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end of season party, urgent update.

2011-03-24T17:08:00.001-04:00

Diamond Dog End of Season Party will be at Clay Brook's Owners Lounge,

Saturday the 26th, at 6pm.

Awards at 6:45.

Kids bring a bathing suit, parents BYOB.

Cliff Long will provide Pizzas, and the rest will be pot luck based on last names:

A-H= main dish

I-O= appetizers

P-Z=Desserts

It is crucial that you email me if you are coming, and the # of your party. If your name is not on my list than your kids risk getting kicked out of the pool.

Thanks Cliff for making this happen, hope to see all of you there

Jonathan Smith (Smitty)

Sugarbush Freestyle Head Coach

FW: Mountainside Ski Service Sale

2011-03-22T10:10:00.000-04:00

From: Ashleigh Pare [mailto:tizion@hotmail.com]
Sent: Monday, March 21, 2011 6:47 PM
To: Jon Smith
Subject: FW: Mountainside Ski Service Sale

Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2011 17:51:43 -0400
From: mss@madriver.com
To: tizion@hotmail.com
Subject: Mountainside Ski Service Sale

Hi Ash, Can you forward this to Smitty and get it out to the Dogs? Thanks B.

Freestyle Team News

2011-03-21T15:48:00.001-04:00

End of the Season Party and Awards:

-We will not be having our party at Clay brook this weekend. there is a Blazer wide potluck and BBQ at the Valley House lodge on Saturday. http://www.sugarbush.com/vermont-skiing-snowboarding/seasonal-programs-report Hope to see you there.

-Tips should be given to Smitty who will distribute them to all the coaches equally during our EOS coaches meeting the following weekend.

-Awards will be at the Yurt Saturday at 3:00.

Upcoming Events:

USASA Nationals at Copper. The next round of invites are up with 6 Sugarbush athletes qualifying to the National finals. I know a lot of you are not planning on going, but please decline your spot asap, to allow the next person time to plan their trip.

Spring Bump comp at Mt Ellen. Help us put Mt Ellen to bed for the summer on Sunday the 27th. Registration is at 8am in the base lodge, $20.

Pond Skimming at Lincoln Peak. I will not be sending coaches to do this event, but I do understand that many of you enjoy this event, so just please let me know if you are not going to be at practice to do this.

Tanks For Nothin' park event. Wear a tank top Saturday!

Recent Results:

Moxie Metal Mayhem at Mt Ellen was an amazing display of talent, on a beautiful spring day. Lots of rails and lots of prizes

Triple Crown Moguls at Mad River Glen: Sugarbush held their own on the rock hard course, with 3 in the top ten males, and the winner of the females. SJ Grundon wrapped up her sweep of the Triple Crown, while Matt Bansak got the honorable mention.

Summer Training camps: I will be running a series of trampoline camps at Sugarbush this summer. Official dates and prices will come out soon. They will be day camps, mostly weekends, with two mid week camps.

thanks,

Jonathan Smith (Smitty)

Sugarbush Freestyle Head Coach

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Mt Ellen Bump comp

2011-03-18T18:29:00.001-04:00

Sugarbush is hosting it's annual Spring Mogul Event on Sunday March 27th. Due to requests that I've had from the Bear Mountain Mogul Challenge crowd, I will be building a course with airs, which will be along side a natural mogul course for you 'old-schoollers'. Registration will be $20 in the Mt Ellen Base Lodge @ 8am sharp.

Training will be from 8-10am

10:30-11:30 women's (40 max)

11:40-1:10 men's (80 max)

1:30- 2:00 woman's finals (top 15 from 1st run)

2-2:30 men's finals (top 20 from first run)

3:30 awards on the deck.

Judging will be 25% Turn, 25% Line, 25% Airs, & 25% time, with a full scoring sheet breakdown at awards.

Prizes: Cash, schwag, medals, and Glory!

Course will be open Saturday for training!

