Calling all WMSC Families – U12 – FIS

WMSC U14 and U16 Spring Invitational – Thursday, April 7 – Sunday April 10, 2022

The Whistler Mountain Ski Club is hosting the 2022 U14 and U16 Spring Invitational Thursday, April 7th through Sunday April 10th and we need all parents to volunteer for this event! Now is the time to ensure you are getting in your volunteer days!

This is a large event (with over 300 racers) and will require the participation of all parents from U12 through to FIS! On Friday and Saturday will be running two races simultaneously (Slalom and GS) and that will require a mountain of on-hill and off-hill volunteers, even in the weeks leading up to the race! Almost all on-hill positions are open – assistant starters, manual timers, gate judges, course crew, slip crew, bib collectors. We have an immediate need for Chief of Race Office administration as well as many race office workers who can jump in and lend a hand!

If you are interested in planning the athlete/volunteer social (yes we can have social events again!!) please let me know. There is something for everyone off hill and on hill. Please email volunteers@wmsc.info to secure your spot. Please note, that while we will do our best to accommodate your request – we may ask you to move into another role to make sure we have all areas covered.

We’re ready to remind everyone coming from across Canada that the Whistler Mountain Ski Club knows how to put on a fabulous races series!

Extra Days | March Registration
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Extra Training Days will be available for purchase from December 2, 2021 to April 24, 2022.

Registration opens every Sunday evening and closes every Tuesdays at midnight.

Costs: U12 and U14 $75/day | U16 and FIS $80/day. For specific details visit our website www.wmsc.info | Programs |select your page (U12 to FIS) | Extra Days

• U12 Extra Training Days
• U14 Extra Training Days
• U16 Extra Training Days
• FIS Extra Training Days | Contact your coaches

Ski-up day | Saturday, April 16 at 9:00 am

We will host a ski up day for all young skiers interested in exploring ski racing and get their first taste of the WMSC. Share the word.

Learn more and register here

BBQ, Awards and Club Race | Saturday, April 23

We will train on Blackcomb on our last weekend of the season. We will have a club race parallel slalom in Gandy. A great final event to bring another great season to a close. The race will be followed by our BBQ and end of the season awards at the Whistler Secondary School Multi-purpose room. Starts at 4:00 pm

Sunday will be a free ski / fun day for all.

Spring Training | Mark you calendars

As we are approaching the end of the 2021/22 season we are welcoming the 2022/23 season. We are very lucky to have access to training during May and June which will be marking the beginning of our new season and athletes will move up to their new age teams. We will take a short break and start our spring Camps on Blackcomb during May and move on to the Whistler T-Bars in June. This will allows us a return to the fundamentals in skill based training environments with great turnaround times in the T-bars. We will go for high volume and lower intensity sessions training drills and learning the timing and the line that are essential in gate training.

• May camp 1 – May 5-8
• May Camp 2 – May 12 -15
• May Camp 3 – May 19 – 22

• June T-Bars 1 – Jun 1-5 | U16 and FIS
• June T-bars 2 – Jun 8-12 | U12 and U14
• June T-bars 3 – June 15-19 | U16 and FIS
• June T-bars 4 – June 23-26 | U12 and U14 (Snow depending)

Pricing and registration links to follow soon.

To participate on Spring camps, family memberships must be renewed and athletes must be registered to a program for the 2022/23 season. Registration opens April 19th.

The WMSC had a visit to the Georgian Peaks ski club this week where Sascha Gilbert finished 5th in the u19 Mens division at the FIS nationals yesterday in the GS race. The same result came for Sascha in the second GS FIS race today. What a field with with many of the national team members leading the charge including Brodie Seger, Jeffrey Read, Riley Seger, Jordan Asher & many strong European athletes!

A great week with more to come with the slalom nationals tomorrow!

A great showing by Sascha and the WMSC.

Spring Break and Extra Days | Open for registration

During the spring break we will continue with our regular schedule of training: Thursdays-Sundays.

We will not be adding extra days.

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If you are not enrolled in an extended program you can sign up for extra days NOW!

Costs: U12 and U14 $75/day | U16 and FIS $80/day. For specific details visit our website www.wmsc.info | Programs |select your page (U12 to FIS) | Extra Days

• U12 Extra Training Days
• U14 Extra Training Days
• U16 Extra Training Days
• FIS Extra Training Days | Contact your coaches

U14| U16 WMSC Spring Invitational | Apr 7 -10
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Calling all U14s and U16s for one last race of the season. Slide on race suits and gloves for 3 days of races: GS, SL and Dual event. We are expecting athletes from around ours and other provinces.

Register today

U14 WMSC Spring Invitational | Apr 7-10
U16 WMSC Spring Invitational | Apr 7 -10

Deadline, Sun, March 20th

Calling all families coached by Denis Ebacher
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Denis Ebacher is celebrating 30 years of working with the J4 program! Many of our current athletes, coaches and director have benefited of Deni’s passionate, expert and personable teachings. We are creating a photo book and ask you to share any photos you have either with him or just your kids on their own during that era. Please share with us by email at info@wmsc.info

Stoko Partnership.

WMSC is pleased to announce a new partnership with “supportive apparel” provider Stoko . Stoko is re-inventing knee support systems and they wish to partner with our athletes and membership. Stoko will provide both a discount to our membership and a contribution to WMSC with each transaction.

To quote their website; “Stoko calls its product supportive apparel and it is getting everyone back to doing what they love. Customizable and anatomically correct, you get all the support of a traditional knee brace within the comfort of a compression tight. Our products are engineered to help you come back from your knee injury sooner, protect a chronic knee injury from getting worse and minimize your chance of getting injured in the first place.” Visit their website for more product details, www.Stokodesign.com

WMSC Membership and Alumni enter “*WMSC2022*” for the partnership deal.

WMSC Alumni Mollie Jepsen, closing ceremony flag bearer
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The closing ceremony flag bearer for the Beijing 2022 Paralympic Winter Games is Mollie Jepsen!!

Learn more

WMSC alumni Riley Seger wins Elite 90 Award for NCAA men’s skiing championship
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Riley Seger, a junior at Montana State is the first Bobcat in history to be named an Elite 90 honoree.

Learn more

William Deeks passed away
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William Deeks was a long time member of WMSC. Him and his wife, Julie, were major supporters of our Whistler Cup and Club in general. Our thoughts and hearts go out to his son Bob Deeks, our U14 coach, and the rest of his family and friends. For more details about funeral visit here

Feb 28. Alexa Brownlie 1st, Erin Husken 3rd, Kaitlyn Maloney most improved.
Feb 28. Duncan Ross 2nd, Alec Waldrum 3rd and most improved.
March 1. Alexa Brownlie 1st, Ries Holmes most improved.
Mar 1. Felix Shorter 3rd.

With the end of the eligible competition dates it is with great excitement that Canada Ski Cross names the 2022 Canadian World Juniors team to attend the 2022 FIS Freestyle World Junior Championships in Valmalenco, ITA ; March 30-31, 2022.

Congratulations to the following selected athletes.

Males
Nicholas Katrusiak, WMSC
Charlie Lang
Jack Morrow, WMSC
Konnor Kimball

Females
Sage Stefani
Emeline Bennet, WMSC
Samantha Carter
Elizabeth Filiatrault

Athletes attending World Juniors will also have the opportunity to race in Europe prior to the World Junior Championships.