being able to ride in the winter. Now that i'm doing it, going on my third season, it seems to have taken the fun out of the sport i was once crazy about. I don't get nearly as excited to go ride for the day outside of work as i used to,...

Hello all fellow instrutors and instrutoras (girl instructors), I will be talking my AASI level 1 test the 29th and 30th of this month with hopes of passing to recieve my certification. Now i know there are 5 threads on the first page of the "Instructor's Lodge" forum page, but i don't want to...

In my 3 or so years of riding, I can safely say I've progressed nicely but there's one thing that always gets me - the toe edge and making right-hand turns with it. Today on the mountain, I'd had a very close call on a curvy run and I ate crap big time and almost plowed a skiier off the run....

For all you instructors out there what do you think of this? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nelgc1GNM70

Its Pretty Simple, What do yours Look like, and what do they say? Im making some for myself this year, and i need ideas....

First off, how do i go about recieving discounted lift tickets? my boss has told me about this perk ever since my certification and i have yet to figure out the mystery. Who do i need to speak to at the mountain? Also, this past weekend a customer gave me his email and offered to take me for...