Free Member Dues?
BY DIANA SUZUKI PSIA/AASI-NW FINANCIAL VP

Did you know you can get FREE DUES? Did I get your attention? I hope so, because it is so easy to save money by taking advantage of discounts offered on services and products by PSIA/AASI-NW and PSIA/AASI National. By taking advantage of these offers, you can easily recoup the dues you pay each year or more.

On our PSIA/AASI-NW web site www.psia-nw.org, there is merchandise, discounted lift ticket information and scholarship applications if you need a little help to attend an educational event. I really like the idea of saving $20 off the lift ticket price at Sun Valley (bring on those 3,000 foot vertical cruisers J) and there are many other resorts listed on the web site offering discounts to the membership. Just click the “Membership Benefit” link on the home page for a complete list. 

This year PSIA/AASI-NW sponsored the first Winter Blast at Crystal Mountain and as a participant, I can tell you it was a Blast. Skiing 2 days with a National D Team Member and a great group of PSIA/AASI-NW members was invaluable to improving my skiing. If I were not a member, I would have had to go to Snowbird and probably pay $300 to ski with a National D Team member for a couple of hours if he/she was even available.

PSIA/AASI, our national office has even more opportunities for   you to save money on great products and services. Just go to their web site, psia.org and links are set up to many sponsors. Need some boots? Check out Lange. Sun glasses? Check out Bolle or Smith. Clothing? Check out the Patagonia catalog. I have ordered a number of nice pieces of clothing from Patagonia and the prices offered were excellent as well as quality.

The point of this article is not to send you on a spending spree, but to remind you the dues you pay to be a member have value every year. All you need to do is take advantage of the opportunities offered. Thanks for reading this article - Hope to see you on the slopes - Diana