2014 WINTERFEST – Collingwood, ON
February 10th–16th
What is WinterFest?
WinterFest is a week long, mid-winter ski racing festival taking place against the backdrop of the 2014 Olympic Winter Games and during the U18 National AND U16 Can Ams championships, and culminates in our own exciting version of the winter games in Alpine Ontario’s WinterFest Olympic Challenge! We invite all AOA families to join us at WinterFest and help us celebrate the sport we love. The Challenge starts with a non-stop action dual slalom where our young racers will not only be mentored by our former National team member, Ontario Ski Team athletes, and some of our fastest U18 racers; they will then test their mettle against them. The WinterFest Olympic Challenge then takes the battle to the streets for more mini-Olympic events! Then meet back in the Village square to enjoy awards, live music, a lively bib draw, and take part in creating a very special message to our athletes competing in Sochi. Celebrations continue at the WinterFest Lounge at Kaytoo with an Olympic-themed cocktail reception with old friends, new friends, food, drinks, music and auctions!
What about the rest of the week?
This year’s marquee event, the WinterFest Olympic Challenge takes place on February 14th, but the entire WinterFest week is filled with so many exciting and fun events for all. Bring your families for days of exciting racing when the country’s fastest U18’s and U16’s each vie for the championship title, ski with National and Ontario Ski Team alumni, take part in bib draws, fun activities, Fast and Female Power Hours, awards, giveaways, entertainment, auctions, and PARTIES…AND…a chance to be a STAR in our new WinterFest video!
How does WinterFest all play out?
The schedule of events looks like this:
U18 Nationals U14 Can Ams
Discipline Location Discipline Location
Date:
Monday, Feb 10 Giant Slalom Georgian Peaks
Tuesday, Feb 11 Giant Slalom Georgian Peaks
Wednesday, Feb 12 Slalom TSC
Thursday, Feb 13 Slalom TSC Giant Slalom Osler Bluff
Friday, Feb 14 Off (see below) Giant Slalom Osler Bluff
Saturday, Feb 15 Slalom Devil’s Glen Slalom
Sunday, Feb 16 Slalom Devil’s Glen Slalom

AOA WinterFest Olympic Challenge – February 14th, Blue Mountain Village
Time Activity Location
2:30pm Participant Sign In The Village at Blue
3:00-5:00pm AOA WinterFest Olympic Challenge – On Hill with CAST/OST Alumni Blue Mountain
5:00-6:00pm Olympic Challenge continues in the Village Blue Mountain
6:00-7:00pm Awards, Bib Draw, Presentations, Video, & Music Center Stage, Village
7:00-10:00pm Cocktail Reception & Auction at WinterFest Lounge Kaytoo, Village

AOA Fast and Female Power Hour sessions (more tba)
Date Venue 1 Venue 2 Venue 3
February 13th Toronto Ski Club (Champ Camp)
February 14th Osler Ski Club Devil’s Glen
February 15th Craigleith Ski Club Georgian Peaks SC Milton Heights

How to get involved?
• Sign up for the WinterFest Olympic Challenge on February 14th and race head to head with your heroes! All ages and abilities are welcome. Go to alpineontario.ca/winterfest to register.
• Come out to the Bib Draw/Awards at the Village in the Square and meet us after at the WinterFest Lounge at Kaytoo for music, videos, refreshments and shopping – no tickets necessary!
• Sign up through your club or email us to take part in the AOA WinterFest Fast and Female Power Hour or Champ Camp sessions across the Escarpment throughout WinterFest week.
• Come out and watch the excitement of the U18 Nationals and/or the U16 CanAms throughout the week.
• Get your Audi Speed Nation Raffle Tickets and win a chance to drive away in a band new Audi!
What are the Fast and Female Power Hour sessions?
Alpine Ontario brings Fast and Female to WinterFest, hosting the organisation’s signature events here in Collingwood starting February 13th in support of the 2014 Winter Olympics. Fast and Female is an organization dedicated to empowering young girls through sport, and encouraging them to make healthy and positive choices. At AOA, we believe this program embodies the values most essential to building champions in the truest sense of the word, helping them succeed in all aspects of their lives…programs like these capture the spirit of WinterFest, we think it’s a great fit.
We will be hosting separate Fast and Female events throughout the Collingwood area and beyond; including several Power Hour sessions and one Champ Camp at Toronto Ski Club. Not only are the sessions fun, they are also be a great way to support the women competing in the Olympic Games AND in our community at the same time. Ontario athletes like our Erin Mielzynski and Larisa Yurkiw not to mention other Canadian women like Marie-Michele Gagnon and Brittany Phelan of Quebec will be competing in the Winter Games and these athletes have all worked so hard to achieve, they deserve our support as they head into the games. Please come and support our women and this amazing cause!
There are several session options available to any young women from 9 to 19, for full listings see the event schedule above. Everyone is welcome. We’ve several sessions to choose from; if your club is not hosting one of our sessions, join in one of the other sessions or join the large gang at the Champ Camp at Toronto Ski Club.

