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Beaver Valley Ski Club – Members Input

Saturday, May 1st, 2010

Dear BVSC Member,

The Club is conducting a survey about our members’ involvement, participation, opinions and wishes related to the Beaver Valley Ski Club. We would like an adult member of your household to complete this survey. The survey can be completed online by clicking on the link below.

BEFORE GOING TO THE SURVEY, PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING:

The survey should be conducted by an adult member of your household.

· This person will be asked to provide information for all household members.

· Therefore, it would be good to conduct the survey with other household members present or to have discussed questionnaire content (see below) with them before hand.

· The length of the survey will vary by household; however, it will probably take about 20 to 25 minutes to complete.

· You need to complete the survey in one session - you cannot close it and come back to complete it later. If you have to end your session before completing the questionnaire, you can go back to the link later, but will have to start at the beginning again.

Questionnaire Content

· Activities and programs participated in by each member of your household last winter season.

· Evaluation of programs participated in by each household member for:

· Skill development provided

· Quality of instruction/coaching provided

· Fun and enjoyment

· Communication (provided with information)

· Overall satisfaction with program

· (You may wish to discuss these with household program participants before doing the survey.)

· Activities and programs intend to participate in next winter season, for each household member.

· Spring/summer activities intend to participate in.

· Social events participated/intend to participate in

· Food and beverage services at BVSC

· Opinions on the Club

· Communication preferences

To start the survey, click on:

http://production5.voxco.com/IntWeb.dll?IMODE=2&PROJECT=LOGIT.SKW201

Thank you in advance for your cooperation.

Your responses are important to us.

Sincerely,

Jennifer Smith

Beaver Valley Vice President

P.S. If you have any technical questions or problems, please contact Agnes Klich at klich@logitgroup.com

Flying Beavers Summer Water Ramp Camp

Wednesday, April 28th, 2010

You will find information below regarding our Flying Beavers summer ramp camps. The goal of these camps is to promote skill development in jumping for freeskiers of all abilities. Water ramps are a perfect place to hone skills, learn new tricks and start down the path of qualifying inverts for competition. Coached by CFSA certified air qualified coaches and run by Beaver Valley Ski club, these summer ramp camps are a unique experience for participants. New for this summer, we are using VIA rail for transportation from Union Station to Quebec City return, and Vans for local travel. Participants will stay in our rented house at the base of scenic Stoneham ski area, and will spend days at the ACROBATX facility in Lac Beauport. This summer we are also adding a white-water rafting trip for the off day and all of this and more is included in the price.racing@beavervalley.ca or print and fax it to 519-986-4168; they will then receive a hard copy of information and affiliated waivers by mail.www.bvsc.com, or freestyle@beavervalley.ca or ben@beavervalley.ca for more information.ben@beavervalley.ca
519-986-2520 Ext 235
Mobile 519-379-2535

Interested participants can fill out the attached registration form and email it to

Please pass the attachments on to anyone who might be interested in these programs, or direct them to our Blog at

Participants must be members in good standing of the CFSA for the 2010/2011 (next) season.

Thanks everyone, and have a great summer.

Ben Boriss
Alpine Program Manager
Beaver Valley Ski Club

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Mark Your Calendars!

Tuesday, April 6th, 2010

We still have a few spaces left for the Whistler camp if you are interested please let us know so we can get you in. It’s going to be a great trip!

Beaver Valley Summer Ski Simulator and Fitness Testing Dates: (we will need confirmation of participation 2 weeks before each date)

Sat May 29 (Confirm by May 15)

Sat June 26 (Confirm by June 12)

Sat Sept 25 (Confirm by Sept 11)

Sat Oct 30 (Confirm by Oct 16)

Sign up and Pay for your Individual Program Before April 30 and save the HST.

