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The Official Publication of the Professional Ski Instructors of America Eastern / Education Foundation
Regions 1 & 2 Election Issue Franz Krickl, Tony Keller Honored at Snowsports Management Banquet Einar Aas Award for Excellence in Snowsports School Management 2017 Honoree – Franz Krickl, Windham Mountain, NY
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he Eastern Division began awarding the Einar Aas Award for Excellence in Snowsports School Management in 2009. The Einar Aas Award is presented to a snowsports school director in the Eastern Division as a tribute to the late Einar Aas and to honor his memory. Einar was an outstanding snowsports school director; his dedication to his students, his school, this organization (both divisionally and nationally) and the snowsports industry is leg- Franz Krickl with his Einar Aas Award on proud endary. This award recognizes display in his office at Windham Mountain, NY a snowsports school director for achieving and maintaining the highest standards in snowsports school management as nominated and selected by his/her peers. Past honorees include: 2009
Frederica “Freddie” Anderson; Schenectady (NY) Ski School
2010
Dave Merriam; Stowe (VT) Snowsports School
2011
No award
2012
Roberta “Bertie” Holland; Pats Peak, NH
2013
Karen Dolan; Cranmore, NH
2014
Terry Barbour, Mad River Glen, VT
2015 Co-honorees Doug Kaufmann, Mount Snow, VT and Gwen Allard, Double H Ranch, NY 2016
By Ted Fleischer PSIA-AASI Eastern Snowboard Examiner
Eastern AASI Ed Staff member Joe Jones with Pop-Up attendees John Eason, Jason Young, Dylan Sanford and Annie Junnila. Photo by “event host” Ted Fleischer.
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ow, what a cool set-up. Jay Peak gets dumped on one week (or for several weeks), the forecast looks good for the upcoming week, and the kind folks at the PSIA-AASI Eastern Division office spring (or should I say “huck”) into action. An announcement went out on a Friday about a new Pop-Up event that would happen on the following Wednesday and Thursday. In addition to donating lift tickets, Jay Peak also stepped up with a steep lodging discount for all participants. It was a door-buster sale and we had to act fast. This was an event that was not originally listed on the 2017-18 Eastern Event Schedule. An obvious advantage here is our organization being nimble enough that we can take advantage of (and send you to) great snow conditions. On Wednesday morning, January 10 I was lucky enough to meet, greet and spend the day with four diverse participants and the course
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Pete Weber, Waterville Valley, NH
The 2017 honoree is Franz Krickl of Windham Mountain, NY. Franz is a living (and skiing) legend at Windham, having been a fixture at the Snowsports school there for nearly 40 years! Franz received a record number of individual nominations for this award – 46. In their nomination forms, his staff describes him using the following terms: Spectacular leader – role model – dedicated – involved – available – visible – supportive – encouraging to us in every way.
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Big Fun for a Small Group at PSIAAASI Pop-Up Event at Jay Peak, VT
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