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Brian Donovan
Snowboard Examiner AASI CoordinatorAASI Steering Committee
Notes
| is an interesting fact about you? | I come from a family that never skied or snowboarded. I was the black sheep and it has completely shaped my life and career. |
|---|---|
| Do you have any skills or talents that most people don’t know about? | I used to be pretty okay at playing soccer, and I can still terrorize a rec league from time-to-time. |
| What jobs do you do – within and outside the snowsports industry, both winter & summer? | PSIA-AASI Snowboard National Team member, Snowboard Instructor and Trainer, AASI Examiner, and AASI-E Advisor for Education. |
| Where is the first place you participated in snowsports? | Peek’n Peak Resort in Western New York State |
| What was your first job in the snowsports industry? | Full-Time Snowboard Instructor |
| What is a valuable lesson you learned in your snowsports career? | The goals of your student are way more important than the milestones that you think they need to achieve (i.e. beginners don’t need to get dialed at turning in their first lesson…they need to have fun and want to come back!) |
| What is your favorite memory from your snowsports career so far? | Making the 2021 PSIA-AASI Snowboard National Team. |
| Where is your favorite place to ski or ride? | To me: It’s more about the crew than the location…I’m more passionate about having the proper group of friends to ride with than worried about the place. |
| If you could give a younger person snowsports/career advice, what would it be? | Picking a mountain to work at is more about the people and the culture than anything else. Pick a mountain with a rad group of co-workers and a great community and you won’t regret it! |
| What activities do you enjoy, when you’re not out on the snow? | Mountain biking, skateboarding, watching baseball games, live music, playing soccer, and hunting. |
| What would be your personal motto? | They should keep score in tee-ball games…I learned life lessons about hard work, being competitive, and how to deal with losing and setbacks as a kid from playing sports and keeping score. |
| Name three words that describe you. | Loves to compete! |
| Who is someone you admire, and why? | Tom Vickery – I learn something from that man every time I’m around him. He challenges me to continually improve. Thank you Tom! |
| When you were a child, what did you want to be when you grow up? | A cowboy…in fact, I assumed if you lived in “The West”, that it was still the wild west frontier with cowboys, saloons, and the whole works. |
| What goal would you like to accomplish in the next year? | Represent PSIA-AASI well at InterSki 2023 in Levi, Finland. |
| What goal would you like to accomplish in the next five years? | I’d like to be selected to the 2024 PSIA-AASI Snowboard National Team. |
Brian Donovan
Snowboard Examiner AASI CoordinatorAASI Steering Committee
Notes
| is an interesting fact about you? | I come from a family that never skied or snowboarded. I was the black sheep and it has completely shaped my life and career. |
|---|---|
| Do you have any skills or talents that most people don’t know about? | I used to be pretty okay at playing soccer, and I can still terrorize a rec league from time-to-time. |
| What jobs do you do – within and outside the snowsports industry, both winter & summer? | PSIA-AASI Snowboard National Team member, Snowboard Instructor and Trainer, AASI Examiner, and AASI-E Advisor for Education. |
| Where is the first place you participated in snowsports? | Peek’n Peak Resort in Western New York State |
| What was your first job in the snowsports industry? | Full-Time Snowboard Instructor |
| What is a valuable lesson you learned in your snowsports career? | The goals of your student are way more important than the milestones that you think they need to achieve (i.e. beginners don’t need to get dialed at turning in their first lesson…they need to have fun and want to come back!) |
| What is your favorite memory from your snowsports career so far? | Making the 2021 PSIA-AASI Snowboard National Team. |
| Where is your favorite place to ski or ride? | To me: It’s more about the crew than the location…I’m more passionate about having the proper group of friends to ride with than worried about the place. |
| If you could give a younger person snowsports/career advice, what would it be? | Picking a mountain to work at is more about the people and the culture than anything else. Pick a mountain with a rad group of co-workers and a great community and you won’t regret it! |
