Ski & Snowboard Club Vail athlete Aaron Kust mid-air at the Rocky Mountain Freestyle Competition Series mogul competition on Cookshack at Vail Mountain last Saturday, January 23.
Ski & Snowboard Club Vail's Riley Kilgore charges down the course at Golden Peak at Saturday, January 23's, National Junior Race and Rocky Central Regional Giant Slalom Qualifier hosted by the Club.
The Ski & Snowboard Club Vail (SSCV) Nordic Program is off to a great start with multiple podiums at its first Junior National Qualifier in Crested Butte, a National Champion, personal bests and first time experiences for junior athletes at US Cross Country Championships, a successful High School Race at Maloit Park and two well attended Vail Summit Orthopaedics Nordic Town Races for community members of all ages.
On Sunday Golden Peak’s park played host to a United States of America Snowboard and Freeski Association Rocky Mountain Series skier slopestyle competition. Ski & Snowboard Club Vail freeski athletes had their chance to compete on home turf at Sunday’s competition.
On Saturday, January 16, Ski & Snowboard Club Vail hosted a Nordic High School Qualifier at Maloit Park in Minturn. Despite frigid temperatures, over two hundred athletes from nearby high schools participated in the event, which featured a five kilometer classic race course for high school athletes.
The Vail Summit Orthopaedics Alpine Town Series kicked off the season with Giant Slalom racing at Golden Peak on Thursday, January 14 hosted by Ski & Snowboard Club Vail.
Ski & Snowboard Club Vail racers shine at National Performance Series in Aspen
Wednesday's Vail Summit Orthopaedics Town Series was off to a great "start" with a large field of lower and middle school participants in the first race of the evening followed by the high schoolers and adults. It's not too late to take part in the February 3 and March 19 races.
Getting Started and Olympic Dreams When asked, I always recommend that parents enroll their children in Ski & Snowboard Club Vail’s (SSCV) season long Future Stars weekend program at the youngest possible age of six (assuming they can get on and off the lift by themselves and ski or ride Golden Peak).
