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Ogden Valley Ski Team Shines at Snowbasin
02/02/2012, 6:00am (MST), By Mara Brown
Race Season Continues for Ogden Valley Ski Team
01/26/2012, 6:00am (MST), By Mara Brown
OVST Kicks Off Competition Season
01/19/2012, 6:00am (MST), By Mara Brown
Huge Ski Swap Kicks Off 2011-12 Season for Winter Sports Foundation
09/29/2011, 6:00am (MST), By Mara Brown
Last Chance for the Ogden Valley Junior Olympic Team
04/07/2011, 6:00am (MST), By Mara Brown
Ogden Valley Regional Team Wraps it Up at IMD Champs
03/31/2011, 6:00am (MST), By Mara Brown
Ogden Valley Racers Hit Home Stretch
03/28/2011, 8:30am (MST), By Mara Brown
Ski Team Continues Strong Showing
03/10/2011, 6:00am (MST), By Mara Brown
More Accolades For Ski Team
03/03/2011, 7:00am (MST), By Mara Brown
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Start Your Season Out Right – Top Five Tips
How can you make the first days of the season great? Check out our top five tips for parents and coaches to ensure the start of the season sets the tone for a fun and successful year of skiing and riding.
Continuing Education for Coaches
USSA certified coaches are the backbone of their clubs and have a significant impact on the enjoyment and improvement of the skiers and riders they work with. It is a tough task to stay current in our progressive sports. This is why certified coaches are required to complete continuing education at least once every two years. This activity is tracked by the USSA Sport Education department. Coaches should click here for important information on continuing education to keep their certification current.
USSA Training Systems
The process of developing talent in skiing and snowboarding has many critical steps that are essential for long-term success. The USSA Training Systems outline these key steps as they relate to an individual's biological development, providing a blueprint for coaches, parents and athletes. Learn more attrainingsystem.ussa.org.
Watch and Learn with World Cup Winning Runs
The new Alpine World Cup Winning Runs DVD is an essential addition to every alpine racer's video library. We've pulled together more than 100 of the fastest runs from the 2010-11 World Cup season and added commentary from U.S. Ski Team coaches and athletes like Ted Ligety and Julia Mancuso. Learn by watching the world's best skiers and get fired up for a new season. Order yours at the USSA Education Shop http://educationshop.ussa.org.
COE Nutrition Tip
Check out the new "Enhance Your Pantry" features with quick tips of ways to make an easy swap of common staples for a big nutrition gain.
COE TV Highlight
Proper landing technique is essential for the jumping oriented power workouts common among skiers and riders in the fall. Check out these clips to make sure you enter the season stronger and less susceptible to injury.
USSA Membership Discounts
Check out the great deals for USSA members offered by USSA official suppliers, licensees and partners. Stay tuned - more info to come!
Competition Guides Now Available Online
Competition guides for all sports are now available online.
Snowbasin Ski Education Foundation (SSEF) Announces New Program Director
“The Snowbasin Alpine Team is the racing organization of the Ogden Valley Winter Sports Foundation also known as the Snowbasin Ski Education Foundation (SSEF); a non-profit organization dedicated to the development of young ski racers. The Alpine Team provides a fun, yet challenging way for young men and women to improve their skiing and to develop skills and discipline that will provide lifelong enjoyment of an active outdoor life.”
Ogden, UT (June 7, 2010) – Gordon A. Perry, former Canadian ski team member and a multiple national champion in the sport of Alpine Ski Racing, has been selected as the new Program Director for (SSEF.) Perry’s extensive background and experience, both locally and worldwide, has been instrumental in successfully bringing NCAA student athletes to both individual and national team titles.
Perry served as Head NCAA Ski Coach at the University of Utah (1990-1994) and under his direction successfully coached; 1993 NCAA Champions, 5 Individual National Champions, and 24 All-Americans.
Most recently, Perry lent his expertise in building Westminster College’s new ski program in Salt Lake City. “In just two short years, 2 national championship teams and 4 individual national champions at the USCSA level were achieved,” states Perry.
According to Dr. Jeff Harrison, SSEF President, “A Program Director Selection Committee was formed by the Board of Directors for the purpose of soliciting applications, searching for candidates, reviewing credentials, interviewing candidates and finally to provide the Board with recommendation(s) of the most well-suited Program Director for (SSEF).”
“The high quality of all candidates made the process of recommending a single candidate for the position a challenging task, said Harrison. “However, Gordon A. Perry stood out among the candidates based on his breadth of skills, his resources, and his exemplary qualifications for the technical, social, political and fund-raising aspects of the job.”
Harrison continued, “Gordon has an extensive history in ski racing, an impressive list of credentials, and is the perfect person to catapult our program into the future. He conveys an impeccable record of running ski education programs, and is very enthusiastic and motivated to assume the role of Program Director.”
Harrison, an Orthopedic Surgeon and a U.S. Ski Team Physician, is responsible for starting and subsidizing a Wednesday night ski program at Wolf Mountain for beginner ski racers, and also worked diligently towards the creation of the Ogden Valley Ski Academy at Snowcrest Jr. High in Eden.
He has served on the SSEF Board for 2 years and looks forward to building onto Snowbasin’s long and well known ski racing heritage that began in the 1940’s.
Check Out the Press!
Read about our new training run at Wolf Mountain!
http://www.xploreutah.net/story/wolf-mountain-carves-out-new-run
Coach News
This past weekend, the Ogden Valley Ski Team Regional athletes stayed home to compete in the South Series Giant Slaloms at Snowbasin Resort. It was a highly competitive field, with the Vail, Colorado Ski Club joining Utah’s Intermountain Division racers for two days of giant slalom. On Saturday in the female J5 (ages 9-10) class, Emma Morgan took fifth place, Anne Marie Davis took thirteenth place, and Pearl Marden finished in fifteenth place. In the female J4 (ages 11-12) class, Katie Townsend placed ninth, and Abi Guimond placed fourteenth. In the female J3 (ages 13-14) class, Rachel Lindsey placed fourth on both days, and Greta Webb finished in ninth place on Saturday. Also on Saturday in the male J5 class, Tommy Walsh took the silver. In the male J4 class, Cooper Harrison took the bronze, Jack Davis placed seventh, Chase Miller placed thirteenth, and Christian Belmont finished in fourteenth place. On Saturday in the male J3 class, Blake Miller took the gold, Kyle Ahmann took the bronze, Sean Kenny placed seventh, Brock Christopherson placed tenth, and Matthew Lamy finished in eleventh place. On Sunday in the female J5 class, Emma Morgan placed fourth, Anne Marie Davis placed tenth, and Mikayla Guimond finished in thirteenth place. In the female J4 class, Hallie Miller took the bronze, Katie Townsend placed tenth and Abi Guimond finished in eleventh place. On Sunday in the male J5 class, Bridger Harrison took the silver, Tommy Walsh placed fourth, and Luke Kaschmitter placed sixth. In the male J4 class, Christian Belmont finished in fourteenth place. In the male J3 class, Blake Miller took another gold, Sean Kenny placed ninth and Brock Christopherson ended in seventh place. On February 4 -5, the Junior Olympic J3 racers will head to Park City for a Junior Olympic Qualifier giant slalom race, and the J1-J2 (ages 15-18) athletes will head to Minnesota for the Spirit Mountain Minnesota Slaloms.
