• Whistler Freeski Camp: July 7-14.
• Whistler Mogul/Freeski Combined Training Camp: June 29-July 14

Freestyle America has re-established a freeski camp option in Whistler, with the Momentum slope features and half-pipe as our training venue. Whereas our Mount Hood camp, with limited space, fills with our Junior and Senior WVA and Rev Tour level skiers, the Whistler Freeski Camp is open to all ages and abilities. This Whistler Freeski Camp features a coaching program focusing on development level slopestyle and half-pipe training and will operate in consort with the Whistler Mogul Program sharing accommodations, meals, and activities at the beautiful Lorimer Ridge Lodge. The household serves us well as camp central where the coaches, house manager Suzi Preston, and the athletes reside together.  Also where the video and training activities occur, social life is safe friendly, and supervision is well managed.

The Whistler Mogul and Freeskiing Combined Training Program is the hybrid of the Mogul Camp and Freeski Camp, where combined skiers simply switch focus to slope and pipe as the freeski program commences on July 8^th. To compare the 3 coaching programs check out our main Whistler Camp Page.

I’m pleased to announce the staff for the Whistler Freestyle Camps. Our mogul coaches include myself (Nick Preston), and  Eric Cole (WVA coach),  Brittany Loweree (US Team skier), and US Champ Bronze medalist Reed Snyderman. The freeskiing program will feature Waterville coach, Robbie Dresser, and special guest Marshall LaCroix, former Dew Tour Pro, .

Enjoy the best in summer snow freestyle training. Your options are moguls, freeskiing, or both. Elevate your skills, be a more advanced skier by the time winter starts. Join us in Whistler for the best in freestyle training programs.

TO REGISTER or for more information please contact Marissa Preston at 603.236.7987 or mpreston@wvbbts.org.  Once you confirm with Marissa, please print and return the 2012 Spring Trampoline Training Enrollment Form along with the appropriate fees.

AFTER SCHOOL TRAMPOLINE CLUB

Dates: April 3rd – June 14th
Days: Tuesday – Thursday
Times: 4:30 – 6:30pm
Cost: $25 per session or $225 for a ten pack

SPRING WEEKEND TRAMPOLINE CAMP

Dates: April 27th – 29th, May 4th – 6th
Times: Friday – 6:00 – 8:00pm, Saturday & Sunday – 9:00 – 11:30am, 1:00 – 4:00pm
Cost: $200 per weekend

Details: Coach Wes Preston will take athletes through trampoline progressions utilizing the Freestyle America Trampoline Campus. Additionally, athletes will train on the grind rail and do some physical conditioning as a part of camp.

Summer 2012 Enrollment Forms are now available! The 2012 design will be posted shortly. Let us know if you have any questions.

You should notice all of our Trampoline Camps and Lake Placid Ramp Camps dates are tentatively listed for you under the heading ‘Upcoming Camp Calendar’.  Our Summer Snow Mogul Camp in Whistler and Summer Snow Freeride Camp at Mount Hood will be finalized shortly.   All camp information will be posted as it becomes available.

SUMMER 2012 ENROLLMENT FORMS will be posted late January or the beginning of February. All of our athletes will received email notification.  If you are new to Freestyle America and would like to receive this and other information, please ‘subscribe’ with your email address in the upper right hand corner of the home page.

We welcome any questions you may have between now and then.  The best way to reach us is by email at info@freestyleamerica.com.

All the best to you both on the mountain and off.

Limited sizes available. Contact 603 726 8088 or jessica@freestyleamerica.com to reserve yours today.  All pricing includes basic USPS shipping.

2011 Sweatshirt – $45  SALE PRICE $35

2011 T-shirts – $15  SALE PRICE $10

First, Wes, Shuff, and I want to thank you all for the dedication and hard work you put into your training this summer. I’m sure you are pleased with the skills you have acquired as you head toward winter.

You are now likely back in school, pursuing your academics and school sports. We encourage you to apply yourselves well, and to keep preparing for your ski season as best you can.

On that note, coaches Wes Preston, Dan Shuffleton, and I encourage your return to trampoline and water ramp acivities this Fall. The Trampoline Center here at Mountain Fare Inn in Campton will be open for training beginning Labor Day weekend and continue though each October weekend. Remember, trampoline activities are the best environment for developing and practicing flipping and twisting skills in preparation for skis and snow.

For those of you looking to complete your ramping goals and qualifications, Wes, Shuff, and I head back to Lake Placid, lodging at Lysek’s Inn, on the Sept 9-11 and Sept.16-18 weekend. These shall be our final Ramp Camps for 2011.  For details and enrollment information, click on the camp specific links on the right hand side of our home page.

The tramps and water ramps await us. Hope you can join us.

Nick, Wes, and Shuff

Pre-Camp Fitness Preparation

Please arrive well rested and in good physical condition! We suggest a fitness program that includes aerobic activity (bike, run, or swim), and a 50 push-up / 100 sit-up routine on a regular basis.

• Run 1 mile or bike 3 miles (or other similar aerobic activity)
• 10 minutes of stretching (Legs, back, shoulders, arms, neck)
• 60 sit ups (30 crunches, 30 twisting sit up (bent knees, touch elbow to opposite knee)
• 50 Push-ups (10 each: regular, circle grip, wide arms, pike position, regular)
• 20 side crunches each side (lie on hip, legs bent arms across chest)
• 30 Back crunches (Extended down on stomach, hands under chin, shoulders back)
• Warm down with 10 minutes of stretching

Youth Trampoline Camp

Please arrive well rested and in good physical condition! We suggest a fitness program that includes aerobic activity (bike, run, or swim), and a 50 push-up / 100 sit-up routine on a regular basis.

A 10 year old would like to be a masterful half pipe skier, determined to make the 2022 Olympics. The 10 year old, having just finished War and Peace reads Outliers and plans out her 10,000 hours. Well, over 10 years that’s 1,000 hours of training per year or fifty 40 hour weeks per year, Yikes! Sounds like a full time job. Better line up a few sponsors, and Mom and Dad better be sick at home-schooling, or better yet, high tail off to a ski academy at the age of 10! Isn’t math fun!

The winter competition season is short and intense affording little time to learn new skills. That’s where off-season Spring/Summer/Fall training plays a critical role. Determine how to address each training format to learn the maneuvers you have as goals for next winter. Then plan to spend plenty of time with the skill in the pure acrobatic environments of tumbling and trampoline, say 1-2 weeks. The WVBBTS Phil’s Hill BagJump Training Center shall provide the ample opportunity throughout the summer and fall for you to advance your aerial skills and degree of difficulty.

The trampolines at Mountain-Fare, the water ramps of Lake Placid, and the glaciers of the North West await your arrival. And once there, you’ll be coached by many of freestyle’s finest coaching professionals. Bruce Bolesky, Dan Shuffleton, Lance Field, Wesley Preston, Mark DePeters, Richie Morgan, Scott Lafferty, Murray Johnson and myself, Nick Preston, are the core line-up. Each of us carries a USSA Coach Certification, several of us are Level 4.

To model your skiing and acrobatics, guest athletes this year include Brittany Loweree, Nick Keating, Jamie Crane-Mauzy, Brent Whipple, Cole Derrick, Jessica Breda, and Mount Snow’s Ben Smith.

Catch their profiles on the About Us Page. See you soon.