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| • ROBBIE DIXON 6TH IN KITZBUHEL SUPER G | The PICTURES tell the story - thank you to Dana Williams (Best of Both Golf & Ski) for capturing the moment so we can all enjoy it. Read ACA NEWS. Congratulations Robbie!! | |
| • CONGRATULATIONS EARLY BIRD WINNER | The Descente BC Ski Team jacket and pants are on their way to Gayle Etmanski of Cranbrook, BC - Gayle's name was picked to win the Early Bird Prize in the 2008 Pontiac Torrent Raffle. The winning ticket was sold by Grade 6 student and K1 athlete India Sherret of Cranbrook and the Kimberley North Star Racers! ALSO, congratulations to the Kimberley North Star Racers for returning the highest percentage of their tickets in time for the early draw - they have won an XM Radio package (approx. retail value: $500.00) from Pontiac GMC!. Good Luck to everyone who purchased a ticket and thank you for your support - the draw for the Grand Prize - a 2008 Pontiac Torrent - is coming up March 1st. IMPORTANT DATES
2008 BC Alpine Pontiac Torrent Raffle - Licence #: 2216
Ticket Price: $5.00 each - 20,000 tickets printed
- Early Bird Draw: January 11, 2008 (3:00pm PST at the BC Alpine Office,
306-1367 W Broadway, Vancouver BC V6H 4A9)
Prize: Descente BC Ski Team Jacket & Pants
Estimated Value: $800.00
- Grand Prize Draw: March 1, 2008 (4:00pm PST at the Sun Peaks Club Cabin, 1001 Village Way, Sun Peaks, BC, V0E 5H0)
Prize: 2008 Pontiac Torrent (Podium Edition)
Estimated Value: $33,640. (Prize must be accepted as awarded – no cash equivalent. Vehicle will incur mileage during promotion.) | |
| • WE'RE MOVING! | The BC Alpine office is moving after 12 years in the same building! Fortunately we're not going far - just down the street to the corner of Broadway and Burrard. Here's our new address effective March 1, 2008:
BC Alpine Ski Association
403 - 1788 West Broadway
Vancouver, BC
V6J 1Y1 | |
| • REGISTRATION DEADLINE - FEB 1 | 1. Each family that has a racer in the program must have at least one PARENT REGISTRATION in the system. If there are 2 or more siblings from the same family, they still only require the one PARENT REGISTRATION. Also, a Coach or Masters registration also counts as a valid category for the first parent.
2. The second parents must be registered with BC Alpine as well, but they can be registered as GENERAL MEMBERS at a cost of only $9.
3. All other club members, including club executive, should be registered as well - GENERAL MEMBERS is the appropriate category for these members.
If anyone has questions or comments about registration requirements, please contact Keven Dubinsky (kevend@bcalpine.com or 604.678.3070) to find out more.
Remember that the registration deadline is Feb 1 for all members. | |
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| • BC CUP SERIES POINTS | Check out the BC Cup Series Points standings to date for 2007/08: Top 10 Men
1 Thomsen Benjamin, Windermere Valley Ski Club 2 Pridy Conrad, Whistler Mountain Ski Club 3 Werry Tyler, Fernie Alpine Ski Team 4 Leduc Mathieu, Mt Washington 5 Binks Alexander, Whistler Mountain Ski Club 6 Pridy Morgan, Whistler Mountain Ski Club 7 Zaitsoff Sasha, Red Mountain Racers 8 Winter Sven, Whistler Mountain Ski Club 9 Penn Isaac, Whistler Mountain Ski Club 10 Deans Ian, Big White Racers/Kelowna Ski Club MEN - complete list Top 10 Women
1 Glowczynski Wictoria, Sun Peaks Alpine Club 2 Ramsden Calindy, Whistler Mountain Ski Club 3 Serwa Kelsey, Big White Racers/Kelowna Ski Club 4 Buzikievich Amy, Apex 5 MacDonald Sandra, Apex 6 Rea Jenny, Whistler Mountain Ski Club 7 Willis Alecia, Whistler Mountain Ski Club 8 Elliot Sarah, Big White Racers/Kelowna Ski Club 9 Aberger Daniella, Apex 10 Leighton Alison, Whistler Mountain Ski Club WOMEN - complete list | |
| • PONTIAC GMC CUP POINTS | Here's a look at the Pontiac GMC Cup Points standings as of January 16, 2008 - Ben Thomsen (BC Team/Windermere Valley Ski Club) is winning the men's race! MEN WOMEN | |
| • PERFORMANCE PSYCHOLOGY AND PERSONAL EXCELLENCE | Dr. Terry Orlick, Founder of the Zone of Excellence is a world renowned leader in high level performance psychology and personal excellence. He has been leading the field of focus training for excellence in multiple disciplines for over 30 years. Terry has worked with thousands of Olympic and Professional athletes and coaches, corporate leaders, astronauts, surgeons, top classical musicians, dancers, opera singers and other performing artists, mission control professionals, and many others engaged in high stress performance missions. Terry teaches and coaches the key mental links to excellence that are necessary for consistent high quality performance and high quality living. Dr. Orlick would like to share some exciting new developments and opportunities that may be of interest to you and those with whom you work, teach, coach, perform, play or live. 1) Journal of Excellence - Issue # 12 is now on-line with free access to all articles in all 12 Issues of the Journal. The articles are highly relevant to anyone interested in personal excellence or performance excellence. Click on the following link for free access to the Journal of Excellence. www.zoneofexcellence.ca More people are reading this Journal than any other Journal in the performance and life enhancement field. If you would like to contribute the Journal of Excellence, please email your submission to excel@zoneofexcellence.com 2) The new edition of In Pursuit of Excellence (2008) is now available. This is my best and most applied work and I believe the revised content can really make a difference in the pursuit of personal and performance excellence. For information on the book click www.humankinetics.com | |
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| • SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS FROM JANUARY | | |
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| • NOTE TO CLUB REGISTRARS | Registrars should be aware that there is a new category for registering DSABC (Disabled Skiers Association of BC) members into our system. This category is for DSABC members that may want to join some of BC Alpine's races. The new category and it's details are available HERE. | | | • NICK BRUSH GUIDES VISUALLY IMPAIRED WORLD CUP RACER | Nick Brush of Panorama, a former Windermere Valley Ski Club racer, is living his dream on the World Cup Circuit as Guide to Canadian Para-Alpine Ski Team star Chris Williamson of Markham, Ontario. This dynamic duo has been virtually unbeatable in Para-Alpine World Cup competition so far this season in the men's visually impaired category.
