A number of you were unable to accept your trophies for this season (or 2008)… as a result, we have still have them!

I have dropped them off with the ladies in the Administration building and they are available for pickup there.  Administration is the office building with the ramp leading up to it (above Snow Stars).

The list is below if you have one.

Congratulations to all the recipients and Thank You for a great season!!

The following trophies are available for pick up in the Administration Building:

Ingrid Backe – Devo

Kristina Bonnett – Devo

Mackenzie Laurion – Devo

Connor Laurion – Devo

Jackson Lovejoy – Devo

Coco Schaff – Devo

Ben Schwinn – Devo

Luke Valentine – Devo

Maggie Bonnett – Freestyle

Eric Rauch – Freestyle

Gwen Rauch – Freestyle

Sam Curt – J1 / J2

Chris Meckel – J1 / J2

Lauren Pierce – J1 / J2

Jeffrey Cole – J3

Ben Gilroy – J3

Kelsey Teague – J3

Natalie Wetmore – J3

Austin Aebetz – Snowboard

Lauren Jennings – Snowboard

Maeve Rabbitt – Snowboard

Mateo Riveros – Snowboard

Randall Reynolds – Snowboard

Jack Valentine – Snowboard

Thomas Williams – Snowboard

Chelsea Baum – ’08 J1 / J2

Colin Cox-Steiner – ’08 Devo PG

Alexandra Fuentes – ’08 J3

George Frick – ’08 Council

Palo Pierce – ’08 J1 / J2

Michael White – ’08 Devo

Kieran Mottau – ‘08 Council

Celeste Buitoni – ‘08 J3

Some pics from the last few events…

USSA B Regional Championships, OKEMO Mogul TEAM 2010

USSA B Easterns 2010, OKEMO TEAM

USSA B Easterns 2010, OKEMO TEAM

…And CONGRATS to SAM PAWLAK, landing his first ever 720, in competition, for Eastern Champs Aerials… landing him in 19th place!

See full Eastern’s Results here:

• Slopestyle
• Moguls
• Aerials

Some Final Reminders for the end of the season:

• Last Day of Team is 3/28.
• On Sat., 3/27, there will be some fun activities on Blackout and/or Wardance to interact with racers, snowboarders, etc… parents are welcome to join in, along with coaches and athletes!
• OMARA-wide BBQ at 12 noon on 3/27 (weather permitting) followed bby Awards Ceremony at bottom of Blackridge @ 1PM.
• TEAM party, 3/27, 5PM at OUTBACK Pizza in LUDLOW
• If you ordered a TEAM Jersey in the first batch and have not yet picked up/paid, PLEASE DO SO!  …you are holding up the second order from being placed.  Those of you in the second batch, I apologize… it’ll happen, just need to close out this first order.

We are having our annual End of Year Awards Party on Saturday, March 27^th.

The morning will have a dual course set up on Wardance for fun racing and beginning at noon we will have a BBQ (weather permitting of course) at the Yurt/Gate Shack area.  At 1:00 the season long awards from each program will be handed out.

So come on by and have a great time with us!

Happy St. Patrick’s Day!!

Just a few reminders this week…

• Congratulations and good luck to the following B TEAM athletes headed to Holiday Valley this weekend for Eastern Championships…! Sam Pawlak (Moguls, Aerials), Jared Colletti (Slopestyle, Aerials), and James Maguire (Slopestyle).  We’re proud of you boys!
• The End of Season awards ceremony for ALL Competitions Programs will be at 1PM, Saturday March 27th, at the base of the Blackridge Chair / Gate shack.  There will be a BBQ as well, weather permitting.  We will have team meeting as usual in the morning…
• TEAM PARTY… we have decided to make things simple and have our TEAM end of season party on the same day as awards — 3/27.  We are all going to meet at Outback Pizza (our friends at Killarney will be closed…) at 5PM.
• Any weekend A FREERIDERS who are competing at either Mt Snow and/or Dumont the following weekend, please get in touch with Marks re: transportation and lodging.

Thanks, and have a great week!

-The FREESTYLE coaching Staff

Congratulations Jared Colletti

USSA VT State EQS Slopestyle CHAMPION!!!

At USSA EQS Central Regional Championships on Saturday 3/6 at Killington, Jared Colletti (10 years old, an M5) took first place, beating out a field of skiers 4+ years older than he.  To add an exclamation point, he nabbed 3rd in Aerials with a stomped 900!!!

Also laying down some impressive runs at the Championship events were Jace Provance, Sam Pawlak, and James Maguire.

CONGRATULATIONS to Sam Pawlak for his 8th place finish on Sunday’s USSA VT State EQS Mogul Championship Event.

Also stomping their runs at the Championship event were Maggie Bonnet, Mark Preschern, Kyle Kaufman, and Patrick Craig.  Here is some footage of the event…

Important things on the horizon…

• End of Season Awards Ceremony — Saturday, 3/27… details TBA
• End of Season Team Party — tentatively scheduled for 3/20… details TBA as well.
• Final day of TEAM training for the season — 3/28.
• Please take a look at the CAMPS tab under the Freestyle page on this site to begin planning for one of our Water Ramp Camps this Summer!

Below is an edit from OMS ‘10 Freerider Dale Talkington… for those of you who have not seen it yet, it is an entry in a contest in which the video with the most YouTube views by the end of the week wins $1,000… so watch it until your eyes fall out and let’s help Dale take this one down!!

B TEAM and FRESH STARTERS ‘on the come up’…

Today is the last day to sign up for Whaleback B moguls HERE.  AGAIN, we are going Saturday 3/13 because they changed the sched to include only ONE day of competition.  Skiers should meet coaches at Whaleback in the lodge at 7:30 AM on Sat.  Whaleback is off of the Enfield exit on 89 in NH.

Carpooling can be coordinated using the COMMENTS feature below.

Thanks, TEAM, and have a great week!

-Freestyle Coaching Staff

… OMS Freerider DALE TALKINGTON needs your help!

Below is Dale’s entry in the online video contest St. Sauveur Challenge — only 3 DAYS LEFT TO RACK UP THE MOST YouTube VIEWS and win $1,000!!!  Please click on the vid below, press ‘play,’ REFRESH the page, press ‘play’ again until your eyes fall out… you don’t need to watch the vid in its entirety to log a “view.”

His competition is creeping up on him so PLEASE help ‘im out!!

So PLEASE, watch this edit SEVERAL TIMES… EMAIL THE LINK BELOW TO FRIENDS… AND THEN WATCH IT SEVERAL MORE TIMES!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhksNgtRUcI

THANKS OMARA!!!

Some of the ACTION from last weekend…

…a few glimpses of The B TEAM, the Fresh Start Crew, and the Freeriders shredding the Motherland from the Rail Jam on 2/27 to OMS training on the morning of 3/1…

CONGRATS… (more…)

Some pics and vid from President’s Week… (more…)

Dear OMARA communty:

In conjunction with our conferences scheduled for this Friday, OMS will be hosting an open house social for parents from 3:00-5:00pm. This is a fantastic opportunity to view the school, meet teachers and administrators, and find out how OMS might be a fantastic match for your child’s continued athletic and academic development.

Appetizers, beer and wine will be available.  As we travel into the final weeks of the season let’s gather together and toast our children and for what they have accomplished and you, their parents, for providing them with this opportunity.

Best,

WENDY

General Team Announcements… (more…)