The International Ski Federation (FIS) season is underway, after a series of four races this week showcased the top ski racers from the west at the Alberta Alpine GMC Cup in Panorama.
BC Ski Team newcomer Jasmine Coubrough had an impressive week, scoring an overall podium (third place) as well as the top U19 in the Wednesday’s giant slalom (GS), and finished inside the top 15 in three of the four races.
Sascha Gilbert (WMSC) got things going for the men’s team with a second place finish on Wednesday’s GS after posting the fastest first-run time and wrapped up the four-day series with a fifth place in slalom. Dylan Timm (FAST) also finished second, this time in the men’s Thursday’s slalom, just 0.13 seconds off the top step of the podium.
BC Alpine follows Alpine Canada’s Safe Sport guidelines which are committed to improving safety, respect, and prevention of harassment in sport. The Safe Sport environment ensures that athletes, coaches, and staff have a safe, inclusive, and supportive training and competition environment. Everyone has a role to play in creating a healthy physical and mental environment for sport participation.
As of December 16, 2023, our Code of Conduct and complaints process have been updated. They pertain to BC Alpine, all its member clubs, all registered members, and participants.
The new complaints management process is as follows:
We have centralized the intake for complaints to make sure the process is simple, safe, and independent. All complaints will go through an independent third party, either via the Integrity Counts Online Form, or by phone to 1 (800) 758-9412.
The independent third party will determine the nature of the complaint. Minor infractions will be sent back to the club for internal review and resolution. Major infractions and maltreatment will be handled independently under BC Alpine’s contract with the independent third party. The definitions of infractions and maltreatment can be found in the updated Code of Conduct document in the BC Alpine Policy Files.
BC Alpine members, clubs, and affiliated organizations must adhere to all of BC Alpine’s governing documents and policies, and when required, amend their own rules to comply or align with those of BC Alpine.
All non-Safe Sport matters relating to selection, programing, finance, media, etc., should go through the regular club channels.
NOTE: BC Alpine will cover the initial cost of filing a complaint with the independent third party. After their assessment, any case work for MAJOR infractions or maltreatment will be charged to the member club based on rates agreed to in BC Alpine’s contract with the independent third party. For more information please contact Anders Hestdalen atandersh@bcalpine.com.
Access to all RCR Areas: Fernie, Kicking Horse, Kimberley and Nakiska
CWSAA has just been informed that RCR will be issuing a season pass again to all CWSAA Competitor Passholders for the 2023/24 season. Please notify all ski clubs and athletes / parents that have been issued 2023/24 CWSAA Competitor Pass of the direct lift to access process.
Steps:
Athlete & Coach to fill out on-line waiver (link is below).
After completing the waiver, they will enter their ‘Pass Release Agreement ID” that is generated at the end of the waiver process.
Step Two – enter in personal information including CWSAA Pass Number.
RCR will approve and send email confirmation they have been approved. Please allow 3 to 4 days for this process to be completed.
They can go to any one of Resorts of the Canadian Rockies ski resorts and pick up their season pass.
The seasons pass issued with this application is valid only for the person whose photograph appears on it. Should any other person attempt to use this pass it will be confiscated without rebate and that person will be prosecuted under the Criminal Code of Canada.
In the event of misconduct or non-observation of the ski area safety regulations (or Skiers Responsibility Code) on the part of the pass holder, he/she will be prohibited use of the lifts as determined by the management.
The holder of this pass assumes all risk of personal injury or loss or damage to property.
The season pass is nontransferable.
If lost or stolen, there is a $20 charge for a replacement pass.
Passholders without their pass may receive a lift ticket on the first occurrence. On additional days the pass-holder will be required to purchase a replacement pass.
This pass remains the property of Resorts of the Canadian Rockies Inc and affiliated companies and resorts.
BC Alpine is currently looking for new corporate partners for the Nancy Greene Ski League (up to U12) and for the provincial FIS race series. The three-year partnership with Sporting Life concluded this past summer.
BC Alpine CEO Anders Hestdalen is currently in conversations with several BC-invested companies that share the passion for youth sport, skiing, community building, athletic performance and outdoor activity.
