by Kathy Stahr | Sep 16, 2019 | Member News
Visually impaired ski racer guide & training partner needed. BC Adaptive Snowsports is putting out an initial call for interested individuals with a strong racing background to act as a training partner and ski-racing guide to a young promising 17-year-old male Visually Impaired ski racer from Vernon, BC. This is a great role for a young coach or recently retired FIS ski racer looking for a new experience. The right candidate is still sharp and fast on their skis, has great communication skills and is a good team player. The guide and training partner will receive training and guidance from BC Adaptive Snowsports’ Athletic Manager, Alpine Canada’s Para-alpine Development Manager, and former Para-alpine guides as they train and ski with the athlete, helping him along his para- Alpine development pathway. This is an important season for our athlete and it is essential the guide and training partner commit to the full season (November-May), which is anticipated to include the following:
• November 23-30, 2019 – Tentative camp in Panorama BC (8 days)
• December local training: Approximate 12 days
• December race/camp: 13-19, 2019 in Colorado (7 days)
• January local training: Approximately 18 days
• February camp/race: 7-13, 2020, Kimberley BC (7-days)
• February local training: Approximately 9 days
• March local training: Approximately 16-20 days
• April camp/race: Nationals prep and races, Winter Park, CO April 9-13, 2020 (7-5-days)
These dates are tentative and subject to change. Additional camps and training days may be added. All local training sessions will be at Silver Star Mountain, typically between Thursday-Sunday all day on snow. All costs will be covered for camps and races. The guide and training partner will also be provided with a $7,500 stipend for the role. If you are 18+, an experienced ski-racer, with an interest in guiding a great young athlete, please send an introductory email by October 1st, 2019 to Fannie Smith, BCAS Athletic Manager at: fannie@bcadaptive.com
BC Adaptive Snowsports
780 SW Marine Drive, Vancouver, BC, V6P 5Y7
Ph. 604-333-3630 info@bcadaptive.com www.bcadaptive.com
by Kathy Stahr | Sep 16, 2019 | Member News
Coach Meeting, Member Summit, Offficials Update and Annual General Meeting 2019 – SIGN UP HERE
The annual BC Alpine Member Summit (plus Goldie Awards party) is happening October 31st to November 3rd at the spectacular, luxurious Predator Ridge Resort just outside of Vernon (see below for agenda and sign-up).
We can hardly believe our good fortune! We are so excited to announce that Canada’s most decorated alpine world cup skier racer of all time, Erik Guay, will be joining us as Keynote speaker, and more!
"Having an athlete of Erik's calibre in the room is more than inspirational, it will be extremely educational and motivational as well", said BC Alpine VP Johnny Crichton. "He embodies what we consider to be a truly exceptional athlete, champion and ambassador of our great sport. Now a father of a brood of current and future skiers, Erik comes to share, learn and laugh with us. It should be an absolutely awesome weekend!"
"Last year guest speaker Dr. Robert Reid, Director of Sport Science for the Norwegian Ski Federation, walked us through athlete development and the Norwegian philosophy and science behind their decisions," said BC Alpine CEO Anders Hestdalen. "This year Erik will no doubt spark some of the same discussions from a Canadian athlete’s perspective. And not just any athlete! We will learn Erik's best coaches impacted his life and what he believes is important for athlete development. Come prepared to hear some great stories and highlights from his remarkable career. This promises to be another very entertaining and educational BC Alpine Summit!"
"I’m excited to be a part of the BC alpine meetings and discuss the future of our sport," said Guay. And watch for Erik at the Goldie Awards Parka Party on Saturday night – lots of surprises!
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| Thurs, Oct 31 |
NCCP Master Coach Developer course (must have NCCP LF and CE) |
| Fri, Nov 1 |
11:30 arrival, Coach Meeting starts at noon (lunch served at 11:30) |
| Fri, Nov 1 |
Coach Dinner (details to follow) |
| Sat, Nov 2 |
Coach Meeting (cont'd in AM only, coaches stay for Member Summit) |
| Sat, Nov 2 |
Member Summit (lunch & afternoon) |
| Sat, Nov 2 |
Talk Show with Erik Guay and Goldie Awards Parka Party |
| Sun, Nov 3 |
Member Summit & AGM (am only); Officials Update (10am -2pm) |
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Accommodation: https://www.predatorridge.com/resort/predator-ridge-lodge/:
The Lodge at Predator Ridge offers studio, 1-bedroom and 2-bedroom suites. There will be lots of sharing opportunities, but everyone who wants will have a private room/bathroom – sharing kitchens and common areas in some cases.
