WVBBTS riders train at one
of the best terrain parks in the country at
Waterville Valley Ski Area, offering athletes a
variety of progression levels in a safe and
secure environment. The WVBBTS snowboard
program offers training in all snowboard
disciplines-half-pipe, slopestyle, racing and
boardercross. These disciplines are further
broken down into age groups at training
sessions. Riders have the option of training
any of these disciplines in the morning and then
switching to another discipline in the
afternoon.
The WVBBTS snowboard
coaching staff analyzes each rider’s ability,
making it easy to customize each rider’s
training program to enable them to perform to
their maximum potential.
All tricks and race techniques are
broken down into pieces to make it easy for our
young riders to move forward with their riding
swiftly and safely. This includes our
own 2 jump progression session-a jump set up for
WVBBTS athletes only with 2 different distances)
10 feet and 12 feet. There are also progression
boxes that are simple and safe to work on some
of the simplest tricks to the most advanced
tricks. This allows our athletes to
progress from little jumps to big jumps through
repetition. We also have a trampoline on snow
to work on flips and rotations right in the
park.
The WVBBTS Snowboard
Program also offers innovative off snow
progression techniques, including trampoline
training to work on flips and rotations and
dryland workouts, all focused on helping riders
to develop strong basic skills. WVBBTS also
utilizes video analysis as another means for
riders to perfect their technique.
Riders have the opportunity
to compete at the local, regional, national, US
Grand Prix, World Cup, and US Open levels as
more fully described below under
Snowboard
and Competition Programs.
USASA membership is
required for riders competing in events that are
associated with White Mountain Snowboard
Series. USSA membership is required for upper
level riders who qualify and compete at Junior
Olympics and other Nationals events. Click
here for registration details.
