Argentina ~ Snowboard ~ Let it Flow!

Presenter: Franco Ruffini May the forces be with you & let it flow!! How to take advantage of the inertial forces while snowboarding OBJECTIVE The approach of this workshop was based on the Argentinian Snowboard Technique (AST) foundations and the benefit of the...

People Skills Multisport by USA

This topic was setup for delivery over two sessions on the final day of Interski; one in the morning led by US Snowboard Eric Rolls and one in the afternoon led by US skiers Jonathon Ballou and Ann Schorley. From SBINZ, we had one of our team attend in the morning...

PLAYGrounds for Success by USA

Imagine a playground full of snow in the middle of Bulgaria! One of the coolest parts about Interski was seeing the collaboration between AASI and Burton unfold. They wanted to showcase what they believe the future of snow sports to be. The week prior to the congress,...

Stop Thinking, Start Learning by Switzerland

The Indoor Lecture Have you even taught a lesson and caught yourself rambling on and on? Your students were either thinking about what they want for lunch, pretending to listen out of respect. The Swiss indoor and on-snow presentations want to draw attention to these...

Snowboarding Fundamentals by USA

I was fortunate to go out on an on-snow clinic with Tony Macri from the USA National Team on the last day at Interski. Most of you will also know that Tony is an SBINZ Senior Examiner and sits on our own Snowboard Committee. Tony dominates in everything he does,...

Good Reasons to Introduce Freestyle to Beginners by Chile

On Friday morning I went to hang out with Daniel Casanga, Eduardo Batarce and Lily Richard from the Chilean team to learn more about why they are introducing freestyle to beginners. The overall goal of the clinic was to explore how we can use the benefits of movement...

Air to Carve by Korea

Leo, Richie and I had the opportunity to join the Koreans on-snow clinic today and based on the title we were pretty dam excited. They took us on a journey with their limited English, to-the-point approach and wowed us with their hard boot demonstrators. We learned...