“We believe that the properties we have are attractive, and we are looking for the right partners who share our passion and want to build long lasting relationships like the ones we have with Teck Resources, Haywood Securities, Karbon, Anthem Properties, Greg Gardner and CTS,” he said.
We are looking forward to hosting more than 100 club coaches, executives, official and general members this weekend, October 13-15, at the beautiful Sun Peaks Grand Hotel in Sun Peaks. This year’s Member Summit/AGM is shaping up to be an exciting, informative and entertaining event; we are excited to announce our stellar lineup of guest speakers.
Jack Crawford, Olympic Bronze Medalist – “My journey through the club system”
James (Jack) Crawford was born in Toronto on May 3, 1997. He began skiing with his parents, sister, and cousins at the age of three at the Georgian Peaks Ski Club in Thornbury, Ontario. The Crawford family has a tradition of ski racers beginning with his aunt Judy Crawford Rawley, who was on the National team from 1967-1974 and his father, Angus, and his uncles, following closely behind. Jack attended Primary school and part of high school in Toronto before finishing up at Whistler Secondary in Whistler. In his spare time, Jack loves to surf, waterski, golf, road bike and mountain bike, as well as spend time with his family and friends in Whistler and Ontario. Unfortunately, he doesn’t have a lot of spare time! Jack progressed through Nancy Greene, K1, and K2 with the Georgian Peaks Ski Club. In his last year of K2, he moved to Whistler to ski in the mountains as a single year experience. It proved to be a very good experience for him, and his family made the decision to allow him to continue to ski out of the Whistler Mountain Ski Club. He was a multi-disciplined athlete, playing A hockey with the York Mills Hockey Club in Toronto until he was 15. After his first year of FIS and at the age of 17, he was named to the National Development Team, and in 2016-2017, he was named to the senior national team.
Jack Crawford
Jack Crawford
Lene Puntervold, Norwegian Olympic Training Center: “The Norwegian motor skills philosophy: gym to on-snow“
Lene has been a Coach Specialist in the Motor Skill Department of Olympiatoppen since 2008, working with national teams and top athletes in the following sports:
Lene’s background includes football, tennis, swimming and theatre, but most importantly, 15 years competing as a rhythmic gymnast, and then coaching the Norwegian rhythmic gymnastics team. After receiving a BA in contemporary dance, Lene worked as a professional dancer before joining Olympiatoppen. She also teaches 1st year dance students at the Oslo National Academy of the Arts.
Lene Puntervold
Claude Lebreux
Claude Lebreux, Norwegian Olympic Training Center: “The Norwegian motor skills philosophy: gym to on-snow”
Claude is a Coach Specialist in the Motor Skill Department at Olympiatoppen, working with national teams and top athletes in the following sports:
Alpine – Men and Women, Freestyle, Ski Jumping, Nordic Combined, Handball, Football, Track and Field (middle & long distance runners), Rifle Shooting, Skateboarding
A former competitive gymnast, he studied coaching at the Sport University in Nice, France. Claude has worked at both the club and national team levels for more than 30 years. He spent 14 years as a physical trainer for the French Freestyle Ski Team, travelling to World Championships and multiple Olympic Winter Games (Albertville, Lillehammer, Nagano, Salt Lake City and Torino) with the Europa Cup and World Cup teams.
Below are links to the full Agenda, as well as other related documents. To keep paper to a minimum we’re making these available electronically on BC Alpine’s website.
Sign up is now online for the BC Alpine 2023/24 season Officials Update. This event is available to anyone who is interested, but we have limited capacity for the in-person portion, so please sign up as soon as possible if you intend to attend!
Sign up via the calendar (dark blue button below) with your ACA Officials Profile in order to get attendance credit on your officials transcript.
Also, to help us better plan for the event, please complete the required form using the light button below.
An official agenda will come out closer to the event time, but expect a similar schedule to last season with the meeting running from noon through 5pm and including rule updates for the season, case studies from previous seasons and overviews of what’s happening with this year’s race calendar in British Columbia. – Keven
