Saturday March 13:  GS training/free skiing (individual focuses)

Sunday March 14:  SL training/free skiing (individual focuses)

Please have both SL and GS equipment available on both days in case we need to change

the schedule.  Good luck this weekend to Hope and Ben at the Junior Olympics!

J6 Parents and Athletes,

Did we ever own the mountain last weekend!  It was a wild crew of J6 skiers that ate up the mush on Saturday and Sunday.  We even skied Little Dipper twice as evidenced by the attached photos.  We also watched our heroine Lyndsay make slalom look easy as she foreran the J1/2 race over the weekend.  You can see the wheels turning in the J6 heads as they see what is possible.

We introduced a couple new drills this weekend that helped get the skiers forward, on edge and moving their feet quickly through turns.  These brush drills were fun and fast for the kids, and I watched with immense satisfaction as body and ski position improved with every run.

OK, after a week of non-stop sun (almost unheard of in VT!) we’re all pretty spoiled.  It looks like we are in for a wet weekend, so be prepared.  Right now they’re calling for showers on Saturday and rain on Sunday.  The snow will be soft, but make sure the kids have some way to stay dry.  We’ll try to work around it, but we’re the J6s, so we have to set the example for all the other BOC skiers and will probably end up outdoors most of the time.

Finally, get ready for Mountain Dew this weekend.  Details about the race are on the Bromley Mountain site.  Suffice it to say that caffeine and sugar can be found in abundance this Saturday!

See you on the mountain,

Coach John

RAIN RAIN GO AWAY!!

Well the good news is that there is still a lot of snow on the mountain, even after 4 straight days of sun.

Bad news is, yup, it’s gonna rain this weekend. Then again, forecasts are known for their inaccuracy, so maybe we’ll be lucky.

In any case, we have a busy weekend ahead. Saturday is the Mountain Dew race. If your child would like to participate, please inform Bucky or Dave. We will also be having a GS training session on Saturday in preparation for Sunday’s final Council race. If it actually does rain, we will plan the training around the weather. As for the council race, there is no indication thus far of it being cancelled. Let’s assume that the show will go on!

Unfortunately, this weekend is one of those weekends that I planned way back when, and I will not be at the mountain. Our trusty J5 coaches, Bucky and the rest of the crew, Dave, Brad, and Temerson, will all be on board this weekend. Good luck everyone!!

Congratulations to Hope Heffernan and Ben Alexopoulos for qualifying for the J3 Junior Olympics!

Saturday: Open SL Race (J3’s and J4’s) at Bromley

You must sign up in advance.  Information and online entry form: http://vara.org/news/eventdetail.asp?number=4864

Sunday: Open GS Race (J3’s and J4’s) at Stratton, or GS training/Free Skiing at Bromley

You must sign up for the race in advance.  Information and online entry form: http://vara.org/news/eventdetail.asp?number=4873

New videos are on the J3 Blog:  http://bocj3.blogspot.com/

Peter Cook and Eliza Denious....2010 winners of the Yolanda Ambrosecchio Memorial Pabst Race...CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Please Click the link below to view photos from the race this past Sunday, Feb. 28, 2010…..

http://picasaweb.google.com/DWMooney/PabstRace2010_02_28?locked=true&feat=email#

The forecast for the weekend looks like a Bromley weekend- sunshine and warmer temps : )

I am asking for training space for both mornings- continuing to train GS. We have our last SVC race next weekend at Bromley. In the afternoons we will mix free skiing with focused drills. It is important to recognize that the time we spend out of gates is essential at this time in an athlete’s development. Navigating trees and bumps develops a ski racer’s “touch” for snow and terrain as well as line and perceptual skills.

Upcoming events:

March 13th – Mountain Dew Vertical Challenge

March 14th- Final SVC GS @ Bromley

J6 Parents and Athletes,

After last week’s 37 inches of mountain snow, any weather we get this week is going to be a piece of cake.  It seems we are all set for the rest of the season with the entire mountain available for training and skiing.

Last weekend’s big news was our fantastic Pabst race.  The J6ers were out in force as 9 girls and 12 boys raced a challenging East Meadow giant slalom.  Annsley Martin was our top finisher with a 6^th place finish followed closely by Katie Baronowski (7^th) . A strong showing from Sophia Bastek placed her 3^rd among our group and 10^th overall.  All the girls skied well and completed both runs.

Robert Donnellan was our top boy finisher with a tie for 9^th place.   His younger brother Tyler skied his best yet this year and finished just .59 back in 13^th place.  Watch out Robert, here he comes!  John Morgantini, Blake Roberts, and Bo Nordberg  rounded out the top 15 for BOC.  Good job boys!

A very special thanks to everyone who helped out with the race, and especially to those hardy individuals who helped dig out the snow fences and reset them!

Lyndsay, Lily and I are planning our own J6 championship race in the next couple of weekends and will update you as soon as we finalize the date.

See you on the mountain,

Coach John

Wow !!! 3 feet of new snow at the Big B !!!

We will try to have some training space on Saturday for GS (TBA) and the 2nd Pabst Race will be held on Sunday afternoon.

We will also be mountain skiing for part of the day on Saturday- with this much snow we can’t miss the opportunity to learn from exploring different terrain and conditions.

Also, we will have more discussion on the Piche Race at Gunstock (March 19/20) and figure out who qualifies to go. Steve Lathrop sent out an email to all J5 parents. Please let me know if you did not receive this email.

Cheers!

J6 Parents and Athletes,

I trust everyone is recovering from last week’s ski marathon.  What a great week!  Not only did we get some fresh snow early in the week, but we got a little blast on the weekend as well.  This coming weekend look for Bromley to be pretty buried from today’s storm with perhaps more snow tomorrow and Friday.   For all you J6ers, I guess the coaches won’t have any excuses not for not skiing the Plunge and Spring Fling.  Get ready to go steep and deep!

We ended the weekend on a high note with timed courses on Lord’s Prayer and School Slope.  The kids were having so much fun being timed, they didn’t want to quit.  Lyndsay, Lily and I had to start taking the course down to make them stop at 2:30.  Great skiing by everyone as we completed good course training for our February 28 Pabst race on Sunday.

Look for some fun on Saturday as we’ll run gates and ski that new snow.

See you on the mountain,

Coach John