Jonathan Smith (Smitty)

Sugarbush Freestyle Head Coach

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USASA Nationals Invites Posted

2011-03-17T11:48:00.001-04:00

The first round of invitations are up for the USASA National championships at Copper Mountain Colorado in April. Congratulations to Dylan Okurowski, Conor Gross, and Bayard Baker! The next round of invites off of the points list will go out on the 20th, and I expect that Berkley Stone, Keegan Hosefros, and Henry Barth will be on the invite list as well. Coach Chris will be sending you a more detailed email later. Way to be Team 'Bush!

Freestyle News March 13th

2011-03-15T15:39:00.002-04:00

Recent Results

At the IFSA event at Jay Peak, in the Junior Division Johnny Egan placed 3rd,and Alex Krylov placed 4th. While in the woman's division Sj Grundon won locking up the Ski the East Freeride tour championship!

Mt snow hosted the EQS Eastern championships for B moguls, where Cam Robinson placed 19th.

Steamboat Springs Junior Nationals Sam Greshin placed 33rd with his 2nd highest scoring run ever with a 20.69. At 16, Sam was competing against the top 18 and under in the nation, congrats Sam on a great event.

Sugarbush Hosted the "Hike Your Hit" slopestyle event for skiers Saturday, Where reportedly Bayard Baker placed 2nd in his group, while Berk Stone took 3rd in his age group.

Upcoming events:

Mad River Glen leg #3 of the "triple Crown," is moguls to be run Saturday the 19th. https://www.madriverglen.com/events/ Contact coach Matt if you are planning on going skiindude22@gmail.com

Sugarbush spring mogul event is Sunday March 27th, help us close Mt Ellen on it's last day of the season.

USASA Nationals invites will be coming out soon. It looks like team Sugarbush will have at least 2 snowboarders and 2 skiers qualified to the event at Copper mnt Colorado. more info to come soon.

16 year old Sam Greshin 33rd amongst those 18 and under in the USA

2011-03-12T17:29:00.000-05:00

Finish Coral. Sam landed his 2nd highest scoring run ever with a 20.69

Aerials site next to the moguls course

Training update from Steamboat

2011-03-10T22:51:00.002-05:00

Sam and Smitty at the bottom of the course

233 meters @ 26 degrees

Freestyle Team News March 7th

2011-03-07T15:19:00.001-05:00

Recent Results:

Smuggs, USASA slopestyle # 4. Berkley Stone, Dylan Okurowski, and Bayard Baker all won their age divisions, while Sean Janko, Keegan Hosefros, & Clayton Trombly picked up podium spots.

Sugarbush, Castlerock Extreme. SJ won the woman's division, Dylan Egan placed 3rd in the junior division, while Johnny Egan and Luke Catlin lost their equipment.

Waterville, USSA Eastern Freestyle Championships. Sam Greshin placed 10th, & Evan Roukema placed 32nd in the field of 53 on Friday. Unfortunately Saturdays dual mogul finals were canceled due to fog.

Killington, USSA B moguls Vermont championships Sunday. Timmy Sullivan 5th, Cam Robinson tied for 9th, Annie Sullivan 6th, Davis Lentz 16th, Alex Krylov 20th, and Nick Schoeller 30th in the field of 53

Mad River Glen Vertical Challenge last Friday, SJ won, and Sofia got 3rd in the woman's, while Matt Bansak took 5th place for the men.

Upcoming Events:

Steamboat Springs Colorado, Sammy G and I are flying out tuesday for junior Olympics, and he will compete in Moguls on Friday, and Duals on Sunday.

Jay Peak, Stop #3 of the Ski The East Freeride tour is this weekend, with qualifying on Saturday, and finals on Sunday. Coach Luke lukeman007@hotmail.com

Mt Snow, USSA b moguls "Eastern Championships," Timmy Sullivan, Cam Robinson, & Annie Sullivan have been invited to compete. Invitations are at http://services.easternfreestyle.org/invitations/eqs/EQS_CHAMPS.php register or decline your spot ASAP!!!

