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Camelback Mountain School |
This year marks the Camelback Mountain School’s (CMS) second season offering snowboard competition instruction. The program offerings are the only ones of it kind in Pennsylvania and consist of weekend, midweek and traveling competition instruction. This innovative snowboard-specific conditioning and instruction program includes a wide variety of training. Our off-snow preparation will include team and take-home instruction, including aerobic and anaerobic workouts combined with a unique blend of snowboard-specific agility and plyometric movements. Our daily on-snow training will take place on Camelback Mountain’s slopes; the Progressive Park and F.I.S. Competition Certified Pipe are leading the region in park and pipe development, adding to the program’s ability to introduce the most progressive snowboard competition training program.
This season we are proud to offer two separate programs within the CMS. “Team Meadows” will be considered our stay at the mountain program. This program will focus on the younger athletes, instructing them in all disciplines of competitive snowboarding. “Team Rhodo” is our elite program that will be traveling on a regular basis to regional competitions. This program will help individual athletes focus on their strengths and weaknesses to improve their competitive ability. Together “Team Meadows” will be the perfect training ground for “Team Rhodo” in creating talented riders to excel in the elite program and in competitions representing Camelback for years to come . In our rookie season we had four of our competitor receive top 10 rankings and all of our competitors were ranked in the top twenties nationally. Click here to see more.
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Team Meadows $599 per athlete (season pass not included)
- Saturday and Sunday Training only
- Complete overview of all disciplines of snowboarding
(park, pipe, boardercross, alpine, & freeriding)
- Basic video movement analysis
- Snowboard/equipment tuning and maintenance
- 8:1 athlete to coach ratio (approx.)
- Feeder program for Team Rhodo
Team Rhodo $799 per athlete (season pass not included)
- Training Thursday & Friday Nights, Saturday & Sunday Days
- Competitive instruction at predetermined regional events
- Advanced snowboard/equipment tuning and maintenance
- Athlete specific training and direction as per discipline
- 5:1 athlete to coach ratio (approx.)
- USASA membership required (possibly USSA/FIS)
- In-depth advanced snowboard specific workouts throughout season
- Detailed training and competition video movement analysis
- Competitive mental preparation and awareness coaching
- Individual rider feedback – one on one coach/rider interaction
- Team does involve selection process / not all applicants will be accepted
Click here for a PDF regarding registration information
CMS Program Manager Bill Van Gilder – Also known as BVG
Began snowboarding 20 years ago and has not stopped since. He began competing as a young athlete in the Green Mountain Snowboard Series in 1988. Bill moved to Vermont to follow the competitions and attend Green Mountain College where he was the Founder and President of the first Snowboard Club. His competitive run ended with the Nagano, Japan Olympic trials in 1998. A few years after graduating with a Degree in Business, Bill moved home from Vermont in 1998 to manage his family’s restaurant, the Jubilee. That same season, Bill took the reigns over the Mid-Atlantic Snowboard Series. It’s now 2008 and Bill is in his 10th season of the Mid-Atlantic Snowboard Series as Series Director. Bill is in his third year as the president of the USASA (United States of America Snowboard Association) and also works closely with the USSA (United States Snowboard Association) as a Technical Delegate, Technical Advisor, and Chief of Competitions at events including the U.S. Olympic Trials, FIS Nokia World Cup, U.S. Snowboard Grand Prix and Revolution Tour. BVG is the Program Director of the Camelback Mountain and adds a wealth of competitive and organizational snowboard knowledge to the program.
CMS Team Director Sean Naughton
Sean Naughton is the Snowboard Team Director at the Camelback Mountain School. He has been coaching competition snowboarding since 1998. Before leading CMS, he was the head snowboard coach at Jack Frost/Big Boulder Ski areas. Long before coaching snowboarding, he coached ski racing and taught skiing since his teen age days as a PSIA Level II certified instructor. He is Level II certified with the American Association of Snowboard Instruction (AASI) and is a Level III certified National Coach with USASA. Sean is also a Level III certified judge with USASA.
Sean is no stranger to competitions as he has judged for the Mid Atlantic Snowboard Series for 6+ years, but his true passion is working with young athletes to help them achieve their goals. Favorite quotes: Go Big or Go Home, and Speed is your friend!
Head Coach Michael Jennings aka "Yukon"
Michael Jennings has been a snowboarding instructor for more than 7 years. He is the park and pipe freestyle coach for the Camelback Mountain School, the Snowboarding Technical Director, and the Resort Trainer for the Camelback Snow Sports School. Also known by the nickname Yukon, he’ll be designing and supervising the terrain park this season. Michael has explored some of the best snowboarding terrain in the world. He is a certified Level 3 member of the American Association of Snowboard Instructors and a certified Level 2 coach of the USASA. Michael has played and coached a variety of sports over the years. Notably, he played football for Columbia University from 1993-1997 and was elected 2nd Team All-Ivy League as defensive end. Michael is eager to help riders achieve their goals on the mountain, while having a great time doing it!
You can email Camelback Mountain School at cms@skicamelback.com
Camelback offers 3 Terrain Parks—One on the Laurel Glade trail; another on the Lower Moore's Ramble trail and on the Rhododendron Glen trail. Between them, you'll find a variety of hits, rails, boxes and unique snow creations for you to ride. New this season we will be adding a 650ft handle tow lift in the terrain park. Click Here to see shots from our parks.
Camelback offers 2 Halfpipes for training, New this season we will be adding a 650ft handle tow lift at the halfpipe. A 300 feet Long 14 foot high walled halfpipe on Oak Grove. A 250 feet long 6 to 8 foot high walled pipe on Laurel Glade. Both pipes are groomed regularly by our New Zaugg Pipe groomer from Switzerland. Click here to see the Oak Grove Pipe.
Snowmaking: All terrain parks and halfpipe areas are 100% covered by snowmaking equipment.
Click here to see Photos from the Pipe Comp on 2-24-08. |