Fall Camps: (Tentative schedule)

Colorado Nov 2 - 13

Quebec Dec 12 - 18

For more information contact:

Mark Young

Head Coach

Beaver Valley Ski Club

marky@beavervalley.ca

(519) 986-2520 X237

Beaver Valley Cookbook

Sunday, March 28th, 2010

Do you make a great salad? Delicious soup? Fire-rocket chilli? Or even gourmet Kraft Dinner? If so, submit your favourite recipes or creations to the Beaver Valley Ski Club Cookbook!

We will continue to collect recipes from the membership through April & May and will compile them into a cookbook that will be available in September. Our goal is to get as many recipes for each category from every family at BVSC. Categories included will be:

Appetizers & Beverages

Soups & Salads

Vegetables & Side Dishes

Main Dishes

Breads, Loaves & Muffins

Cakes & Desserts

Cookies, Bars & Candy

This & That

Submissions can be made online by emailing cookbook@beavervalley.ca or fax the Club at 519-986-4168.

Proceeds to the South Beach House Fundraising Project.

New 2010 AOA Masters Camps

Friday, January 22nd, 2010

New this season!!

Alpine Ontario will be offering two 2-Day Masters Training Camps featuring the best Masters coaches around!! Steve Young (CSIA 4, CSCF 3) and the host of GMC World of Skiing will be joined by CAST ALUMNI World Cup racer Luke Sauder, Peter Metzger (CSIA Level 4, Interski Team Member, CSCF 3), Dr Matt Distefano(CSCF 4 CSIA 3) and Andrea Ciotti (CSIA 4, CSCF 2, Former Craigleith Program Director) and John Mealey, who needs no introduction.

Now that’s a great line up of coaches!

Two days of intense but fun gate training and ski improvement that will surely help you move up the standings.

WHERE: BLUE MOUNTAIN

WHEN: FEB 16 & 17 - 1 day GS (FEB 16) & 1 day SLALOM (FEB 17)

COST: $175

**Single day cost – Feb 16 - $100/day (includes Apres), Feb 17 - $75/day

Camp includes coaching, hillspace, video and Apres Ski at Rusty’s

*** Ski Racing Helmets are mandatory for ALL participants ***

https://www.alpineontario.ca/Events/tabid/63/Default.aspx

Campers meet at 8:30 AM at Grand Central Lodge (located at the bottom of the Silver Bullet 6 pack chair)

Snowboard Park Program Weekly

Thursday, January 21st, 2010

Thanks to all the competitors in this weekends AOS/FSO slopestyle. Everyone proved that BVSC, could keep up and even surpass some of the top teams in Ontario. In the youth girls 13 and under category we had Hayden Brown in 1^st and Kate Farrell in 2^nd. In Junior girls we had Sarah Fellner in 1^st and Kerrigan Brown in 3^rd. In Junior boys we had Kody Williams in 3^rd place and Nick D’amico in 6^th. In our open girls category we had Steph King come in 3^rd and in Open men’s we had Brandon Hoffman in 3^rd place destroying his last run with a massive 720 over big mama. Everyone did great. This was an amazing start to our competitive season. The next AOS slopestyle is on Jan. 31^st at Craigleith Ski Club.

This past weekend our intermediate group was working on learning to spin in the mini halfpipe in Andy’s and getting solid grabs on the medium jump line. Our competitive group was putting together their runs for the AOS slopestyle with Ryan Caesars guidance. Our competitive group have this coming weekend to prepare for Volcom PBRJam on Sat. Jan 30th and the second stop of the AOS circuit at Craigleith on the 31^st.

