{"id":18025,"date":"2022-10-12T20:11:50","date_gmt":"2022-10-13T03:11:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/live-canadian-association-of-snowboard-instructors.pantheonsite.io\/casi-blog\/announcing-the-2023-casi-interski-team\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T08:52:33","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T15:52:33","slug":"announcing-the-2023-casi-interski-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/casi-acms.com\/casi-interski\/announcing-the-2023-casi-interski-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Announcing the 2023 CASI Interski Team"},"content":{"rendered":"

CASI is taking part in this event with the desire to always evolve and offer its members the best in terms of certi\ufb01cation\u2019s course contents and quality standards. We\u2019ve asked the Interski Team members some questions to learn more about them\u2026<\/p>\n

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\"interskiDominique Oshanek<\/h3>\n

BC, Team Member<\/em><\/p>\n

Tell us 3 words that describe you in the best way as a rider?<\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/strong>Playful. Adaptable. Improving<\/p>\n

What is the “mantra” or “quote” you often repeat to your students when you teach snowboarding? <\/strong><\/p>\n

‘There’s no rights and wrongs in snowboarding, just actions and consequences.’<\/p>\n

What’s exciting you the most about Interski in Finland?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I can’t wait to add to my collection of ‘stolen’ international techniques!<\/p>\n

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\"interskiMellen Jay<\/h3>\n

BC, Team Member<\/em><\/p>\n

Tell us 3 words that describe you in the best way as a rider?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Joyful. Energetic. Scienti\ufb01c.<\/p>\n

What is the “mantra” or “quote” you often repeat to your students when you teach snowboarding?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I refer back to CASI: with \ufb01ve skills and many skill components I can create a personalized mantra for each student, candidate or situation.<\/p>\n

What’s exciting you the most about Interski in Finland?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Connecting with other snowsports educators and bringing these ideas back to the CASI membership for interest and future growth. Proudly representing CASI and Canadian methodologies on the international stage.<\/p>\n

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\"interskiJames Hyland<\/h3>\n

ON, Team Member<\/em><\/p>\n

Tell us 3 words that describe you in the bestway as a rider? <\/strong><\/p>\n

This is how I aspire to ride I think I will work on it all my life\u2026\u2026Playful. powerful. Finesse.<\/p>\n

What is the “mantra” or “quote” you often repeat to your students when you teach snowboarding?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Be like water, move with terrain not against.<\/p>\n

What’s exciting you the most about Interski in Finland?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sauna time!!!!! But honestly just having the privilege to be around and learn from people that love snowboarding as much as me.<\/p>\n

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\"interskiAdam Gardner<\/h3>\n

AB, Team Member<\/em><\/p>\n

Tell us 3 words that describe you in the bestway as a rider?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Fast. N. Floaty.<\/p>\n

What is the “mantra” or “quote” you often repeat to your students when you teach snowboarding?<\/strong><\/p>\n

OK, let’s go\u2026<\/p>\n

What’s exciting you the most about Interski in Finland?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I’m excited to see what the other nations are up to, and to showcase Canadian snowboard technique.<\/p>\n

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\"interskiGenevi\u00e8ve Pilotto<\/h3>\n

QC, CASI Program Director<\/em><\/p>\n

Tell us 3 words that describe you in the bestway as a rider?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Charging. Fluid. Precise.<\/p>\n

What is the “mantra” or “quote” you often repeat to your students when you teach snowboarding? <\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cJust ride, don\u2019t think too much!\u201d, \u201cHave fun with it!\u201d and \u201cDon\u2019t forget to get lost in the woods!\u201d<\/p>\n

What’s exciting you the most about Interski in Finland?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sharing runs and ideas with other snowboard instructors from all around the world.<\/p>\n

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\"interskiJeff Chandler<\/h3>\n

BC, CASI Executive Director<\/em><\/p>\n

Tell us 3 words that describe you in the best way as a rider?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Smooth. Powerful. Turny.<\/p>\n

What is the “mantra” or “quote” you often repeat to your students when you teach snowboarding?<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Let the board do the work” and “Have fun\u2026it\u2019s just snowboarding!”<\/p>\n

What’s exciting you the most about Interski in Finland?<\/strong><\/p>\n

The opportunity to represent the best of Canadian snowsports instruction with our colleagues at the CSIA and CANSI!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

CASI is proud to announce the Interski Team who will represent the association in Finland in March 2023! Interski is a great opportunity for CASI to share snowboarding instruction knowledge and techniques with the other existing associations in the world. Our Interski Team will be presenting workshops and attending other countries’ presentations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":17925,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[58],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18025","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-casi-interski"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/casi-acms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/interski_Blog.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/casi-acms.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18025","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/casi-acms.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/casi-acms.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/casi-acms.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/casi-acms.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18025"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/casi-acms.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18025\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18038,"href":"https:\/\/casi-acms.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18025\/revisions\/18038"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/casi-acms.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17925"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/casi-acms.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18025"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/casi-acms.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18025"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/casi-acms.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18025"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}