Programs Postponed this weekend

Hello KSC/KMS Coaches, Parents and Athletes!

Just an update from up here at Killington: The mountain did a phenomenal job resurfacing: The guns were on ALL day! With the forecasted temps and potential snowfall early next week, they will hopefully be able to return their focus to expanding terrain real soon.

Some of you did not receive the email that was sent last night, so I have provided a summary below.

Notice:
All Three-Day programs (Alpine, Freestyle, Freeskiing and Elite Snowboarding) are canceled this Friday to Sunday.
All Two-Day programs (Alpine, Freestyle, Freeskiing, Mountain Division, Elite and VT Snowboarding) are canceled on Saturday and Sunday.
Summary - THERE IS NO TRAINING FOR ANY KSC/KMS Program this weekend.

Clarification:
The following program will run through March 31:
FutureStars
The following program will run through April 1:
Alpine Stars, Freestyle Stars, and Snowboard Stars
The following programs will run through April 8:
J1/2 Team, J3 Team, Ross Team, and Jones Team
Freestyle A and B Team
Freeskiing A and B Team
Elite and VT Snowboarding Team
The End of the Season Awards will be held on March 31.

Upcoming Training Schedules:
All programs will start next weekend ~ Alpine - J1/2, J3, J4, J5, Freestyle A and B, Freeskiing A and B, Elite Snowboard, VT Snowboard, Mountain Division, Alpine Stars, Snowboard Stars, Freestyle Stars, and FutureStars.
The Stars Programs - Alpine Stars, Freestyle Stars and Snowboard Stars do not start training on Sunday's until Jan 8th.
It will be cold, the mountain will make snow and it is going to snow this week. ;)

Looking forward to seeing everyone next weekend!

Think cold and snow!

KSC/KMS Competition Program Registration OPEN!!

KSC/KMS Competition Program Registration is now OPEN!

http://www.killingtonmountainschool.org/ksc_kms.php

Weekend March 12-13 2011

Hello All,

hope you are having a great week!

Here is the schedule for this coming weekend and a couple notes:

Friday March 11th 3 day program: Kate, Spencer and Alex - can you confirm your
presence?
Taylor - what will your plan be for Friday ?

Saturday March 12th : Meet at Club 8 am - SL
Directed Technical Skiing 8 - 12pm
SL gate training on Highline 1 - 2:30pm

Sunday March 13th: Pico Sunburst: http://www.vara.org/news/eventdetail.asp?number=5241
Please let me know how is registered for this race :)


1) End of year BBq & Awards: Saturday March 26th @ Club / lunch time

2) Up coming races (make sure to register for these races in advance !)
1st year:
S6 Slush cup March 20th
http://www.vara.org/news/eventdetail.asp?number=5256
Stowe Sugar Slalom April 2nd - 3rd
http://www.vara.org/news/eventdetail.asp?number=5290
2nd year J3:
Please send me your racing schedule: Molly, Kate Stellar, Brendon,
Peter Del Col, Jake - thank you !

Hope I didn't miss anything ...
Have a great rest of week !

Cath

This coming weekend !

Hello Everyone !

I hope you had a good week :)
For those who got to ski this week, what great weather and skiing we had !
... don't mean to rub it in.... hihihi!

Here is the plan for this coming weekend:

Friday:
1pm Highline SL

Saturday:
8am Meet Will at Club (SL)
11am - 2pm Gate training on Bunny

Sunday:
8 am - 12pm Meet Will at Club (GS) - Gate training on Highline
Have a great weekend Everyone ! Cath

President's week training schedule

Tuesday: Meet on Bunny 8:30am GS gate training: 8:30am - 12pm / Bunny
Lunch break 12pm - 1pm
Drills and Video from 1pm - 2:30pm

Wednesday: Meet at club 9am SL gate training: 10:30am - 1pm / Bunny
Lunch break will be from 1pm - 2pm
Freeskiing with coach 2pm - 2:30pm
**** we will have our team outing ***** plans TBC

Thursday: Meet at club 9am GS/SL GS gate training: 10:30am - 12:30pm / Bunny
Pack your lunch with you / will have it on the hill
SL gate training: 1pm - 4pm / Upper East Fall

Friday: Meet on Highline 1pm SL gate training: 1pm - 4pm / Highline

Barb Wood has shared some pictures for you

Hello KWSC J3 family,

Barb Wood, Spencer Wood's mom is a profesionnal photographer.
She has been taking some pictures over the course of the winter and is generously sharing them online for you.
If you are interested in getting the originals, let me know and I will forward you her contact information.ENJOY !

