ALPINE NEWSLETTER
The alpine athletes have been hard at work with dryland training and summer skiing at Mt. Hood! Head U12 Coach Turner Brett, just finished up an amazing week of skiing with a group of U10/U12 athletes! They skied for 6 days, focusing half the time on slalom and half on GS skills make for a very productive training! On the day off they went rafting on the Deschutes River which was a super fun day for coaches, athletes and parents! Each day they explored the area during dryland with hikes to a lake & waterfall and even took a trip into Portland to the Oregon Museum of Science Institute where there was a neat Jurassic Park Lego exhibit!
In July the older athletes will head to Hood for a 10-day camp! Several athletes qualified for Western Region Camps held at Mt. Hood and Chile this summer. These invite only camps are qualification based and are an excellent opportunity for athletes from our club to work with other coaches and athletes from the region and the nation! This creates great pace for our high level athletes when we have a smaller team at home.
Dryland:
During the spring and summer months the U16 and FIS age athletes train 5 days a week to prepare themselves for the season ahead. Head FIS Coach and Certified Strength & Conditioning Coach Marissa Haase has them working on a well-balanced program! Ine afternoon in June a group hiked up Snow King but on the way down a group went to lane 4 (slalom lane) and lane 7 (GS lane) to pick up any trash such as broken gates. To our surprise we found less trash then expected, but a few treasures were discovered such as an umbrella from 20 years ago and many bamboo poles in good condition!
Registration Opens Soon:
Believe it or not, registration for the 2024-25 winter season is almost here! We are going to open registration for RETURNING FAMILIES on July 15th! This means if you were a part of the program last year you will get an early opportunity to register and secure a spot. New family registration will open on the normal date of August 1. This applies to all Alpine Teams from Rockchuck to FIS! If you are participating in summer dryland as a U16, Devo FIS or FIS registration is currently open, and you can sign up anytime. Mark it on your calendars and make sure to register on July 15th!
If you have any registration questions, please reach out to me (all alpine programming) or Julie Klomparens(registration/skiclubpro)! Thank you!
Renew USSS License for Athletes & Coaches
Athletes: We are moving into the 25/26 season which means renewing memberships. All athletes planning to compete in IMD sanctioned races need a current US Ski & Snowboard License. Examples of IMD Races: U10 & U12 North Series, U14 Qualifiers, U16 Qualifiers, Sean Nurse and Wes Barron.
**If you choose to only race in the Club Series races you do not need a US Ski & Snowboard License.
Coaches: All JHSC coaches, staff and board members need to renew and have a current license along with SafeSport training and a background check each year.
