Whistler NorAm Finals – March 21 – 28th – See the best of the best

We are at the last leg of the series. Come and watch!

Event Schedule:
• Sunday March 26 – SG Race
• Monday March 27 – GS Race
• Tuesday March 28 – SL Race

WMSC Try out Day | Saturday, April 8

Meet at WMSC Club Cabin in Creekside at 9:00 am| It’s free!

For all strong skiers, born in 2012 and 2013 (10 and 11 years and old) from RDP and any program who are interested in taking their technical skiing to a new level and try out ski racing. The Ski up day is an opportunity to try and learn about the Whistler Mountain Ski club, training on the Dave Murray National Training Centre with our professional ski racing coaches.

This day gives potential Whistler Mountain Ski Club athletes a chance to try the club out for a day and get a feel for if they would like to join the program next year. It also gives the parents and opportunity to meet some of the staff and learn about the program.

Register here!

WMSC Alumni named to Canadian Ski Cross Team for World Juniors

Jack Morrow, Emeline Bennett and Nicholas Katrusiak are headed to Italy later this month. Join us to cheer them on!

Full article here

WMSC Alumni Family in mourning | Wayne Deane passed away

Wayne Deane, father of WMSC alumni Cassidy and Chantal Deane, passed away suddenly on March 12. Beloved ski instructor and important member of the community for more than 30 years.
Please read the full article here

If you would like to support the family, please visit the GoFundMe page.

Race Recap Report

It is so nice to see the Club Cabin so alive with everything happening this weekend!

• FIS NorAms Finals – We have some of our FIS Team forerunning and racing some of the events of the series and gearing up to their next race at Panorama BC Cup-Spring Series.
Big thanks to all the volunteers and coaches who are helping make this event a success.
• U16 BC Games – The Whistler Mountain Ski Club had eight U16 athletes travel to Vernon, BC to compete in the 2023 BC Winter Games. Those not at the BC Games are training at home before their departure to the Provincial Teck Open at Silverstar Mountain
• U14 Provincial & BC Games – The U14 team is gearing up for the fun and exciting part of their season with nine kids heading to Vernon for the year delayed BC Games and right after the whole team will be in Revelstoke competing in the Provincial Championships.
• U12 Nancy Greene Festival – Always an enjoyable time of the year, the U12s are at Sun Peaks for the annual festival.

Last Week.
We were back in the training centre after what felt like a very long time, and with the entire team back together; after a period that had us spread out for various events and races.

We had multiple training environments all 4 days, with varied sets, slopes, and conditions. We pulled off two successful race simulations both Saturday and Sunday, some good skiing, and changes in our typical leader board. So, congratulations to you all for bringing the intensity, and for taking some risks.

Another great jump session in the Park (thanks Dave), and bump session as well. In both cases we saw amazing adjustments and improvements as you all quickly became comfortable and relaxed after some shaky first runs.

Great teamwork and turnout(19) for the escape rooms, lots of fun.

This week.
Almost everyone is travelling to Silverstar this week for Teck Finals. We will have 2 SL races and 2 GS races. Watch Whatsapp group for daily schedules and meeting places/times. Bus departs Whistler Wednesday at 10am, North Van Superstore 12pm.

For those staying in Whistler you will be training with the U14 group. Saturday SL, Sunday GS.

Whistler Cup begins Wednesday April 12 with SG training day. Please find complete schedule on site at:
TeamPages – 2023 Event Schedule – Whistler Cup
We will not be participating in training Tuesday April 11.

Coming Up
April 22-23 in our final weekend of programs for the season. Club races and other events, watch Whatsapp for details.

Next Season starts now! Training will be offered with your team for next year starting May 6,7, and continuing with 4 days sessions the next 2 weekends.

For those moving to FIS there will be an info presentation Zoom: FIS – April 19th @ 7:30 https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86990185619?pwd=SjFjRFY4SzZUQllzeGhydHJWalROQT09.
Returning U16 athletes, tonight: U16 – April 4th @ 7:30 https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81722928892?pwd=dlFtUUNMa3c0RGJJcXpaaldmcVVudz09

There will be 5 day camps in June on the Tbar, starting with a June 14 Speed Camp. June 26 will be a SL/GS camp.

Dryland Camps in July: July 3-7. And July 17-21(water Ramp camp)

We will also be doing a 2 week camp early August in Mount Hood, stay tuned for registration link.

