Category: Education

Capturing Journeys: A Comprehensive Guide to Elevating Your Travel Photography

For avid travelers, the transformative power of photography in elevating the experience of exploration is indisputable. Capturing the essence of your adventures through the lens is not merely about preserving fleeting moments and breathtaking landscapes. It’s an expressive medium through which you share your excitement and admiration for the places you’ve ventured to with others.
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Chase Josey’s SASS Argentina Experience

Chase Josey is a member of the US Olympic Men’s Halfpipe Team from PyeongChang 2018 and a long-time SASS Family member. After finishing 6th at the Olympics this past winter he will be joining us for his 5th year at SASS Argentina – this time as a Guide Intern. We here at SASS could not be more proud of Chase and it truly gives us goosebumps to hear what he had to say about his years with us and the influence it has had on his snowboarding. This is what we do and why we do it. Check out Chase’s experience in his own words below…

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Jones Splitboard Clinics at SASS Argentina

Interested in learning to splitboard? Look no further. We have teamed up with Jones Snowboards and Spark R&D Bindings to offer the Jones Splitboard Clinic for the past 3 seasons at SASS Argentina. We have more and more clients each year looking to learn to splitboard and pride ourselves in providing the perfect platform. With a full fleet of Jones Splitboards for demo complete with Spark R&D Bindings, we give you the chance to try out splitboarding for the first time on the best equipment available. Learn from our crew of experienced guides that know all of the tricks and tips that will either teach you how to splitboard or take your uphill game to the next level.

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Andrew Burns Teaches How To Build Backcountry Jumps

 Andrew Burns has been guiding and coaching at SASS Argentina for the past 14 seasons. That makes SASS Argentina 2018 his 15th season. Burns has taught more people how to build backcountry jumps than anyone on the planet. That’s a fact (we welcome any claims to the contrary). Burns is the man who can take you from the guy sitting on the couch watching your favorite shred movie saying “I could hit that” to actually learning what it takes to build that, hit that and how to hit it well. We have long prided ourselves on being a platform for freestyle progression in the backcountry. Burns is the one on snow making it happen…

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IFSA Athletes at SASS Argentina

Over the past few seasons, we have seen more and more IFSA athletes come down to SASS Argentina for summer training in full-on winter conditions. SASS Argentina is the perfect opportunity for freeride athletes looking to get a leg up on the competition the coming season or gain avalanche awareness and experience in the backcountry. Practicing natural airs, line selection, flow and overall confidence is difficult on the glaciers. These athletes below joined us and took their skiing and riding to the next level.

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IFSA Summer Training at SASS Argentina

SASS Argentina is the perfect opportunity for freeride athletes to get on big mountain terrain during the summer months. In addition to limitless freeride terrain and full-on winter conditions, SASS Argentina is a unique experiential education platform for gaining backcountry awareness and learning more about avalanche safety. We pride ourselves on not just showing you to the goods, but also teaching you how to find those goods on your own in the future. Glaciers just don’t cut it when your goal is to improve your line selection, confidence, terrain management, flow and air awareness on natural features.

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USASA Athletes at SASS Argentina

Over the years we have had a ton of USASA athletes make their way to SASS Argentina to take advantage of full-on winter conditions and push their skiing or riding in a different direction. SASS Argentina is a perfect summer training platform that not only introduces you to a new culture but also helps to build upon your foundation and gives you the experience necessary to push deeper into big mountain terrain.

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USASA Summer Training at SASS Argentina

SASS Argentina is an unreal opportunity for USASA athletes to push their skiing or riding in an alternative direction during the summer months. We offer competitive athletes the ability to take their skills into big mountain terrain in full-on winter conditions and build upon their foundation with avalanche awareness education, splitboarding and skinning clinics, line selection practice, backcountry jump building sessions, and much more. Skiing and snowboarding has evolved immensely and we offer a unique platform for learning and progression in a ridiculously fun environment with some of the world’s top pros, guides and coaches.

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