| What activities do you enjoy, when you’re not out on the snow? | Mountain biking, skateboarding, watching baseball games, live music, playing soccer, and hunting. |
| What would be your personal motto? | They should keep score in tee-ball games…I learned life lessons about hard work, being competitive, and how to deal with losing and setbacks as a kid from playing sports and keeping score. |
| Name three words that describe you. | Loves to compete! |
| Who is someone you admire, and why? | Tom Vickery – I learn something from that man every time I’m around him. He challenges me to continually improve. Thank you Tom! |
| When you were a child, what did you want to be when you grow up? | A cowboy…in fact, I assumed if you lived in “The West”, that it was still the wild west frontier with cowboys, saloons, and the whole works. |
| What goal would you like to accomplish in the next year? | Represent PSIA-AASI well at InterSki 2023 in Levi, Finland. |
| What goal would you like to accomplish in the next five years? | I’d like to be selected to the 2024 PSIA-AASI Snowboard National Team. |
Brian Donovan
Snowboard Examiner AASI CoordinatorAASI Steering Committee
Notes
| is an interesting fact about you? | I come from a family that never skied or snowboarded. I was the black sheep and it has completely shaped my life and career. |
|---|---|
| Do you have any skills or talents that most people don’t know about? | I used to be pretty okay at playing soccer, and I can still terrorize a rec league from time-to-time. |
| What jobs do you do – within and outside the snowsports industry, both winter & summer? | PSIA-AASI Snowboard National Team member, Snowboard Instructor and Trainer, AASI Examiner, and AASI-E Advisor for Education. |
| Where is the first place you participated in snowsports? | Peek’n Peak Resort in Western New York State |
| What was your first job in the snowsports industry? | Full-Time Snowboard Instructor |
| What is a valuable lesson you learned in your snowsports career? | The goals of your student are way more important than the milestones that you think they need to achieve (i.e. beginners don’t need to get dialed at turning in their first lesson…they need to have fun and want to come back!) |
| What is your favorite memory from your snowsports career so far? | Making the 2021 PSIA-AASI Snowboard National Team. |
| Where is your favorite place to ski or ride? | To me: It’s more about the crew than the location…I’m more passionate about having the proper group of friends to ride with than worried about the place. |
| If you could give a younger person snowsports/career advice, what would it be? | Picking a mountain to work at is more about the people and the culture than anything else. Pick a mountain with a rad group of co-workers and a great community and you won’t regret it! |
| What activities do you enjoy, when you’re not out on the snow? | Mountain biking, skateboarding, watching baseball games, live music, playing soccer, and hunting. |
| What would be your personal motto? | They should keep score in tee-ball games…I learned life lessons about hard work, being competitive, and how to deal with losing and setbacks as a kid from playing sports and keeping score. |
| Name three words that describe you. | Loves to compete! |
| Who is someone you admire, and why? | Tom Vickery – I learn something from that man every time I’m around him. He challenges me to continually improve. Thank you Tom! |
| When you were a child, what did you want to be when you grow up? | A cowboy…in fact, I assumed if you lived in “The West”, that it was still the wild west frontier with cowboys, saloons, and the whole works. |
| What goal would you like to accomplish in the next year? | Represent PSIA-AASI well at InterSki 2023 in Levi, Finland. |
| What goal would you like to accomplish in the next five years? | I’d like to be selected to the 2024 PSIA-AASI Snowboard National Team. |
Brian Donovan
Snowboard Examiner AASI CoordinatorAASI Steering Committee
Notes
| is an interesting fact about you? | I come from a family that never skied or snowboarded. I was the black sheep and it has completely shaped my life and career. |
|---|---|
| Do you have any skills or talents that most people don’t know about? | I used to be pretty okay at playing soccer, and I can still terrorize a rec league from time-to-time. |
| What jobs do you do – within and outside the snowsports industry, both winter & summer? | PSIA-AASI Snowboard National Team member, Snowboard Instructor and Trainer, AASI Examiner, and AASI-E Advisor for Education. |
