All-team meeting with ski tuning and waxing plus Chestnut race preparation after Sunday, January 3, training.

Thank you to all that attended the November 8th fundraiser and kickoff. Remember to support our donors, including Arctica Race, Helly Hansen, Williams Ski and Patio, Bucket List Prints (if you want that cool Wilmot print that was very popular at auction), Head USA, SHRED, Hestra, and Maple and Ash Restaurant! Special thanks to Kitchen Chicago for hosting such a fantastic night!

We are so excited to kick off the season with everyone on Saturday November 8th from 5-9pm. This event is our WST 2025-2026 Season Kickoff and Fundraiser.  We look forward to seeing all of our parents, racers, and coaches at the event! As part of our evening, we will be hosting a silent auction table. If you have any items you’d like to contribute, please reach out to me at treasurer@wilmotskiteam.org  by Wednesday October 1st.  I’d be happy to include your donation in our silent auction book and can arrange for item pickup in the coming weeks.  Lastly, please stay tuned for ticket details in the next few weeks – via…

All new parents should plan on attending and returning parents may attend if they wish. Please see TeamSnap for virtual meeting link.  Questions can be sent to Jennifer Truong at treasurer@wilmotskiteam.org

Almost all of our rooms are located in B-wing (letter B on the map).  The race area for racers and families to watch the race is letter P on the map (Smokies).  I’m not 100% sure where the race awards will be located but typically the race directors will use Smokies for awards. The Pizza Party will be held starting around 6:30+, depending on how many help with breakdown, in K (Cliffhaus D). Map is Attached below. Cheers!

Great practice on good snow Tuesday night.  Bonus practice Weds night 5:30-7:30pm, 1/25. Many struggled to stay on line in the steeps at the race during slalom. Tonight we will be focusing on pole usage.  A blocking pole plant is a specific type of pole plant used to control (or “block”) the upper body, forcing the orientation of the upper body down the fall-line. A blocking pole plant can cue CoM repositioning. Please review this video.  https://videos.usskiandsnowboard.org/alpineed/detail/videos/alpine-guide-to-ski-fundamentals/video/6068353440001/blocking-pole-plant -Coach Jon

We will have Race Camp this week and next: Tues / Wed/ ThursDec 27, 28, 29Jan 3,4,5 All team members are welcome to attend as many sessions as they wish, 9:30 am – 12:30. We will meet at the top of the course by 9:30am. coaches will be on the hill before lifts open setting the training venue. For the first week, 12/27-12/29, we will run GS on Tues and Wed, SL on Thursday For GS days, no chin bars, pole guards or soft sided helmets are permitted. Racers should also remove shin guards. Most GS racers wear arm guards and spine protectors. It is imperative, when we run speed,…

Chestnut Mountain, January 5 & 6, 2019 2019 Chestnut Saturday GS Race 1.pdf2019 Chestnut Saturday GS Race 2.pdf2019 Chestnut Team Detail_Saturday.pdf2019 Chestnut Team Summary_Saturday.pdf2019 Chestnut Sunday SL Race 1.pdf2019 Chestnut Sunday SL Race 2.pdf2019 Chestnut Team Detail_Sunday.pdf2019 Chestnut Team Summary_Sunday.pdf2019 Chestnut Move Ups.pdf (as posted at wijara.wildapricot.org)