Over 150 Vail Ski & Snowboard Academy (VSSA) students along with staff were captivated by this week’s Monday All School Meeting speaker, Tom Kelly, Vice President of Communications at the United States Ski and Snowboard Association (USSA).

Following USSA Freeski Club of the Year honors in both 2013 and 2014 the SSCV Freeski Program continues to set the standard among the more than 300 USSA clubs in the nation.

Confidence: Where does it come from, how does one get it and why might it fluctuate? Before these questions are answered a few things can be considered: Confidence is a skill: Athletes have to choose actions and ways of thinking that increase confidence. In general it is part of a long term process.

It has been an exciting year for the Ski & Snowboard Club Vail (SSCV) Freestyle Program, enjoying successes at every level, under the leadership of Program Director John Dowling.

In his book, How Children Succeed, Paul Tough outlines (p. 81) how affluence can play a menacing role in the character development of our children.

In order to make the drop off and pick up process as safe, efficient and convenient as possible, SSCV has adopted the following procedures for drop off and pick up of athletes.

At SSCV we strive to be a consistently positive partner with Vail Resorts, which provides unparalleled support for our programs. 

Top U19 US Men Train and Compete Head-to-Head In Slalom at Golden Peak