 

Beaver Valley is participating in the new Toronto Snow Show! Location at the International Centre offers Free Parking, Free Admission to kids under 10.   Tickets may be  purchased online  www.torontosnowshow.com.

This year’s show includes:

• Buy 1 get 1 Free Ontario lift ticket to all attendees
• Outdoor Pro Am Rail Jam designed by our very own Caleb Bosse!
• Indoor Burton Riglet Park
• Premier of Sherpa’s Cinemas film “Into the Mind”
• Manufacturers’ Showcase
• The best deals on ski and snowboard gear
• Ski Swap
• SKAM Live Art Demo
• The Bison-Prinoth Groomer Display
• Enter the Beaver Valley Draw to win 1 of 3 Sony Action Cams!

 

Beaver Valley Ski Club Where Adventure Lives from Kim Giffen on Vimeo.

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2013 BVSC Snarr Banked Slalom from Kim Giffen on Vimeo.

Where Adventure Lives

Banked Slalom Athlete Results

Banked Slalom Results

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Sorry for the delay in posting Industry results, since this is our first Banked Slalom we felt it was necessary to define what qualifies in the Industry category which turned out to be a rider’s list of 61 Men & Women. Outside of coaches,  industry athletes means that you are working in the industry full time or at least the majority of the year in the industry. “Coaches” who designated themselves as industry will remain in the industry category.

Full time top pro or am athletes , Matt Morisson and Brad Gauley were removed from the rider’s list as it was felt that full time National Team athletes training for 2014 Olympics is a bit of a stretch to meet the definition of “working in the Industry”.  We are stoked that you came out!

Thanks to all for coming out, it was a great day!

Rebecca’s Hope Raffle Winners

Hey if you purchased raffle tickets for the Rebecca’s Hope Fundraiser yesterday check your tickets against these winning numbers.

Blue Jay Tickets 045286, Raptor Tickets 044465, Leaf Tickets 044599, Sony Camera Pack 044911, I-Pod Shuffle 044480, Jane Lockhart Gift Certificate 045096, Blackberry Playbook & Computer Travel Bag 044166, Women’s Snowboard boots 044239, Union Snowboard bindings 046894, Blue Snowboard & bag 044982, Asics Golf Jacket 044687, Sleeman Gift Basket 046643, Premium Beer 6 Pack 046653, Family Game Basket 046698

If you are a winner, please bring your winning ticket into Member Services to redeem your prize.  519 986 2520 ext 221  The deadline to claim your prize is Sunday March 31st, 2013

Thank you for your donation to Rebecca’s Hope.

March 23rd at Beaver Valley Ski Club

It’s Ski Cross week at Beaver Valley!  BEAVER VALLEY NOR AM TIMETABLE
Come out & cheer on the athletes!

saw the BV crew sharing a training lane with some female World Cup athletes from Slovakia, Poland, & Italy who competed at the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver.  Probably the best experience our young athletes have had in their racing career!  I must say they stepped it up a notch and all skied better than I have ever seen them ski.  Not kidding!!  I am very proud of each of them!  We used a timing system and were between 2.5 to 6 seconds off the pace they were setting on roughly a 40 second GS course.

