Time Schedule
8:00am — Locker room opens
8:15am — Please be at the team room
8:45am sharp! — Team starts (Locker room is empty)
12:00pm — Lunch (Please bring lunch or lunch money)
1:00pm — Afternoon session starts
3:00pm — team stretch in front of team room
3:15pm — Team practice is over
3:30–4:15pm — Team Orientation (make-up/meet at team room)
Be Prepared
The SquawFree team room is located in the Red Dog building across from children’s world, next to the patrol office.
Please make sure you have plenty of warm clothes available and a full belly! Right now, Lake Tahoe is at the coldest it’s been in 50 years, and Saturday looks like a snow day!
Please have all your equipment checked and ready to go.
Insurance policies and our affiliation with Squaw Valley, U.S.A., require all SquawFree athletes be registered with USSA in order to participate in team practice. If your child is not registered with U.S.S.A – they will not be able to participate, and unfortunately will have to be sent home. Register online now at www.ussa.org, it’s quick and easy.
Lockers
If you are interested in renting lockers for the season, please arrive at the locker room at 8:00am, bring a lock, and we will get you in a locker. If you had a locker last season, you still have the first opportunity to get back into the same locker for this season, please contact Jimeel. All lockers will have a form attached, when you choose your locker please fill out the form and leave attached to locker. Please do not remove locker forms from locker.
Lockers rent for $175.00 for the season and are located in the team room. Lockers are big enough for two athletes, so you may share with another teammate and split the costs, if you would like.
One payment only please! Lockers are $175.00 to rent. I do not care how many athletes share a locker, but would like to receive just one payment of $175.00 to the team for the locker rental. Payments for lockers are due the day of rental, after 9:30am.
Please Read!
The first weekend of team practice is very hectic, especially in the mornings. Due to the mass amount of new and excited kids, there will be NO PARENTS ALLOWED in the team room from 8:30am, until 9:30am. Parents will be allowed to come in before 8:30 and help your child get situated in a locker, but please leave the room by 8:30am so we can get team started. The locker room will be closed between 8:45 and 9:30am in order to start up practice. Please, No Parents between 8:30am – 9:30am. I will be back in the team room at 9:30, and will be available to rent lockers, sell gear, take all your payments, and answer all questions you might have for the rest of the day.
Parents please respect this rule, the athletes come first. Once they are on the hill and have started training, I will then open up the team room and take care of everyone, one at a time. So please, just drop your little athlete off, grab a cup coffee, then come on back at 9:30 and I will gladly help everyone out the best I can.
Thank you, and let’s get ready to go skiing!
Jimeel Ferris
SquawFree
Squaw Freestyle Freeride Team announces 2010 Scholarship Program — Eight local Students to be awarded
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We are happy to announce that our two new OVFFT Board members have been elected. Grace Peterson will hold the seat as Treasurer and Wally Tice will hold a general seat on the board. Both of these team parents have tremendous credentials and experience and we feel very fortunate to have them in a position where they can use those talents to further shape our team to become THE premier Freestyle and Freeride team in the nation.
Our board members will be at the November 21 and December 12 kick-off meetings to meet and speak with you regarding anything you would like to discuss for the upcoming season. We are there to help make the team everything that you want it to be!
Thank you,
Julia Stanley, OVFFT Board Secretary
SquawFree would like to thank Charitysmith and everyone who participated and helped make this fundraiser a success. Everyone had a great time, and we can wait to do it again next year.
Winter is near and we are ready to go! Are you ready? On November 12, SquawFree will be starting preseason dry land training @ Starz Gym in Reno every Thursday night at 7:00pm. Starz is a gymnastics gymnasium equipped with lots of trampolines, foam pits, and tons of training equipment that really works. Get your body ready to ski and jump, and get a big head start on the season. Contact Nat Schirman for information and training schedules.
When: Thursday nights starting Nov.12, 2009 – 7:00pm to 8:30pm
Where: Starz Gymnasium in Reno
Kick off the season with us at the SquawFree team orientation. Meet the coaches, learn about the team, and pickup some new cool gear. We will be discussing team policy, scheduling, safety precautions, volunteer commitment and much more. There will be professionals from Porters and other ski companies like Salomon, Volkl, Armada, Line, and Full Tilt, showcasing all there new equipment and ready to answer all the ski gear questions you have.
All scholarship winners will also be announced during the orientation, so come join and kick the season off right!
When: November 21, 2009 @ 3:00pm - 5:00pm
Where: Porter’s Ski Shop, Truckee
There will also be a second orientation meeting on December 12 @ 3:00 (right after the first day of team practice) for all those who can’t make it to Porters on Nov. 21st.
The Squaw Valley Freestyle and Freeride Team, along with Squaw Valley USA, are happy to announce the 2010 Athlete Scholarship Program! This is a great opportunity for local athletes to be a part of our team, which would otherwise be unattainable. With the help of Squaw Valley USA, SquawFree will be awarding 7 scholarships to qualifying athletes. Apply Now (pdf 56kb)
Please fill out the Scholarship Application and mail to:
SquawFree Scholarship Applicant
PO Box 2173
Olympic Valley, CA 96146
DO YOU HAVE ANY USED SKI EQUIPMENT TAKING UP SPACE IN YOUR GARAGE?
Squawfree with the help of our volunteers are helping make affordable equipment available to our athletes. The SquawFree Used Equipment Swap will also help athletes and families find a home for all that gear we have grown out of.
The dealine to have your equipment listed in the first swap is Novemeber 19.
We will be compiling a new list of equipment available for purchase or trade every month.
If you would like to sell or unload your equipment to another grateful team member, please fill out the Used Equipment Swap Form (pdf 20kb) and email or fax back to Liz Pinksker:
Liz Pinsker
lizzyspurr@hotmail.com
415.461.3805 (fax)