| Where is the first place you participated in snowsports? | Peek’n Peak Resort in Western New York State |
| What was your first job in the snowsports industry? | Full-Time Snowboard Instructor |
| What is a valuable lesson you learned in your snowsports career? | The goals of your student are way more important than the milestones that you think they need to achieve (i.e. beginners don’t need to get dialed at turning in their first lesson…they need to have fun and want to come back!) |
| What is your favorite memory from your snowsports career so far? | Making the 2021 PSIA-AASI Snowboard National Team. |
| Where is your favorite place to ski or ride? | To me: It’s more about the crew than the location…I’m more passionate about having the proper group of friends to ride with than worried about the place. |
| If you could give a younger person snowsports/career advice, what would it be? | Picking a mountain to work at is more about the people and the culture than anything else. Pick a mountain with a rad group of co-workers and a great community and you won’t regret it! |
| What activities do you enjoy, when you’re not out on the snow? | Mountain biking, skateboarding, watching baseball games, live music, playing soccer, and hunting. |
| What would be your personal motto? | They should keep score in tee-ball games…I learned life lessons about hard work, being competitive, and how to deal with losing and setbacks as a kid from playing sports and keeping score. |
| Name three words that describe you. | Loves to compete! |
| Who is someone you admire, and why? | Tom Vickery – I learn something from that man every time I’m around him. He challenges me to continually improve. Thank you Tom! |
| When you were a child, what did you want to be when you grow up? | A cowboy…in fact, I assumed if you lived in “The West”, that it was still the wild west frontier with cowboys, saloons, and the whole works. |
| What goal would you like to accomplish in the next year? | Represent PSIA-AASI well at InterSki 2023 in Levi, Finland. |
| What goal would you like to accomplish in the next five years? | I’d like to be selected to the 2024 PSIA-AASI Snowboard National Team. |
Brian Donovan
Snowboard Examiner AASI CoordinatorAASI Steering Committee
Notes
| is an interesting fact about you? | I come from a family that never skied or snowboarded. I was the black sheep and it has completely shaped my life and career. |
|---|---|
| Do you have any skills or talents that most people don’t know about? | I used to be pretty okay at playing soccer, and I can still terrorize a rec league from time-to-time. |
| What jobs do you do – within and outside the snowsports industry, both winter & summer? | PSIA-AASI Snowboard National Team member, Snowboard Instructor and Trainer, AASI Examiner, and AASI-E Advisor for Education. |
| Where is the first place you participated in snowsports? | Peek’n Peak Resort in Western New York State |
| What was your first job in the snowsports industry? | Full-Time Snowboard Instructor |
| What is a valuable lesson you learned in your snowsports career? | The goals of your student are way more important than the milestones that you think they need to achieve (i.e. beginners don’t need to get dialed at turning in their first lesson…they need to have fun and want to come back!) |
| What is your favorite memory from your snowsports career so far? | Making the 2021 PSIA-AASI Snowboard National Team. |
| Where is your favorite place to ski or ride? | To me: It’s more about the crew than the location…I’m more passionate about having the proper group of friends to ride with than worried about the place. |
| If you could give a younger person snowsports/career advice, what would it be? | Picking a mountain to work at is more about the people and the culture than anything else. Pick a mountain with a rad group of co-workers and a great community and you won’t regret it! |
| What activities do you enjoy, when you’re not out on the snow? | Mountain biking, skateboarding, watching baseball games, live music, playing soccer, and hunting. |
| What would be your personal motto? | They should keep score in tee-ball games…I learned life lessons about hard work, being competitive, and how to deal with losing and setbacks as a kid from playing sports and keeping score. |
| Name three words that describe you. | Loves to compete! |
| Who is someone you admire, and why? | Tom Vickery – I learn something from that man every time I’m around him. He challenges me to continually improve. Thank you Tom! |
