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STRUCTURAL REVIEW OF NH JR SKI RACING: The United States Ski and Snowboard Association (USSA) it the national governing body for amateur ski racing in the United States. The USSA sanctions, insures and regulates all the competitions in which we compete. It also manages the computer classification system which ranks all J2 and older All competitors on the national point list. New Hampshire Alpine Racing Association is a voluntary corporation formed to organize all NH ski racing programs. NH is part of the Eastern Division of USSA. See the NHARA Handbook for details on programs for each age group. New for this year: As in the past for Buddy Werner League athletes, the BWL State Finals will be held the weekend before the Championships. The top five athletes of each gender and age group will be able to race the following weekend in the Championships. Also, only second year J5’s and older will be allowed to race in the end of year events. For J3's, the quota has also been increased from 3 to 5 per gender for those qualifying from the J3 State Finals to the J3 Eastern Championships. For J3 races, after the divisional qualifiers have been completed, second run orders will flip the top 30 racers instead of just the top 15 as in the past. For J4's, the Future Stars race at the end of the year, will now be the official Eastern J4 Championships. The first day of the event will still be an informal day of training in random groups and the second and third days will be slalom and giant slalom races. The top two results will be counted to select for the Can-Am race to follow in April. Athlete abilities:
We accept athletes with intermediate to expert skiing skills who ski with
poles, are able to load lifts without assistance, and are able to negotiate
most, if not all, ski resort terrain in New Hampshire. EARLY SEASON TRAINING: During the early season and before Pats Peak is open for the season, we will meet at another area starting on the day after Thanksgiving. Traditionally we have met at Waterville although this year we will change things up a bit and go to other places also like Okemo, Sunapee or Cannon. We get group rates so it is important to be on time for these sessions to get the discounted ticket. Meet at 8:30 on these early season days. We will wrap it up at 2:30. This is when we concentrate on directed freeskiing and fundamentals. We strongly advise attending the early sessions. TRAINING AT THE PEAK: Usually the Peak opens in early December. J4/5/6’s will meet inside the ATC at 9:00 sharp. We have a quick meeting every morning to let everyone know what the plans are for the day, and for upcoming travel. Training is done at 2:30. Athletes are encouraged to freeski longer although the ATC will be locked up so athletes need to take their things down to the base lodge. NIGHT TRAINING takes place during February and March; Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursdays from 5:30-7:00. We do not have a formal meeting that night. Athletes need to go out on their own and do a proper warmup before inspecting the course. ON RACE DAYS: If it is a race day, plan to meet at 8 AM at the registration place. Once the athletes have bibs and tickets we will head out to the hill. We will not wait for late racers. We try to be the first ones on the lift. It is better to be early and relaxed rather than late and scrambling! PPSC CALENDAR : The PPSC calendar has been posted to the website and hard copy is available at the ATC. While there are many more opportunities to race than are on our calendar, we try to maintain a balance between training and racing. While athletes may opt to race in more of the open races, PPSC will only be sending coaches to the races on our calendar. |
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