Brighton Ski Team

June 2, 2012

2012-04-11T07:17:00.004-07:00

SAVE the DATE!

Our end of the 2012 season Awards / BBQ / Pool party will be June 2, 2012. Times and details will be announced soon!

What a great season!

2012-03-26T10:38:00.001-07:00

What a great season!

J3's, if you are interested in racing at Snowbird, Drew and Becky need to know by 4:00 PM Monday! Meeting times will be emailed to those that are racing.

Brighton is planning on staying open until April 22, so there is plenty of time to ski with your friends and family!

Looking for a Summer Ski Camp at Mt. Hood? There are a lot to choose from! We will send out more information about some great ones soon!

We are always looking for sponsors and fundraising opportunities. Please email Becky if you know of anything. If we could find a sponsor (or two or three) to help us afford new jackets, wireless timing, new radios and a computer, that would be fantastic! Those are the top four items on our "wish list" right now.

Awards BBQ/Pool Party is in the works, more details and a date to be announced soon!

Thanks again for a great season!
From: Your board members: Jim Ruelle, Chad Stapley, Chris Blanchat, Han Kim, Dave Duzy, Ryan Davenport, and Cam Smith
Your Coaches: Drew, Chris H, Lyndsey, Jason, Eric, Hunter and Laura

Family FUN SKI Day Info

2012-03-21T21:24:00.000-07:00

Family Fun Ski Day is March 24, 2012 - Wear your RED shirts, hoodies, TEAM GEAR!
                                *** The party is at the A-frame this year ***
9:00 - 10:00 Course Set Up
10:00 - 11:25 Race Challenges
11:25 - 12:30 LUNCH TIME - CHEER ON THE SKI SCHOOL RACERS
       The team will provide BRATS and HOT DOGS (Vegetarian's, please bring your own tofu)
        POT LUCK Assignments are:
           Side Salads/chips/snacks: J5's
           Desserts: J6's
           Buns (for brats and dogs) and condiments: J4's
           Drinks/Desserts: J3's
                (remember, there is a tree-nut allergy on the team, please label if applicable)
We can run the race course in between ski school groups, so skiing and snowboarding will be continuing throughout the day.
12:30 - 1:40 More TEAM and FAMILY Challenges
1:40- 3:00 CHEER ON THE SKI SCHOOL RACERS, run the course in between groups
3:00 - PULL DOWN COURSE

Sunday, March 25, 2012
J3's are training with Drew for the Snowbird Last Chance Slalom races coming up!
We need volunteers to help out with the ski school race again. Set up, running it, and tear down. Any team members up skiing with family are invited to run the course in between groups, and have fun!
Ski School race times are 11-12:30 and 1:30-4:00 on Sunday

BRING YOUR BELLS

Hartlauer Memorial a Success!

2012-03-19T12:23:00.000-07:00

A sincere THANKS goes out to the following people/groups for making our Hartlauer Memorial Spring Series a success!

Brighton Resort
The Milly Chalet
The Ticket Office Staff at Brighton
The SnowCat Crew at Brighton
The lift operators and parking lot crew at Brighton
The Parent volunteers
The "Friends and Family" volunteers
The coaching staff of the Brighton Ski Team
The Board members of the Brighton Ski Team
Terri Wright (formerly Hartlauer)
Stanley Goldschmidt (the TD)
The USSA Officials (Refs, fore-runners, etc)
The Ear, Nose and Throat Center (TOP sponsor)
Sunbelt Snacks (sponsor)
Boar's Head Meat (& cheese, yum!) (sponsor)
Star Photo Utah
The IMD teams who participated in our event: Summit Ski Team, Rowmark, Ogden Valley Ski Team, Park City Ski Team, Snowbird Ski Team, Sundance Ski Team, Kelly Canyon Ski Team, and of course, the Brighton Ski Team!

Pictures will be posted soon on Facebook and our web site. Thanks again, to everyone, who made this weekend possible!

