Hello!

Hope everyone is enjoying their Monday! Pow-pow on the slopes today! Don't worry - I took a run for ya!

Please find a few schedule changes below:

Eastern Region - Sun-Bash, Sunapee, NH: Slopestyle on Saturday and Moguls on Sunday. They have had to cancel the aerial event due to lack of appropriate terrain. Anyone registered for aerials will receive a coupon via HF TECH for your next registration.

Central Region - Happy Training! (Nicely coordinated with Super Bowl weekend!)

Western Region - Holiday Valley Freestyle Extravaganza, NY: Moguls on Saturday and a double slope on Sunday. This is sure to be a fabulous event out there in Western NY - the freestyle metropolis!

It is full-on for the Holiday Valley Freestyle Extravaganza.  Event info has been updated.  The mogul course was built this weekend on Yodeler, a departure from the normal venue.  However, access from the training center and Yodeler lodge is more convenient, and walkable.  All the athletes will put on a great show for the sun soakers on the Yodeler Lodge deck.  Sunday’s Slopestyle event will be run on Foxfire(another departure from our normal venue) and will be serviced by the Cindy’s Lift.  All registration points remain at original locations.  The Slopestyle course will be open for training starting Friday.  The mogul course will be open for training as well on Friday, however, the jumps will be closed.  Jumps may be opened from 7pm to 9pm on Friday.  A follow-up posting will be placed to confirm.  For all training on Friday, tickets can be purchased at the training center for $40.  Parent Ticket prices at registration on Saturday and Sunday will be available and less costly than the Mountains of Distinction discount.  (HVFT Event Organizer)

ECS A Mogul Crew - Killington Klassic, Killington, VT: Moguls on Saturday and Dual Moguls on Sunday. Training should be ready for Friday on Conclusion. Training tickets available at KSC.

EAST FREE TOUR - NH OPEN, Waterville Valley, NH - Double air event on Friday (open to B skiers!) and Slopestyle on Saturday. For the aerial event only - "A" athletes will be scored to the USSA FSP and "B" athletes will be scored to the Eastern B points list. Training will be open on Thursday.

Good luck to all of our A skiers who are headed out to the NOR AM Tour at Telluride, CO next week and to the aerialists headed to Park City for the UOP Jump Fest.

NEXT WEEKEND -

Please see the schedule on the Events page.

Don't forget about the aerial and slopestyle added to the Eastern Region schedule at Waterville Valley, NH. I know that the freeride crew is working on scheduling a half pipe. The coaches are all talking amongst themselves and once they get a plan in place, I will get the word out to you.

Go big!

Coach Deb

1. Dew Tour is at Killington this weekend.

2. Registration for the Griffin Cup at Loon is in a different location this year - at the Competition Center, and slopestyle will be on Springboard and open for training all day Saturday.

3. The Stratton Event Info has been updated again - version 3. 

Hello Eastern Freestyle-Freeskiing!

Just a couple of things before I start with the event updates.

I know it has been frustrating waiting for event registrations to open this year, but just so you are aware of the process - we wait to be sure that the mountain/event organizer is good to go before we release registration. Going through the refunding process is tedious to say the least. Thanks for your patience with this.

It is always great to see other teams helping out with event venue prep, by volunteering at events and with each other's athletes. Keep it up! Remember we represent EASTERN FREESTYLE-FREESKIING, not just our individual teams.

Big Weekend Coming Up ~

EQS "B's":

Central Region: Stevek's Mogul Challenge, Stratton, VT - m/m. A new event schedule was posted today - check it out.

Eastern Region: Griffin Cup, Loon, NH - m/s. Their event sheet is posted.

