International Pro Ski Instructors Association

is to promote good skiing & snowboarding skills,as well as to promote the development of international culture.

2) Activities

[Association Activities]

1. Provide certification to International Pro instructors.
2. Train International Pro instructors.
3. Produce textbooks for Pro instructors.
4. Host and participate in International Pro instructor games.
5. Provide guidance and support for world wide organizations, members and contributers to the association.
6. Hold skiing and snowboarding basic skills courses.
7. Produce textbooks for basic skiers and snowboarders.
8. Issue press releases and publications about skiing and snowboarding.
9. Search for new ways to improve basic skiing, snowboarding and gaming skills and techniques.
10. Collect world wide data and statistic's about ski resort facilities as well as skiing and snowboarding skills.
11. The association will tackle any additional projects in relation to achieving the associations goals.

[Board of Director]

1. Chairman
2. Technical Committee (Officials)
3 Competition Committee (Officials)
4 judgment Committee (Officials)
5. Pro Exam Committee (Officials)
6. International Relations Committee (Officials)

3) History

[The history and achievements]

* 2000

1) Establishment of Goskiclub(goskiclub.com) SKI SCHOOL by Hwang Han Kim James.
2) Establishment of the company Goskiclub. [designed and built the world’s first national ski education specialized portal, and put online and offline education-related business into practice].
3) Implementation of the development Goskiclub SKI SCHOOL ONLINE 1 to 1 Booking system ; first time in the world.
4) Implementation of the development Goskiclub SKI SCHOOL skiing & snowboarding curriculums and training programs.
5) Dispatching the professional offline Instructors to national ski resorts.
6) Providing world’s largest amount of the ski lessons videos.

* 2001

Creating a partnership contract with the sports company, Espoz.com Inc about online shopping.

* 2004

Recording and broadcasting the video “Learning to Ski From the Internet” on the science news program of YTN Inc. (YTN : 24hour news channel of Korea).

* 2005

Entering into partnership with KT Inc. (Koreas Telecom, previous KTF ; mobile content provider) and providing the service which lets people reserve ski lesson tickets through online and mobile systems.

* 2006

1) Promoting the countrywide mobile coupon plan for leisure sports in partnership with KT Inc.
2) Promoting the partnership with Mate-I Inc. (www.hotelnjoy.com) about online and mobile coupon plans for countrywide leisure sports.

* 2007

1) First establishment of The National and International Pro Ski Instructors Association by Hwang Han, Kim James.
2) Establishment of nation’s first professional association, tentatively named ISIA[International Ski Instructors Association] and implementation of working as a professional association
3) Submitting the official papers to the executive team of Switzerland ISIA(President Riet R.Campell and General Secretary Hugo Reider etc.) during ISIA Congress 2007 ' Yong Pyong (South Corea 27.01.–03.02.2007) to join the International Association (professional associations from 38 countries joined)
4) Receiving a request about ski lessons for part of a PCC video service from Gretech (ww.gretech.com, Gom Player and Gom TV)

* 2008

1) Transition form the tentative name of the association to official name ; ISA[International Pro Ski Instructors Association]
2) Carrying out first qualifying examination for professional instructors.
3) Implementation of qualifying examination judged by international level 1/2/3/4 and issue of a professional qualification.
4) Implementation of developing the world’s first own curriculum, qualifying process and system for selection of professional ski and snowboard instructors. a) Teaching+Technical Test system
b) 60 point CUT-OFF system
c) Pro qualification approval process
d) Random selection system
e) Level selection system
f) Pro level process

5) Requesting of cooperation from SIA (Association of Japanese professional ski instructor) to join the Switzerland ISIA.
6) Posting of the article about the association on the Yonhap News and internet news of portal sites.
7) Implementation of qualifying full-time employees and seasonal ski patrol employees of Deogyusan Resort (www.deogyusanresort.com, previously Mu-ju Resort).