2012-03-14T09:14:00.002-07:00

YSL Champs recap:
Isaiah was our TOP representative on the podium, placing 1st, 2nd and 4th this weekend! Great job!
Many of our racers scored "personal bests," too many to note, to be honest. Be sure to check out the race results on the Intermountain web site: www.ussa-imd.org. Click on Race Results -> Youth Ski League -> Then click on the race you wish to view, scroll down for the YSL Champs at the Canyons.
There are many pictures of our fun on Facebook, and we are hoping to get them loaded onto the web site as well. If you have pictures to share, get them to Jim or Becky. Wow, we had a GOOD time! Our YSL Cup team came in third, and skied GREAT at the UOP!

Hartlauer Memorial:
Parents: check with your volunteer coordinator for your "show up" time. When in doubt, check with Jim Ruelle. Our head gate keeper will be Han Kim this weekend, so if you are assigned to gates, check in with Han. Dave Duzy will be Chief of Course, so if you are on course crew, check in with Dave. Base area volunteers check in with Jim. Race officials and timing crew, check in with Jim and Becky.
Eric and Hunter will be skiing with the J6's on Saturday, and I believe two of them are going to give the race a "go" so good luck, little dudes!
RACERS: arrive ready to SKI at 7:45 AM. We will have bibs for you, and you will be getting on the chair at 8:15 AM with your coaches for inspection. This is the plan. It looks like a WET day, so plan accordingly. We cannot sit in the Chalet without purchasing food, so plan accordingly... grab a picnic table outside if you bring your lunch.
CARPOOL! Specifically the early morning volunteers, use the Park-n-Ride at the mouth of the Canyon. We need to reserve the few parking spaces we have between Milly and the church for the racers from other teams.
THIS IS A TWO DAY RACE! We need lots of volunteers for both days! Thank you, thank you!

2012-03-06T07:31:00.003-08:00

YSL Championships at The Canyons! INFORMATION

YSL TEAM:

Friday, you will park and ride the Cabriolet from the parking area to the main plaza area. There will be a tent for you to register at and pick up lift ticket vouchers for the discounted passes that you wish to purchase. This tent will be there each day, so no worries. You should be able to pick up all vouchers on Friday if you wish. Each athlete will recieve a "goodie bag" with some swag in it as well as a t-shirt. Also, there will be some fantastic prize drawing's, so if you wish you can purchase some tickets at the registration/check in tent. There will be lines by TEAM, so check out the signs.

You will buy your athlete tickets at the ticket window with the vouchers you pick up. Be ready to jump into the ticket line.

Let's meet READY TO SKI at 9:45 at the top of the Cabriolet by the Guest services and ticket sales buildings. (If you want to arrive early, they may have the event check in tent open around 9:00, but no guarantees on that just yet.) The first RED COAT to arrive gets to pick the spot. We will get on the lift as soon as everyone is there. Coaches will attend a brief meeting at 10:00, then it is off to the chair lift for inspection of the Kombi.

Be sure to pack a backpack with a lunch, snacks, and drinks (plenty of water) for your athlete, as well as sunscreen. Going "back to the car" at the Canyon's is time consuming, so plan accordingly.

We will be sending out more information as it becomes available. I think this will get us through for now. Let's have a FUN weekend! I'm looking forward to it!

Here is a link to the race announcement with a map of the plaza area at The Canyons and other important information. Let me know if you have questions.