Western Region: Rip's Monster Mogul Mash, Hunter, NY - m/m

Greetings Freestyle Athletes, Parents, Coaches, and Fans!
Hunter Mountain is extremely excited to host our EQS –B Mogul two day event. Rips Monster Mogul Mash will be hosted on a new trail. Park Avenue will be dialed into EQS B meet specifications and we are very excited about the new location. As always, we open our doors to USSA Freestyle athlete’s to join in the fun and excitement this event draws. Hunter Mountain’s Management and Events staff are committed to making your visit a pleasant one. Our Freestyle community has a history of smooth running events. We look forward to your arrival. We hope all Coaches and Athletes will consider rallying your team to join the fun on January 21-22.

EAST FREE TOUR starts this weekend at Okemo, Vt with slopestyle events on Saturday and Sunday. These events are open to all of our skiers, but more appropriate for the older crew. That said, groms are always welcome!

ECS "A's":

Whiteface Bumps & Jumps, Lake Placid, NY - m/dm We are SUPER PUMPED about Lake Placid's appearance back onto the A schedule. PLEASE tell me you are heading over on Thursday to watch the World Cup and to train on the WC course on Friday before the event gets underway on Saturday! Thursday's World Cup event will feature the best mogul skiers in the world AND some of our very own Eastern athletes! (Honestly - too many to list here! Oh ok - Hannah Kearney, Eliza Outtrim, Brittany Loweree, Alison Digravio, Troy Murphy, David Digravio, and Jeremy Cota) On top of the mogul event on Thursday, the Aerial WC will take place on Friday and Saturday nights at the jumping complex - you know, the hill next to the water ramps, so we can head over and cheer the US Team as well (Eastern athletes on the air hill - Emily Cook, Alison Lee, Kiley McKinnon, Dylan Ferguson, Jon Lillis, Hans Gardner, Alex Bowen, Mike Rossi, Mac Bohonnon and Nevin Brown.) Should be a super fun weekend! Hope you can make it!

All of that said, Mike Kirchner at NYSEF needs some help still. I promised him that our Eastern coaches would help out with the chop each morning, but if there are any parents that would like to volunteer for the usual positions, then they will provide lift access for the day you work as well as give you a voucher for another day. Send Mike an email at Michael Kirchner <kirsh68@frontiernet.net>.

Lastly, I am PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE the addition of a GREAT TRAINING opportunity for all of our mogul, freeride and aerial athletes. Joe Davies and the Elite Aerial Program are hosting air camps at Lake Placid this winter. The venue will be set up to help athletes from all of the disciplines to advance their air skills. I have attached a flier to this notice. Please check it out! Space is limited and I know that KMS Freeskiing is already signed up...best place to get the dub flips going...onto a chopped landing!

Have a great weekend.

Be nice and courteous to all!

GO TEAM USA!

Coach Deb

PS Did I mention that Hannah Kearney is going for her 11th straight win at Lake Placid on Thursday! GO HK!

Hello!

Congrats to all of the competitors on a great weekend of competition. All kinds of great reports have been coming into the office! Thanks again to the commitment from the mountains and their staff for making it happen for the kids! Reminder: anyone that is taking pictures - please load them up to Smugmug or Picasa and send me the link to share.

Registration has been a little off this year. Please call Mother Nature to complain. She really needs to start hearing from us!! Thanks for your patience and persistence...we are just trying to open registration once we are sure the event is a go.

Explanation of a new rule for the B's as we head into a weekend with our first slopestyle event - see end of email.

EAST FREE TOUR ~ Okemo, VT is ready to host the VT Open next weekend - Jan 21-22. That said, we may see a schedule change or two, unless the mtn is able to get the half pipe open. Please stay tuned this week for updates.

Central Region Reminder and Update - Sugarbush was cancelled. Mt Snow will be hosting a SS-A/SS-A in lieu of a mogul event this year to make up for the SS-A cancellation at Preston Cup. Finally, Stratton is getting pumped to host the annual Stevek's Mogul Challenge (M/M) next weekend.

Eastern Region - Eastern Throwdown, Jan 14-15 ~ M/SS. The event is on for this weekend. Registration opened tonight for in-region and will open at 6pm for out of region. Event info sheet should be up shortly.