| When you were a child, what did you want to be when you grow up? | A cowboy…in fact, I assumed if you lived in “The West”, that it was still the wild west frontier with cowboys, saloons, and the whole works. |
| What goal would you like to accomplish in the next year? | Represent PSIA-AASI well at InterSki 2023 in Levi, Finland. |
| What goal would you like to accomplish in the next five years? | I’d like to be selected to the 2024 PSIA-AASI Snowboard National Team. |
Brian Donovan
Snowboard Examiner AASI CoordinatorAASI Steering Committee
Notes
| is an interesting fact about you? | I come from a family that never skied or snowboarded. I was the black sheep and it has completely shaped my life and career. |
|---|---|
| Do you have any skills or talents that most people don’t know about? | I used to be pretty okay at playing soccer, and I can still terrorize a rec league from time-to-time. |
| What jobs do you do – within and outside the snowsports industry, both winter & summer? | PSIA-AASI Snowboard National Team member, Snowboard Instructor and Trainer, AASI Examiner, and AASI-E Advisor for Education. |
| Where is the first place you participated in snowsports? | Peek’n Peak Resort in Western New York State |
| What was your first job in the snowsports industry? | Full-Time Snowboard Instructor |
| What is a valuable lesson you learned in your snowsports career? | The goals of your student are way more important than the milestones that you think they need to achieve (i.e. beginners don’t need to get dialed at turning in their first lesson…they need to have fun and want to come back!) |
| What is your favorite memory from your snowsports career so far? | Making the 2021 PSIA-AASI Snowboard National Team. |
| Where is your favorite place to ski or ride? | To me: It’s more about the crew than the location…I’m more passionate about having the proper group of friends to ride with than worried about the place. |
| If you could give a younger person snowsports/career advice, what would it be? | Picking a mountain to work at is more about the people and the culture than anything else. Pick a mountain with a rad group of co-workers and a great community and you won’t regret it! |
| What activities do you enjoy, when you’re not out on the snow? | Mountain biking, skateboarding, watching baseball games, live music, playing soccer, and hunting. |
| What would be your personal motto? | They should keep score in tee-ball games…I learned life lessons about hard work, being competitive, and how to deal with losing and setbacks as a kid from playing sports and keeping score. |
| Name three words that describe you. | Loves to compete! |
| Who is someone you admire, and why? | Tom Vickery – I learn something from that man every time I’m around him. He challenges me to continually improve. Thank you Tom! |
| When you were a child, what did you want to be when you grow up? | A cowboy…in fact, I assumed if you lived in “The West”, that it was still the wild west frontier with cowboys, saloons, and the whole works. |
| What goal would you like to accomplish in the next year? | Represent PSIA-AASI well at InterSki 2023 in Levi, Finland. |
| What goal would you like to accomplish in the next five years? | I’d like to be selected to the 2024 PSIA-AASI Snowboard National Team. |
Brian Donovan
Snowboard Examiner AASI CoordinatorAASI Steering Committee
Notes
| is an interesting fact about you? | I come from a family that never skied or snowboarded. I was the black sheep and it has completely shaped my life and career. |
|---|---|
| Do you have any skills or talents that most people don’t know about? | I used to be pretty okay at playing soccer, and I can still terrorize a rec league from time-to-time. |
| What jobs do you do – within and outside the snowsports industry, both winter & summer? | PSIA-AASI Snowboard National Team member, Snowboard Instructor and Trainer, AASI Examiner, and AASI-E Advisor for Education. |
| Where is the first place you participated in snowsports? | Peek’n Peak Resort in Western New York State |
| What was your first job in the snowsports industry? | Full-Time Snowboard Instructor |
| What is a valuable lesson you learned in your snowsports career? | The goals of your student are way more important than the milestones that you think they need to achieve (i.e. beginners don’t need to get dialed at turning in their first lesson…they need to have fun and want to come back!) |
| What is your favorite memory from your snowsports career so far? | Making the 2021 PSIA-AASI Snowboard National Team. |
| Where is your favorite place to ski or ride? | To me: It’s more about the crew than the location…I’m more passionate about having the proper group of friends to ride with than worried about the place. |
