Grommet Girls – Halfpipe:

Anna Valentine – 5th place
Kiersten Edwards – 6th place

Breaker Boys – Boardercross:

Colton Gray – 19th place after an amazing pass to get in third place in the first heat. In the last two turns, Colton turned early and passed the third place rider and was barely holding on. As they came over the last two jumps their boards were hitting each other and then Colton fell in front of the other rider to garner third. In his next heat he got left behind, but that first heat will be indelibly imprinted in my memory.

Day 6

Grommet Girls – Slopestyle:

Kiersten Edwards – 3rd place
Anna Valentine – 5th place

For those who compete in all 5 events there is an Overall award given and let me tell you this is well deserved, because doing all events is exhausting.

Kiersten Edwards has received the 2nd place Overall award this year for the Group 2 Grommet Girls.

Thursday- GS- Meet at the Yurt at 8:45 we can load the lift at 8:30.  We will have a morning session and an afternoon session finishing up by 2:30

Friday-SL- Meet at the Yurt at 8:45.  We will do a morning session and an afternoon session.

Saturday-GS- Just going to have a morning session 8:15 at the Yurt.  Head to Future Stars later that day at Waterville Valley.

Thanks everyone for a great season.

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

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!!!

Well, we are getting massive amounts of snow right now!  Yay!!  That being said everything that you are about to read is subject to change due to the weather…PLEASE READ CAREFULLY ANYWAY:

OK so info about the upcoming weekend:

Friday 2/26 is the Stubby Slalom Camp at Quechee.  For those attending, the day will proceed similar to a race day with the exception of the fact that once you have registered your child, they are with the coaches for pretty much the rest of the day.

You should plan to arrive at Quechee at 8 am to register your child – it is about a one hour drive (see directions in the race details below).  For those of you who have skis at ski shops and won’t be able to get up early enough to get them on Thursday (6 pm for most shops), let me know if you need help.  I can load a bunch in my car and bring them over to Quechee because you won’t be able to get them early enough on Friday morning.

The day will go until about 3 pm.  The last activity will be an ice cream social around 2:45 pm.  Lunch is not provided – your child must bring their own or buy from the cafeteria.

The weather may force us to cancel – the call will be made tomorrow – please stay tuned!

Please check the list of attendees:

Menehune Boys (10-11):
Max Jensen 1st
Austin Hawkes 2nd
Jack Valentine 5th

Breaker Boys (12-13):
Colton Grey 8th
Will Downing 9th
Adam Wells 10th
Taylor Spaulding 14th

Youth Women (14-15):
Leah Jennings 2nd

Youth Men (14-15):

Peter Cerulo 3rd
Emmet Ellmaker 6th
Sam Hammer 12th
Tyler Grey 14th
Chris Abel 17th

Junior Men (16-17):
Luke Sundean 5th
Randall Reynolds 8th

Last weekend was awesome we had great training all weekend and it showed on Sunday when we went and dominated Quechee. We have a pretty busy schedule this coming week so I am going throw it out at you.

Thursday the 28th has changed we were originallygoing to be able to hook in with the J1-2-3s but looking out for the safety of the kids this would not be a good idea seeing as we are starting lower on the trail. No Council kids will be able to train on Chief on Thursday.  So this being said we will met at the Yurt at 9:30 to free ski for a few hours on our Super G skis. When the J1-2-3s get off of Chief at 10:30 we will be able to go on and free ski the trail and get all of the terrain down. Sorry for the inconvenience but it’s for the safetyof the kids that we do not train in the morning with the old boy’s and girl’s.

Friday-Training run to begin at 9:30 am. Race start at roughly 11:00 am.Coaches meeting is at top of Start at 9:00 am.NO MOVEMENT ON HILL DURING TRAINING RUN AND RACE! 4-Runners will go at 9:20 am and again at start of Race Run.