Let coach Matt know your plans skiindude22@gmail.com

Mountain News:

The rain on Sunday changed over to snow around 1pm, and we received feet of snow!!!!

Jonathan Smith (Smitty)

Sugarbush Freestyle Head Coach

Freestyle Team News March 1st

2011-02-28T13:38:00.001-05:00

Congrats to SJ & coach Luke for their 3rd place finishes at the Ski the East Freeride Tour stop # 2, at Magic Mnt!

Upcoming events:

Waterville USSA Eastern Championships Evan Sam & Sj are all competing this weekend in Moguls and Dual moguls

Killington USSA central regional finals for B moguls. Coach Matt will be going for training on Saturday from 10-2, and for the comp on Sunday. Contact Matt @ skiindude22@gmail.com

Smugglers' Notch USASA slopestyle finals Saturday March 5th. Coaches will be there Friday for training, contact ctsaylor@gmail.com if you are going.

Sugarbush Castlerock extreme Saturday March 5th. Coach Luke will meet athletes at registration. if you are under 15, then you must have qualified through the jr Castlerock challenge. Contact lukeman007@hotmail.com

Mountain Update: The rain expected today has stayed mostly frozen, so conditions should remain good. The park crew is working tirelessly to rebuild the Park for the Moxi Metal Mayhem this weekend, and rumor has it that the Roller coaster Box will be going up tonight!

I will Not be available via email this week. Call me at 802-353-5566 for emergencies only. Please contact the above coaches for specific competition info.

Jonathan Smith (Smitty)

Sugarbush Freestyle Head Coach

2011-02-26T08:37:00.001-05:00

Tramp camp with David Babic Saturday 4:30-6:30

This is limited to the first 6 to sign up. David wrote the book on off-axis spinning and flipping!

Sorry for the late notice on this, but we just put it together. Call the SHaRC to reserve your spot 802-583-6700. $50 each.

Jonathan Smith (Smitty)

Sugarbush Freestyle Head Coach

MAD RIVER GLEN VERTICAL CHALLENGE HAS BEEN POSTPONED

2011-02-22T18:55:00.002-05:00

The Vertical Challenge at Mad River Glen this Friday, February 25th has been postponed and has been re-scheduled for Friday, March 4th.

Team News Addendum

2011-02-21T16:13:00.001-05:00

There is also a terrain park appreciation day on Saturday. Swag will be handed out to people who are killing it in the park. This was supposed to be the Battle for Burlington slopestyle event, but that has fallen through.

Jonathan Smith (Smitty)

Sugarbush Freestyle Head Coach

Summer Off Season Training

2011-02-21T15:09:00.000-05:00

Time to start thinking about Summer training.

Smitty is considering taking the team to Waterville to train on Waterville's new Air Bag. Of course, many things are still up in the air (no pun intended) and details are not worked out. This would be a great opportunity to work new tricks in preparation for the 2011-2012 season.

If you might have an interest in training as a team at Waterville please talk with Smitty and let him know. Below is a few links to find out more information at the Air Bag at Waterville.

BBTS Air Bag info.

Freestyle Team news

2011-02-21T14:45:00.001-05:00

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Recent Results:

Killington A moguls/duals February 19th & 20th SJ Grundon got her best result ever 6th in singles and 4th in duals. Sam Greshin ended up 17th in singles and 9th in duals. Evan Roukema had trouble with the middle section, falling both runs, and Cam Robinson, in his first ever A event, also fell both runs, but enjoyed the experience and the show.

Upcoming Events:

Mad River Glen Friday February 25th, Vertical Challenge, How many runs can you do down the Single chair liftline? Register online at https://www.madriverglen.com/events/

Magic Mt. "Black Magic Extreme," Saturday February 26th. Part of the Ski the East Freeride tour http://www.skitheeast.net/freeridetour-stop2

Freestyle Team Open House Sunday February 27th. 9-3, at the Yurt at Mt Ellen. Meet the team coaches, ski with the team, check out our amazing park, and mogul training course.

Waterville Valley Eastern Freestyle championships, March 1-5. All of our A Team has qualifies for the event.

