Replying to ARGH NO!!!!!! CSIA NO!!!!

HAS ANYONE ELSE SEEN THIS AND THINKS IS A CROCK OF SH*T!!??!?!

'it was a great season for the CSIA and the Canadian Freestyle Skiing Association in connection with the newly-developed level one free ski certification course.(WHAT THE SHIT). in a very short time, both organizations were able to develop the course curriculum(CURRICULUM?!?!?!?!) and a manual in order to deliver this course for the 2001-2002 season.

For those that are not familiar with the Level 1 Free Ski cert., this course covers all aspects of 'new school'. This includes safety aspects, an all-mountain component, and all the progressions in moguls, half-pipe, rails, air and switch skiing.

Venturing into a new type of skiing, the CSIA soared high and proud with one of the first Free Ski cert. courses in the world. Needless to say, for the participants taking this course, it was alot of fun and rather different from the traditional instructor courses offered by the CSIA. This new-school format is a welcome and refreshing addition to the existing programs, especially for our young clientele who are looking for something other than the usual.

The average age of the participants was around 20 years old and younger. The program and required skills proved to be appealing to this age group, and the course certainly helped improve their 'grabs' and 'japan air'.

Throughout the season, six pilot dates were set ahead of time and all courses took place as schedueled. Not only did all the courses take place, but many courses were also added across Canada. In total, almost 200 candidates participated in the program, including the popular Course Conductor Training at the beginning of the season.

With this season coming to a close, we hope that the newly-certified instructors can spread the word about the new course in town; how much fun it is and how much of a change of pace it has been for the CSIA. I hope that everyone had fun in the parks and i cant wait to see you all next year.'

ok...its good they want to get it out there and they're accepting it...but i think they should stay out of it. This whole idea of having a curriculum for jibbing makes me wana hurl all over their wrinkly old sterile faces. Yeah ok they're not dissing it but they're trying to control it and this really pisses me off. Theres some good but wayyyy more bad on its way with this kind of thing. what you ppl think?