This upcoming weekend on Sunday the 24th we are heading to Blue Mountain Resort with our Beginner to Intermediate park rider for the Interclub Railjam. Our Athletes will be competing against all the escarpment private resorts park programs. This circuit is an introduction to competing with fun being the main goal. We have pre-registered these athletes for this event. Do not feel obligated to go if you would rather not. For more info and waiver forms please meet with me at 3:00 on Saturday afternoon to arrange car pools to Blue Mountain. Athletes I would like to see take part in this event are:

Andrew Hancock

Ben Koven

Sam Koven

Bridget Farrell

Caroline Farrell

Kate Farrell

Hayden Brown

Kerrigan Brown

Jesse Jarrett

Andrew Atkin

Sarah Fellner

BV’s Best Slopestyle Photos

Caleb Bosse

Park Manager

SNB park Headcoach

park@beavervalley.com

519-986-2520 ext. 258

IFL Rail Jam – January 24, 2010- Hosted by Blue Mountain

Thursday, January 21st, 2010

Competition Format-

Rail Jam: Three rails/boxes will be set up side by side. Each athlete will be able to choose which rail/box to do a trick on. Athletes will be given 2 runs in which to compete their tricks. Judges will score each run. Awards will be given based on the highest score out of the two runs. Athletes do not have to do a trick on the same rail/box for both runs.

Itinerary

8:30 am – 9 am: Registration in the Kandahar Room of the Blue Mountain In (Park at parking lot 3, come in the quadruple doors to the Inn, and the Kandahar Room is the first room on the right). Blue Mountain Park Pass Waivers must be printed IN COLOUR and signed on both pages in order for athletes to gain access to the competition venue.

9 am – 10 am: Competition practice for skiers and snowboarders

10 am – 11:30 am: Skiers compete. Youngest to oldest.

11:30 am – 12:30 pm: Snowboarders compete. Youngest to oldest

2:30 pm: Awards and prizes presented in the Kandahar Room

3 pm: Event end.

* Times are subject to change due to weather and number of athletes. If possible, awards will occur sooner than 2:30 pm.

Park Update

Thursday, January 14th, 2010

Thanks to everyone this weekend that attended the Quiksilver King/Queen of the park series. We saw a lot of smiling faces and that is what this is all about. Thanks also to the Quiksilver Team who did guest coaching with BV snowboard athletes and judged in the Quik King/Queen of the park series. Some of the highlights of the event were Sam Koven 1 footed attacks on the dance floor and the showdown between Silas McKinnon and Chris Fellner on the Urban Bar Rail. On the Skiing side we had Dolly Lane Stomping everything and some wild 270 onto the Urban rail from Tom Birnie. Looking forward to seeing more of this intenseness at the next Quik series on Sunday the 24^th. Keep your eyes peeled for posters and updates around the clubhouse for the Quik teams next guest coach experience we welcome all boarders.

We will be adding more rails and revamping the Jump line in Andy’s Playground this week. We will be adding the Tear Drop, Battleship, 30ft shotgun and 20ft shotgun rails to Andy’s. Cat’s Meow also now has 3 new rail setups and a new step up feature.

New Park Program

This past weekend was a huge success for our Park boarding program. Our numbers are now currently up to 24 athletes and still growing. Our Intro to park group was starting to learn how to spin off of jump features already and proper rail techniques. We have coaches to accommodate all abilities from intro to park to an advanced, competitive class. Come out and support our intermediate and advanced athletes this weekend at the AOS slopestyle event hosted at our club in Andy’s Playground. Parents that have athletes in our program please meet with Caleb for 10:30 at the North Deck just before class begins. There will be an update on our group selection open to feedback on how we have divided athletes into groups.

Event Info

Beaver Valley Slopestyle January 17, 2010 - a combined event with Freestyle Ski Ontario

To earn points in the provincial series and to earn a chance to compete at the Provincial Championships you must enter the event as an AOS Advanced Competitor.

Development Members are welcome to compete - but will not be considered for a spot at Provincials (unless they upgrade their memberships prior to the provincial championship selections)

Format: Best of 3 judged runs

Age Categories: Youth 11-13 Junior 14-16, Open 17+ and FIS, Masters 30+

Registration: Main Lodge, Picnic Area on main level.
Awards: 30 minutes after event North Deck

Schedule

Registration: 8:30 am – 9:30 am

Practice: 9:00 am – 10:00

Riders Meeting (top of hill): 9:55 am

Competition: 10:00 am

Awards: Approx 3:00

Helmets Mandatory!

