A new season for Ski & Snowboard Club Vail
Aldo Radamus-Vail Daily Perspectives Column
Click here to read the latest Vail Daily column by Aldo Radamus, SSCV Executive Director, which includes highlights of
- early season training at Golden Peak
- SSCV's new Get in the Gates Recreational Ski Racing Program sponsored by Alpine Bank
- SSCV's focus on achieving financial accessibility and continuing development for the youth of the Vail Valley, as reflected in its recent county-wide mailing
SSCV Leadership Council
Join us for First Tracks-Sunday, December 28th
Please Save the Date for the SSCV Leadership Council First Tracks on December 28th. The SSCV Leadership Council is an annual recognition reserved for SSCV’s most generous donors (currently 77 SSCV families or friends) – who have given $1,500 or more to the Annual Campaign in a fiscal year. Leadership Council members receive various benefits throughout the season, including invitations to the First Tracks Breakfast and Ski Day. To join the Leadership Council please contact Euginnia Manseau at emanseau@skiclubvail.org or 970.790.5133 or make your gift online here.
SSCV is thrilled to be participating in the Colorado Gives Day this year! Make an Annual Campaign donation to SSCV through
this website on
December 9th and 100% of your donation will go to the club.
You can also schedule a gift today that will be donated on December 9 - just click on the "Schedule a Donation for Colorado Gives Day" option.
SSCV Parent and Athlete Membership Survey Reminder
First Survey being e-mailed December 15
Second Survey being e-mailed January 15
Third Survey being e-mail February 15
Thank you to all SSCV parents and athletes who have participated in previous years' membership surveys. Your comments and suggestions are greatly appreciated by the SSCV team.
Please look out for an email being sent on December 15 to all current SSCV parents as well as SSCV athletes YOB 2002 and older that contains a link to the first of three surveys asking for feedback thus far this season. The survey only takes a minute or two to complete and your feedback will provide SSCV with useful information on how to improve our programming.
If you do not receive the survey link e-mailed out on December 15, please email us at
info@skiclubvail.org letting us know.
Thank you in advance for your future participation.
SSCV Team
Sign Up for Minturn Fitness Center's 2015 Annual Membership Holiday Special & Receive December 2014 Free!
Minturn Fitness Center on TV 8
Check out the Minturn Fitness Center's great holiday special to get yourself in shape in 2015. Join now--get December 2014 free and 20% off your 2015 annual membership. Or purchase this discounted annual membership as a special holiday gift for a friend or family member!
Click here for a TV 8 segment on the Minturn Fitness Center, including a fantastic workout video, to see some of what goes on at the MFC!
Capture great photos of your children and their teammates
Earn Volunteer Points at the same time
Volunteer Photographers Needed
We need your help in capturing SSCV athletes on camera this season for use in SSCV marketing materials, social media, the web site, newsletters, etc., etc. This is a great opportunity to earn SSCV volunteer points while watching your child ski or ride. If you don’t have a camera suited for outdoor action shots SSCV can lend you one for the day.
Click
here for volunteer photography opportunities. Volunteer points below:
- 60 volunteer points-all volunteer photography opportunities at above link except Alpine Town Series Races and Nordic Town Series Races which are much shorter time period
- 20 volunteer points-Alpine Town Series Race
- 10 volunteer points-Alpine Town Series Awards and Apres Ski Party
- 30 volunteer points total-Nordic Town Series Race, Awards and Apres Ski Party
If you cannot commit to a volunteer photographer position but you capture any great photographs of your children or their SSCV teammates on snow or off (high resolution if at all possible of 1MB or more) please forward to
sschmidt@skiclubvail.org with a note of where the shot was taken and who is in the shot for the uses noted above.
Thank you so much for your support in capturing on camera a great season of SSCV athletes on and off snow! If you have questions on the volunteer positions please contact
sschmidt@skiclubvail.org or 978-621-8738.
Sincerely,
Lise Carnes
SSCV Parent Volunteer and Volunteer Photographer Coordinator
Sharon Schmidt
Director of Admissions & Communications
Seeking December SSCV Athlete C3 Award Nominations
Due December 20
The core values of Ski & Snowboard Club Vail are CHARACTER, COURAGE AND COMMITMENT. The C3 Awards were established several years ago to recognize outstanding displays of these character traits by our athletes both on snow and off. A total of six C3 winners will be awarded this season (one winner for each month from November through April).
The Walter Kirsch Character, Courage and Commitment Overall Season winner will be selected in April from among the C3 monthly award winners.
