AASI Recognition

By Brian Donovan Eastern Snowboard Coordinator

AASI-E Examiner

PSIA-AASI Snowboard National Team Member

The dictionary defines the following words as such: Dedicated – Devoted to a cause, ideal, or purpose Passion – A strong liking or devotion to some activity Excellence – The quality of being outstanding

Icannot think of better words to describe some of our longest tenured AASI Eastern Snowboard Education Staff members. At our Education Staff training in December, we honored the two newest recipients of the Gordon Robbins Examiner Emeritus award: Rob Bevier and Ted Fleischer. The Gordon Robbins Examiner Emeritus and Eastern Division Lifetime Membership status is awarded to members of the AASI Eastern Snowboard Education Staff that have served as active members of the Education Staff for 25 consecutive years. This year Rob and Ted were the 2nd and 3rd ever recipients of this honor (Tom Vickery received the 1st ever honor in 2016). It was a testament to their contributions and dedication to the sport of snowboarding as the entire Eastern Region Snowboard Ed Staff shared stories and memories of how both Rob and Ted had contributed to the sport, our organization, and the development of all those in attendance. You could hear a pin drop as stories and jokes were shared about these two, but most importantly the Snowboard Ed Staff reflected on how big of an impact both Rob and Ted had on all of our own personal development journeys as snowboard coaches and instructors. Personally, I would not have been inspired to pursue becoming an Examiner, and I would be far less talented at teaching snowboarding, if I had never had the opportunity to learn from these two outstanding individuals. Words cannot do justice to what the two of you have done for AASI, our community, and snowboarding. All I can say is THANK YOU, THANK YOU, and another huge THANK YOU! <<