| If you could give a younger person snowsports/career advice, what would it be? | Picking a mountain to work at is more about the people and the culture than anything else. Pick a mountain with a rad group of co-workers and a great community and you won’t regret it! |
| What activities do you enjoy, when you’re not out on the snow? | Mountain biking, skateboarding, watching baseball games, live music, playing soccer, and hunting. |
| What would be your personal motto? | They should keep score in tee-ball games…I learned life lessons about hard work, being competitive, and how to deal with losing and setbacks as a kid from playing sports and keeping score. |
| Name three words that describe you. | Loves to compete! |
| Who is someone you admire, and why? | Tom Vickery – I learn something from that man every time I’m around him. He challenges me to continually improve. Thank you Tom! |
| When you were a child, what did you want to be when you grow up? | A cowboy…in fact, I assumed if you lived in “The West”, that it was still the wild west frontier with cowboys, saloons, and the whole works. |
| What goal would you like to accomplish in the next year? | Represent PSIA-AASI well at InterSki 2023 in Levi, Finland. |
| What goal would you like to accomplish in the next five years? | I’d like to be selected to the 2024 PSIA-AASI Snowboard National Team. |
Brian Donovan
Snowboard Examiner AASI CoordinatorAASI Steering Committee
Notes
| is an interesting fact about you? | I come from a family that never skied or snowboarded. I was the black sheep and it has completely shaped my life and career. |
|---|---|
| Do you have any skills or talents that most people don’t know about? | I used to be pretty okay at playing soccer, and I can still terrorize a rec league from time-to-time. |
| What jobs do you do – within and outside the snowsports industry, both winter & summer? | PSIA-AASI Snowboard National Team member, Snowboard Instructor and Trainer, AASI Examiner, and AASI-E Advisor for Education. |
| Where is the first place you participated in snowsports? | Peek’n Peak Resort in Western New York State |
| What was your first job in the snowsports industry? | Full-Time Snowboard Instructor |
| What is a valuable lesson you learned in your snowsports career? | The goals of your student are way more important than the milestones that you think they need to achieve (i.e. beginners don’t need to get dialed at turning in their first lesson…they need to have fun and want to come back!) |
| What is your favorite memory from your snowsports career so far? | Making the 2021 PSIA-AASI Snowboard National Team. |
| Where is your favorite place to ski or ride? | To me: It’s more about the crew than the location…I’m more passionate about having the proper group of friends to ride with than worried about the place. |
| If you could give a younger person snowsports/career advice, what would it be? | Picking a mountain to work at is more about the people and the culture than anything else. Pick a mountain with a rad group of co-workers and a great community and you won’t regret it! |
| What activities do you enjoy, when you’re not out on the snow? | Mountain biking, skateboarding, watching baseball games, live music, playing soccer, and hunting. |
| What would be your personal motto? | They should keep score in tee-ball games…I learned life lessons about hard work, being competitive, and how to deal with losing and setbacks as a kid from playing sports and keeping score. |
| Name three words that describe you. | Loves to compete! |
| Who is someone you admire, and why? | Tom Vickery – I learn something from that man every time I’m around him. He challenges me to continually improve. Thank you Tom! |
| When you were a child, what did you want to be when you grow up? | A cowboy…in fact, I assumed if you lived in “The West”, that it was still the wild west frontier with cowboys, saloons, and the whole works. |
| What goal would you like to accomplish in the next year? | Represent PSIA-AASI well at InterSki 2023 in Levi, Finland. |
| What goal would you like to accomplish in the next five years? | I’d like to be selected to the 2024 PSIA-AASI Snowboard National Team. |
Brian Donovan
Snowboard Examiner AASI CoordinatorAASI Steering Committee
Notes
| is an interesting fact about you? | I come from a family that never skied or snowboarded. I was the black sheep and it has completely shaped my life and career. |
|---|---|