Western Region - Toyota Freestyle Fest, Bristol, NY ~ M/M See below.

ECS "A" Meet - Toyota Freestyle Fest, Bristol, NY ~ M/M/DM See below.

A/B Toyota Freestyle Fest, Bristol, NY ~ PLEASE READ CAREFULLY.
There are a number of changes for our event this year, all driven by the incredibly warm weather and horrible snowmaking conditions. Neither of our normal course sites has adequate coverage to build anything on. As a result (after tremendous amounts of negotiations) Bristol was extremely generous to give us their main trail (Upper Rocket). Both courses will be located on this trail. The B course will run from the very top of the mtn and the A course will start directly below the B finish area. As of this update both courses are fully built including all airs and we have been training on them. Here are a few bullets that I need to make sure everyone understands in order to make this event run smoothly.

1. Spectators - THERE IS NO FOOT ACCESS TO EITHER COURSE! There will also be no spectators allowed directly below the B course - coaches only. The area at the bottom of the B, top of the A course will be very crowded and we cannot impede skier traffic going by. There is plenty of space at the side of the B course and tons of flat space at the bottom of the A course (this area is half way up the mtn though).

2. A athletes - There will be a fenced in area for you to congregate while you wait for your run. You must keep all of your gear (especially skis) inside of that area to allow skier traffic to flow by.

3. Skier traffic - as you might be able to tell from my previous two bullets, the mountain is extremely concerned that our event will pinch off traffic to the runs below. I have assured them that there is adequate room to ski by our courses and this will not be an issue. Please help me make sure that the general public can use the remainder of the trail.

4. All athletes - at all times please keep your speed in check when you are skiing by the courses and when you are going to the bottom down Lower Rocket.

This should be an exciting event and a really cool setup having both courses set up in this manner and running simultaneously. We are very much looking forward to hosting the Eastern Freestyle community. All training and event times remain unchanged. Thanks and see you all this weekend!!! ~Johnny

Think Snow!

Coach Deb

 A summary of the EQS Rules in reference to aerial manuevers for the 2011-2012 season. ~ by Mark Depeters

EQS Slopestyle

Inverts are NOT ALLOWED.  Spins greater than 900 and off-axis tricks must have their maneuvers qualified by a USSA Level 2 or higher coach.  If the athlete does not have the maneuvers qualified, then they must have a USSA level 2 aerial coach or higher present at the event to represent them.  (EQS 10.4) Athletes wishing to compete spins greater than 900 or off-axis tricks must perform these maneuvers during official training.  (EQS 10.5)

EQS Aerial "Big Air"

This is the same event and will be scored as traditional aerials, using the Degree of Difficulty Chart and Multipliers.

Spins greater than 900, off axis and inverts ARE Allowed subject to the following:

For EQS aerial/big air events any athletes performing spins greater than 900, inverted jumps and off-axis tricks must have these maneuvers qualified in accordance with the current USSA rules (Section 3070 in the USSA Freestyle/Freeskiing Competition Guide) and must have a USSA Level 2 aerial or higher certified coach present.  (EQS 10.1)

For EQS aerial/big air events any athletes performing spins greater than 900 inverted jumps and off-axis tricks must have these maneuvers listed on the USSA Freestyle Jump Qualification List, available at www.easternfreestyle-freeskiing.org.  (EQS 10.2)

In EQS aerial/big air events jumps may not be repeated. Jumps must be called down to the head judge.  Calling down jumps in EQS aerials/big air is merely to help educate the athletes and judges. If an athlete does not perform the jump called down the judges will score the jump performed with no deductions.  (EQS 15.4)  Please be aware using this format both jumps will count towards the final score.  The score is a combination of the two jumps performed.

The highest degree difficulty jump that is going to be performed during the competition must be performed during official training.