Anyone can nominate any SSCV athlete who displays the traits of character, courage and commitment for a C3 award. December nominations are due in hand December 20 via email to sschmidt@skiclubvail.org. If you have questions please call 978-621-8738. Click here for details and a copy of the nomination form.
Scenes from the SSCV Snowboard World
Check out a fantastic early season video of the SSCV snowboard team by clicking
here.
Early Season FIS Racing at Echo Mountain
Photo Album from November 28th-Mens and Ladies Slalom Race
Photo Album from November 29th-
Mens and Ladies Slalom Race
From John Dowling
Freestyle Program Director
Hi Team,
This week Riley and Hans will take a group of our US Selections skiers to Aspen for Friday,Saturday and Sunday for the RMF CSCUSA All Star camp. I was going to say it's our last weekend of training prior to the Winter Park Event, but I just learned that event has been cancelled due to lack of snow and the site not being ready. So it looks like we will have one more week training prior to US Selections.
Daily trainings on Gold Peak will continue here at home. I'm planning a rebuild of the course to include a top air. I'm hoping to have two airs in place by this weekend.
As you prepare for competition, work on the feeling that you want to have for your run and how you get ready at the top of the hill. Practicing your warm-up and pre comp rituals will help you cope on competition day. Using visualizations prior to (and after) training runs is a good start. Going through the kind of physical warm-ups that you will use on comp day helps build the right level of arousal for performance. Using key words for tactics in certain parts of the course can help keep you focused on performance or keep you in the moment. Beyond that, give some thought to what kind of competitor you want to be. Sometimes you don't have a choice in the events of the day, but you do have a choice in how you respond to those events.
See you on the hill!
John D
World Cup Volunteers Needed
Beaver Creek- through December 7th
Be a part of bringing the best of alpine racing to the Vail Valley.
December 4-December 7-men’s training and competition days; 1 registrar needed; remaining volunteers must be extremely competent skiers or riders.
PLEASE NOTE:
- Anyone who wishes to volunteer on a training or competition day must have completed at least one set up day.
- Anyone who wishes to volunteer at the 2015 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships in Vail/Beaver Creek must have previous Birds of Prey work experience.
To volunteer, log in to your My SSCV account at www.skiclubvail.org and click on Volunteer or contact volunteers@skiclubvail.org for more information
Let Your Holiday Shopping Benefit SSCV Athletes
Purchase the new "Ski Town Apres Ski" Cookbook
Looking for a fun and meaningful gift for friends and family this holiday season that not only captures some of our local chefs’ favorite food and cocktail recipes but also benefits SSCV athletes? Consider purchasing “Ski Town Apres Ski†which is the latest cookbook by Vail resident Jennie Iverson. This new coffee table caliber cookbook sells for $35 and contains favorite recipes from ski resort towns around the country, including Vail and Beaver Creek.
The cookbook can be purchased at The Bookworm of Edwards, Gorsuch, Kitchen Collage and Larkspur Market.
Ski & Snowboard Club Vail is the charity partner for the book, receiving a percentage of the proceeds from each cookbook sold. Lindsey Vonn, a Ski & Snowboard Club Vail alumna, has penned the forward for the cookbook.
For more details on this great publication, click
here to read the Vail Daily article.
Get in the Gates Recreational Race Program
Sponsored by Alpine Bank and provided by
Ski & Snowboard Club Vail
Please pass along to friends and family who might like to participate. Remember-the program is for 8 year olds through adults and Masters--so parents please think about joining the program too!
SSCV Masters Race Camp
December 3rd-6th
Complimentary Events for Prospective Nordic Development Level Athletes
Please pass along to interested families
SSCV is offering several complimentary events for prospective Nordic development level athletes. Please pass along the below information to interested families.
SSCV Hall of Fame & Wall of Excellence Nominee Announcement & Invitation to Alumni Reunion Weekend
Click here to purchase your SSCV Alumni Reunion Weekend
Event Tickets, Sponsorships and Discounted Lift Tickets.
Additional SSCV Press Coverage; Athlete and Alumni Related Coverage
Vonn solid on training run in return to World Cup-Vail Daily-December 2, 2014
A new season for Ski & Snowboard Club Vail-December 1, 2014-Vail Daily-a weekly column by Executive Director Aldo Radamus
Race Day-GS Today on Aspen Mountain-November 29, 2014-Vail Daily
What's Next for Women's US Speed Team-November 28, 2014-Vail Daily
