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jdfreeski2Hi NS, Do you guys think freestyle teams are good investments?
Mr.BishopDefine investment... like time / money / both - and do you mean for yourself and skill growth, or like investing in getting one started to coach it?
jdfreeski2For me i just started park skiing recently
BonzaloIf you just started skiing why not? I mean the coach will probably know so much more than you and you can get to meet new people and maybe some secret spots.
I've been both student/coach of teams and you will have tons of fun. If the money is the issue then I can't help you much but I would definitely recommend freestyle teams to anyone who wants to progress.
MinggKind of been wondering the same thing. My dad's cousin is the head of the USASA thing at a mountain a couple hours away. Never had any interest in it, still don't have an interest in competing. However my relative wants me to come there for a month just to ride with them and train. Not sure how I feel about skiing and training being in the same sentence but at the same time it could be a cool way to meet people and get better at skiing. Not sure if it matters but I'm 19, and the kids in the program(probably like 12-17) are definitely 10x better than me haha. The mountain is cool and I would be able to ride there for free for a month which I would be stoked on. Just wouldn't be stoked on being forced into a practice for x number of hours a day everyday. I just wanna skii. Not sure if I should do it or not.
Also, a little on topic. I learned yesterday that theres like schools/academies like Windells that are actually a school year round. I had no idea there was such a thing. The more you know.
jdfreeski2HV or KB?
MinggThe mountain is cool and I would be able to ride there for free for a month which I would be stoked on. Just wouldn't be stoked on being forced into a practice for x number of hours a day everyday. I just wanna skii. Not sure if I should do it or not.
Also, a little on topic. I learned yesterday that theres like schools/academies like Windells that are actually a school year round. I had no idea there was such a thing. The more you know.
MinggBristol Mtn haha. Holiday doesn't do any freestyle USASA things, do they? I thought they only do like the mogul and racing. USASA is nonexistent at KB too. Only other place in WNY is peek'n peak and they have a pretty solid program down there!
jdfreeski2Hv does Mike boyer is on that team i will join this year.
MinggReally?! I had no idea. That's sick! Do you know much a about it?
Swandog7I joined one last year and it was my first year of park. Its a smaller team in MN called Nybora. It was definetly worth the investment. It was an excuse to get more than i would have.
Pros: learned a ton in a short amount of time, sooo much fun, meet a ton of people ( i might 30 new people last year), you'll get out more on the mountain, you'll progress quicker and progress correctly, become sponsered?, profit???
cons: possibly cost
It is so worth doing it. I didn't know anyone at all considering it was my first year and sucked so I was even more nervous. I'm doing it again next year and even convinced a few friends who are also getting into park this year too.
MinggSo like how do you guys have practice? I mean obviously you practice but how does that even work? Is it like a few days a week or what? I get it's probably a little different from team to team but i'm curious and really interested in how it all works haha. I've honestly never seen a team in the park or anything.
Swandog7Basically its every tuesday and thursday night for us and you just ski with friends and coaches and such. Sometimes you can be in groups who work on similar tricks or sometimes you can roam free and have a coach work with you on a specific trick. For us, its pretty laid back, a lot of times you can just ski with other people and like I said get help if you need it, otherwise session features to work on tricks or just throw down. You honestly can just ski and not have to work on anything, but that takes away the purpose. I normally get some help, then ski on my own to work on it. They will split you up by level to get see where everyone is at, but really you can do whatever you want.
For comps you get signed up through the team but are optional, probably half the team doesn't do them. I didn't but am thinking of doing some this year because they seem fun. Might just stick to rail jams or something though.
MinggOh sick! That actually sounds fun. Always had a little bit of a negative view on teams but I didn't realize they were that laid back. Thats dope!
safarisamIMO they are. I did a season on Northstar's team, and I progressed so much. Besides the fact that I had coaches, I found the most helpful part was the other team members. You progressed alongside thers, and got to watch how others set up their tricks. It's like skiing in a big crew, but with a super experienced member to guide you along.