Sugarbush Castlerock Extreme Saturday March 5th. http://www.skitheeast.net/freeridetour-stop3

Smugglers' Notch USASA Slopestyle Saturday March 5th. Email me if you would like to set up on site training the Friday before.

Killington USSA B central regional finals Sunday March 6th. Cam & Sofia Robinson, Alex Krylov, Davis Lentz, Timmy & Annie Sullivan, Alex Bustillo, and Nick Schoeller all qualified, though Sofia and Alex Bustillo have yet to answer the invite. We will be sending a coach on Saturday to train the course.

http://services.easternfreestyle.org/invitations/eqsreg/EQS_REG.php To Register

Jonathan Smith (Smitty)

Sugarbush Freestyle Head Coach

MAD RIVER GLEN JUNIOR MOGUL CHALLENGE HAS BEEN POSTPONED!

2011-02-18T12:20:00.000-05:00

The MRG Junior Mogul Challenge scheduled for tomorrow Saturday, February 19th has been postponed and is now scheduled for Saturday, February 26th.

Open House Sunday, February 27th 9a-3p

2011-02-17T22:54:00.002-05:00

Sugarbush Freestyle Team Open House Sunday, February 27th from 9am-3pm at Sugarbush Resort, Mt. Ellen. Come out and ski or ride with the team. All you need is a lift ticket and to contact Jonathan Smith jsmith@sugarbush.com to reserve your spot.

Central Region Finals invitation list

2011-02-15T09:06:00.001-05:00

http://services.easternfreestyle.org/invitations/eqsreg/EQS_REG.php to Register for the event. Go to Central region, and click on Male or Female Moguls, find your name and click the Green 'Reg' button.

Cam Robinson, and Alex Krylov have registered.

Invited, but not registered: Davis Lentz, Timmy Sullivan, Nick Schoeller, Alex Bustillo, and Annie Sullivan.

Finals are at Killington March 5-6th, training Saturday, moguls Sunday.

Your invitation will expire Feb 21st at 6pm

email invitations@easternfreestyle.org ASAP if you wish to decline the invite, so that alternates can get invited, and make travel plans.

As people decline their spots more of our team will be invited so stay tuned!

Jonathan Smith (smitty)

Director of Freestyle Programs

Ranked #1 for Terrain/Variety, #2 for Overall Satisfaction and #3 for Service.

- 2011 SKI magazine Reader Resort Survey

Freestyle team News February 14th

2011-02-14T14:50:00.001-05:00

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Recent Results:

Sugarbush jr. Castlerock Extreme; Congratulations to SJ Grundon, Dylan Egan, and Johnny Egan for qualifying to the finals.

For complete results http://www.sugarbush.com/content/cm.asp?pid=274&id=1380

Sugarbush USASA slopestyle; in the snowboard group Dylan Okurowski won his age group, with Teddy Baker in 2nd, Keegan Hosefros in 4th and Turner Garland in 5th. Holden Barth placed 3rd, and Jack Nault 6th in their group. Clayton Trombley placed 9th in his group, and Connor Gross won his group. For the skiers Bayard Baker won his age group with Henry Barth in 3rd place, and Sean Janko placed 6th.

Upcoming Events:

USSA A level Moguls at Killington; We'll be training on Friday the 18th, leaving the Yurt at 9:15; and leaving the Yurt at 6:45am both Saturday and Sunday mornings.

Mad River Glen Jr Mogul challenge, Saturday the 19th.

Mad River Glen Vertical challenge Friday the 25th.

Black Magic Extreme Saturday the 26th.

USASA Halfpipe Sunday the 27 at Stowe.

Open House Sunday February 27th!

Jonathan Smith (smitty)

Director of Freestyle Programs

Ranked #1 for Terrain/Variety, #2 for Overall Satisfaction and #3 for Service.