EQS Moguls

For EQS mogul events athletes may not perform spins greater than 720, inverted jumps or off-axis tricks.  (EQS 10.3)

Reminder: EQS mogul athletes are invited to participate in one mogul and one dual mogul event at the ECS level each year.

For all EQS events if the Technical Delegate deems the situation unsafe; the site not appropriate; the athlete having problems with the jump, then the TD may exclude the jump from the competition.  (EQS 10.6)

Here's the deal for Friday Training ~

8:30am - Head coaches meet at SR Comp Center to discuss plan.

9:00 am - EVERYONE should be dressed and ready to head up to the mogul hill to prepare the first full mogul course in the East. Sunday River has made it happen in the midst of one of the worst early season starts, and we need to support them. With temperatures dropping and snowmaking only able to happen for the last couple of days, they are on a tight schedule and need help from the community.

So pack up the SUV's and get on up there so we can prep the moguls, build the jumps and chop the landings and get training open some time after lunch. Sound good? Sweet!

A big thanks to the Sunday River crew for getting this event off the ground and especially to the snowmaking crew!

Good luck to all - have a great weekend!

Coach Deb

PS If you just show up after lunch to train, well...ummm....

ECS A Meet - Mogul Maine-ia, Sunday River, ME ~ mogul/dual mogul - Coach Kimble reports that things still look good for next weekend. He will let us know whether training will be available on Friday, once they start the build and have a better idea of timeline. We will open registration on Tuesday night.

EQS Central Region - Sugarslide, Sugarbush, VT - mogul/mogul - Coach Smith reports that they have to postpone until Jan 14-15. We will open registration on Tuesday night to give everyone a chance to get home and back online.

EQS Eastern Region - Preston Cup, Waterville, NH - mogul/mogul - Coach Preston reports that the aerial portion of the meet will have to be postponed until later this winter. They will be good to go with a mogul course to start the Eastern Region's season though. We will open registration on Tuesday night to give everyone a chance to get home and back online.

Looking ahead - A bunch of the Eastern freeskiers are heading out to North Star this week for the second stop on the Rev Tour. After competing in Tahoe, they will come back to open the new EASTFREE Tour with the first stop at Okemo on Jan 21-22. Coach Kroetz over at Bristol Mtn is getting ready to rock for their annual mogul extravaganza on Jan 14-16. He wants to be sure that everyone is saving the date!

Looking back - Congratulations to PSI athlete, Troy Murphy and CVA athlete, Alison Digravio for their performances at the US Selection Events in Steamboat, CO. Both athletes qualified for World Cup starts at the upcoming Lake Placid, NY and Deer Valley, UT World Cups in January. Go EAST COAST! While in Utah, the Eastern aerialists were also posting up some great results, including Dylan Fergusen (Waterville) and Mac Bohonnon (Stratton).

SPECIAL NOTE - PLEASE HELP! A freestyle friend from the Far West Division took quite a spill out at US Selection Events in Steamboat. Jake Hickman of Squaw Valley Freestyle is currently in Denver, Co and has been accepted into the Craig Hospital spinal cord injury rehabilitation program. Jake has been well supported by his family and many of the Rocky Mountain Freestyle families over the last week, but I am hoping that the Eastern Freestyle-Freesking community will now help to support him from afar. Please check out the website here. With over 500 families in the East, we could really make a difference in this young athlete's road to recovery. It is times like these when we can all be thankful to be a part of this great community.

Happy New Year!

Think SNOW!

Coach Deb

The week prior to US Selections at Steamboat Springs, Rocky Mountain Freestyle is hosting a Champs/Senior Moguls and an Open Moguls at Winter Park. Our Champs/Senior Moguls event is run as much like a FIS event as allowed by USSA rules. After the morning qualifier run, there will be a performance cut to the top 20 skiers of each gender for afternoon finals. Unlike a FIS event, the better of the two runs determines the event score for the top 20 skiers (so it's not a true "finals" format as defined by FIS rules).
 

