Barclay Moore
315-498-5132
5 decades of Snow Sports and one yr. in New Zealand.
Certified in 1974 (before some of you were born)
Worked my way up through PSIA,
Dev Team
Examiner
Education VP
Directed and managed a ski school,
Managed a ski shop, a rental shop
Volunteered on western PSIA committees
My real joy is coaching good skiers, training instructors.
I coach 20 instructors every Tuesday for fun, their fun. It is real true ski teaching. My experience and love of the challenge somehow keeps them coming back. I want that for each of you.
I have 53 seasons of teaching in my bindings, examining, ski school directing, race coaching, freestyle coaching, PSIA-E Bod member, PSIA-W Ed Foundation scholarship committee, BOD Sub Committee, National team tryouts, Interski Delegate and current instructor trainer.
I have been contributing in the snow sports business east to west. Myself and the strategic minded Team 4Change candidates are running for the BOD and have a huge desire to make life better for members and Ed Staff. Working as one is what will make PSIA-W stronger. We got this, vote Team 4Change.
Our events should look like fun days on snow, not just CEU's.
EdStaff needs to be trained and paid for their expertise, not Level 2 instructor pay. A more diverse local education events are needed, always.
Member schools need to see BOD members on the hill, communicating with their staff. We want national team members, old farts that shred, and young rippers leading into our future.
Experience taught me to know what teachers want. It is education, feedback, value and enjoyment.
Making choices on the board always puts the member first.
Alycia “Fish” Glines
916-365-1037
In 2024 I missed being elected by a dozen votes.
Trained by Sierra At Tahoe staff for PSIA Alpine L1, L2
Trained by Mammoth Teams staff for PSIA CS2
Trained by Homewood staff & Ted Pitcher for Resort Trainer
Trained by Alpine Meadows and NASTC staff for PSIA L3, Div Trainer, National Tryouts
Trained by Jackson Hole & Big Sky staff for PSIA-NRM Education Staff in-training
Co-created W.I.S.E. Women’s Mentorship Series with Nat’l Team Stephanie Wilkerson
Currently volunteering for Achieve Tahoe @ Alpine
I am still a fully certified Alpine instructor whose focus has remained women's mentorship and children's programs since 2011.
Now I focus on volunteer opportunities with Achieve Tahoe, coaching and raising funds with Barclay Moore for the Sodergren Scholarship and helped Team Alumna Stephanie Wilkerson establish and fundraise for the Women's Initiative Fund and W.I.S.E.
When Stephanie and I developed the multi discipline aspect of the WISE Mentorship series for women, we spent hundreds of hours collaborating with other women and regions. I dedicated myself to listening and solving complex problems for the program to succeed.
This team of women largely supported each other to tackle two National Team tryouts.
I believe that you, the western members are the most critical stakeholders. You deserve to have a voice that is heard , respected and acted upon. I would like to see avenues built for the board to engage you and you engage us.
I'm just a skier that wishes she were a snowboarder and cross country pro. And I believe in deep meaningful connection with every student.
I am a proud Western member that believes in the deep roots of our organization. I am committed to strategically help it along according to our traditions of community, diversity and good old fashion fun in a safe and educational environment.
Bryan Martel
530-263-1539
I've been a Level 3 instructor at Palisades Tahoe long enough to learn a simple truth: teaching skiing has far less to do with telling someone "you're doing great" and far more to do with seeing that our students go home having had a wonderful day on the mountain.
Along the way I've volunteered with the NCAA and the U.S. Ski Team to help carve out more college opportunities for American students, served on the PSIA-West board, raced on both sides of the Atlantic, and guided in Switzerland and France, where the mountains are steeper, the runs longer, and ski instructors can make a real living!
We believe most of the current Board is out of touch with membership. We believe we can implement the following strategic initiatives:
Create better clinics that are local, more interesting and fun;
Provide more resources for Ed Staff (pay and training);
Negotiate much better pro form deals for our instructors.
Ski instructors want vastly better certification and continuing education clinics-ones that are local, easier to attend, genuinely fun, and less expensive. This is not a radical demand; it is simple common sense.
Because Ed Staff carries such a heavy share of the load in supporting instructors, we ought to recognize this fact with proper training and proper pay. We spend far too much on executive salaries at PSIA, and that imbalance must be corrected
Our Pro Form equipment discounts are pitiful. We should be negotiating directly with a small number of excellent companies.
I know that our real mission is simple: teach a good ski lesson and have enough fun doing it. Everything else is commentary.
I've started and run two international companies, and experience has taught me a lesson organizations are forever relearning the hard way: resources must go to the people who actually do the work. In our CUe, that means the Ed Staff-respected, supported, and trusted to do their jobs well. We need smart, capable younger instructors on the Board, and we need to let them take the reins, so we really need term limits for the board.
I'm a life long Level 3 ski instructor that cares about our mission of teaching a good lesson and having fun doing it. There are way too many PSIA National Committees, to many PSIA Councils, too many PSIA Task Forces, too many policies, governance manuals, and codes of conduct. Did you know about 50% of our $3,000,000 National budget goes to salaries! We need to focus our resources on Western membership and how to help our Ed Staff help us have fun teaching a good lesson. And at some point we do need to discuss the unfashionable but necessary subject of fair pay. Vote for Team 4Change.
Brent Boblitt
brent@boblitt.com
530-368-0856
I've been a PSIA member since 1982
PSIA certified since 1984
I've been a coach and official with USSA since 1987
Served in the National Examiners College
Frontline instructor
Supervisor
Race director
Assistant ski school director,
I served years as an examiner and am now examiner emeritus,
My favorite form of volunteering is skiing with younger instructors who are eager to learn-about teaching, about skiing for themselves, and about the satisfaction that comes from doing something well. We need to offer more events that meet that need.
Being responsible for ski schools, race teams, and special events has a way of introducing one to a steady supply of problems. I like to believe I handled those matters professionally, or at least in a way that did not require apologies afterward.
Over the years I've gained many good friends —coworkers, clients, and customers-and I've also owned or co-owned several businesses, which is an efficient way to learn what works and what does not. I look forward to working with Team 4Change and helping form a group that functions as a unit rather than a collection.
If we listen to the instructors who are coming up, we will hear a consistent message: they want more.
More ski improvement, more thoughtful instruction, more understanding of the why and the how.
Let's bring back bump and steep clinics, race clinics, and ski-the-whole-mountain clinics, creative teaching clinics-and let's also have an honest conversation about lowering the cost of participation. Maybe we can bring back the free ticket at member school areas for level 3's.
Vote Team 4Change.
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I've been at every level of this organization and I've learned that if we fail to keep things fun, educational, and motivating, the division will struggle to move forward. It would be a fine improvement if instructors looked forward to attending events, conventions, and perhaps even board meetings.
I've organized exams and clinics, supported special events and race camps at my home areas, volunteered repeatedly with Special Olympics, and coached high school racing for many years.
With your vote-and with the cooperation of my fellow candidates-I believe we can help the division grow in the right direction. Vote Team 4Change.