- 2011 SKI magazine Reader Resort Survey

FW: Freestyle Team News February 8th

2011-02-09T08:57:00.001-05:00

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Recent Results:

Mad River Glen Unconventional Terrain Comp Saturday Feb 5th: SJ Grundon dominated the Woman's division, While Coaches Luke & matt where top 10 with Johnny Egan placing in the top 20. For complete results click here http://www.madriverglen.com/triplecrown/?Page=2006ut.html

Stratton USSA A moguls Feb 5th & 6th: Sam Greshin laid down solid runs for 11th in singles and 5th in duals, while Evan Roukema placed 35th in singles in the field of 62, and won his first round dual vs the 30th seed.

Killington USSA B moguls Feb 5th: Cam Robinson took 7th place, & Nick Schoeller 37th place, in the field of 55 competitors.

Upcoming Events:

Saturday Feb 12th, Sugarbush Jr. Castlerock Extreme: Pre register online at http://www.active.com/event_detail.cfm?event_id=1935719 Please Be at Registration in the Gate house lodge between 7:30 & 8, to meet coach and sign waivers. To see how to win this comp, watch this video of Sam Greshin from last week http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zoURHdd8drE&hd=on

Sunday Feb 13th, Sugarbush USASA slopestyle: Sugarbush welcomes the NVT back after a long hiatus. Parents who told me last month that they could volunteer will be contacted later this week with specific jobs.

Saturday Feb 12th, Mt Snow USSA B moguls: I don't think that we are going to this event, but will if you have registered, please let me know ASAP!

Presidents week:

Jr freestyle camp Tuesday-Friday 9-3; meeting at Lincoln Peak. This camp will be terrain park fundamentals for both skiers and riders. http://www.sugarbush.com/ski-ride-school/camps-clinics
Train with the full time mogul team; 10-2, with Smitty at Mt Ellen. $70 per day; I will only be taking 4 extra students, plus Sam and Sj for a total of 6.
Friday the 25th is the Vertical challenge at Mad River. Matt and SJ are signed up, who else? If we have a few more athletes sign up, then coach Kevin will be stationed at the bottom to hand out water, snacks, and common sense.

From Greg Roukema: Dear Diamond Dog Parents: This Saturday night for one show only, my band The Jersey Rollers are coming up from the New York Metro area to play the Castle Rock Pub from 8:30pm to midnight. We would like to invite everyone in the Diamond Dog program to come and join the fun. We play "Classic Rock" from the late 1960's up to today (plus originals). We played last year at Sugarbush and it was a great time! Take a look at the attached flyer for the details and we hope to see you there! Check out our website for more details about the band. http://www.thejerseyrollers.com

Jonathan Smith (Smitty)

Director of Freestyle Programs

Ranked #1 for Terrain/Variety, #2 for Overall Satisfaction and #3 for Service.

- 2011 SKI magazine Reader Resort Survey

Freestyle newsletter addendum.

2011-02-03T19:17:00.001-05:00

The unconventional comp at Mad River is filling up fast. Today they were at 65, and they are going to cap the event at 80. So if you haven't registered, than you need to do so ASAP https://www.madriverglen.com/events/

Halfpipe at Stowe this weekend. I know that Coach Chris has been in touch with our USASA athletes. But if you ever wanted to try a halfpipe, then Chris is taking kids to Stowe Saturday to train, and competing on Sunday. ctsaylor@gmail.com

Please keep me informed with your competition plans

Thanks,

Jonathan Smith (Smitty)

Sugarbush Freestyle Head Coach

http://searcher.smugmug.com/Sugarbush

FW: Freestyle Team News February 1st

2011-02-03T11:33:00.001-05:00

Friend us on Facebook! http://www.facebook.com/sugarbushfreestyleteam

Check out coach matt's youtube page for mogul comp videos http://www.youtube.com/user/skiindude22

Check out Eugene Krylov's photo page for photos of the most of the team throughout the season http://searcher.smugmug.com/Sugarbush/Diamond-Dogs

& http://searcher.smugmug.com/Sugarbush/Diamond-Dogs/Park-action-20110122

New events are up on the blog calendar!!!