JUNIOR NATIONALS, Steamboat, CO: March 7 to 13, 2011

The first round of Juniors invites will expire at noon today. Please take a minute to check out all the invite lists to be sure that your children, athletes, and teammates have registered. Make some calls if you think someone forgot!!

Our last order for our Division sweatshirt is going in THIS Friday so that we have them in time for Junior Nationals - this will be our team wear - parents, siblings and athletes attending JO's - Get in uniform!!

Here is the link to order:

http://www.easternfreestyle.org/node/259

Here is the link for Juniors Invites:

http://services.easternfreestyle.org/invitations/jo/invitations_jo.php

ECS "A" Eastern Divisional Championships, Waterville, NH: March 1 to 5, 2011

The first round of the ECS Eastern Division "A" Champ invites are up now. These invitations are set to expire on Feb 25th at noon. The invitation process for HP and SS is different this year, as voted by the EFCC in the 2010 Spring meeting. Due to an increase in participation in these disciplines(yeah!), quotas of 60 athletes for each event were established. Aerials is still an "open" event and anyone may register.

http://services.easternfreestyle.org/invitations/ecs/ECS_CHAMPS.html

Note from the Organizer:

Hello Eastern Freestyle!
Waterville Valley is happy to host the 2011 Eastern Divisional Championships. We are excited to offer all five disciplines at this year's championships. We hope you will enjoy your time at Waterville before heading off to Junior Olympics in Steamboat this year. Please note the following:

BagJump Competition
Directly following the aerial competition, we will host a fun Big Air competition into Waterville's brand new BagJump! Come show off your biggest jumps and try out the Bag! The competition will cost $40 and will include a lift ticket for the day. (For those of you just training that day, your training ticket will cost $30, so for $10 more you'll get the chance to hit the BagJump). Sign up online!

Banquet
The banquet will be held on Thursday evening directly after Slopestyle. We hope that all of our freeride and mogul skiers can join us for a fun evening at the Waterville Valley Conference Center. Competitors can enter for free. Parent tickets are $32.

Sweatshirts
ECS Champs sweatshirts are for sale online with registration. Pick them up in the WVBBTS Competition Center when you check in. (Marissa also has a sweet "schwag" bag for all the competitors as well - you will get it at registration!)

ECS Champs Aerial Comp
We will host ECS Champs Aerials on Wednesday. This is an open comp, so please consider signing up. Aerials is just a fancy name for Big Air, so come compete your best freeride tricks on our sweet air site! Salomon gear will be given to the winners!

Please do not hesitate to contact us with any questions!
Thanks,
Marissa Preston
Event Organizer
mpreston@wvbbts.org

Congrats to everyone!

Train hard!

Coach Deb

PS

Just an FYI: Once all of the 7 divisions host their Division Champs, 7 Combined Champions will be named as long as each division hosts their championships in aerials, moguls and half pipe. The Combined Champ is the top finisher in the following divisional champ events: moguls, halfpipe and aerials. These athletes are given a start at Junior Nationals in these events only above and beyond the quotas currently named. This may help a couple of our Eastern athletes to qualify for additional events at Junior Nationals, and the current alternate lists may move again once these athletes are named.

PPS 

If you are injured (ugh!) or do not plan to attend Junior Nationals or Eastern "A" Champs, kindly RSVP to: invitations@easternfreestyle.org.

Hello!
Snow and cold temps! Love it!

Eastern Freestyle Sweatshirts:
Please check out the new division wear on the web site - click here. Another big order of Eastern sweatshirts was placed last week and will be shipped soon. We would love some more participation in this to support our scholarship fund. Once March hits, it will be great to have everyone in the division sporting the division sweatshirt to show our pride in the EAST! Get your order in ASAP! Support the team! Support the scholarships!

ECS "A" - Mogul Teams - Kagan Cup, Sugarloaf, ME:

Due to low numbers and the missing single event in December, Sugarloaf is hosting a 2 for 1 event on Saturday.