Suicide 6 SL
http://www.kodakgallery.com/gallery/sharing/shareRedirectSwitchBoard.jsp?token=715440154408%3A799782592&sourceId=533754321803&cm_mmc=eMail-_-Share-_-Photos-_-Sharee

Pico SL
http://www.kodakgallery.com/gallery/sharing/shareRedirectSwitchBoard.jsp?token=515440154408%3A137283300&sourceId=533754321803&cm_mmc=eMail-_-Share-_-Photos-_-Sharee

Middlebury GS
http://www.kodakgallery.com/gallery/sharing/shareRedirectSwitchBoard.jsp?token=218368054408%3A514557304&sourceId=533754321803&cm_mmc=eMail-_-Share-_-Photos-_-Sharee

Have a nice evening !

This week... rolling into the weekend !

Hello All,

hope you are doing well !

Great job everyone for some great skiing this weekend.
Here are some highlights:

Sunday GS:
13th Brendon, 25th Jake, 26th Alex, 41st Will, 51st Spencer
17th Kate N., 22nd Molly, 47th Taylor,

Monday State SG:
23rd Alex, 44th Brendon
35th Sarah, 54th Molly

If you want to check out your overall standings:
Boys: http://www.vara.org/standings/mvc/MVCJ3Boys11.pdf
Girls: http://www.vara.org/standings/mvc/MVCJ3Girls11.pdf

Here is the schedule starting tomorrow through Sunday: ANYONE AVAILABLE FOR THOSE TRAINING SESSIONS ARE ENCOURAGED TO JOIN !
Thursday: Middle SuperStar 1pm - 3:30pm SL
Friday: Highline 9am - 11:30am SL
1pm - 3:30pm SL
Saturday: Killington Race: http://www.vara.org/news/eventdetail.asp?number=5361
KWSC athletes can register at the club
Sunday: Pico Shootout if necessary: http://www.vara.org/news/eventdetail.asp?number=5397

As for next week, the training schedule should be out by the end of the week.
We will be skiing from Tuesday - Sunday.
Please note, there will be a mix of full training days and half days. I will keep you posted.

Don't hesitate to contact me for any questions!
Have a great evening :) Cath

Important Notes and Training schedule for February 11-14th

Hello All,

Hope you are all doing well and you are having a good week !

Here are just some club J3 updates:
- Alex and Bredan are participating in the southern council SG race this Friday, congrats to
both you !
- State SG is taking place on Monday February 14th
- 2 more races before state team tech team will be announced. Keep up the good work
guys !
- Parent Meeting February 19th at 2:30 pm. We will discuss Spring racing calendar for first
year and second year J3.
- NOTES:
o when we have the training block ending at 1pm, our lunch break is from 1pm-2pm
instead of 12pm-1pm).
This training block is great because it enables us to work on our skiing before heading
in the gates.
o Free skiing session are very important, we don’t just free ski. This is one of the only
times available to us to work on the athlete skiing.
Our time is so limited during the weekend, every minute we have to work on skills,
is very important.

Here is the schedule for this weekend:

Friday February 11th :
8:45am Meet at club, get equipment ready to go
9:00am Training GS/SG on Bunny (have 2 pairs of skis if you have them)
11:00am Head towards KMS for lunch – have bags packed and ready to go
11:45am Departure for Pico
12:00pm SG freeskiing session at Pico
2:30pm Return to KMS

Saturday February 12th:
7:45am Meet at club, get equipment ready to go
8:00am Training GS/SG on Highline (have 2 pairs of skis if you have them)
We will take a couple runs on both pairs
10:45am Break
11:00am Freeski
12:00pm Lunch
1:00pm Freeski
2:30pm End of day

Sunday February 13th:
Okemo GS : Be there for first lift at 8am (details of race are not yet posted, once available, will email them to you)
You can pay online: http://www.alpinereg.com/mountain/club.cfm?product_type_id=29

Monday February 14th :
Okemo State SG: Be there for first lift at 8am (details of race are not yet posted, once available, will email them to you)
You can pay online: http://www.alpinereg.com/mountain/club.cfm?product_type_id=29

If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact me.
Have a great day ! Cath J

State SG team announcement

Hello Everyone !

I am very pleased to announce the following athletes made it to the state SG race:

Women:
Mason, Sarah
Peek, Molly
Nelligan, Katherine

Men:
Byron, Brendan
Tarricone, Jacob

The next few races coming up will determine the final selection for the team.
So keep up the good work everyone !

Information about the SG race can found at the following link:
http://www.vara.org/news/eventdetail.asp?number=5245

If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact me.
Have a great day !

Training Weekend Feb 4th - 6th

Hello Everyone !
Hope you are enjoying the new snow…. If you are getting it in your neck of the woods…

Great job again this weekend ! It wasn’t easy for everyone but you all manage to shine.
Keep up the good work!
You can check your overall standings after the Okemo race this Monday:
Boys http://www.vara.org/standings/mvc/MVCJ3Boys11.pdf
Girls http://www.vara.org/standings/mvc/MVCJ3Girls11.pdf
There are still a couple races to go before the final selection for finals are announced.
So don’t despair, keep up the hard work !

