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Happy New Year and a New Decade to you!
I hope you all had a joyous and restful holiday with friends and family and are excited to blast into the New Year.
There are a few key updates in this month's newsletter including detail on the new and exciting Freestylerz Festival format for BC Champs, the Peter and Vickie Dueck Memorial Scholarship, an officials clinic at Sun Peaks, and updates from our Provincial Teams, including 2 of our BC athletes representing Canada at the Youth Olympic Winter Games in Lausanne, Switzerland. 

If you are looking for a great read check out Range by David Epstein.  This is a great perspective on the value of generalization over early specialization.  For those sports fans out there this is a great recap of the last decade, from CBC.

The year is shaping up quite nicely, already. 

Happy Trails everyone,

Josh 
In the spirit of giving opportunity, it is with heartfelt joy that we at Freestyle BC announce the first annual Peter and Vickie Dueck Memorial Scholarship.

Peter and Vickie truly believed in the power of community, sport, and the value of education. This scholarship is aimed to support their values and encourage our athletes to be their best, both on and off the field of play.

The goal is to perform well in all disciplines || Moguls, Dual Moguls, Slopestyle, Halfpipe, and Big Air.  The results from each discipline, at each Timber Tour stop, will be accumulated.  The top 3 male and female skiers overall (no age category) will earn an RESP scholarship package to further their post-secondary education.  This award is an effort to support and encourage our athletes to be diverse, balanced and playful skiers for life. 

Prize schedule
1st place $3000 RESP
2nd place $2000 RESP
3rd place $1000 RESP
Events Calendar
It's already that time of year already where our athletes will have the opportunity to test their mettle and their hard-earned skills in a fun, safe and competitive environment.  Spots are limited - sign up now!
 

Timber Tour | 2020

Regional Events 
2019 Timber Tour Highlights
Performance Team updates
The Mogul team is off to a great start to this competition season!  Mid-December was their first major, Canadian Selections, hosted by Apex Freestyle.

Overall our athletes had a strong start with several personal bests. Highlights include finals appearances by Kassidy Todd, Jessie Linton, Maya Mikkelsen, Josh Maga, Sam Cordell & Koleton Phipps.  The competition was exceptionally stiff this year with talented skiers from other Provincial Teams, the Canadian NextGen Team, and the Japanese National Team. 

Our Park team has been training diligently in Whistler and Silver Star over the holidays in preparation for the coming NorAm and Canada Cup events.  We are all thrilled to cheer on our BC Team athletes Skye Clarke and Steven Kahnert at the 3rd Youth Olympic Winter Games, starting on January 18th.  Schedule here

Professional Development

Officials Level 3 Workshops at Sun Peaks, February 26-29

The goal of the level 3 officials workshop is to develop new and existing Major Officials for the roles of Chief of Competition, Chief of Course, Technical Delegate and Scoring for Freestyle Events in BC, and begin steps toward national and international level officiating.  We will be using a workshop format, which promotes a sharing of experience and techniques through a hands-on approach to learning in the real-life freestyle event environment.  We strongly encourage representation from all clubs.

Facilitators – Evan Phillips, Andrew Clough

There is no fee for these workshops.
No previous experience required.
More info and sign up here
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SHOW YOUR STOKE and support Freestyle BC through your purchase of our new line of Hoodies, Tee's and coming soon hats and toques. 
All members of FBC also have access to exclusive discounts on K2 & Orage products.  Our gear is in and it is amazing!  To access your code, click here.
Membership 
 
Your membership fees are integral to the development of our coaches, clubs, and officials. We strengthen our community and ability to communicate effectively across the province when we are all on the same page; working towards our common goals. Your membership fees also provide you the insurance and assurance that all of your needs in our sport are being covered comprehensively.   All volunteers in the field of play, major officials, coaches, and athletes require Freestyle Canada and Freestyle BC membership.  

Click here to sign up now.

Membership benefits also include this brand new partnership with Avis and Budget.  Avis discount code (AWD): O545600 – Budget discount code (BCD): A816100. Through this partnership, all members will receive significant savings and outstanding personalized service.  All travelers should utilize the Avis Budget program in support of this agreement and the benefits provided.

Avis reservation link for Freestyle Members
Budget reservation link for Freestyle Members
 

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Think like a professional coach and stay ahead of the curve with viaSport.  They have many incredible programs, courses, and resources for you to be able to improve your coaching skills and ability to develop the best skiers around.  Be sure to check their website for regular updates and new opportunities.
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