We asked Brush how this all came about. “Well, it was quiet unexpected,” he told us. “I received an email in late March 2007 from the head coach of the team at the time asking if I would like to come to Whistler for a couple of days to try guiding a blind skier. I tried it and really enjoyed it. We skied well together so they offered me the job as Chris Williamson’s guide.”
We were curious about the differences between racing as an individual skier and racing as a pair. Here's what he had to say: “Skiing with a visually impaired racer is a lot different from my racing days, yet very much the same too. The most obvious difference is that now I have another skier right on my tails and I can’t touch any of the gates, so in slalom, I’m skiing the whole course ‘old school’. Chris does the cross-blocking which allows him to run the course straighter and faster. As for our training, it’s a lot like when I was racing except that I am traveling more (Europe right now) and we have a lot more staff to help us ski our best! The whole World Cup experience has been very exciting and I’m grateful for the opportunity.” SEE PHOTO | | | • CANADIAN SKI COUNCIL JOINS FIGHT AGAINST CHILDHOOD OBESITY | Helping Children Get Active with the Grade 5 SnowPass - This winter, the Canadian Ski Council and its partner resorts across Canada are once again taking a stand against childhood obesity through the Grade 5 SnowPass program. Designed to help kids stay active through the long Canadian winter, the SnowPass program offers Grade 5 or ten-year-old children up to three free days of skiing or snowboarding at each participating ski area in their region. "We want children to learn that you can have fun while being active in the wintertime," says Colin Chedore, President of the Canadian Ski Council. "The Grade 5 SnowPass is not only a great program for the kids, but it helps make it affordable for the whole family to get out and enjoy a day on the slopes." | | | PROGRAMS UPDATE | |
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| • K2 GOLD CUP IN KIMBERLEY, BC | Kimberley is preparing to host the 2008 K2 Gold Cup races January 31 to February 3. This is an opportunity for Canada’s western provinces to come together for a little friendly competition – this year only BC and Alberta will participate (Saskatchewan and Manitoba are not able to attend). The top 30 K2 athletes from each province will battle it out to determine the overall Gold Cup Champions. Competitors will race 2 super G (best time taken), 4 giant slalom (best morning time combined with best afternoon time), 4 slalom (best morning time combined with best afternoon time).
THURSDAY - SUPER-G TRAINING
FRIDAY - SUPER-G (1 RUN MORNING + 1 RUN AFTERNOON)
SATURDAY – GS (2 RUNS MORNING + 2 RUNS AFTERNOON)
SUNDAY – SLALOM (2 RUNS MORNING + 2 RUNS AFTERNOON)
Entries from BC (to date)
BERMEL Rebbecca
BROWN Meagan
DARLINGTON Kailee
MACGILLIVRAY Leah
PANKRATZ Alex
PATTERSON Mackenzie
RAMSDEN Jocelyn
SPEARIN Cassandra
TEBULTE Rebekah
TEMOSHENKO Elyse
BEDELL Scott
FRY Steven
HAYTO Justin
HORNER Max
JOHNSTON Stuart
KASSA Sheldon
KONANTZ Willy
KWONG Daniel
KYJONKA Michael
MORRIS Spencer
SIDEY-PHILLIPS Hayden
SPENCE Devin
SWETTE Ford
THOMPSON Broderick
UNTERBERGER Dominic
WADEY Alex
WALLS Nolan
ZUMWALT Joshua | | | ALCAN NGSL | |
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| • 2007/08 ENTRY LEVEL ACADEMY HIGHLIGHTS | Submitted by Joanna Magee, Entry Level Development Director for BC Alpine
As coaches, we encourage athletes to become adaptable ski racers, training them so they have the skills to subtly change their technique or the way they ski in order to meet the demands of the constantly changing terrain on the race/ training course or free ski run. We encourage the athletes to push their limits with regards to technique and skill, with the ultimate goal of trusting one’s ability in order to go faster. (Drills to help develop adaptability: working on how much an athlete can put their ski on edge, experimenting with extremes such as how far can an athlete lean inside before they fall and inside ski turns to name a few examples). Promoting adaptability was one of the main goals of the K1/K2 summer and fall B2B camps along with, of course, a strong technical base and physical fitness. Although I had been actively encouraging adaptability all summer long to the B2B athletes, I had forgotten about the importance of being adaptable as a coach. Click HERE to read more. | |
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