This week, since we had Super G on Monday and most likely you will have a snow day at your school, there won’t be training on Friday in the AM.
The 3 kids registered in the 3 day program were not planning on coming on Friday anyways.
If you want to train, the afternoon session with the KMS group is available. Please make sure to contact me if you are going to join us.

Here is the schedule for the weekend:
Saturday SL training 8am at club Highline @ 10:30am-1pm
Sunday GS training 8am at club Highline @ 10am-12pm

Take care everyone !
Enjoy the rest of your week :)

Training schedule January 28th - 31st

Hello All,

Hope you have enjoyed your week !
Here is the training schedule for this week:

Friday January 28th:
AM GS & SG ski ready to ski on.
Skill Adaptation - skis chosen will depend on snow conditions.
PM GS & SG course over at Pico.
* We will leave the mountain around 11 for lunch and van will head over to Pico at 11:45 – have bags ready to go in the am.

Saturday January 29th :
AM GS & SG ski ready to ski on.
Skill Adaptation - skis chosen will depend on snow conditions.
10-1 SG/GS course Highline
1pm Video review
1:15pm Rest and work on your skis

Sunday January 30th:
Middlebury GS information : http://www.vara.org/news/eventdetail.asp?number=5348 – race information

Monday January 31st:
Okeme SG information: http://www.vara.org/news/eventdetail.asp?number=5349 – race information

Don’t hesitate to contact me for any questions.
Have a safe drive to the mountain ! Catherine

Great Results for KWSC at Sunapee over the weekend!

Congrats to both Brendon Byron and Sarah Masson for a job well done !

Results are currently unavailable on http://www.live-timing.com/.

Hopefully, they will be available in the next couple of days.

Here are a couple pictures:

Brendon's GS run

Sarah's GS run

Bredon's SL run

Training Schedule January 21-23

Hello All,
Hope you are having a great week!
I wanted to congratulate both Sarah & Brendon for qualifying for ERS !!!
Have a great time this weekend ! Will be thinking of you!

As for training schedule this weekend, it will go has follows:
Friday January 21st : GS
AM Tactics and Terrain Adaptation PM Gate training (possibly at Pico or Highline)

Saturday January 22nd: SG
AM Introduction to Super G
11:30-2:30 SG training on Bunny

Sunday January 23rd: SG
AM Tactics and Terrain Adaptation
10 – 12:30 SG training on Bunny

NOTES:
1) Please have both GS ski and SG skis if you have them. If you don’t have SG skis, please have the skis you are planning to use for the Okemo SG.
2) Have your speed suits on also – we will do a couple runs for you to feel the speed.
3) Since there will be a lot of people this weekend, you can use your SG only with Will or I around, NO FREESKING on them ! It’s for your safety and the safety of others.
4) We will be done early on Sunday so you can check out the Dew Tour finals.

If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact me.
Until Thursday lunch time, the best way to reach me is via email, I am currently home in Tremblant, Canada. Have a great week !! Cath :)

Training schedule: January 14th - 16th

Bonjour Everyone !

Hope you had a great week and are excited to ski !
Killington just had 11’’ of fresh snow!

Here is the schedule for the weekend.

Friday January 14th GS training
AM Freeskiing and Video session
PM Gate training on Highline

Saturday January 15th GS training
8:00 - 10:00 Freesking and video
10:00 – 10:15 Break
10:15 – 12:30 Bunny GS training
12:30 – 1:30 Lunch
1:30 – 2:15 Ski
2:15 – 2:30 Video viewing session

Sunday January 16th GS training
8:00 – 9:30 Freesking and video
9:30 – 9:45 Break
9:45 – 12:15 Bunny GS training
12:15 – 1:15 Lunch
1:15 – 2:15 Ski
2:15 – 2:30 Video viewing session

If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact me.
Have a great day and drive safely !

Training January 7th - 9th 2011

Hello Everyone !

First of all, I wanted to congratulate all of our J3’s for this weekend race.
The hard work you all put in really pay off !
It’s a good feeling to start the season with the Banner and let’s work hard to keep it every race,
I know we can do it :)

So for this weekend, the race is a Slalom at Pico on Sunday.
To prepare for this, here is our training schedule

Friday:
AM Tactics in a slalom course on Bunny Buster – Meet at Club at 9am
PM We are trying to get a training session at Pico – this will be confirmed
tomorrow.
If it’s not possible, we will be skiing at Killington
Saturday:
AM Fundamental skill development in Slalom until 11am. Meet at Club at 8am
LUNCH 11am – 12pm
PM Slalom course on Highline – this hill is the closest to the race hill at Pico

Sunday:
Pico Slalom Race
Race schedule: http://www.vara.org/news/eventdetail.asp?number=5346

Hope you have a great rest of week.
Please, don’t hesitate to contact me if there are any questions.

Have a great day :)

Race Results for Suicide 6: http://www.vara.org/news/resultsviewer.asp?eventnumber=5345