| Do you have any skills or talents that most people don’t know about? | I used to be pretty okay at playing soccer, and I can still terrorize a rec league from time-to-time. |
| What jobs do you do – within and outside the snowsports industry, both winter & summer? | PSIA-AASI Snowboard National Team member, Snowboard Instructor and Trainer, AASI Examiner, and AASI-E Advisor for Education. |
| Where is the first place you participated in snowsports? | Peek’n Peak Resort in Western New York State |
| What was your first job in the snowsports industry? | Full-Time Snowboard Instructor |
| What is a valuable lesson you learned in your snowsports career? | The goals of your student are way more important than the milestones that you think they need to achieve (i.e. beginners don’t need to get dialed at turning in their first lesson…they need to have fun and want to come back!) |
| What is your favorite memory from your snowsports career so far? | Making the 2021 PSIA-AASI Snowboard National Team. |
| Where is your favorite place to ski or ride? | To me: It’s more about the crew than the location…I’m more passionate about having the proper group of friends to ride with than worried about the place. |
| If you could give a younger person snowsports/career advice, what would it be? | Picking a mountain to work at is more about the people and the culture than anything else. Pick a mountain with a rad group of co-workers and a great community and you won’t regret it! |
| What activities do you enjoy, when you’re not out on the snow? | Mountain biking, skateboarding, watching baseball games, live music, playing soccer, and hunting. |
| What would be your personal motto? | They should keep score in tee-ball games…I learned life lessons about hard work, being competitive, and how to deal with losing and setbacks as a kid from playing sports and keeping score. |
| Name three words that describe you. | Loves to compete! |
| Who is someone you admire, and why? | Tom Vickery – I learn something from that man every time I’m around him. He challenges me to continually improve. Thank you Tom! |
| When you were a child, what did you want to be when you grow up? | A cowboy…in fact, I assumed if you lived in “The West”, that it was still the wild west frontier with cowboys, saloons, and the whole works. |
| What goal would you like to accomplish in the next year? | Represent PSIA-AASI well at InterSki 2023 in Levi, Finland. |
| What goal would you like to accomplish in the next five years? | I’d like to be selected to the 2024 PSIA-AASI Snowboard National Team. |
Brian Donovan
Snowboard Examiner AASI CoordinatorAASI Steering Committee
Notes
| is an interesting fact about you? | I come from a family that never skied or snowboarded. I was the black sheep and it has completely shaped my life and career. |
|---|---|
| Do you have any skills or talents that most people don’t know about? | I used to be pretty okay at playing soccer, and I can still terrorize a rec league from time-to-time. |
| What jobs do you do – within and outside the snowsports industry, both winter & summer? | PSIA-AASI Snowboard National Team member, Snowboard Instructor and Trainer, AASI Examiner, and AASI-E Advisor for Education. |
| Where is the first place you participated in snowsports? | Peek’n Peak Resort in Western New York State |
| What was your first job in the snowsports industry? | Full-Time Snowboard Instructor |
| What is a valuable lesson you learned in your snowsports career? | The goals of your student are way more important than the milestones that you think they need to achieve (i.e. beginners don’t need to get dialed at turning in their first lesson…they need to have fun and want to come back!) |
| What is your favorite memory from your snowsports career so far? | Making the 2021 PSIA-AASI Snowboard National Team. |
| Where is your favorite place to ski or ride? | To me: It’s more about the crew than the location…I’m more passionate about having the proper group of friends to ride with than worried about the place. |
| If you could give a younger person snowsports/career advice, what would it be? | Picking a mountain to work at is more about the people and the culture than anything else. Pick a mountain with a rad group of co-workers and a great community and you won’t regret it! |
| What activities do you enjoy, when you’re not out on the snow? | Mountain biking, skateboarding, watching baseball games, live music, playing soccer, and hunting. |
| What would be your personal motto? | They should keep score in tee-ball games…I learned life lessons about hard work, being competitive, and how to deal with losing and setbacks as a kid from playing sports and keeping score. |
