Welcome to the new Central Division website of the Professional Ski Instructors of America (PSIA-C) and American Association of Snowboard Instructors (AASI-C)!
PSIA-C and AASI-C membership includes approximately 3,500 snow sports instructors in the disciplines of Alpine Skiing, Snowboarding, Nordic (Track & Telemark), and Adaptive Snow Sports throughout the Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KY, MI, MO, MN, OH, and WI). PSIA-C and AASI-C together comprise American Snowsports Education Association - Central Division (ASEA-C). Throughout the United States there are nine divisions of ASEA with approximately 30,000 members! Our National Certification Standards are developed by PSIA & AASI’s National Demonstration Teams, and are applied nation-wide by all divisions.
We provide our members education materials (video, web, magazine, and books), indoor and on snow training clinics, and certification in our disciplines of Alpine, Snowboard, Nordic and Adaptive. We also offer accreditations in Childrens Teaching, Advanced Trainers/Clinicians, and Freestyle (Park & Pipe). Other services of PSIA-C and AASI-C include working with Snow Sports Schools, Directors, Trainers, Areas/Resorts and Professional Organizations like the Midwest Ski Areas Association (MSAA) to promote and support uniform excellence in snow sports instruction. Additional membership benefits include discounted equipment, accessories catalog, pro forms, and a special promotion with Subaru.
The goal of PSIA and AASI is to provide a fun, safe and positive snow sport experience for every one of our guests. "Go with a Pro”, is a PSIA and AASI marketing program for our members to the general public, to encourage ski area and resort guests to learn from a "Professional Instructor”. Our professional instructors offer basic movement introduction from the absolute beginner, all the way to coaching for the expert skier or snowboarder on any type of terrain.
There is a lot more information about our organization and what we do contained within this website, so please check it out! You are welcome to contact our office staff at 517-327-0601 or any of our board members (located under the Contact Us tab) for additional information, comments, or to join our organization.
Doug Berg
PSIA-C/AASI-C President