The WVA Freestyle Program is designed for skiers who want to compete at the highest level of moguls. Skiers compete in the Eastern Championship Series (A’s) and have the opportunity to qualify for Junior Nationals, U.S. Championships, the FIS Nor-Am tour, and Junior World Championships. Waterville Valley has a long history of freestyle skiing and is the host of the 2018 and 2019 US National Mogul Championships. WVA Moguls program allows athletes to compete at the highest level while also keeping up with a rigorous academic schedule
Training in the winter months takes place at Waterville Valley Resort on the True Grit Moguls course built by WVA Staff. In the off-season, on-snow training takes place yearly at Mt. Hood and Austria.
During the summer and fall athletes will be perfecting their acrobatic skills a the trampolines at the Thomas Barbeau Training Center and on the BagJump at Phil’s Hill on the WVA campus.
WVA has placed many athletes on the U.S. Ski Team including Olympic gold medalist Hannah Kearney.
Dan brings more than 15 years of freeski and acrobatic training experience to WVBBTS. He is a Level 400 certified Aerial coach. He has worked with athletes who have appeared on both the national and international freeskiing scene. In 2014 and 2020, US Ski & Snowboard named Dan the U.S. Freeskiing Domestic Coach of Year.
Rob Dresser is the head Moguls Freestyle “A” skiing coach at WVA. Rob is an alumnus of WVA and BBTS. Rob began his coaching career at Whaleback in 2009. He came back to Waterville Valley in 2011. Before becoming the head Moguls coach in 2020, he also gained coaching experience at Proctor, Abenaki & Holderness. Rob is a level 200 air & Moguls coach. In the summers Rob is a competitive sailor and has also spent time coaching the Princeton sailing club.