| Name three words that describe you. | Loves to compete! |
| Who is someone you admire, and why? | Tom Vickery – I learn something from that man every time I’m around him. He challenges me to continually improve. Thank you Tom! |
| When you were a child, what did you want to be when you grow up? | A cowboy…in fact, I assumed if you lived in “The West”, that it was still the wild west frontier with cowboys, saloons, and the whole works. |
| What goal would you like to accomplish in the next year? | Represent PSIA-AASI well at InterSki 2023 in Levi, Finland. |
| What goal would you like to accomplish in the next five years? | I’d like to be selected to the 2024 PSIA-AASI Snowboard National Team. |
Brian Donovan
Snowboard Examiner AASI CoordinatorAASI Steering Committee
Notes
| is an interesting fact about you? | I come from a family that never skied or snowboarded. I was the black sheep and it has completely shaped my life and career. |
|---|---|
| Do you have any skills or talents that most people don’t know about? | I used to be pretty okay at playing soccer, and I can still terrorize a rec league from time-to-time. |
| What jobs do you do – within and outside the snowsports industry, both winter & summer? | PSIA-AASI Snowboard National Team member, Snowboard Instructor and Trainer, AASI Examiner, and AASI-E Advisor for Education. |
| Where is the first place you participated in snowsports? | Peek’n Peak Resort in Western New York State |
| What was your first job in the snowsports industry? | Full-Time Snowboard Instructor |
| What is a valuable lesson you learned in your snowsports career? | The goals of your student are way more important than the milestones that you think they need to achieve (i.e. beginners don’t need to get dialed at turning in their first lesson…they need to have fun and want to come back!) |
| What is your favorite memory from your snowsports career so far? | Making the 2021 PSIA-AASI Snowboard National Team. |
| Where is your favorite place to ski or ride? | To me: It’s more about the crew than the location…I’m more passionate about having the proper group of friends to ride with than worried about the place. |
| If you could give a younger person snowsports/career advice, what would it be? | Picking a mountain to work at is more about the people and the culture than anything else. Pick a mountain with a rad group of co-workers and a great community and you won’t regret it! |
| What activities do you enjoy, when you’re not out on the snow? | Mountain biking, skateboarding, watching baseball games, live music, playing soccer, and hunting. |
| What would be your personal motto? | They should keep score in tee-ball games…I learned life lessons about hard work, being competitive, and how to deal with losing and setbacks as a kid from playing sports and keeping score. |
| Name three words that describe you. | Loves to compete! |
| Who is someone you admire, and why? | Tom Vickery – I learn something from that man every time I’m around him. He challenges me to continually improve. Thank you Tom! |
| When you were a child, what did you want to be when you grow up? | A cowboy…in fact, I assumed if you lived in “The West”, that it was still the wild west frontier with cowboys, saloons, and the whole works. |
| What goal would you like to accomplish in the next year? | Represent PSIA-AASI well at InterSki 2023 in Levi, Finland. |
| What goal would you like to accomplish in the next five years? | I’d like to be selected to the 2024 PSIA-AASI Snowboard National Team. |
Brian Donovan
Snowboard Examiner AASI CoordinatorAASI Steering Committee
Notes
| is an interesting fact about you? | I come from a family that never skied or snowboarded. I was the black sheep and it has completely shaped my life and career. |
|---|---|
| Do you have any skills or talents that most people don’t know about? | I used to be pretty okay at playing soccer, and I can still terrorize a rec league from time-to-time. |
| What jobs do you do – within and outside the snowsports industry, both winter & summer? | PSIA-AASI Snowboard National Team member, Snowboard Instructor and Trainer, AASI Examiner, and AASI-E Advisor for Education. |
| Where is the first place you participated in snowsports? | Peek’n Peak Resort in Western New York State |
| What was your first job in the snowsports industry? | Full-Time Snowboard Instructor |
| What is a valuable lesson you learned in your snowsports career? | The goals of your student are way more important than the milestones that you think they need to achieve (i.e. beginners don’t need to get dialed at turning in their first lesson…they need to have fun and want to come back!) |
