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Freestyle Update

Tuesday, January 26th, 2010

Hello Everyone,

 

The kids are just beginning to get into the competition season and for the most part and are all looking pretty confident. We had a few kids attend a Rail Jam at Blue Mountain this weekend. As well as another group of our mogul kids will be attending Horseshoe Valley’s first mogul competition of the year next weekend.

 

We will be holding out fist mogul based Friday training this week at Horseshoe Valley for the bump kids. But will commence with regular Friday training at Beaver Valley for the Park and Pipe kids that will be attending next weekends Slopestyle event at Craigleith Ski Club. 

 

This seasons Friday training was inclusive in the price of any of our High Performance programs. Unfortunately due to the commitment, cost increase, as well as ability to miss 10 Fridays worth of school. We did not receive the commitment needed to facilitate this many extra training days. So in reflection of this. We have wisely chosen 5 Fridays for training based around some of our athletes main competitions this season.

 

The 5 Friday training sessions will be held as follows:

 

Friday Jan. 29th @ Horseshoe Valley (Mogul) and Beaver Valley (Park and Pipe) Friday Feb. 5th @ Beaver Valley Friday Feb. 12th @ Beaver Valley Friday Feb. 19th @ Beaver Valley Thursday March 4th @ Mt. St. Louis

 

Another reminder to everyone. If you have not yet done so. It would be very much appreciated and beneficial if everyone were to sit down with their little ones and fill out their goal setting sheets and have them returned to their coaches by next weekend, or at your earliest convenience. This way we can ensure that all of our kids are on the right track and on their way to reaching their own personal goals.

 

Well, I hope this note finds everyone well and I look forward to hearing from you.

Please feel free to hit me up with any questions that you may have regarding Freestyle Skiing at freestyle@beavervalley.ca

 

I wish I could say see you on the slopes. But I’ll see you around the club house.

 

Brendan Buchar

Freestyle Skiing Head Coach

Beaver Valley Ski Club

freestyle@beavervalley.ca

Update from Snow School

Tuesday, January 26th, 2010

This week we had “4 perfect ski days” (Beardsall, 2010), from Thursday to Sunday with a touch of rain to usher us home on Sunday. 

Thank you to all who are helping the Snowschool programs roll out smoothly and on-time!  Just when we thought things were settling down we’ve got a ton of excitement coming up. 

Photo days are Jan 30/31 and Feb 6/7 for Valley Critters programs and Family Fun Weekend with a Harry Potter theme is coming up on February 13,14,15.  

Now’s the time to think about March Break entertainment for your skiing/snowboarding enthusiasts!  We have a perfect selection of camp programs to end the season in the beautiful spring weather.  

See the snow school desk to register.   Happy February!

Gummy Bear House League

Sunday, January 24th, 2010

Believe it or not, this children’s house league is into its 12 season!!! Many of our coaches have been racers themselves in this league. The first race of the season was held on January 10th, what a beautiful day – I guess we earned it after all the nasty weather that we had for our house league races last year and the cancellations that we had to work around!! You couldn’t have asked for a nicer day.

 

This venture was started 12 years ago by Peter Hibbard (Turbo) and Katie Nicoll to bring together the children in the ski school and racing programs. It is a non-travelling team that has a lot of fun and the children are introduced to a race course in a fun, competitive manner using a dual slalom course.

 

Over 70 racers came down through the dual slalom on Eager Beaver – each having four runs through the race course. I would venture to guess that there may easily have been just as many parents crowding the sidelines watching, cheering, and having a great time.

 

Our special awards for the first race go to:

 

Alexandra and Holly Nichols racing one another and being great sports

Coach Alexandra Bain for loosing her helmet

Adeleine Lyon for our one and only fall girl

 

Team Standing to Date are as Follows:

 

1st        Team Tangerine           22 points

2nd        Team Lime                  21 points

3rd        Team Amber               19 points

4th        Team Violet                17 points

5th        Team Magenta            16 points

6th        Team Turquoise           15 points

6th        Team Scarlet               15 points

8th        Team Emerald             13 points

 

Keep practising those tucks and we will see you back in two weeks on January 24th for Race #2.

Snow School Update

Saturday, January 23rd, 2010

The Snowschool programs have been relishing in the awesome snow we’ve had thus far this season.  Thanks to everyone for your patience and understanding as our team does our best to ensure each student is in an appropriately suited group.  We also owe a huge thanks to our team of volunteers in the red jackets who make it possible for us to give more students one-on-one attention.  We are still looking for more volunteers with the snowschool for Saturday and/or Sunday mornings.  Please contact Dina at dina@beavervalley.ca with a resume.  

 

To help us get our groups moving right away in the mornings we’d like to remind students and parents that the morning youth programs (incl: crossover and bowlbusters) run from 9:30-11:30am and the Valley Critters run from 9:45-11:45am.   Punctual arrival and pick-ups are expected.  If arriving late, parents are asked to help in finding the student’s group on the hill.  Also, please communicate with the instructor if you would like your child released from program without being picked up. 

 

There are lots of social events on the calendar coming up! 

 

Photos for the Valley Critter programs will be happening January 30th/31st and February 6th/7th.  Please be sure to see your instructor on the 30th and 31st to communicate about the photos. 

 

We have Family Fun Weekend Feb. 13-15th, which includes the Downhill Dummy race. 

 

Check the BVSC website for more info!