* 2009

1) Carrying out the second professional qualifying examination for professional instructors.
2) Approval of the certification to provide employment-related advantage from Deogyusan Resort Inc., a related organization and companies.
3) Requirement of consulting about application of the new magnesium board material for skis and snowboards.

* 2010

1) Carrying out the third professional qualifying examination for professional instructors.
2) First selection of International Pro and National Pro Ski Demonstrators in Korea.
3) Expanded implementation of discount for ski lift, ski and snow board and gears to qualified instructors.
4) Certification to whom has employment-related qualification ; Deogyusan Resort Inc.

* 2011

1) Carrying out the forth professional qualifying examination for professional instructors.
2) Carrying out the first professional qualifying examination for Junior.
3) Second selection of International Pro and National Pro Ski Demonstrators in Korea.
4) Providing qualifying examination to the full time employees and seasonal employees of the ski schools, Pine Resort(http://www.pineresort.com/)and Jisan Forest Resort (http://www.jisanresort.co.kr/).

* 2012

1) Carrying out the fifth professional qualifying examination for professional instructors.
2) Carrying out the second professional qualifying examination for Junior.
3) Third selection of International Pro and National Pro Ski Demonstrators in Korea.
4) ISA is documentary recording Ulleungdo Island Ski Expedition With KBS (korea national broadcast)

* 2013

1) Carrying out the sixth professional qualifying examination for professional instructors.
2) Carrying out the third professional qualifying examination for Junior.
3) Fourth selection of International Pro and National Pro Ski Demonstrators in Korea.

* 2014

1) Carrying out the seventh professional qualifying examination for professional instructors.
2) Carrying out the fourth professional qualifying examination for Junior.
3) Fifth selection of International Pro and National Pro Ski Demonstrators in Korea.
4) ISA was invited to an International Meetings & Congresses(22~23 October 2014 Seoul) in the UIA(Union Of International Association)
5) ISA has registered in the UIA(Union of International Association)

* Present

There are 174 qualified professional instructors, more than a hundred of qualified ski and snow board instructors, 10,700 website members in our association. those qualified professional instructors are all qualified by either of these associations ; NSL(Austria), PSIA(USA), CSIA(Canada), SIA(Japan), KSIA(Korea), KSPA (Korea) etc. or has the License of Life Athletic Leader from Ministry Of Culture, Sports & Tourism. And in the future, our association will become an International Association to combine the professional certifications as one current certification and to help international sports instructors.

* PRO DEMO TEAM

*About ISA Demonstrator

International Pro Demonstrators of the ISA are selected by these requirements ; internationally qualified instructors who have a high level of ski and snowboard skills and by qualifying examination like technical championship. These best instructors are elite members organized for exchange of the techniques and for dissemination of skills with ski and snow board-related associations. And also, they are taking the initiative in propagating accurate skills for ski and snow boarders as a promoting delegation. For the main activities, we attend a professional match and technical championship during the ski resort tour, or perform professional demonstration shows to support events and promotion by keeping firm cooperative relationships with various associations. Our performances on the white snow receive favorable reviews from the audiences by well organized formations resembling a card section of a sports game. The demonstration team of ISA is always open to those who like skiing and snowboarding.

* Professional or International Pro Demonstrator Selection Requirements

1) Selection by ranking ; the top 10 from the ski and snow board technical championship.
2) Selection by ranking of the professional qualification of techniques in the absence of a technical championship or selection competition.
3) Selection by further rules of the association and notices.

* [Events]

Past : 2000~2014
: Professional qualifying examination for professional instructors. Past : 2010~2014
: Competition of International Pro Ski Demonstrators

Past : 2011~2014
: Professional qualifying examination for Junior

Future
: 18. January, 22. February 2015 (Location: Elysian Gangchon ski resort in Korea)
- Professional qualifying examination for professional instructors 8th
- Professional qualifying examination for Junior 5th
- Competition of International Pro Ski Demonstrators 6th

* ISA CONTACT
H/Q Office tel : +82 +2 +6237+8846
E-mail : [email protected]
URL : www.isaski.org

[ISA]International Pro Ski Instructors Association
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