Hi ski racing families,
Photo Day!
This Saturday is photo day for the team.
Each group will have their photo taken by Ryan Schopman who has volunteered to capture the magic! Coaches will make sure their group gets their photo taken.
Shredders Race Schedule:
It is a very challenging season for our skiing friends at lower elevations.
It is looking like the first NG race will be at Phoenix Feb 22 followed by Red on March 1st TBC.
It is snowing!
Whitewater Team Values:Community
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I would like to celebrate the work of our coaches and parent volunteers for being part of this incredible Whitewater Ski Team.
We do much more than teach skiing. We are a community.
A community that supports each other and works through the inevitable challenges by applying our strong team values to guide us as we strive to become better.
We remind our coaches and athletes to put effort into nurturing the community within each of their groups every week. It takes effort.
The benefit of being part of a supportive team community is huge. For athletes this can be finding a place where they feel loved and supported by fellow athletes and coaches so that they can be truly vulnerable and not afraid to fail on their own path to their personal best performance and to be the best version of themselves. They will make mistakes along the way and we will all be there to help them as they get back up and try again.
This is the key to building successful athletes at all levels, and all of our athletes find their own success.
We coaches, parents and athletes all benefit from being a part of this community and many of us find a sense of belonging and purpose along the way.
Way to go Whitewater Ski Team!
Race Season for our Provincial Program!
U16:
- Jackie and the U16’s are back from Sun Peaks and the first U16 TECK OPEN event in BC!
- All of our 4 athletes had some ups and downs and were placing in the middle of the Provincial pack with some highlights – Gemma Leishman 10th in the Province in Slalom! A big accomplishment in a very strong field.
Special Olympics:
The Whitewater Ski Team has been partnering with the Special O organization in Nelson to train one of their athletes -Kingsley who is preparing for the Regional Qualifier in Kimberley next month. Stay tuned for more updates on this athletes progress!
Sunday parent sessions:
sign up here: Adult sessions
- Sunday morning carve sessions 9:00-11:30 at the Silver King $20 drop in: We had a great carve session last Sunday morning and I hope to continue again this Sunday. We worked on unlocking the performance of your skis and did a video analysis session. Sign up if you are interested in finding a deeper enjoyment of skiing…
- Village Ski Hut is offering 1 FREE demo on their demo carve quiver. The list and other info is on the link above.
- Sunday afternoon gate training Noon-2:30 for all abilities!
- You need to put your info on the google sheet above to participate.
Calendar:
- Please visit our team calendar for startup of programming and events: whitewaterskiteam.ca under Info
Social Media:
- Help us expand our community and celebrate our success by liking and subscribing!
- Share your favourite posts with your friends!!
- Instagram: whitewater_ski_team_official
- facebook: Whitewater Ski Team
- While on facebook you can go to our Whitewater Ski Team Members Group Page this is where our team members swap ski racing equipment during the season. You will need to request access as this is only for our team members.
Always a huge shout out to Carleigh who is doing a fantastic job on our socials!
Ski Racer Geeks Corner:
So if you have read this far into the update you deserve something especially geeky..
Only a week until the 2026 Olympics in Cortina Italy!
- Mens Shladming Slalom run 2 Kitzbuhel Slalom run 2
- Womens Špindlerův Mlýn GS run 2 Slalom run 2
- You can always go to the CBC sports player They are doing a fantastic job of covering Canadian sport!
Enjoy!!
Have a great week!
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((Dylan Henderson250-505-9572Program Director