It was an amazing day!

At the end of training we posed for pictures with a couple of the athletes for the scrap book and one of the World Cup athletes shared her memories of being a young girl with a similar experience which fueled her passion for ski racing. Then we skied off to Italy for lunch at Plateau Rosa from which you can see Mont Blanc, France or turn around and throw a stone back into Switzerland.  Very incredible views in every direction.

An unforgettable day for all of us!

That is the Matterhorn directly behind us.

Please be aware that the date for Dryland Training Fitness Testing with Janique Taylor at Leaside High School in Toronto has been change from Saturday April 28 to Saturday May 5th from 9am-12pm.   All additional dates remain the same June 2, September 15 & October 2nd.

The Rockafellers are hitting the North Deck Wednesday March 14th from 3-5pm to party for March Break!

Sun & warm temperatures are in the forecast.

See you there!

The second annual Beaver Valley Snowboard Cross aka Boardercross Championship, the newest of the club’s championship events, took place last Sunday afternoon on the Long John cross course. One of the best cross courses in Ontario, Long John was shaped to perfection offering three “whoops” off the start, followed by four high speed giant banked berms and finishing with a jump and series of rollers. For those riders who did not want to navigate the faster jump line there was an alternative bi-pass lane. Rather than race in head-to-head heats, riders raced one at a time in timed runs for expediency and safety. The course was fast, fun, and exciting! Congrats to all of the boardercrossers who competed. Please see podium results and photos below.

CLUB SNOWBOARD CROSS RESULTS

6 & Under – Ripper Trophy
1. Mason Purkis

7-10 Girls – Harris Trophy
1. Raili Price
2. Brenna O’Brien
3. Mikayla Crawford

7-10 Boys – Koven Cup
1. Jesse Jarrett
2. Luje Pruski
3. Ben Christmann

11-13 Female – Harris Trophy
1. Sarah Tuer-Sipos
2. Jasmine Baird
3. Alex Wasser

11-13 Boys – Koven Cup
1. Lucas Dano
2. Andrew Sammut
3. Michael Nazwaski

14-16 Female – Toporniki Trophy
1. Annie Wortzman
2. Alison Cole

14-16 Male – Birnie Family Trophy
1. Kevin Foy
2. Eric Van Hees
3. James Hendrix

17-20 Female – Harris Trophy
1. Maddy Lang

17-20 Male – Koven Cup
1. Brett Bullock
2. Sam Dano
3. Owen Collins

28-34 Women – Burton Cup
1.Lauren Dimen

41-45 Male – Wilson Trophy
1. Tony Pillar
2. Mike Purkis

46-50 Female – Rainbow Cup
1. Techa Van Leeuwen

46-50 Male – Sundog Cup
1. Jordan Kurtin
2. Andy Baird
3. Patrick Collins

51+ Male
1. Don Kindness
2. Quintin Lang
3. Steve Jarrett

The finale event for all Roxy Ride program girls includes a fun morining slopestyle event in Paradise Progression Park, free BBQ lunch in the Hike Park, Air Bag session in the afternoon, followed by rail jam and awards in the Hike Park.

Schedule:
Register 9-10am at bottom of the Clubhouse by the ticket booth
10:15am Welcome to Take a Hike Park
10:30-noon Slopestyle Competition in Paradise Progression Park
Noon BBQ Lunch Hike Park
1-2pm Airbag Training & Free riding option
2-3pm Open Rail Jam Hike Park
3:30pm Awards & Wrap up- Take a Hike Park

A huge turnout of 70 slopestyle dudes descended on Craigleith last Saturday to show their tricks in the park.

Results from M4 Boys Adam Marks was awarded Gold and teammate Roman Robazza earned Bronze

Matt Elliot was awarded Silver in the M3 Boys category

Track 3 needs your vote to make it to the final round to to be eligible for a new grant program backed by Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment Team Up Foundation.  This is a new grant program this year- a total of $200,000 will be available across 4 charitable grants with $50,000 to each of the 4 charities who win.

Track 3 will be undertaking a renovation project of the Track 3 Portable located at Hockley Valley Resort in awarded the grant.