Event Schedule:
Friday - Moguls
Saturday - Moguls/Duals
Sunday - HP/SS

So, on Saturday, they will run a one run single event, then a dual event to follow. If you have registered for the dual event, then you will be added automatically to the single event in the morning. If you have not registered for anything, then just register! Duals registration will count towards Single Mogul and Dual Mogul event on Saturday.

Online registration closes at midnight on Wednesday!

Thanks to Mr. Lewis for the grandiose idea and to Sugarloaf Events Staff for making it happen!

Coach Digravio says that that course is almost ready to go. A few slip runs in the morning on Thursday and training will be prime!

Good luck to all on this last weekend to qualify for Junior Olympics!

Following are Larry Rowes' links for the Stratton women's singles runs, as well as awards for duals and singles:

http://www.lrowe.smugmug.com/Sports/Stratton-Singles-W-2-5-2011/15764312_XGYp8

http://www.lrowe.smugmug.com/Sports/Stratton-Singles-W-1-5-2011/15760480_QmrGc

http://www.lrowe.smugmug.com/Sports/Stratton-Awards-2-5-6-2011/15763175_SEpZ3

password for these galleries:  stratton 

ECS "A" Freeride Teams - Stop #4 on the Eastern Freeride Tour sponsored by Salomon, Sugarloaf, ME:

When you going to the Home of one of the best freeride teams in the country....how do you not get pumped? Check out the Anti-Gravity Center while you are up north to see where these athletes get to train! 

EQS "B" Central Region - Carinthia Cup, Mt Snow, VT:

The party is always ready at MT Snow! We are sure to have a great event with all the awesome host families this weekend. MT Snow is hosting the 2011 EQS "B" Championships, so come on over and warm up the venue for the big show in March!

Link to Okemo Mogul Photos from Eugene Krylov:

http://searcher.smugmug.com/Sugarbush/Diamond-Dogs/Okemo-B-Moguls-20110129

EQS "B" Eastern Region - Whalejam, Whaleback, NH:

Get your Whalejam on! Slopestyle on Saturday and Moguls on Sunday. Training is open on Friday from 1pm until 6pm.

EQS "B" Western Region - FLITE CUP, Holimont, NY and Buffalo Aerial Assault, Buffalo Ski Club, NY:

Eastern Aerial Events - Open to All!

Another reminder - all of our Eastern Aerial events are open to all competitors. If an EQS "B" event organizer has a single kicker (ask your coach for a definition) then they will sanction the event as an ECS event which will provide the athletes with points on the National Points List if they are registered with a full competitors license and not just a youth license, as well as the Eastern Points List. (This will cost an extra $10 to send your results to USSA for the National Point List to cover head taxes.) This is happening this weekend at Buffalo Ski Club.

Have a great weekend!

Think Snow!

Train Hard! Have Fun!
~Coach Deb

Week 6 is here! (I am sorry for missing 4 and 5!)

URTUR NOR AM CUP:

After the two Aerial Nor Ams that started the season in early January, the mogul teams finally get underway with their Nor AM season this week at the Calgary Olympic Park in Alberta, Canada. The aerial team will join them there as well for their 3rd event on the tour. Good luck to all of our Eastern athletes.

2011 FIS WORLD CUP CHAMPIONSHIPS:

The US Ski Team members for the World Champ event were announced last week. Of the 37 athletes named to the team, 12 of them hail from the East! Good luck to all of you! Hannah is the flag bearer in the Opening Ceremonies!