Accommodation is going quickly, so if you haven't booked, please call soon to 1-888-578-6688 and mention BC Alpine – CLICK HERE FOR GUESTROOM DETAILS AND PRICING
Sign up with BC Alpine ASAP so we know you're coming https://bcalpine.com/signup/agm2019/
Read our full agenda (subject to change) https://bcalpine.com/files/Odds_and_Ends_Files/General_Meetings/2019_Fall/?open=2019_BC_Alpine_Summit_Agenda.pdf
by Kathy Stahr | Sep 4, 2019 | Member News
Invitations have been sent out for the 2019 North American Alpine FIS TD Updates in Calgary AB (Oct 18-20) and Stowe VT (Oct 25-27). Please register early and reserve your room at the host hotel.
Registration information is available on the home page at www.nafistd.com. We encourage you to share the registration information with others who may be interested in attending.
Thanks again to Lynne Gibson for her work coordinating the venue for the Calgary update, and to Paul for the venue in Stowe. It's rumoured that the Calgary update will have some western flair. Boots, buckle and hat may be in order! Details will follow.
More information will be available after the FIS meetings in Zurich in October.
~ from Doug Campbell, FIS Alpine TD Commissioner for Canada
by Kathy Stahr | Sep 4, 2019 | Member News
Another Girls Fast Forward Camp is ON!
This season the super-popular girls-only training camp will take place in April 2020. Be sure to stay tuned for lots more details and registration info coming soon.
Last season the inaugural GFF Camp hosted 56 U-16 girls at Sun Peaks Resort, alongside an all-female, all-star coaching lineup!
We can't wait for the 2020 bigger-and-better Girls Fast Forward Camp!
by Kathy Stahr | Aug 19, 2019 | Member News
ALL PHOTOS BY ROGER CARRY (top & left – BCST summer training group athletes; right – Ella Renzoni; bottom – Morgan Pridy)
Fitness Season ~ written and submitted by BC Ski Team Coach Morgan Pridy
Hi all, welcome to a new year with the BCST, and I suppose at this point also a new year with the BCST Summer Training Group. We have welcomed several new faces to go along with some familiar ones. If you have no idea who I mean, I would check out our social media platforms so you can put some faces to names and meet the crew! If you have no desire or are otherwise incapable of navigating the social media world then let me tell you, they are a bunch of good eggs and we will leave it at that (http://bcalpine.com/news/article/2019-BCST-Summer-Training-Group/).
Now onto the “Where are we now?” “What are we doing?” “How is it going?” portion of the update. It’s fitness season! AKA summer… eventually AKA anytime we aren’t skiing. Now fitness season isn’t altogether that dissimilar from ski season; okay yes, it’s not on snow and you don’t actually have skis on and it takes place largely in the summer, but once that’s all out of the way, same same. Bring the focus, bring the intensity, bring the passion and the drive, then work your ass off to achieve what you’ve set out to achieve. Sounding a little bit closer? Add in the fact that it’s so much more about you versus you if you aim to make changes, and I could be talking about either one interchangeably. Make great habits and you will take them into the rest of the year, neglect them and it comes back to haunt you somewhere down the road. I guess I could just blanket the whole 365 with “athleting”. We are currently athleting and will continue to be athleting into November, then once we start racing we will also be athleting until next spring.
Where does all this take place? To forego tedious specifics it looks something like Home – a month in Whistler as a team – Home – mini camp in Whistler as a team – Home – Skiing (yay!).
Prior to our newbies arriving, it’s always a bit of a mystery as to what shape they will arrive in and what amount of work they are putting in at home on the heels of a long and demanding season. There isn’t exactly a right or wrong answer since recovering mentally is so closely tied to your physical state. The idea of some people decompressing with a book and others with a jog hasn’t been lost on me, so the hope is that everyone arrives at camp ready to work, and not necessarily that they arrive already in peak form (thankfully no one has arrived as a human wasteland up to this point).
