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Who will my ski instructor be? My name is Mark Rovito. I am a Professional Ski Instructors of America (PSIA) certified ski instructor, American Association of Snowboard Instructors (AASI) certified snowboard instructor and Telluride Ski and Snowboard School certified ski instructor and snowboard instructor. I started skiing at the age of 8. I spent 15 years as a ski patroller. I have been a ski instructor for 14 years and a snowboard instructor for 11. My primary teaching discipline is downhill skiing with secondary emphasis on snowboard and snowblades. I teach men, women and children ages 5 and up. I have an absolute passion for skiing and snowboarding that I truly wish to share with others. I focus on guest centered teaching methods. I do not see my guests as just another student that must be stamped into a particular mold or "cookie cutter" skiing model. I tailor your lesson to your existing skills, physical abilities, desires, goals and objectives. I enjoy working with kids. I'm so grateful that I started skiing as a child. My hope is that any child I teach will develop the same lifetime passion for skiing that has brought me so much joy throughout my life. I discuss more about kids needs on the "Your Children" page at www.thesnowpros.com, another web site. Whether you want to begin or improve your skiing or snowboarding ability or want someone to acquaint you with the Telluride Ski Resort I am at your service. If I am not personally available when you need lessons I will try to match you up with another instructor suitable for your goals and objectives. Unfortunately my wife, Sue, also a certified instructor, is not teaching this season. You can find out more about me at my other web site, www.thesnowpros.com Why do I want a certified ski instructor? A certified instructor is committed to excellence in all aspects of their personal skill level and helping you to learn. An expert skier does not make a good instructor if they can't help others to master expert skills. The ability to help a student understand and learn something new in a way that works for the student is much more important than the raw skiing skills of the teacher. Coaches for professional athletes rarely match the sports skills of their athletes. With a certified ski instructor you get both expert teaching and skiing skills. Certified ski and snowboard instructors go through rigorous training, testing and ongoing continuing education. Our training is not just how to ski or snowboard as experts though expert skills are essential to clearly demonstrate appropriate skiing movements to you, the guest. Additionally, we are trained in understanding the various ways different people learn new skills and how to most effectively teach to those learning styles. We are trained to teach to the needs of the individual guests whether that be physical ability, age, gender and specific goals and desires of the guest. To us, you are an individual, not a number. Our training and testing includes emphasis on "movement analysis" or the ability to see how a person's movements affect what their skis do. In essence this means analyzing "what the skier is doing right or what they are doing wrong" and teaching how to expand good movements and correct deficient ones. Our education also includes keeping up with trends in modern snow sports equipment and how it relates to biomechanics.
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