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Freeride Snowboard Team

board_airYouth programs are a top priority for Bear Valley. The Mountain’s Team programs are designed to foster a love for snow sports, develop ski/snowboard athletes, encourage a healthy lifestyle and enrich the child/family experience. To aid in increasing attention to team members, Bear Valley has enlisted our Administrative Specialist, Bri Bales, to support registration, scheduling, communication, class organization on practice days and events. If you are interested in the program, please contact Brianna by email.

Snowboard Freeride Teams
(Age 13-18)
$599 Team only.  Tickets/pass purchased separately.

The Freeride Team is for snowboarders who want to slide the steep and deep and fine tune their park skills. The focus for this team will be on jumps, rails, pipe, steeps and safety.The teams are for girls and guys, ages 13 to 18 with intermediate and above skills. Training is every other weekend throughout the season.

Training Schedule:

Attendance is REQUIRED opening weekend so that groups can be formed. This is necessary to avoid ongoing shuffling of participants between groups, provide consistency and improve the overall experience.

Schedule  2009/2010

December
12/19-20  Opening Weekend, Required attendance
Sunday 12/27 Through Saturday 1/2/2010   CHRISTMAS CAMP
(M-Th Morning sessions only – off New Years Day)

January: 1/16-17, 1/30-31

February: 2/13-14, 2/27-28

March: 3/13-14, 3/27-28

All training takes place for 2 hours in the AM and 2 hours in the PM.

  • Morning training will start at 9:00am sharp. Afternoon training will start at 12:00pm sharp.

*** ALL ATHLETES must be on the snow, at the west end of the sun deck with all gear on and ready to go at least 5 minutes before training starts. This will be the departure and return area for all teams. The coaches and teams cannot wait for late arrivals, so it is important to be out on time.

Bear Valley Sports Education Foundation (BVSEF)

  • BVSEF is a not-for profit organization dedicated to the support of Bear Valley’s snowsports athletes. Its membership is made up of parents and volunteers, such as yourselves, whose children are involved in the snowsports programs at Bear Valley.
  • All families will need to register on the Bear Valley Sports Education Foundation website at www.bvsef.org. This is a free site with your team membership, but does require a password to access. This is the main form of communication that will be used by Bear Valley and its coaches to keep you updated on your child’s ski program throughout the ski season. If you have not already registered, PLEASE DO SO AS SOON AS POSSIBLE!
  • Individuals and families who are not Team members may register on the website as an Associate Member for $25.00/yr or other supporting donations.
  • To help keep the cost down on your child’s skiing program, BVSEF parent members should plan on volunteering their time at the events that take place at Bear Valley throughout the ski season. Some of the events that we support through our volunteerism are:

1). The Rasmussen Classic, our USSA Far-West J4-J5 slalom race will be held on January 9-10, 2010.

2). Jim Bottomley Memorial Race. Date to be announced.

3). Devo Olympics- End of the season race for all Devo participants.
5). Slush Cup Dual Pro-Style GS-A fun race for all abilities is March 28th, 2010 (new date as of March 4)

4). Auction and Fund raising events, such as our Silent Auction and
Casino Night. (Dates to be announced).

Please help our young athletes by being a volunteer. If all parents could commit to volunteering at these events throughout the year we will be able to help Bear Valley put on a great ski season for our children.

Registration dates for the 09/10 Freeride Team coming soon. Youth programs are a top priority for Bear Valley. The Mountain’s Team programs are designed to foster a love for snow sports, develop ski/snowboard athletes, encourage a healthy lifestyle and enrich the child/family experience. To aid in increasing attention to team members, Bear Valley has enlisted our Administrative Specialist, Alicia Samis, to support registration, scheduling, communication, class organization on practice days and events. If you are interested in the program, please contact Brianna by email.

Bear Valley has produced some of the best riders in the country. Skiers Mike Schimke (Winter X Gamer & Paul Mitchell American Freeskier Tour) and Tyler Skivington (Paul Mitchell American Freeskier Tour skier) developed their skills on our mountain. Safelight Rails, Bear Valley’s official rail supplier developed their products right here.