You may vote daily until February 20th.

To vote daily visit   :http://www.mlseteamupfoundation.org/giving/team-up-foundation-fund/

Sincerely Henk Engels, O.M.C. Executive Director

LONG JOHN X-Course

TAKE A HIKE Practice Park

PARADISE Progression Park is Beaver Valley’s novice to intermediate level park full of small to medium, fun features. The perfect place for progressing the riding skills of all ages, but especially kids!

Paradise Park is designed to perfection for learning and advancing to the next level. Paradise Park contains a small to medium, 4 hit jumpline and 6 to 8 easy styling wide boxes. Paradise creates a safe learning zone with a flatter pitch for natural speed control, stopping and hiking zones for coaching and practicing in a safe, visible environment.

PLAYGROUND Performance Park

FEATURED PARK VIDEO

2012 Beaver Valley PARK BRAWL Slopestyle by Josh Mac Media

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Beaver Valley’s biggest contest is back for 2012 and elevated to a TTR (Ticket To Ride) 3- Star global snowboard tour points event for amateur and pro riders alike with $10,000 in cash and prizes. The Beaver Valley Park Brawl presented by Fathom is one of Ontario’s premier Slopestyle events at one of Ontario’s premier parks. See more info, photos and videos below:

Beaver Valley park staff pro Ryan Ceasar – 40 ft flat down, 2011 Park Brawl.

Mikey Ciccarelli sets up for first jump from the 40ft flat down, 2011 Park Brawl.

The Park Brawl is open to any and all riders with male and female categories for 10 & Under Groms; 11-12; 13-15; and 16+ Open.
Hosted in Beaver’s Playground Park, the PARK BRAWL features one of the longest, full featured slopestyle courses in the country with two separate lines, one for advanced riders and one for Groms and intermediate riders.

Look for tons of new park features for 2012 including: 30 ft Double-C Rainbow; 30 ft A-Frame; 30 ft Down-Flat Handrail; 25 ft Stairset with Handrail and Ledge; Giant Snow Hip; Giant Step-up/Step-Down; Multi-feature Butter Box; X-Games style Launch Cannon; more Urban Rails.

PARK BRAWL SNOWBOARD DEMO VILLAGE
Whether you are there to compete or spectate or just hang out, there will be snowboard demos and swag giveaways from several of snowboarding’ leading brands, plus the Monster Energy girls will be on hand to sample the latest Monster flavours! It all takes place in a music pumping Snowboard Demo Village at the top of Beaver’s Playground Park where you can watch all of the Slopestyle action from the best seats on the hill!

SUPPORTING SPONSORS
Collectively supported by snowboarding’s leading brands including:
Volcom, Rome, Burton, Quiksilver, Vans, Electric, Roxy, Oakley, Capita, Union, Billabong, Von Zipper, DaKine, Forum, Spy, Endeavor, 686, Rip Curl, Nomis, Technine, Special Blend, Analog, Salomon, Bonfire, O’Neill, Four Square, ProTec, Ripzone, Red, Libtech, Thirtytwo, Dragon, I/S Design, Never Summer, Gnu, Air Hole, Skullcandy, Coal, Anon, Capix, Flux, Celsius, Brass Knuckle Therapy, Snowboard Canada Magazine, SnowboardCanada.com, and sbcwomen.com.

REGISTRATION:
Entries Limited on first come basis.
Advance Registration at Fathom Board Shop, Collingwood: 470 First Street, (705) 444-6606
On-site registration 8:00-9:00am at the Beaver Valley’s “KEG” upper lodge.
Entry fee is $25 in advance and $30 on-site the day of. Lift tickets $30. Helmets mandatory.
Beaver Valley riders should check with Beaver Valley Snow Parks Manager Caleb Bosse for more info. Email: caleb.bosse@beavervalley.ca

VIDEOS:
Check out videos from the 2011 contest:  http://vimeo.com/channels/beavervalleysnowparks

