The Senders Freestyle Skiing programs
The Senders programs are designed to take you to the next level. We have a history of helping to put team members who have the talent and drive and committed support system, through to the top level internationally.
Participants are split into programs options and groups based on ability, from beginner to advanced. Participants progress through the programs to work with more experienced coaches and join more experienced riders as their skills develop accordingly.
Our priority based learning includes building strong foundational skills and progressing in a safe and confident manner.
WHAT PROGRAM IS RIGHT FOR ME?
It's important to assess current ability level before signing up to a program. You can think of our Senders programming as equivalent to Rep Level in most other sports. If you are just beginning to use the terrain parks, you are below this level and are a better fit over at our affiliated Park Labs programs.
For example, a beginner park skier won't do well on a full day program. They may become far more vulnerable to injury later in the day, as all the minor and major muscle groups and movements have not been fully developed yet to help maintain control and avoid injuries.
Likewise a more advanced Skier will struggle if they are in a group where the rest of the group is significantly lower level than they are. This is the benefit of our progressive programs designed to flow from Park Labs to The Senders. It allows us to give everyone a shot to develop based on being a part of a group, where there will always be with other skiers at a similar level, going through similar skills and assigned to coaches who are a good fit for working with that level of participant.
It's important to look at where your current level is best described from the following 5 different levels and options:
Beginner Freestyle Skiers
Beginner freestyle level programming is not provided through The Senders. You will need to register with our affiliate program Park Labs. You can find out more about Park Labs HERE
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Intermediate Freestyle Skiers
(Senders Level Programs Begin Here)
3. Intermediate - Skiers who are spinning over small to medium sized jumps in the terrain park, can ski switch and are using most rails in the intermediate parks. Skiers at this level are usually also looking to get into inverted manoeuvres. This is where our current ski programs begin.
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4. Advanced - Advanced Skiers are confidently hitting all features in the terrain park and are able to spin up to at least 720, complete multiple inverts and are spinning on-to and off rails. They are also looking to complete doubles and beyond. It takes a lot of time, effort and additional training off-snow and trips to extend the training season to get to this level of Skiing and also to coach at this level due the the immense certification process required to be completed. As a result, these Skiers get to work with our most highly experienced or certified coaches.
freestyle skiing program options
Off-Season summer/fall Airbag Training, Horseshoe Resort
There is a brand new airbag landing training facility currently under construction at Horseshoe Resort. Airbag landing facilities have an artificial snow run-in, with two jump options and a relatively soft slippery airbag landing that allows users to practice and learn any number of Spins and inverted manoeuvres, while receiving coaching. All inverted manoeuvres need to be learned through a particular process. Team members go through a series of steps to learn their inverted manoeuvres here to first get them certified off snow, before trying them on-snow and getting them certified to perform in contests. This facility is not open to members of the general public and is only available to certified coaching programs like The Senders. The facility is scheduled to open sometime in July. Once final details are released, there will be options made available to our team members.
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Mt. St. Louis-Moonstone winter Program options (Final dates and prices coming soon)
This is where the main competitive levels of our program begin. All Skiers on our Intermediate and Advanced programs are expected to compete on the local stops of the Ontario Timber Tour.
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