Aerials
Matt DePeters, Buffalo Ski Club
Dylan Ferguson, Waterville Valley BBTS
Ashley Caldwell, Waterville Valley BBTS
Emily Cook, Carrabasset Valley Academy
Dual Moguls
Jeremy Cota, Carrabasset Valley Academy
Hannah Kearney, Waterville Valley BBTS
Eliza Outtrim, Mt Snow Freestyle
Kayla Snyderman, Waterville Valley BBTS
Halfpipe
Tucker Perkins, North Hampton, NH
Jen Hudak, Okemo
Devin Logan, Mt Snow Freestyle
Moguls
Jeremy Cota, Carrabasset Valley Academy
David DiGravio, Carrabasset Valley Academy
Hannah Kearney, Waterville Valley BBTS
Eliza Outtrim, Mt Snow Freestyle
Slopestyle
Devin Logan, Mt Snow Freestyle

Links to Photos from this season's events so far: Click here. Please send a link along to chairman@easternfreestyle.org if you have photos to share! I would recommend uploading to Smugmug or Picasa so it is easy to download the photos.

Eastern Freestyle Sweatshirts:
Please check out the new division wear on the web site - click here. Another big order of Eastern sweatshirts was placed last week and will be shipped soon. We would love some more participation in this to support our scholarship fund. Once March hits, it will be great to have everyone in the division sporting the division sweatshirt to show our pride in the EAST! Get your order in ASAP! Support the team! Support the scholarships!

ECS "A" - Mogul Teams - MogulFest, Stratton, VT:

Warm up the 2011 US Champs venue by heading over to Stratton for the Mogulfest this weekend. The crew, the poma and the BBQ are all set for us. See you at training on Friday if you can make it!

ECS "A" Freeride Teams - Stop #3 on the Eastern Freeride Tour sponsored by Salomon, Waterville Valley, NH:

After a great start at Okemo and Sunday River, the Eastern Freeride Tour sponsored by Salomon will continue at Waterville Valley this weekend for Stop #3 on the tour. The air site is open with a single, a mogul jump, and medium and large freeride hits. The Organizing Committee has decided to offer a 2 for 1 deal. The double big air event SHOULD be on your schedule if it isn't yet. Hopefully the air bag will be set up as well for everyone to check out. We have heard it is to die for - especially if driving to Lake Placid is not your most favorite thing to do in the summer! The park is all set with some sick 50 foot and 60 foot jumps for the slopestyle comp and the half pipe report is that it is ready to rock! With prizes for the winners from Salomon and Orage...the athletes should definitely be stoked! Registration for this event closes on Wednesday because of the Friday event so dont forget to register!!

ECS "A" - Bibs:

Everyone should bring their bibs to the events! New A skiers will be issued bibs at their first event or B skiers trying out the A's for their one-time shot in moguls and duals will just borrow one. Any veteran A skier that has lost their bib will need to pay $25 for a new one. If an A skier presents an old bib - some are quite a few years old, and it is deemed necessary - the event organizer will issue you a new bib for 2010-2011. Thanks, Double Take Software!

EQS WAIT LIST:

Thanks to Larry Titus for setting us up with the new wait list feature. So far, we have been able to fill many unused spots from this new wait list. This is how it works...once an event fills up, you will see an option to purchase a wait list spot for $10. The system is set up for 5 spots only since we haven't seen any more than that go unused. If you purchase a wait list spot and never get the call up, then your $10 is donated to the scholarship fund. If you get the call up, then the $10 is deducted from the registration fees and you just pay the difference on site to the event organizer. (No additional late fee.)

How to make it work for everyone: Registered individuals that are unable to make the event MUST notify us via email ASAP so we can contact the next person on the wait list in a timely manner. The Eastern Refund policy is still in effect - your notification must be made within 48 hours of the event in order to receive a refund, unless a doctor's note is provided. Having said that, even if you know you will not receive a refund and just can't make it, then please let me know ASAP so I can still let the next person know on the wait list to plan on skiing and we can fill all the spots.

Wait listed individuals should pay close attention to their email over the course of the weeks leading up to the event. We will send you a notice as soon as you get in.

At registration on the morning of the event, the event organizer will have an up to date wait list to put into effect if there is a need.

