# Building Better Skiers: PSIA-AASI x U.S. Ski & Snowboard Collaboration

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Podcast: [First Chair: PSIA-AASI Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/first-chair-psia-aasi-podcast-325068)
Published: 2025-12-16T23:08:28+00:00
Episode link: https://soundcloud.com/snowpros/building-better-skiers-psia-aasi-x-us-ski-snowboard-collaboration
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Duration seconds: 2060

## Resource

In this episode of First Chair, host George Thomas sits down with Matt Gnoza, Freestyle Sport Director at U.S. Ski & Snowboard, and PSIA-AASI National Team members AJ and Elle, to explore a groundbreaking collaboration between the two organizations. As the U.S. prepares for the 2034 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Matt shares how his team designed a new National Development Group program to prepare future Olympians — and why partnering with PSIA-AASI was a game-changer. AJ and Elle discuss what it was like to work with elite freestyle athletes, how fundamental skiing skills translate to world-class performance, and what both groups learned from blending coaching philosophies. Together, they reveal how this project is helping athletes — and coaches — become better skiers, better teachers, and better teammates.

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