SNOWBOARD PARK PROGRAM UPDATE – REVAMP A BIG SUCCESS!

Friday, January 8th, 2010

BV’s Snowboard Park Program was given an exciting rider-driven revamp last weekend and the response proved it instantly popular! The program has since tripled in size, but there is still limited capacity for anyone who missed last weekned’s rider and parent meeting and would like to join in. The new program starts this Saturday! Here’s the lowdown on what’s new – sign-up info below:

Program Highlights• Now offering a special one-day program on Saturdays, running 9 weeks starting January 9 for just $500!

• Caleb Bosse, BV’s Park Manager and top certified Park Coach is back to lead the program! Caleb will head up a totally re-designed and elevated Snowboard Park & Pipe Program with the assistance of top park staff like Ryan Ceasar, plus guest coaching by some of Canada’s top pros!

• The new Program has been designed to accommodate all levels from novices learning to ride the park to BV’s best park riders progressing their competitive skills, and features a mix of one-on-one and group coaching with Caleb, Ryan and support coaches.

• Featuring a new 11am-3pm schedule specifically geared for park snowboarders – when the park conditions are at their daily peak and the park is the least busy! No more rushing out first thing in the morning to ride a bullet-proof park!

• Ryan Ceasar is one of Ontario’s winning-est pro snowboarders of the past 10 years, sponsored by Burton and Volcom.

• The new program includes a guest pro coaching session with members of the Quiksilver Pro Snowboard Team this Sunday January 10!

• Includes pro photo shoot and video analyses.

• Includes optional free entry to the InterClub Slopestyle event that BV is hosting on Sunday Feb. 14 (for novice to intermediate riders).

• Includes optional discounted entry into the AOS Ont Series Slopestyle event that BV is hosting on Sunday Jan 17 (for intermediate to advanced riders).

• Support for BV’s top riders who want to compete at a selection of Ontario’s top Park events like the Volcom Peanut Butter and Rail Jam and the AOS Ont Slopestyle Series.

• New Quiksilver King Of The Park Series jam for all levels and ages on five Sundays 1-2pm. Tons of prizes from Quiksilver!

BV has one of Ontario’s best Parks and now one of the best Park Programs to match!

More Info:
Sign up now with Program Administrator Jess Bowers directly at (519) 986- 2520 ext 238 email: racing@beavervally.ca; or contact Caleb Bosse email: park@beavervalley.ca.

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ANNOUNCING – BV’S QUIKSILVER KING OF THE PARK SERIES

BV’s new Sunday afternoon jam series kicks off this weekend. It’s a fun oriented jam session from 1:00-2:30pm on select park features. It’s free and open to all levels and ages. Tons of prizes from Quiksilver! Check in with Park staff at the top of Andy’s Playground on Sunday for details or look for the Quiksilver tent. Click here for more information- BV King of the Park

PARK UPDATE – ANDY’S TO OPEN THIS WEEKEND!
The debut of BV’s newly designed Parks is set for this weekend, including the installation of the new Quiksilver Dragon Rail! Look for new jump and snow features in both Andy’s Playground main park and the Cat’s progression park. This weekend is just the start with more new box and rail features to come!

Caleb Bosse, BV Park Manager and Snowboard Park Programs Head Coach

Teen Day- January 29

Thursday, November 26th, 2009

Get your tickets today for a day for teens to ski/ride, hang out in the club and compete for prizes and awards. The day includes Freestyle comps, GT racing, speed gun slalom course and Burton demos. Come with friends or come alone there is no limit to the fun! Lots of food and great activities to experience. Tickets are $50 for members and $80 for Guests (includes your lift ticket).

Get your ticket now before they are all gone! Go online, email mail@beavervalley.ca or call 519-986-2520.