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Alpine Update – November 10, 2022 – Chat with Storm and River

Dear Alpine Athletes, Families and Staff:   Please read all the way through the information regarding upcoming events! There are a number of educational and informative opportunities coming up in the next two weekends.   ORIENTATION THIS SATURDAY Please remember the Team Summit Family Orientation at Copper this Saturday November 12! This will be an opportunity to learn important information about your program, race schedules and procedures, pick up your team jacket and more! (Meetings are at the Copper Mountain Conference Center and will be recorded. There is no virtual option.)   COMPETITION...

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Alpine Update – November 7, 2022 – Volunteering, Orientation and Upcoming Events

Dear Team Summit Alpine Community (All Alpine SRD, Age Class and Ability Parents; All U16 and Older athletes; All Alpine Coaches):   This is the first Alpine Update distributed through our new calendaring and communications platform Demosphere! Please remember that you will find recent Alpine Updates in the Blog section of our website here: {CCM:BASE_URL}/Blog/topic/1370/alpine%20update   Thank you all for helping with our migration to Demosphere. The coaches and administration are learning along with all of you how to most effectively navigate and utilize this platform. Our...

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Alpine Update – October 9, 2022

Dear Team Summit Alpine Community (All Alpine SRD, Age Class and Ability Parents; All U16 and Older athletes; All Alpine Coaches):   We are making the leap to Demosphere! This is a club management platform that Team Summit has adopted to combine the functions of calendaring, messaging and ultimately all membership functions from registration to billing and volunteerism. Starting imediatrely we are adopting calendaring and messaging. Membership management will go on-line in time for 2023-24 registration. Details below.   Communication is critical! Demosphere will be an important tool...

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Snowboard Update October 2022

Snow has officially hit the ground in Summit County!    For those who are new to the team welcome.  My name is Matt Voegtle.  I am the snowboard program director and look forward to meeting all the new families.  For those who are coming back, thank you for trusting your kid with Team Summit Snowboarding and we look forward to another great season.   I am writing this message from a train somewhere between Austria and Switzerland.  We are taking a group of kids to The Stomping Grounds in Saas Fee Switzerland for fall slope style training.  I will be available...

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Alpine Update – September 26, 2022 – Equipment and Licensing

Team Summit Alpine Update – September 26, 2022 – Equipment and Licensing With the winter soon to kick off, now is the time to check that your equipment is ready and that your US Ski and Snowboard membership is up to date.   After you receive your new equipment, you will need to set-up skis and boots for the season. New ski prep and boot fitting are best done by your shop professional. Daily ski maintenance is a skill that any adult and more mature athlete can learn. Read below for more information about tuning.   Boots must be properly sized by an experienced professional...

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Alpine Update – September 10, 2022

Dear Team Summit Alpine Ski Racing Devo, Age Class and Ability Parents; All Ability Athletes; Alpine SRD, Age Class and Ability Coaches:   These regular Alpine Updates contain much program information including time sensitive information on upcoming events and activities for all Alpine Program participants and staff. Please take the time to read this information carefully and act on any requests as quickly as possible.   Also, please refer to the Alpine Page of the Team Summit Website: {CCM:BASE_URL}/Alpine. Here you will find program specific information regarding general...

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Intro to Team Summit September Update

Dear Parents and Athletes, Welcome to Intro to Team Summit! Our Family Orientation is set for November 12 at Copper Mountain. In addition, the Team Summit Ski Swap is that weekend at Copper Mountain. As details become available, they will be posted on our Team Summit website.  The practice schedule for the season is on the ITS calendar: {CCM:BASE_URL}/members/calendars/intro-team-summit-calendar. Due to the holidays falling on a weekend this year, Thursday, December 22 is the make-up day for our Saturday practice, and Monday, January 2 is the make-up day for...

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Wakeboard Trip – Sept. 16-18th

Hey everybody, It is back-to-school season and time to start thinking about snow (even though a bunch of us just got off snow last week).  Academy training will start just after Labor day.  More info on that later.  The Woodward barn is open Wed-Sunday, and season passes are on sale so that we will get back in there on Saturdays, to roller board, after labor day as well.   Wakeboard Trip (sign up in Camp minder if you have never signed up for a camp before, it's tricky. There is a video link at the bottom) We will again be heading back out to Fruita to do...

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Alpine Training Camp in Stelvio, Italy

We’re halfway done with our training camp in Stelvio, Italy. Despite difficult glacier conditions across all European glaciers, we are fortunate to have great training conditions and are taking advantage of this opportunity! Tina Buchheister U16 Coach Team Summit Colorado Early mornings (photo taken at 5.27 am)…make for beautiful sunrises. Our commute from our hotel to/from the hill and for each run  SL day   GS… 6.12 am and ready to go!   Our crew…working hard and making memories. For a few days, Sara Hector from Sweden (Olympic GS Champion,...

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Snowboard Update August 2022

Hey Team, I hope everyone is enjoying their summer!  We have just finished up 2 weeks of summer camp, we have a small crew on hill now, and we are looking for to going to the last week of camp at Woodward on August 8th.  If anyone is interested in 1 more week of summer camp please sign up now.  It will put you on a waitlist but there is plenty of room. Registrations As many of you know,  good help is hard to find.  Hiring quality coaches in Oct is very difficult.  Hiring good coaches now is much easier.  Our programs are now open for new member registration...

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Alpine Update August 2022

Dear Team Summit Alpine Ski Racing Devo, Age Class, and Ability Parents; All U16 and Older athletes; Alpine Age Class and Ability Coaches:   We hope that you are enjoying lots of summer activities and are beginning to look forward to cooler weather and the winter season at Team Summit. We are now less than 90 days from training for Age Class and Ability athletes beginning at Copper Mountain! Starting dates for fall dryland training and on-snow training are now set.  Link To July Alpine Update 

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Team Summit Is Alpine Club Of The Year

Team Summit Is Alpine Club Of The Year  It was a welcome surprise to learn Team Summit won the award.  However, It is humbling to be amongst the distinguished list of recipients. This recognition is an acknowledgement of the entire Alpine Community at Team Summit. It begins with the members of our programs who share their passion for ski racing with us daily. Likewise their parents who support and encourage them. And significantly the coaches from our entry level to competition programs who nurture and guide them. This award is additional validation of our efforts to create...

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Team Summit believes in NDG

NDG Women: An Update The Women’s National Development Group has been busy. After a ten-day camp at Mt. Hood, they gathered again for seven days of fitness training and education at the USANA Center of Excellence in Park City.  Read the article. Buchheister has strong opinions. Stella Buchheister is an up-and-coming skier from the Team Summit program in Colorado. Like the other NDG athletes, she valued her time training with the women’s U.S. Ski Team. But she wants to share an exciting experience. Buchheister said, “We felt like we weren’t just visitors. They...

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U.S. Ski & Snowboard Names Top Clubs For 2021-22

Team Summit ( Alpine )  Awarded U.S. Ski & Snowboard Names Top Clubs For 2021-22​​​​​​​ Alpine – Team Summit Colorado, Copper Mountain, Colo. (Gold Certified Club) Team Summit Colorado was named Alpine Club of the Year. Under the leadership of Executive Director CB Bechtel and Alpine Director Aldo Radamus, the club has developed a strong culture in its alpine ski racing program and has created cost-effective, local programs for Summit County athletes. Team Summit was recognized for providing a place in its program for every athlete to find their own level of excellence....

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