Ski & Snowboard Club Vail's Sammy Schuiling (left) captured a silver medal in halfpipe in the highly competitive open skier boys class at the United States of America Snowboard and Freeski Association 2016 National Championships for skiers held at Copper Mountain on April 8-12.
Ski & Snowboard Club Vail's Austin Obourn (far left) takes fourth place overall for the season for the twelve to fourteen age category for the girls during the awards ceremony at the 2016 International Freeskiers & Snowboarders Association North American Junior Freeride Championships held on April 6-9 in Whistler/Blackomb, capping off a great season.
Ski & Snowboard Club Vail's Hunter Bailey (left) captures gold at the FIS Junior World Ski Championships men's moguls event this past Saturday in Are, Sweden competing against the top junior mogul athletes in the world, many of whom are already competing on the World Cup.
As the 2015-2016 winter competition season draws to a close Ski & Snowboard Club Vail athletes spend little time reminiscing about the season. It is not for lack of things to reminisce about—a major breakthrough in their skiing or riding, a personal best, new tricks brought to snow, college acceptances received, new friendships made, a successful transition to a new age class group, academic achievements, setbacks overcome, and the list goes on. It is simply that so many of our athletes are already focused on next season.
Ski & Snowboard Club Vail's Kade Martin (center) stands on top of the podium in bordercross for the Grommet Boys (ages 8-9) at the United States of America Snowboard and Freeski Association’s Snowboard Nationals held at Copper Mountain this past week.
Watching Ski & Snowboard Club Vail (SSCV) athletes finish out the competition season with the same consistent display of character, courage and commitment they brought into the season five months ago is very rewarding.
It was a huge weekend for United States Ski & Snowboard Association alpine age class racing in the Vail Valley. On Saturday April 2 and Sunday April 3, Ski & Snowboard Club Vail hosted over 570 athletes in the “GS Spectacular” at Vail’s Golden Peak and Beaver Creek’s Bear Trap race venues.
Competition season continues at Ski & Snowboard Club Vail (SSCV). Among them, the United States Alpine Championships took place this past week in Sun Valley, Idaho and an International Freeskiers and Snowboarders Association’s (IFSA) Rocky Mountain Big Mountain Regional Series competition hosted by SSCV took place in Vail.
On Saturday, March 19 and Sunday, March 20, Ski & Snowboard Club Vail athletes participated in the Head Rebel Youth Ski League Championships in nearby Loveland.
The final event of the Vail Summit Orthopaedics Nordic Town Series, the Wilson Cup, took place last Saturday, March 19 at Maloit Park in Minturn featuring a 5k, 10k and 20k competition.
