Athlete News, June 29th 2018
Telemark
Congratulations to the six SSWSC athletes named to the USTSA National Telemark teams! This is an exciting year for the sport of Telemark Skiing; recently, the FIS Council voted to move Telemark Skiing forward to the IOC as a potential new sport for the 2022 Winter Olympics! The council will vote in June, which means these athletes have the potential for making an appearance in the next Olympics! This is exciting news for athletes that have worked so hard in an unofficial sport and who have worked hard to move the sport forward! Congratulations to the follow athletes who are on the teams:
Jeffrey Gay –
US Telemark World Cup Team, SSWSC alum. Jeffrey is a longtime SSWSC athlete and recent college graduate balancing a full-time job and competing at the top level. Congratulations!
Tanner Visnick –
US Telemark World Cup Team, SSWSC alum. Tanner is a current cycling coach in Steamboat and a top Telemark racer and with the most top 10 results in world cup to date! Tanner recently graduated from MSU and is taking the year off to focus on Telemark racing with a move to Europe in order to compete this fall.
Lyta Foulk
US Telemark National Team, SSWSC alum. Lyta is currently a coach with the SSWSC and a solid telemark skier now juggling college, working at a Veterinarian clinic, and skiing!
Finn Dresen
US Telemark National Team, SSWSC athlete. Finn was named to the US Team based on his great results at the 2018 National Championships. Great job Finn!
Emma Poper
US Telemark Development Team, SSWSC athlete. Emma is new to Steamboat but not new to the SSWSC. Emma starts at Steamboat Springs High School next year and also starts on the development team with her sights on more racing.
Rebecca Poper
US Telemark Development Team, SSWSC athlete. Rebecca is new to Steamboat but not new to the SSWSC. She made the development team for racing, but also has her sights on competing in big mountain Telemark competitions.
Congratulations to our Telemark Athletes!
Freeskiing
June has been a busy month for the Freeskiing Crew with lots of time spent at the Bald Eagle Lake water ramp and tramp facility. This week we saw the end of our Intro to Ramping session on Monday, with the next generation of athletes getting comfortable in our summer training home. The intro to water ramping group spent time learning how to bounce, ski on plastic, and roll around on the tumbling mats. We will still be offering the U10 group for any interested Athletes who might have missed the intro session but still think it may be fun to get wet on these hot summer days. The Intro, u10 and u13 programs are a great way for young athletes interested in Moguls, Park, Pipe or Big Mountain to scratch that air itch over the summer, it’s also great cross training for all of our sliding sport kids.
Cooper
Griffen
Cash
Freestyle
Water ramping out at Bald Eagle Lake has been going great! Lots of jumps into the water and trampoline. We’ve seen amazing progress made from our skiers! Everyone from U10 right through Freeski and Freestyle Moguls!
Check out the link for an awesome 90 second clip of what we do out there every day!