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Mountain Operations
Performance

+ Protection

Confidence

Amy Reents Amy Reents

Attendees practice the jump measurement process on snow. Terrain park crew members participate in a mock trial exercise. For a fraction of the cost of a single ACL
injury, KneeBinding can help protect your
provide terrain park-specific education at a very affordable they start with the MSAA terrain park conference, and move employees and your bottom line.
cost, and at an easy, central location like Granite Peak.” up to Cutter’s Camp as the graduate level education.”
In her opening remarks, Reents emphasized that MSAA Sessions at the MSAA conference ran the gamut of ter- Let us show you why so many
could not replicate or replace the incredible work pioneered rain park and mountain operations, with emphasis on the resorts are adopting the KneeBinding
by SAM magazine with their hugely successful and long- best practices of designing, building, operating, and main- Professional PPE Program.
standing Cutter’s Camps in both the East and the West. taining parks and features of all sizes. NSAA’s Freestyle
“The goal should be always be more education,” Reents Terrain Resource Guide provided the template for many of
stressed, “but for our Midwestern areas, we recommend that the sessions, with a solid first session outlining how to effec-
tively utilize the Resource Guide to improve area park oper-
ations. Particular emphasis was also given to overall risk
management, with sessions focusing on incident investiga-
FAMILY PASS 2013-14 Plastic tions, signage, releases, feature testing, and protocols for clo-
Cards sures of parks and features.
Balancing both indoor and on-hill sessions, the Summit
provided practical discussion about park operations, taking
theoretical concepts and applying them to the day-to-day
operational reality of a park in the Midwest. This was partic-
ularly evident as park managers shared their own experiences Ski your best.
with others, creating a very interactive two days. And still be able to walk to your car.
“Like many of NSAA’s educational conferences, and
those by state and regional associations, just getting people
2013-14 together in person, to talk directly with peers one-on-one,
and compare notes over a beer or pizza, was probably one of
the most effective learning opportunities for the conference
attendees,” said Dave Byrd, NSAA’s director of risk and reg- Safer
ulatory affairs. “There’s clearly a huge thirst for this type of
education in the industry.”
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