| What is your favorite memory from your snowsports career so far? | Making the 2021 PSIA-AASI Snowboard National Team. |
| Where is your favorite place to ski or ride? | To me: It’s more about the crew than the location…I’m more passionate about having the proper group of friends to ride with than worried about the place. |
| If you could give a younger person snowsports/career advice, what would it be? | Picking a mountain to work at is more about the people and the culture than anything else. Pick a mountain with a rad group of co-workers and a great community and you won’t regret it! |
| What activities do you enjoy, when you’re not out on the snow? | Mountain biking, skateboarding, watching baseball games, live music, playing soccer, and hunting. |
| What would be your personal motto? | They should keep score in tee-ball games…I learned life lessons about hard work, being competitive, and how to deal with losing and setbacks as a kid from playing sports and keeping score. |
| Name three words that describe you. | Loves to compete! |
| Who is someone you admire, and why? | Tom Vickery – I learn something from that man every time I’m around him. He challenges me to continually improve. Thank you Tom! |
| When you were a child, what did you want to be when you grow up? | A cowboy…in fact, I assumed if you lived in “The West”, that it was still the wild west frontier with cowboys, saloons, and the whole works. |
| What goal would you like to accomplish in the next year? | Represent PSIA-AASI well at InterSki 2023 in Levi, Finland. |
| What goal would you like to accomplish in the next five years? | I’d like to be selected to the 2024 PSIA-AASI Snowboard National Team. |
Brian Donovan
Snowboard Examiner AASI CoordinatorAASI Steering Committee
Notes
| is an interesting fact about you? | I come from a family that never skied or snowboarded. I was the black sheep and it has completely shaped my life and career. |
|---|---|
| Do you have any skills or talents that most people don’t know about? | I used to be pretty okay at playing soccer, and I can still terrorize a rec league from time-to-time. |
| What jobs do you do – within and outside the snowsports industry, both winter & summer? | PSIA-AASI Snowboard National Team member, Snowboard Instructor and Trainer, AASI Examiner, and AASI-E Advisor for Education. |
| Where is the first place you participated in snowsports? | Peek’n Peak Resort in Western New York State |
| What was your first job in the snowsports industry? | Full-Time Snowboard Instructor |
| What is a valuable lesson you learned in your snowsports career? | The goals of your student are way more important than the milestones that you think they need to achieve (i.e. beginners don’t need to get dialed at turning in their first lesson…they need to have fun and want to come back!) |
| What is your favorite memory from your snowsports career so far? | Making the 2021 PSIA-AASI Snowboard National Team. |
| Where is your favorite place to ski or ride? | To me: It’s more about the crew than the location…I’m more passionate about having the proper group of friends to ride with than worried about the place. |
| If you could give a younger person snowsports/career advice, what would it be? | Picking a mountain to work at is more about the people and the culture than anything else. Pick a mountain with a rad group of co-workers and a great community and you won’t regret it! |
| What activities do you enjoy, when you’re not out on the snow? | Mountain biking, skateboarding, watching baseball games, live music, playing soccer, and hunting. |
| What would be your personal motto? | They should keep score in tee-ball games…I learned life lessons about hard work, being competitive, and how to deal with losing and setbacks as a kid from playing sports and keeping score. |
| Name three words that describe you. | Loves to compete! |
| Who is someone you admire, and why? | Tom Vickery – I learn something from that man every time I’m around him. He challenges me to continually improve. Thank you Tom! |
| When you were a child, what did you want to be when you grow up? | A cowboy…in fact, I assumed if you lived in “The West”, that it was still the wild west frontier with cowboys, saloons, and the whole works. |
| What goal would you like to accomplish in the next year? | Represent PSIA-AASI well at InterSki 2023 in Levi, Finland. |
| What goal would you like to accomplish in the next five years? | I’d like to be selected to the 2024 PSIA-AASI Snowboard National Team. |