Recent Results:

Bolton USASA Slopestyle on Sunday: For the skiers Berkeley Stone won his age group, and Bayard Baker got 2nd in his group, while unfortunately Season Janko & Henry Barth fell in both of their runs; and For the Snowboarders Dylan Okurowski won his division, and I'm sorry but the rest of the results are not posted online.

Okemo B moguls on Saturday: Cam Robinson brought home the gold in his age group and in the overall standings; Alex Krylov placed 4th in his group and 21st overall; and Andrew Hass place 15th in his group and 44th overall.

Waterville A moguls/Dual moguls: SJ placed 19th for the woman, and Sam G was 20th for the men, while Evan fell both runs and ended up in 48th. in duals Evan stood up his first run but lost in a 12/13 decision, while SJ fell, and Sam G won 5 rounds to end up 5th.

Upcoming Events:

Stratton A moguls 2/5-6

Mad River Glen Unconventional Terrain 2/5: Coach Luke will meet athletes at registration in the base lodge before 8am. Register here https://www.madriverglen.com/events/ so that you can be on the lift at 8am for practice.

Killington B moguls 2/5 please email me asap if you are planning on going.

Sugarbush USASA slope Sunday 2/13: I got a lot of great responses for volunteers to help with this event, and I'll send a notice of duties when we get closer to go time. If you have ever been interested in slopestyle events, this is the one to check out, it'll be all levels of skiers and riders.

Sugarbush Jr Castlerock extreme Saturday 2/12: this is for those age 14 and under, and the top finishers will go on to the main extreme comp March 5th. meet coach at registration in Gate house at 8:30 sharp!

Mt Snow B moguls Saturday 2/12: I have a feeling that attendance may be light from team Sugarbush, so please email me asap if you want to go.

Presidents week 2/21-25

jr freestyle camp for new park skiers and riders http://www.sugarbush.com/ski-ride-school/camps-clinics
Join the full time mogul team for a day or 4. the Full time mogul team will be training Tuesday-Friday. $70 per day.
More details and programs to come!

Jonathan Smith (Smitty)

Sugarbush Freestyle Head Coach

Freestyle team news January 23rd

2011-01-27T09:43:00.001-05:00

Recent Results:

Okemo B moguls last weekend: Cam Robinson landed on the podium with a 3rd in his age group, and 3rd in the overall results Saturday. On Sunday Alex Krylov won his age group, and was 9th overall.

Smugglers' Notch USASA boarder cross; Clayton Trombley tested his skills, and found a new love, placing 6th & 7th during Saturdays 2 events & 5th/7th during Sundays.

Okemo Freeflow Tour Dylan Okurowski placed 3rd in the Junior Rail Jam comp for the snowboarders.

Upcoming Events:

This Weekend:

Waterville A level moguls this weekend.

Bolton USASA slopestyle this weekend, coaches will be there Saturday for training with the comp on Sunday. Contact Chris Saylor with your travel plans ctsaylor@gmail.com

Okemo B moguls on Saturday; meet coach Matt at Registration upstairs in the main lodge before 8am.

In Two Weeks:

Killington B moguls Saturday 2/5

Stratton A moguls 2/5-6

Stowe USASA Halfpipe 2/6 Contact ctsaylor@gmail.com if interested. We would have to go for a training day on Saturday.

Mad River Glen Saturday 2/5, stop # 1 of the Ski the East tour, and of the Mad River Triple crown. Luke Catlin will be coaching and competing, who else will be joining him? Pre-register here and Save https://www.madriverglen.com/events/

Mountain Update:

Sugarbush is hosting stop #2 of The Main Event snowboard series in the park this Saturday, so expect all of the jumps in the park to be closed to the public. This should be a good show to watch, and with temperatures much better than last weekend, standing around doesn't sound too bad.

Thanks to all who attended last weekend. Despite the cold I thought that we had a fun and productive weekend.