Last Week.
Awesome week of training on Blackcomb, lots of runs, slightly loose surface conditions.
We were able to see a lot of amazing skiing at the NorAms over the week. And we were able to get a few athletes into forerunning sport Monday and Tuesday. Well done forerunners, some challenging icy conditions, and long courses!
Congrats to Nicole and Owen who are our Disc Golf champs from our first tournament last Saturday. Thank you all for making this a great event, huge turnout!
This week.
Training week for everyone finally. It will be great to get everyone together for a full weekend of training.
Thursday Whistler SL
Friday Whistler GS
Saturday Whistler GS (U16 team races with prizes)**Bring your action cards, for discussion.
Sunday Whistler SL (U16 team race with prizes)

No more early loading, so all athletes load 8:15 every day.

Escape room challenge Saturday at 4:30pm.

Coming Up
April 5-9 we will be racing at Silverstar.
April 12-16 Whistler Cup.
Action Cards
We will be revieing these Saturday afternoon at 2pm club cabin. Please arrange to picked up from the club after at 3:30pm. We will ski to the cabin after training.

Last Week(s)
Where do I start…..
We have been in Crabbe Mountain, Red Mountain, and Mt Naeba. We have had our share of triumphs, and some disappointments as well. Fortunately we had some first rate training last week, and it looks like this coming week will be even better, hard surfaces and sunshine! We have two solid training blocks before our next big test in Silverstar. (I havn’t forgotten the gang heading out tomorrow for BC Games).

This week.
We will be training on Blackcomb all weekend.
Thursday SL
Friday GS
Saturday GS
Sunday SL
We will also make some time to get back over to whistler to see some amazing racing at NorAm finals.
Most of our first year athletes are on their way to Silverstar for BC Games, accompanied by Jose, Bob Deeks, and Gloria. Best of luck to you all, we will be cheering from home and watching the results. Please keep in touch and let us know how you are all doing.

Coming Up
More training the following weekend, making our final push for Teck Finals and Whistler Cup.
For those graduating from the program this year, there will be a FIS program information night in April, details to come.
We will have signups for Silverstar live by next week, I will let you know when that is ready. As always please stay tuned to the WhatsApp group as all the important day to day info will be found there.

Whistler NorAm Finals – March 21 – 28th – See the best of the best!

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Come out for a front row seat to watch some of North America’s best alpine ski racers, including Whistler Mountain Ski Club’s alumni now on the BC and Canadian ski teams.

We are still in need of volunteers most days and especially Monday, March 27th and Tuesday, March 28th (hand timers, assistant starters, bib collectors, slip crew, course crew). If off-hill opportunities are your thing, we have lots of space in race office and still looking for volunteers for the daily “weasel den” social. There will be plenty of social time (daily!), a little bit of swag, daily bag lunch and volunteer tickets for those that need.

Event Schedule:

Tuesday March 21 – Downhill Training
Wednesday March 22 – Downhill Training
Thursday March 23 – DH Race
Friday March 24 – DH Race
Saturday March 25 -SG Race
Sunday March 26 – SG Race
Monday March 27 – GS Race
Tuesday March 28 – SL Race
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Please email whistlernoram@wmsc.info today to get involved and let’s give these athletes the best race series possible!

Après with the Champs | March 23

BC has a successful history of developing champions! Come Après With the Champs in Whistler during the Nor-Am finals in a unique collaboration between Whistler Mountain Ski Club, BC Alpine and Alpine Canada Alpine. All proceeds from the casual and fun party will support BC ski racers.

For more details and to buy a ticket, follow this link Après with the Champs

WMSC Try out Day | Saturday, April 8

Meet at WMSC Club Cabin in Creekside at 9:00 am| It’s free!

For all strong skiers, born in 2012 and 2013 (10 and 11 years and old) from RDP and any program who are interested in taking their technical skiing to a new level and try out ski racing. The Ski up day is an opportunity to try and learn about the Whistler Mountain Ski club, training on the Dave Murray National Training Centre with our professional ski racing coaches.

This day gives potential Whistler Mountain Ski Club athletes a chance to try the club out for a day and get a feel for if they would like to join the program next year. It also gives the parents and opportunity to meet some of the staff and learn about the program.

Register here!

17 WMSC Athletes heading to BC Winter Games! | March 23

Join us cheering them on!

- Marek Novak – Luka Buchheister – Dreas Gibbons – Sasha Cromwell – Dash Han

- Max Oughtred – Kingsley Parkhill – Elena Deda – Dominic Reid – Maggie Cormack

- Liam Gottfried – Maia Harriman – Maika Lennox-King – Annabel Gilman – Liv Deeks

- Sarah Keogh – Tua Paget

Mt. Seymour Program Director, Peter Krasula Dies at 42
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The BC Alpine family thanks Peter for being a great coach, friend and mentor to so many athletes, fellow coaches and families within the ski racing community. He was survived by his wife and 2 young children. He will be deeply missed by all who knew him!

If you would like to help Peter’s family during this devastatingly difficult time, please consider donating through GoFundMe. His family thanks you for your kindness and generosity.

GoFundMe for Krasula family