http://www.ussa-imd.org/alpine/races11/YSL%20Champs%202012%20RA.pdf

This past And next weekend

2012-02-27T11:03:00.001-08:00

Hello J3's great job with high speed training on Saturday and then training in general this weekend, you all looked like you knew what you were doing. I am going to try to have more high speed training later on this month, I will keep you all up to date. Tomorrow night plan on training gs. I hope you all are getting excited about his weekend, it is going to be alot of fun. Here is a schedule of how things will be run: Schedule of Events:Friday March 2nd – SG/Speed Camp 8:00 AM Team Captains Meeting – Earls Lodge 9:15 – 9:45 Inspection/warm up 10:00-12:00 SG elements sections Start/high speed turns/air-jump terrain/glide-aerodynamics/high speed stop Noon- coaches meeting at finish to discuss afternoon setup 12-1:30 lunch break 1:30 – 3:00 continued SG training Saturday March 3rd 8:00 AM Coach passes/bibs in Earl Lodge 8:15 course setters/Jury load 9:00 Athletes and coaches 9:15 – 9:45 Inspection 10:15 Women’s Mandatory Training Run 11:00 Men’s Mandatory Training Run Redress Course 1:15 Men’s 1st Race Sunday March 4th 8:00 AM Coach passes/bibs in Earl Lodge 8:15 course setters/Jury load 9:00 Athletes and coaches 9:15 – 9:45 Inspection 10:15 Women’s 1st Race 11:00 Men’s 2nd Race Redress 1:15 Women’s 2nd Race P.S. Congrats to AJ Parker on becoming district champion in wrestling over the weekend, you really know how to kick butt!!! See you all tomorrow night, Coach Drew

2012-02-26T19:13:00.003-08:00

Weekend report:
Saturday was a WINDY day at Snowbasin, but we had two medalists that prevailed through the howling winds to bring home some hardware! Savannah placed 10th in the J5 girls and KyAnn placed 9th in the J4 girls. Congratulations!
High Speed Training was a success at Brighton, and THEN the storm hit! We are glad to get some good training in while the weather was good.
This week: training Tuesday night. Entries are due to Becky by Monday for the Snowbasin Super-G. Check with your coach for a schedule of events, it is going to be a fun weekend.
Eric, Lyndsey and Jason's teams will be training at Brighton on Saturday to get ready for the YSL Championships. Several emails have been sent out regarding the cost of the event and extra activities. Be sure to register for the Friday night event if you are interested. That one you will register for on your own. Becky will take care of the race entries, and will need to know if your athlete will be racing all three days, or just one or two of the days. Please confirm with her via email this week.
The Hartlauer Memorial is coming up quickly! March 17-18, at Brighton. This is a South Series race. We will invite any interested J5's to race in this event. This is a two run event, with technical components. Talk to your coach if you are interested in racing, and FOCUS during training. We need to solidify volunteers for this event! Please be sure to email Jim and Becky so you are on the list!

Next saturday

2012-02-18T19:17:00.001-08:00

One thing I forgot to add, next Saturday, I got the ok from the mountain to do some early morning speed training. They will open the lift for us at 8 and we will have control of milly for 1 hour. So don't be late, bring up a snack and water, we will be going non stop for the entire time. Thanks, Coach Drew

2012-02-18T17:37:00.001-08:00

Hey everyone, great job in training today, there was some good skiing by all of you. Yes there are still some things we need to work on, I hope each of you knows as you should what your focuses are, whether it's moving those hips into your initiation and turn, allowing that inside ski to follow the lead of the outside ski (Patrick), leveling the shoulder (Maiaja) or squaring the upper body through turn (Ravi), or bring those hands out in front of our body more generating more forward pressure to the ski (Erin) but it's all starting to come together. Over the next few weekends the focus for the J3's is going to be mainly gs/ open gs, seeing as how we have the super g in a few weeks. Tomorrow it is supposed to snow all day so make sure you dress for the weather, and come with your game faces on. See you all tomorrow, Drew

2012-02-15T21:06:00.001-08:00

This coming weekend will be focused on training. The YSL athletes will be gearing up for the Snowbasin YSL, the South Series athletes will be training for the Super G on March 2-4th.

YSL Race Information: Snowbasin GS YSL
Race date: February 25, 2012
MEET YOUR COACH inside Earls Lodge at 8:00 am, turn to your right, and go to the back corner of the lodge to locate team tables
Entry: $14, due to the team before the race
Entry Deadline: February 20, 2012 to your coach or Becky
Lift Tickets: $28 for athletes, ticket windows will be open at 8:00. Parent discout passes available until 9:00 for $60 ($12 savings)
Lifts Open: 9:00 for athletes and coaches
Course Inspection: 9:15 - 10:00 am
Race Starts: 10:30 am J6 girls -> J6 boys -> J5 girls -> J4 girls -> J5 boys -> J4 boys
Awards will be 15 minutes after the completion of the race in the finish area