EQS One Time Visit to an ECS Mogul and Dual Mogul Event:

Don't forget that B skiers are entitled to one visit to one A mogul event and one A Dual Mogul event. With only a few events left in the regular season, get those athletes up for their visit to check out what to expect in the years to come!

Eastern Aerial Events - Open to All!

Another reminder - all of our Eastern Aerial events are open to all competitors. If an EQS "B" event organizer has a single kicker (ask your coach for a definition) then they will sanction the event as an ECS event which will provide the athletes with points on the National Points List if they are registered with a full competitors license and not just a youth license, as well as the Eastern Points List. This is happening next weekend at Buffalo Ski Club.

EQS "B" Central Region - Killington "B" Klassic:

After a challenging couple days of mogul on World Cup for the Stevek Mogul Challenge and a great BBQ, the crew headed to Okemo last weekend for the Okemo B Games and it actually happened on the same weekend as the X Games this year - so cool! This weekend head on over to K-Town for the B event: moguls on Lower Vertigo on Saturday and slopestyle and air on Sunday on Timberline. Training on Friday on moguls will be from 11 to 3 and the park is open to the public all day for slopestyle and air training. We will have a map at the Killington Winter Sports Club to identify the features that will be used for the slopestyle and air events on Sunday. This event is full for moguls, but still has spots in air and slopestyle.

EQS "B" Eastern Region - Banana Bonanza, Sunapee, NH:

Great attendance at the Loon and Sugarloaf events will be followed up by a weekend at Sunapee for their annual banana eating contest (No pressure, Coach Mike!) and slopestyle and aerials on Saturday and moguls on Sunday. This event is full.

EQS "B" Western Region - Freestyle Extravaganza, Holiday Valley, NY:

With some great events at Seven Springs and Hunter, the Western crew will head to Holiday Valley to continue their regular season.

Note from Event Organizer: We are psyched here at Holiday Valley for our FREESTYLE EXTRAVAGANZA to be held this upcoming weekend. The weather looks to be PERFECT!! The skiing looks to be GREAT!! Course builder extraordinaire Richie Morgan, has built us a FANTASTIC 175 Meter THREE LINE course on the challenging Chute run. Besides the fresh powder we received this week our snow making crew has blown lots of snow under Richie’s direction to ensure a beautiful course and nice soft landings! Slopestyle will be held on Snoozer this year. It is being custom built for our Slopestyle meet on Sunday. It will have “features” that the little kids as well as the big kids will enjoy, along with two awesome air jumps. Snoozer is a great location for spectators to walk to from the Main Chalet.

GET PSYCHED…COME JOIN US…GET A TASTE FOR THE SITE of the 2010 ECS B CHAMPIONSHIPS

Because everyone knows….we here at Holiday Valley know how to enjoy freestyle meets!!!!

Have a great weekend!

Think Snow! (I bet it works this time!! LOL!)

Train Hard! Have Fun!
~Coach Deb

Here is the Killington Spring Klassic Update:

We built the course on Conclusion last week. It melted this weekend, though we did have some pretty good training days on it before the crevices and the rocks came through on the head wall!

So, Plan B is to look at Superstar for the A meet. We have the go ahead from the mountain, but we will have to wait and see if any weather comes through on Tuesday and Wednesday that destroys the rest of the mountain leaving ONLY Superstar for the general public. If this is the case, then the likelihood of them giving it us is not very good.

We have 2010 Olympians Michael Morse and Hannah Kearney, the gold medalist, ready to ski a dual to forerun the event, so we are certainly going to do our best to make it happen!

Stay tuned on the home page on Wednesday at 3pm. This is when Coach Gnoza claims he will get the final word.

Hannah is throwing out the first pitch at Fenway on Tuesday night - maybe they will show it.

Who won last night? (Bryan? Lars? Tully? Do you know?)

Hope to see everyone this weekend and to welcome all of our new A skiers!!!