Jonathan Smith (Smitty)

Sugarbush Freestyle Head Coach

Freestyle Team News January 18th

2011-01-19T10:47:00.001-05:00

Mountain Update: We picked up 5-7"s Yesterday, without any mixed precipitation. Forecasts' for this weekend call for high's in the single digits on Saturday, and below 0 on Sunday, So dress appropriately. We will probably do a lot of jump hiking this weekend to stay warm. Please don't shy away because of the temps, often we compete on brutally cold days, so we should also train on them.

Recent Results:

Bristol's Toyota Freestyle Fest was an awesome event for us this weekend. Though the drive was long (7hrs), the course was great, we got 3 days of comps, and we're glad we went. Sam G has his highest scoring event to date, SJ laid down 5 top to bottom runs in her first A level event, and Evan Roukema skied and trained very hard, also picking up his highest scoring event to date. I think we'll definitely head west of Syracuse again next year.

Upcoming Events:

USSA B moguls at Stratton Jan 21-23:

USASA Slopestyle at Bolton January 29-30: This is a Sunday event, with training on Saturday.

USSA A Moguls at Waterville January 28-30: We'll leave Friday am for training and return Sunday evening

after duals.

USSA B moguls at Okemo January 29th:

Check the blog for the full events calendar!!!

Team Photo: I will begin to take some team photos this weekend. I know that we will never get one with everyone, but we'll try a few times and keep the one with the most numbers.

Jonathan Smith (smitty)

Director of Freestyle Programs

Ranked #1 for Terrain/Variety, #2 for Overall Satisfaction and #3 for Service.

- 2011 SKI magazine Reader Resort Survey

Freestyle Team News, January 10th

2011-01-12T08:50:00.001-05:00

Hello Sugarbush Freestyle community,

Results:

USSA B moguls @ Sugarbush last weekend were a huge success. with 13 of our athletes competing, I'll just say that everyone did very well, listened to their coaches, made huge improvements, and most importantly had a lot of fun. For complete results day one click here http://services.easternfreestyle.org/results/Rpt2011/4_M.pdf day two click here http://services.easternfreestyle.org/results/Rpt2011/4_M2.pdf

A huge thanks to all the volunteers who helped out this weekend, special thanks to Anne Greshin who worked a 10 hour day Saturday, and almost as long Sunday doing the scoring for the event. We can't host these events without your help, and the freestyle community at large would have to raise their rates without the help of parents at all the events. Remember next time you go to an event at another mountain that most of the work is being done by volunteers.

Upcoming events:

Bristol, NY A moguls. we will be leaving Friday morning at 4am to train, and returning Monday evening around 9pm. because of the early departure Friday I am canceling Thursdays practice for the full timers.

Stratton USSA B moguls January 22-23, registration opened online tonight, and I see no reason why anyone who competed this weekend wouldn't do well there. Just let me know if you are attending. Stratton always puts on a nice event, with a tee bar accessing the course and a barbecue at the finish line.

Bolton Valley USASA slopestyle January 30th coaches will be going to Bolton to train on Saturday. Please let coach Chris know if you can go to the training day ctsaylor@gmail.com

Gatorade Free Flow Tour: Okemo Jan 22-23, Killington Jan 29-30; There is a 13 and under division, and a 14-21 year old division. These events are for upper level Park skiers and riders, and a great place to showcase your talent. Please step up to the plate (Berkely, Bayard, Dylan, Keegan, anyone else?) click this link fro registration, and let me know when you do http://register.gatoradefreeflowtour.com/

New Facebook page is up! Bryan Grundon, with his infinite computer skills, has created a page for us to do things that the group page was not able to do. please "like" it so he can up it's status http://www.facebook.com/pages/Sugarbush-Freestyle-Team/174952332536333

As always please let me know of any concerns that you have, I will not take anything personally, and promise to listen. I can't make improvements if I don't know of the problem, and being on the road 10 weekends of the season I sometimes don't see the problems.

snow alert

2011-01-08T07:06:00.001-05:00

At least 4" at the base! mountain should be awesome...

Jonathan Smith (Smitty)

Sugarbush Freestyle Head Coach