Weekend at park city 2/11-2/12

2012-02-13T10:23:00.001-08:00

To all of my J3's that were at Park City this weekend, great job. Although the course especially on Sunday got the best of some of us, with the near two foot high berms and the sopping wet snow, all of you definatley showed everyone one there what the Brighton ski team can bring to the table, taking home 2 second place finishes by Zack. This Tuesday night, plan on taking it easy, with free skiing and some drills. During the week, I would like for each of you to take a look at the videos of each of your runs and critique yourselves, not with a negative view, but instead with a more open eye, seeing the positives in all of your abilities and also focusing in on where in the turn, initiation, apex needs adjustment. Whether it is moving into the new turn earlier, having a straighter/ rounder line, squaring the upper body, or simply getting stronger on the outside edge, be open to noticing these flaws. If you would like, you can call me with any questions, comments or concerns that you may have. See you all Tuesday Night, Coach Drew

2012-02-12T20:50:00.001-08:00

...oh, and a few pictures are updated on Facebook! If you have some to add, give them to Becky or a board member. Thanks!

2012-02-12T19:19:00.000-08:00

A brief summary of the Park City South Series Sunday
Well, if there ISN'T a puddle forming under your jacket as it dries out, you didn't have enough fun in the wet, wet snow... be sure to dry everything out, including your goggles, throw them over a heat vent so the water vapor gets out from between the lenses! It was a WET day!

Zach took home another silver medal, two for the weekend! Great job, Zach!
Ella went to the hospital and has a fractured humerus (near the elbow), which is NOT very humorous, as it turns out. Jason was right at the gate when she crashed, and Han was on the knoll near Becky, so he ran up to be with her while they got a sled ready. She will not need pins, and will get a hard cast in two weeks. She says "Hi!" to all of her teammates, coaches, and the parents who are sending positive thoughts her way. Ella is a strong little girl who will bounce back quickly.
We had a few J5's give the South Series a try today for the first or second time, great job!
Our PARENTS are awesome, bringing the tents and tables again. THANK YOU for keeping us somewhat dry and collected. If anyone took home an extra pair of black pants, they are Isaiah's. He had them at the bottom, but alas, they did not end up in his vehicle!

2012-02-12T18:55:00.000-08:00

A Summary of our Results of the Brighton YSL:
Our team really shined on their home mountain, and our volunteers are the BEST in the WASATCH! Great results were had by all, some of the highlights are:

J4's
Lyndsey and Chris were really amazed, great effort, guys!
Aspen placed 12th, just missing the medals with a great run
Abby placed 13th, right behind Aspen, with a BIG smile on her face the whole way
KyAnn completed her second race ever, placing 18th, with courage
Summer brought home a Silver medal, placing 2nd
Isaiah had a GREAT run going, but that last little compression proved to be bigger than anticipated, but his top section would have had him bringing home a medal for sure!

J5's
Jason and Lyndsey are really impressed with everyone's skiing! Holy cow!
Connor D just missed the medals by two places, he placed 12th, great job!
Owen had a GREAT run going until he got caught with a LOT of speed. We hope to see him through the finish line soon when get puts it all together! His run looked great!
Sydney got caught by "the hole" and was bounced right out of the course :(
Madison and Elena proved to be good teammates to the end, placing 27 and 26 respectively, together, in their second race
Kate placed 20th and decided she wanted to race again!
Mia placed 18th and then hiked the hill to her parents a few times
Anna placed 16th, her best result yet!
Peyton placed 14th, just out of the medals, great job
Savannah took home an 8th place medal with a great run!
Megan surprised everyone, including herself, with the fastest time on the course and a First Place medal. Amazing.

