Although only a few APSI events were able to take place this Australian winter our APSI operations team continued to work tirelessly with the resorts effort allowed for an early season Level 1 course in Mt. Buller and some more courses and exams in September for Charlotte Pass, Perisher and Thredbo. Thank you to the Snowsport’s School Directors in particular James Thorpe from Charlottes and Tina Burford from Perisher for
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to assess what was possible. This cooperative
their collaborative approach to make these events happen for our Australian Snowsport Instructors. Despite the challenges, APSI Alpine forged ahead, achieving many goals that will set our association and discipline up for a stronger 2021 and beyond. • APSI certification events in Japan achieved record participation. 49 Level 2 exam candidates and 47 Level 3 exam candidates across 2 locations in Niseko and Myoko. Giving our members working and travelling in these locations further access to APSI education and training for professional development. • When Northern Hemisphere resorts shut early in March and most of our Alpine training staff returned home to mandatory quarantine, the vast majority of this team put their collective skills and knowledge together to produce the new APSI eLearning platform for all of our Alpine certification programs. Including a standalone
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2020 will certainly be an Aussie winter we will not soon forget. Many of us were unable to work on snow this season and with continued restrictions on domestic and international travel the usual migration North for some will also be put on hold. The resilience shown by all of you, the ability to take this in your stride and to make the most out of the situation was truly admirable. Our community sticking together and positively supporting one another has been the backbone to our success as an education and training body to date and will continue to be the substance that sees us through these tough times together.
Technical Director Richard Jameson
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