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hour that’s almost a football field’s length. The 8 Essentials are trainable skills and behaviors that
3. Scan Your Surroundings. Pay attention. Check your address the most common causes of collisions on snow. Since
corners and blind spots frequently, and scan conditions Vail Resorts’ ski and snowboard schools incorporated these
ahead of you. Keep your eyes moving. elements into training, numerous students and instructors
4. Watch Out for Others. Anticipate the worst-case sce- have described them as the elements that prevented colli-
nario of what another person might do, and adjust your sions in close calls. Also, as part of the awareness training on
movements and routes in advance to reduce risk. the 8 Essentials, staff emphasizes to guests that defensive ski-
5. Leave Space. Establish and maintain a safe follow- ing and snowboarding isn’t about being timid or cutting out
ing distance of 3 to 4 seconds to allow adequate time to the fun, it’s about aligning tasks and behaviors with the ter-
react, change directions, or stop. rain and conditions, and being aware and ready for whatever
6. Have an Escape Route. In all situations, your saf- may happen.
est position is where you can see and be seen. Whether If you’ve been skiing and snowboarding for a while, you
you’re moving or stopped, always leave an out—a place know there’s nothing groundbreaking in this list. After all,
to move if your immediate path becomes blocked or an they’re tactics described by experienced skiers, riders, and
out-of-control skier or rider approaches. drivers with thousands of hours of experience. By compiling
7. Own the Zone. It’s your responsibility to ensure your them, we hope to provide these “secrets” learned through
speed matches conditions and traffic, especially in slow experience in a format that is easy to share with our employ-
zones. Higher speeds make sudden stops or direction ees, guests, and other mountain users—just like Your
changes more difficult, dramatically increase severity of Responsibility Code.
injuries, and reduce the skier/rider’s “cone of vision.”
8. Heads Up to Change Up. Finally, it is up to you to Chris Rogers is a member of the PSIA-AASI Snowboard National
protect yourself first! Look ahead and double-check your Team, and the manager of ski and snowboard school training at
blind spots before changing your maneuver, task, direc- Vail. You can follow his adventures on Instagram and Twitter @
tion, or speed. chrisrogersvail or on his site http://www.getawsm.co.

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