Alright, so here we are, in Whistler and together as a team for the start of a month of centralized training, and I do love me some centralized training. “Team” on many levels needs to mean family. You don’t get to choose your family. This team is on the verge of a long season and they are about to spend countless hours not only just around each other, but living together, eating together, and sharing a year’s worth of ups and downs together. Having them centralized for a month in an environment where they are being pushed gives them every opportunity to understand one another. See how a person functions when they are tired, learn how a person responds to stress or happiness, fail and succeed together, then learn how to pick someone up; the list could run on and on. The lone wolf dies, but the pack survives (definitely didn’t steal that quote from a TV show no one watches…).
So here we are, all centralized and stuff in Whistler, now what do we do for training? Well, the team does a lot. The program is a real mutt when you start to break it down. A day could include several of a hundred things; maybe the modality varies but the main components to the week will always include strength specific to the lower body, core in all it’s forms, energy systems, and recovery. Yeah I know, that’s neither a surprise nor is it ground breaking, but it works.
We have answered the where and what, so how about how is the crew doing? They are pushing hard (mind you, no one has died of exhaustion yet soooo….), but really it’s been a full month and each and every one of them has stepped up to the task. The level of willingness to work has my respect and is not a common thing for a whole group to show. By mid month, the team had a good idea of each other’s strengths and began to use each other to push their own limits. Iron sharpens iron (credit: any interview from NFL training camps).
Next we have our mini fitness camp, a small but sturdy week to get the team back together for a little more sweat equity prior to getting back to what the crew has been working towards: getting on skis again in Chile.
I’ll leave you with a little trivia from the month, maybe you can guess whose name goes with what:
- If your roof rack with a bike didn’t fit in the underground the first time, it definitely wasn’t going to fit the second time…
- “Sorry”
- “Is this even F***ing yoga!?”
- Feet, head, feet, no handed cartwheel off his bike
- Teams best napper, by a mile.
- Gerrit. Dylan. Tait/everyone… Marcus. Ella.
by Kathy Stahr | Jul 24, 2019 | Member News
Coach Meeting, Member Summit, Offficials Update and Annual General Meeting 2019
Save the date! Our 2019 Fall meetings are scheduled for October 31st to November 3rd. Because interest and attendance have been growing in recent years, we are excited to be able to take this event to a new level and invite all of you to the spectacular, luxurious Predator Ridge Resort just outside of Vernon. Over four days we will host our Member Summit, AGM, Coach Meetings, Coach Education and the Officials Update. We hope to attract even more of our members this year as we combine education, business and fun in a tranquil, scenic setting. The highlight of course will be the big Goldie Awards celebration and party we are planning! Details, guest speakers and agendas will follow in early September.
Thursday, October 31st – Sunday, November 3rd at Predator Ridge Resort near Vernon
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Thurs, Oct 31
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Coaching Course (TBD)
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Fri, Nov 1
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Coach Meeting (lunch and afternoon meeting)
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Fri, Nov 1
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Coach Dinner (TBD)
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Sat, Nov 2
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Coach Meeting (cont'd in AM only, coaches stay for Summit)
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Sat, Nov 2
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Member Summit (lunch & afternoon)
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Sat, Nov 2
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Parka Party 🙂 and Goldie Awards at Predator Ridge (all evening)
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Sun, Nov 3
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Member Summit (cont'd), Officials Update (10-2pm) & AGM (all day until about 2 pm)
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Accommodation: https://www.predatorridge.com/resort/predator-ridge-lodge/:
The Lodge at Predator Ridge offers studio, 1-bedroom and 2-bedroom suites. There will be lots of sharing opportunities, but everyone who wants will have a private room/bathroom – sharing kitchens and common areas in some cases.
Deadline for booking accommodation is the end of August!! Call 888-578-6688 and mention BC Alpine – CLICK HERE FOR GUESTROOM DETAILS AND PRICING
Agendas and guest speakers will be announced early in the fall.