J6's
Eric is proud! 2 of his 5 little racers brought home some hardware to Brighton! And no DQ's!
Kylie had a GREAT little run and placed 8th
Brandon skied his little heart out and placed 31st
Liam showed his carving skills and placed 14th
Ezra JUST MISSED a medal, placing 11th with his FAST run
Connor S surprised everyone, as the only 6 year old in the race to get a medal, placing 6th, and 22 overall for the boys, not too shabby for a little dude who still sometimes needs a nap (but don't tell him we said that)

2012-02-11T17:04:00.000-08:00

Park City UPDATE for Sunday, February 12, 2012
Schedule for the GS:
8:00 - ticket office opens
8:00 - free ski warm up
8:30 - 9:00 Course Inspection
9:00 - free ski warm up
9:30 - J5'4'3 girls first run, then J5'4'3 boys
12:00 - 12:30 second run inspection
1:00 - J5'4'3 girls second run J5'4'3 boys second run to follow

2012-02-11T17:01:00.001-08:00

Brighton YSL Team ROCKS!

2012-02-10T20:54:00.001-08:00

Park City Racers!
Saturday:
Ticket window will be open at 8:00 am
8:15 - Course Inspection - SO BE ON TIME
9:00 - Free-ski warm-up on Eagle ONLY
9:30 - J5 girls/J5 boys first run start in stubbies
10:00 J4 girls/J3 girls then J4/J3 boys first run start in 25 mm gates
12:00 - 12:30 Second run course inspection for Stubbies
12:15 - 12:45 Second run course inspection for 25 mm gates
1:00 - J5 girls/J5 boys second run start in stubbies
1:30 - reverse J4 girls and reverse J3 girls then reverse J4 and reverse J3 boys in 25 mm gates
Awards for Top 5 in each age category at the Finish line 15 minutes after protest period expires
Sunday:
8:00 - athletes load Eagle Lift - free-ski warm up ON EAGLE ONLY
8:15 - 8:45 Course Inspection
9:00 - Free-ski Warm-up
9:30 - J5/J4/J3 girls then J5/J4/J3 boys first run
12:00 - 12:30 Second run course inspection
1:00 - reverse J5/reverse J4/reverse J3 girls then reverse J5/reverse J4/reverse J3 boys second run start
Awards for Top 5 in age categories will be at the finish line 15 minutes after protest period expires.

2012-02-08T21:15:00.000-08:00

BRIGHTON YSL RACE TEAM INFO

for February 11, 2012

Tune your race skis! Get them fast and sharp!

All athletes: be on the snow in front of the Milly Chalet ready to ski at 8:00 AM

Parking will be by the LDS church, behind the Milly Chalet, carpool if you can.

Coaches will meet kids and go up the lift for inspection at 9:00 AM. Race starts at 10:00 AM with J6 girls -> J6 boys -> J5 girls -> J4 girls -> J5 boys -> J4 boys -> awards! Coaches at the YSL this Saturday: Chris, Lyndsey, Jason, Eric and Hunter.

Donna and Tanja (Madison and KyAnn's mom's) will be coordinating getting our team bibs handed out and checking in our team members. Donna is the "team mom" for the day, so if your athlete has a bag or a lunch, let Donna know where you are putting it, so she can help them find it after their run. NO BAGS in the Milly Chalet, so plan on stashing stuff over by the timing shack.

All parent volunteers should have received an email about where they are going and what time they are meeting. If you have any questions, let Jim Ruelle or Becky Stone know asap.

Coaches will be skiing with athletes before, during and after the race. If you leave early, please check in with Donna or a coach so we know you are taking your athlete home early.

Awards will be about 30 minutes after the last racer. We will give out medals to the top 10 in each age category for each gender. We have 156 athletes registered for the race, and 60 medals to give away. This means a LOT of happy kids! We want everyone to stay and ski and cheer for the awards. The teams that will be in attendance are: Rowmark, Solitude, Sundance, Brianhead, Alta, Snowbird, and of course: BRIGHTON!!!