EVENT SCHEDULE (subject to change):
8:00am – 9:00am      Competitor Registration, Check-in, Swag Bag Pick-Up – “THE KEG” lodge, hill top parking lot, just above Playground Park
9:00am – 10:30am    Slopestyle Course Inspection, Warm-up & Practice, Playground Park – competitor bib required, helmets mandatory
10:30am                    Rider’s Meeting, Top of Playground Park
10:45am                   Slopestyle Contest Start – Heat 1
Awards – Following Completion of Contest at “THE KEG” lodge, hill top parking lot, just above Playground Park

2011 PARK BRAWL RESULTS
The top competitors at the 2011 Beaver Valley Park Brawl Slopestyle were:
OPEN MALE: 1. Max Eberhardt; 2. Tyler Nicholson;  3. Andrew Skelhorn;  4. Mason Hambly;  5. Trevor Niblett
OPEN FEMALE: 1. Sam Denena;  2. Victoria Marshall;  3. Bree Simpson;  4. Kiersten Higginson;  5. Jackie Sakaguchi

Top 2011 BV competitors:
BOYS 12 & Under: 2nd Copper Deimer; 4th Will Craik; 9th Jesse Jarrett; 10th; Sam Koven; 11th Brett MacDonald; 12th Anthony Sehl.
MALE: 13-15: 5th John Fellner; 15th Sam Parker
MALE: 16+ Open: 7th Ryan Ceasar, 24th Silas MacKinnon

Beaver Valley’s 9 yr old Jesse Jarrett 50/50 – 20 ft down rail at the 2011 Park Brawl.

Novice to intermediate level park event for snowboard program participants from Beaver Valley and other southern Ontario club and resort programs. Ages: 5-15 boys and girls. Location: Paradise Progression Park. Tons of fun and prizes! Check with your snowboard coach or instructor to enter.

Please see more info and event schedule below.

Did you know? fact: Slopestyle park riding is now an official Olympic event and will debut in the 2014 Olympics in Sochi, Russia.

SATURDAY JANUARY 14, 2-3pm – Take A Hike Park

SATURDAY JANUARY 28, 2-3pm – Paradise Progression Park

SATURDAY FEBRUARY 18, 6-7pm – Saturday Night Fever Rail Jam, Take-A-Hike Park

Beaver Valley’s super fun grassroots park jam series for all levels and ages of the club’s park shredders. Tons of prizes and good times courtesy of Quiksilver.

Check out the video from the 2011 contest here!

Don’t miss the chance to train on Beaver Valley’s new “Bag Jump” air bag as part of next week’s Snowboard and Freeski Park camps. It’s not too late to sign-up, but numbers are limited so don’t delay! See video link below for the air bag in action at Beaver Valley February 2011.

BV’s new “Bag Jump” is the most advanced air bag jump training aid in the world used by the best park riders and camps to safely learn new jumps and tricks. The 50 ft x 50 ft air bag provides a huge, safe, and soft landing pad for all levels and ages. Best of all it’s incredibly fun! And Beaver is one of the only Clubs or Resorts that has the air bag!

Head Snowboard Coach, Caleb Bosse demonstrating the air bag at Beaver Valley, February 2011.

The “Bag Jump” air bag will be set up in the Playground Park next week. Check in now with the Snow School desk to sign up for next week’s Snowboard and Freeski Park Camps.

By the way did you know that “Slopestyle” park riding is the newest Olympic event for both Snowboarding and Skiing for men and women. Slopestyle will debut at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia and Canada has the best Slopestyle park riders in the world including:
Snowboarding: Seb “Toots” Toutant; Mark McMorris, Charles Reid; Spencer O’Brien
Freeskiing: TJ Schiller; JF Houle, Alexi Godbout; Kaya Turski

CLICK HERE TO CHECK THIS BEAVER VALLEY SNOW PARKS VIDEO OF THE AIR BAG IN ACTION LAST YEAR!

It’s the Semi-Final voting round that will last until Friday December 16th, you may vote once/day to help athletes at Grey Highland Secondary School realize their dreams through the Aviva Community Fund.

To vote for the Jordan Fawcett Memorial Fund and learn more click here http://www.avivacommunityfund.org/ideas/acf11387