jng Posted March 7, 2020 Report Share Posted March 7, 2020 I need to step up my racing game. I race in a beer league, getting two runs once a week. I feel like a deer in headlights on the course, not anticipating, not committing the edge. Some mileage and coaching will do me good. There's a camp at Mt Hood in summer. Does anyone know of any other multi-day programs for adults in US or Canada? Looking for next season. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dw3 Posted March 7, 2020 Report Share Posted March 7, 2020 I’m new to racing and hardboots (second season)... been to the Mt. Hood summer ski camp two years now and it’s great. Planning on attending again this year. It’s not a camp of just training in gates every day, lots of riding all mountain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jng Posted March 7, 2020 Author Report Share Posted March 7, 2020 @Dw3 Can you elaborate more on what the daily schedule looks like? Not that I don't enjoy freeriding, but 99% of my riding is freeriding, so really looking to get plenty of time running gates. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgCarve Posted March 13, 2020 Report Share Posted March 13, 2020 On 3/6/2020 at 6:07 PM, jng said: There's a camp at Mt Hood in summer. Does anyone know of any other multi-day programs for adults in US or Canada? Looking for next season. Thanks! I see only ski camps there. Do you have a link to snowboard racing camp? Thinking about trying SG camp next year... On 3/7/2020 at 12:19 PM, Dw3 said: I’m new to racing and hardboots (second season)... been to the Mt. Hood summer ski camp two years now and it’s great. Planning on attending again this year. It’s not a camp of just training in gates every day, lots of riding all mountain. How does it work for snowboarders? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dw3 Posted March 14, 2020 Report Share Posted March 14, 2020 (edited) https://mthood.com/snowboard_race.htm link to Mt Hood summer ski camp, snowboard. (Scroll down for the video with Vic Wyld) If you are looking to run gates over and over and over, you will be frustrated in this camp. The coach is a body mechanics guru as it relates to snowboarding. I heard he is currently coaching the US Paralympic snowboard team. as far as the daily schedule, meet at 8 every day and talk about daily goals. Lots of drills and visualization on the board in the lodge. Usually on snow about 9:30ish working on what we talked about. After lunch we worked on what each racer specifically needed. Ran gates in the afternoons 3 days I think. Again, if you want just gate training this is not your camp. (I was of this mindset at first too). You will ride in the half pipe and park, I even learned to carve the board pretty well riding switch. I ran into some racers at Mt. Bachelor who went to camp too. They said about day 3 they were very disappointed that it wasn’t just running gates all day, but were shocked when they finally did run gates at how much they had improved. The coach breaks down the fundamentals so well even a dummy like me can understand. I think it was $1500 for the week if you lodge at the camp (think Boy Scouts summer camp with lots of activities), or $1000 for just coaching. This includes the lift tix ($75 per day in the summer). hope this helps Edited March 14, 2020 by Dw3 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dw3 Posted March 14, 2020 Report Share Posted March 14, 2020 Also, I think this camp is geared more for newer racers, idk but maybe if you are already really good you might get something out of it. For me it’s great, again I’ve only been on hard boots two years, riding about 8 years total. I race USASA and am competitive in my age group. However, I did race one FIS race this year...... I still have a long way to go to compete with those guys. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgCarve Posted March 15, 2020 Report Share Posted March 15, 2020 Now I really want to go there... How is the snow coverage in the summer there? Should I take my best GS/SL boards or should I take my "rock" boards? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dw3 Posted March 15, 2020 Report Share Posted March 15, 2020 (edited) https://www.timberlinelodge.com/mountain/trail-map the area under the “magic mile” lift usually stays open until about the third week of camp. I try to go earlier for the most terrain. After that it’s just Palmer snow field which is a steep blue run, icy in the morning and mush after about 1. By the end of the summer, only the top of Palmer is open which is a pretty small area. Two summers ago I scratched up my board but last summer was better. Edited March 15, 2020 by Dw3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jng Posted March 15, 2020 Author Report Share Posted March 15, 2020 16 hours ago, Dw3 said: Again, if you want just gate training this is not your camp. (I was of this mindset at first too). You will ride in the half pipe and park, I even learned to carve the board pretty well riding switch. I ran into some racers at Mt. Bachelor who went to camp too. They said about day 3 they were very disappointed that it wasn’t just running gates all day, but were shocked when they finally did run gates at how much they had improved. The coach breaks down the fundamentals so well even a dummy like me can understand. Sounds like a Karate Kid approach to training. Course time will always be limited, so I see the value of being able to train off-course. When you finally get in gates, are you working on reading the course, anticipation, dealing with variable course conditions, etc.? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dw3 Posted March 15, 2020 Report Share Posted March 15, 2020 (edited) I’m still just trying to get my technique right. Great analogy btw, never thought of it like that. I guess you could say we did all that. Edited March 15, 2020 by Dw3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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