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		<title>Industry Profile: Okemo Snowboard Clinician K.C. Gandee</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Industry Profile: Okemo Snowboard Clinician K.C. Gandee Photographer Erica MarciniecPhoto courtesy of KC Gandee Shay: So tell us about yourself? KC: I&#8217;m a 30 year old snowboarder from the suburbs of Washington, DC. I spent 8 years teaching people to ride at Massanutten, VA and moved to Vermont in 2003 at my wife&#8217;s, Courtney, suggestion. Winter is longer in Vermont! I spent 4 years on the American Association of Snowboard Instructors (AASI) Snowboard Team working with members, sponsors and other industry types to try to make snowboarding and learning to snowboard better. I work and ride at Okemo Mountain Resort in VT. Shay: What is your job title? KC: I wear several hats: Okemo Recreation Manager, Okemo Ski and Ride School Clinician, AASI-E Board of Examiners. Shay: Did your parents question your job choice? KC: When I dropped out of college to teach in 1997 they did. After 2 years of fighting about it, they saw that I was really happy and decided to support my decision. It&#8217;s been a much warmer relationship since then! They were also very supportive when I decided to go back to school to finish in 2002. Shay: What was your first set up? KC: [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Becoming a Instructor</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Even though I was 15 years old, I made my way to the hiring clinics the beginning of the 98-99 season so I could become an instructor. It took weeks of off-snow clinics and on-snow clinics but I achieved the status of snowboard instructor. In the beginning I was very nervous during practice teaching in front of peers. But it becomes necessary to teach in front of your peers if you plan to continue onto certification. Once you get in front of students, confidence is key. A confident instructor wins over the students even if you struggle for a second during classes. Teaching snowboarding is fun&#8230;snowboarding is fun&#8230;so make the lesson fun as well! When I shadowed level II exams years later, I found that the best instructors were the ones that made each lesson fun while you completed the tasks. After years of teaching, I taught every age possible how to snowboard. The youngest was 4 years old and the oldest was 70 years old. I learned how to teach to the student. Each student you need to win over, you need to teach so they understand you. I once taught a Microsoft employee who was my most difficult [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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