2012-02-08T21:02:00.000-08:00

PARK CITY SOUTH SERIES Feb 11-12, 2012

MEET your coaches on the snow by the bottom of the First Time Chair at 7:45 AM READY TO SKI
LIFT TICKETS: $20 for 12 and under, $38 for 13 and older at the First Time ticket window.
First run starts at 9:30 AM, coaches will have an updated schedule, so be prepared to get information from the coaches.
SATURDAY coaches: Drew and Laura, Han Kim to assist, Jyoti Sharma to video
SUNDAY coaches: Drew, Chris, Lyndsey, Jason and Becky

Entry Fee: $20 per day, be sure to send it in to the team PO box or use PayPal

Link to race announcement:http://www.ussa-imd.org/alpine/races11/PC_south_ra.pdf

Past weekend at park city and future training and races

2012-02-06T19:09:00.001-08:00

Alright so as you all know we had a few unfortunate instances happen at park city, however we still had a few great runs to go along with it, but now that's behind us so let's move on and focus on what we have ahead of us. This weekend there is a south series gs race again at park city, however I was thinking we should maybe stay back and train at Brighton because it has been a while since we have had a full day of training, let me know what you all think about the idea. If there are some of you that would like to go and some want to stay back we could accommodate for that as well. Something else I would you all to ponder are the 2 slaloms and 2 gs races at snowking the 18-21 of February. Let me know what you all would like to do, hopefully if we do go we can get a few more of your teammates to come along. Tomorrow night we will be training slalom so come prepared with your game faces on. Coach Drew

2012-02-04T17:40:00.000-08:00

GREAT day at Brighton Today! Thanks to all the parents who helped with the ski school course, and with the team BBQ!
Tomorrow is MORE OF THE SAME! Training is open for anyone coming up to Brighton, J6's will need a parent with them. Training course will be set by Chris, and the ski school course will be open as well.
We will have the grill fired up again, but it will be a "bring your own and BBQ your own" so if you want to have a hot lunch, bring it on up. Charcoal is already there!
Thank you, Jim, for being the Grill-master today!
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Next weekend is the Brighton YSL and the Park City South Series. Discuss with your coach and your athlete where they will be racing. We are looking forward to an AWESOME weekend again!

Park city race 2/4-5

2012-02-03T21:14:00.001-08:00

Hello J3's going to Park city this weekend. I would like for all of you to be there no later than 8 am on the plaza, by the skate rink. I will have bibs, all you will need to do is get your lift tickets. The mtn is going to be very crowded tomorrow so ski slow around traffic and slow skiing areas. There will be multi day tickets available at the ticket window. Athletess are able to load lift at 8 for free ski warm ups on picaboos only. Womens first run is scheduled for 9:30. So everyone get a good night sleep and see you all bright and early.

2012-01-29T18:39:00.000-08:00

Today at Snowbasin included a tough course set for first run, followed by a nice easy set for second run. We had several J5's try south series "on for size" and they skied very well! The J5's had the toughest first run, and they really straightened out the bottom section for the J4's, and then straightened out one more kink for the boys run. That is ski racing! Every one of our J5 girls made it down the course, that was something to be proud of!
Results are online: http://www.ussa-imd.org/alpine/races11/south.htm. Be sure to note that Zach and AJ both came home with hardware for Brighton! Awesome job, guys! We were able to take video of almost every run this weekend, and it will be loaded onto sprongo.com. If you haven't received an invite, let Han Kim know, and he can hook you up, and you can see your racer. (email him through the "contact us" link on the web page if you would like) Be sure to watch the video, it is important to see how you ski when the pressure is on... racing is always different than training.

2012-01-28T17:50:00.000-08:00

Training at Brighton today was fabulous! Great job, coaches! Everyone switched gears and got some great GS training in on a blue sky day.
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The South Series at Snowbasin was a great day! The J3's had Zach and AJ in 4th and 5th place. We worked on our inspection of the course, learning to anticipate when the course changed due to the terrain and course set. The "coaches knoll" provided some challenge and entertainment on the second run, and Owen's butt might be bruised, he says... he needs more padding there. Everyone tried their best, and improvements were made between first and second run, that is all anyone can ask for, and THAT makes an awesome day.
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Sunday, January 29, 2012 -- Racin' at the 'Basin again! (no training at Brighton)
Meet in Earl's Lodge between 7:45 - 8:00 am. Tickets go on sale at 8:00, so parents, plan on getting in line. The Gondola will start running for racers at 8:45, and inspection will start at 9:00. Sharpen your skis tonight! See you in the morning!
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