Freestyle America | Spring, Fall, and Summer Freestyle Ski Camp and Freeride Camps

Summer 2012 Enrollment Forms NOW available!

jstevens — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:15:06 +0000

Each year we do our best to improve our programs and adjust the details to changing schedules. We always suggest taking a look at our individual camp pages to be sure that you sign up for the camp that best suits your training goals.

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

SUMMER 2012 Camp Schedule

jstevens — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 18:40:57 +0000

By now all of our athletes and coaches are hard at work competing and coaching on snow all over the country! Hard to believe we are already anticipating another terrific summer of ‘off-season’ ski training. Your emails have been pouring in and we do our best to help you plan ahead for the coming year.

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.

APPAREL SALE

jstevens — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 18:59:13 +0000

SWEATSHIRTS AND T-SHIRTS ON SALE NOW!

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

Fall Training Message from our Coaches

jstevens — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 15:17:45 +0000

To all Freestyle America Athletes and Families-

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

admin — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 14:43:08 +0000

Summer is here and camps are getting started. It’s essential that athletes come to camp physically prepared so that they can get the most out of their summer training. With that in mind we have created a list of pre-camp fitness activities.

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.

The Path to Mastery in Sports

admin — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 14:44:16 +0000

Not to scare you, but the widely accepted Outliers principle for success in any activity, not just sports, calls for 10,000 hours of learning and practice. Assuming Freestyle America athletes are seeking a mastery of sorts, let’s do a bit of math.

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!

Progression Training Takes Time- Start in the Spring

admin — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 14:40:27 +0000

The “off-season” for snow and competition is the “on-season” for advancing your skill level. The ideal training model for snow acrobatics is fundamental tumbling and trampoline for learning the skill, water ramping or use of a bag jump to apply the skill to skiing, then moving the “qualified” skill to snow.

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. Yes, ramp for sure-10 days. Then, will you be skiing this summer, or are you looking to prepare your skills on snow in the Fall. How about both! Let’s get going on our corks and flips and be ready with them this winter.

Summer Switched On

admin — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 14:34:55 +0000

Welcome to the 2011 Freestyle America Training Season. This summer schedule is building out and filling up and . . . well, it’s going to be awesome! Loads of returning athletes means focused, purposeful training. Yes, it’s all about goals, so come to camp prepared to let us know what’s on your plate.

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.

A Special Message for Mogul Skiers

admin — Mon, 30 May 2011 17:46:56 +0000

Especially those advancing into the A’s, summer or off-season on snow training will make a huge difference in your competitive potential. The Freestyle America Summer Snow Mogul Camp in Whistler BC will feature coaches Nick Preston, mogul and air coach Wes Preston, US Team mogul skier, Brittany Loweree, and Nor-Am skier and Junior National Mogul Champion, Nick Keating. If you are not on snow this summer, others are. Get your 200 mogul runs, video analysis, mogul technique and aerial coaching by some of the very best. Join us for a superb mogul training experience.

Click here to see more information about our Summer Snow Freestyle Camp at Whistler BC.

Ten & Eleven Year Olds at Ramp Camp #2

admin — Mon, 30 May 2011 17:44:07 +0000

As with all sports, the younger we can engage our athletes in skill development training the better. On this note, Freestyle America offers age aligned and age appropriate formats to maximize learning and motivation in a peer environment. Our Trampoline Camp schedule presently moves up the age groups with each camp. These camps are tremendously effective skill building experiences and ideally should precede water ramp training. With a younger more skilled generation in the works, Freestyle America shall offer the July 14-18 Lake Placid Water Ramp Camp to 10 and 11 year olds. While we have not previously offered ramping to the 10-11 year old age group, Freestyle America shall now have a format specifically for them. For those 10 year olds formerly excluded from camp, we invite you with great excitement. Let’s go ramping! See more about this camp here.