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 ***

 

Register online at www.alpineontario.ca

 

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 1st and Kate Farrell in 2nd. In Junior girls we had Sarah Fellner in 1st and Kerrigan Brown in 3rd. In Junior boys we had Kody Williams in 3rd place and Nick D’amico in 6th. In our open girls category we had Steph King come in 3rd and in Open men’s we had Brandon Hoffman in 3rd 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. 31st 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 31st.

 

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 24th. 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!

 

 

Anti-Idling Campaign

Thursday, January 14th, 2010

To jump start Beaver Valley’s commitment to a sustainable future this season, we are joining with the Ontario Ski Resorts Association and implementing an Anti-Idling Campaign at the Club. We will soon have signs and posters put up to encourage drivers of all vehicles to turn off their engines when standing still.  This includes passenger vehicles, maintenance vehicles, bus drivers etc.  There will be baseline “before” and “after” observation studies of our current idle habits, by student researchers, to see if the program helps us to reduce our contribution to greenhouse gas emissions, which contributes to global warming.  You can find more information at http://www.skiontario.ca/envbestprac.asp.

Let’s all help keep our air clean and turn off our engines. 

BVSC Greening Committee

Snow, Sun equals lots of Fun!

Thursday, January 14th, 2010

As the Olympics are now only 28 days away our interests in winter sport are peaked.   Time will only tell, but the feeling of success for our Canadian athletes is in the air.   The club is getting into the spirit with an Olympic themed Friday night dinner February 12th.   The open ceremonies are televised beginning at 9:00 pm eastern.  Wear your red & white.  Book your reservation for dinner today by emailing mail@beavervalley.ca.   With the added natural snow we are now able to offer all lifts and nearly all of our 28 trails open for use.   This week the Club will operate on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.   Get out and enjoy!

 

If you have not yet been to the Club, your Members Badges are available from the Administration Office.   Have you had the chance to introduce your friends to the Beaver Valley Ski Club experience?   With the snow sliding as good as it is, now is a great time!   New Beaver Bucks gift cards!  Are you looking to give the gift of Beaver Valley to a family member or guest?   You can now purchase a Beaver Bucks gift card at the Administration office.   There is no longer a need to carry cash, just swipe the gift card for purchases.

 

With Andy’s Playground now open, all users must complete the Park Pass Program.  Get your park pass in the Fireside Lounge from 9:30-11:30 am and 1:00-2:00 pm.  

 

All Competitive Programs are now in full swing.     The following trails may be affected with full or partial use by the competitive programs this weekend.

 

Friday Jan 15th:             Reals Run 9a-4p  

Saturday Jan 16th:         Exhibition 9a–4p,          Canyon 1p-4p,              Reals Run 9a–4p

Sunday Jan 17th:           Exhibition 1p–4p,          Free Fall 9a–12p,          Reals Run 9a–4p

 

Reals Run - will host both Nancy Greene and K1 races this weekend

Andy’s Playground - the Beaver Valley Slopestyle a combined event with Freestyle Ski Ontario

 

Freestyle Program Athlete Zac Hoffman has been chosen by Coke for their Olympic display advertising program.   Check it out from the link below! http://www.ontariofreestyle.com/index.cfm?pagepath=News&id=17240   Zac got his start with the Beaver Valley Jumps and Bumps program at age 8, and made the high performance team at age 10. Currently Zac competes in the disciplines of Moguls & Dual Moguls and has been on the Ontario Team for 3 years.  His top results are 1st at Provincials and 3rd at Junior Nationals.  Zac’s goals for this season are to finish in the top 5 at a Canadian Series Event.   As the season goes on take some time to cheer on Zac and the rest of our competitive program athletes.  

 

The Adult house league begins this Saturday at 1:00. Sign up now for the four race series.   Saturday’s format will be a fun race to help determine teams for the season. Don Nichols, Don Behan, Greg Mcleish and Chris Harvey have all volunteered to captain the teams this year.    Après activities after every race with videos, beverages, appetizers and plenty of trash talking. Remember it is all in the name of fun and is open to skiers of all levels. Hope to see you this Saturday   To register or if you have any questions or comments racing@beavervalley.ca

 

Make sure you stop and say hello to the Employees of the Week,   Shannon MacNeill F&B- Lounge  was last weeks star, and  Stephen Jenkins from the Racing Department was this weeks selection.   Please help us congratulate them for their great service.   If you come across an employee you feel needs to be recognized please enter there name in one of the ballot boxes located in the Keg or Club House.

 

In the quest to lessen our impact on the environment, the Club is joining with the Ontario Snow Resorts Association in implementing an Anti-Idling campaign.  Check out the blog for full details of how you can help!   Next time you pull into the drop off or car park, think of the environment.

 

Keeping with the automobile theme, it is important to note that the roads immediately in and around the Club have posted speed limits of 25 km.   Please drive safe while adhering to the posted speed limits as there are many pedestrians, pets and wild life to watch for.

 

Upcoming events include Squires Super Demo day on Saturday Jan 15th, as well as the Après Ski starting at 3:30pm.   The Hutchison Chair will give Après Skiers a ride to the top at 4:30 pm.   We are now planning for the 2011 Club Calendar and are looking for photos.  If you have a special photo, please send to social@beavervalley.ca.  

 

If you have any questions or comments, please do not hesitate to contact us at the Club 519-986-2520 or mail@beavervalley.ca

 

We look forward to sliding with you this weekend!

 

Tim…

 

Tim Foster

General Manager

 

Keep up to date with Club activities by visiting www.beavervalley.ca

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