Registering for USASA
Snowboard Director, Matty V, has a great walk-through on registering for Competitions and more.
Athlete of the Month – Ella Kirschner
Ella Kirschner is December's Athlete of the Month. She is a Mogul skier in our Academy program and goes to Summit Middle School. She arrives at training early every day with a huge smile as well as friendly and welcoming interactions with all of her teammates. She works hard at making the improvements her coaches are looking for all while enjoying the environment she is in. With the unique challenges of this season, Ella came up with the idea of making the ribbons and medals...
Alpine Age Class Updates – January 4th, 2021
Alpine Age Class Email – January 4th, 2021
Dear Age Class Parents, Team Summit Alpine Coaches and Interested Parties:
A Happy New Year in 2021 to all!
The race season is scheduled to start for our Age Class Athletes in a week from today and there remains much uncertainty with only a few days to go.
The Age Class Open races Team Summit was approved to host in Keystone January 10 and 11 are in the process of being moved to Breckenridge. While Vail Resorts and the County have not...
December 31st, 2020 Newsletter
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Executive Director's New Years Address – December 31st, 2020
A recap of 2020 and looking forward to a great new year!
Snowboard Updates – December 30th, 2020
Snowboard Updates – December 30th, 2020
As the holiday training comes to a close competitions begin. I want to remind everyone of the three ways parents can help their kids be good competitors, good people, and good snowboarders. Many of our contests are judged events. Judged events are quite subjective. What scores well one day might not score so well the next event. A kid can place well one week and not so well the next. Sometimes kids place...
Cleans, also Snatch, are Jumps….Not Back Extensions
Cleans, also Snatch, are Jumps….Not Back Extensions
During the clean and the snatch the bar should always move in a mostly vertical line above your feet. At no point should the bar move in front of your toes nor behind your heels. If you find yourself having trouble keeping the bar in this plane, then you might be using either back extension or hips driving forward towards the bar rather than a jumping movement throughout the second pull (when the bar is explosively moving from just...
Alpine Updates – December 17th, 2020
In This Update:
- Training December 22-26 for Ability and Age Class Teams
- TeamSnap
- Race and Training Calendars
- Premier Pass
- Sprongo
- Masters Training
December 16th, 2020 Newsletter
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Alpine Updates – December 10th, 2020
In This Update:
- Training December 15-21 for Ability and Age Class Teams
- Calendars
- Premier Pass
- Sprongo
- Masters Training
Colorado Gives Day 2020
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Alpine Updates – December 3rd, 2020
Alpine Updates – December 3rd, 2020
Dear Team Summit Alpine Community:
With Copper Mountain resort open to the public, we have an increased responsibility to follow our COVID protocols and model exceptional compliance to mountain guests. Additionally, as the best skiers on the mountain, it is extremely important we model proper skiing etiquette, slow zone compliance, lift line behavior and respect for all mountain rules.
The resort has changed the approved drop-off...
December 2nd, 2020 Newsletter
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