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AUGUST 24, 2024
Merit Award Recipients 2024
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MAY 31, 2024
Mental Health Awareness Resources #3
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MAY 29, 2024
Mental Health Awareness Tips
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MAY 27, 2024
Mental Health Awareness Month
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MAY 15, 2024
VARA GOLF 2024 Join the fun!
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FEBRUARY 29, 2024
VARA Ed Series #4 Process VS Outcome
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FEBRUARY 21, 2024
Journaling VARA Ed Series #3
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FEBRUARY 14, 2024
Feedback VARA Educational Series #2
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FEBRUARY 08, 2024
VARA Ed Series #1 Knowledge Is Power
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SEPTEMBER 29, 2023
VARA States, Eastern Post Season Event Dates
VARA States & Eastern Post-Season Event Dates
VARA U16 State Championships
Sponsored by Admin Ski Racing & Nordica
February 27- March 1 (M/W)
Hosted by -> Okemo Resort, OMS & Okemo Comp CenterU14 State Championships
Sponsored by:
Admin Ski Racing, ELM Electric & Booster Straps!
March 1, SG m/w -> Hosted by Sugarbush Resort and GMVS (Backup date TBD)
March 8-10 Sl/GS m/w -> Hosted by Stratton Mtn Resort and Stratton Mtn SchoolU16 Eastern Championships
March 11-15, Ronnie Berlack Grand Prix - Hosted by Burke Mtn and BMAU16 Eastern Finals
March 17-20, site TBDU16 US Nationals
April 1-6, hosted by Vail Resort and Vail Ski ClubU14 Eastern Championships
March 16-19, hosted by Sugarbush Resort and GMVSU14 Finals
March 22-24, site TBDU14 Can-Am Series
March 28-31, hosted by Sugarloaf Mtn and CVA(dates are subject to change)
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SEPTEMBER 25, 2023
23 VARA RECEPTION INVITE
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AUGUST 22, 2023
2023 VARA Merit Awards
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AUGUST 15, 2023
VARA Awards 2023
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AUGUST 15, 2023
2024 VARA TEAM
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JUNE 26, 2023
SYNC ATHLETE FUND
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OCTOBER 27, 2022
VARA Dedication
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AUGUST 08, 2022
VARA 2022 Fall Merit Award Recipients
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MARCH 14, 2022
April 2 Awards Reception Stowe VT
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OCTOBER 17, 2021
VARA News & Notes Oct 2021
NEWS & INFO
Greetings!
... In This Email ...
Education
- Elle Gilbert Education Email Links
- VARA Zoom with PJ Dewey - Equipment Sizing - Registration Link
- NYSSRA Zoom with Sasha Rearick Link
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Kids Today and What They Need From Us
By Elle Gilbert
Below are the recent email links for Topic 1 and 2:
Topic 1: Understanding Our Young Athletes
Part 1: Link
Part 2: Link
Topic 2: Working Out Our Own Stuff
Part 1 - Link
Part 2 - Link
Topics 3 and 4 coming soon.
Topic 3 - Doing Our Best by Our Kids
Topic 4 - Talking WIth Teens
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Equipment Sizing Zoom with PJ Dewey
(OCTOBER 18, 2021 6 PM) - Link to Register Below.
(NOTE: The zoom is on the 18th - MONDAY!)
Registration Link 
Click the red button above to register and a zoom link will be sent to you before the meeting. Please be sure to include your email address.
**VARA will be hosting additional Zooms with Devin Delaney, Director of Nutrition at GMVS, on nutrition and the young athlete and VARA Technical Statement, USS Pocket Guide review. Dates and times coming soon!
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Education in collaboration with NYSSRA
NYSSRA Presents:
An Evening With Sasha Rearick
October 18th and 25th - 7pm - two different presentations by Sasha Rearick.
His last three years as Head Men’s Development Coach was leading Project 26. Prior to US Ski Team Sasha was a teacher and coach at Green Mountain Valley School for three years.
SASHA ZOOM LINKS:
Time: Oct 18, 2021 07:00 PM Eastern
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86991333776?pwd=NnpuY1lqY3B0b1NxNTlOa0tUUkZZZz09
Meeting ID: 869 9133 3776
Passcode: 752827
One tap mobile
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+13017158592,,86991333776#,,,,*752827# US (Washington DC)
October 25th link:
Time: Oct 25, 2021 07:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89469039636?pwd=YjJSQXRONXhFL3ZHRWROeXRGTzhmZz09
Meeting ID: 894 6903 9636
Passcode: 704433
One tap mobile
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+13017158592,,89469039636#,,,,*704433# US (Washington DC)
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OCTOBER 17, 2021
USS Coaches ED L100 Info
L100 News
Following is the wording in the USS Comp Guide for the L100 requirement:
After the spring of 2022, all coaches will be required to be certified with a Level 100 certification or higher to coach at a sanctioned U.S. Ski & Snowboard event. Please plan ahead and sign up for a L100 course soon. Coach membership will be “pending” until Level 100 requirements are met during the 2022-23 season.
Please note the underlined - all coaches will be required to be certified with a Level 100 certification or higher to coach at a sanctioned U.S. Ski & Snowboard event.
This means that coaches who DO NOT coach at US Ski & Snowboard sanctioned events are not required to have a L100 certification.
Developing strong coaches should be a priority. The L100 is a valuable educational program. It may seem a difficult ladder to climb at the moment most really good things are. Take the time and make the effort to complete the L100, our youngest athletes who are at the base of our athlete pyramid with our largest numbers need you.
TAKE NOTE: Former USST athletes do not need to do the on-snow portion but need to do the online module section. This is free for former USST athletes.
FAQ:
What Do I need to do to get the L100
- Purchase your license
- Pass the Background Check
- Complete Safesport Training
- Complete BRASS Avalanche Training
- Complete the Coaching Fundamentals Online Course
- Get a First Aid/CPR certification
- Complete the CDC Head’s Up to Youth Sports Online Training
- Complete the L100 Online Course* and On-snow clinic
For the full official, list see USSS Sport Education: https://usskiandsnowboard.org/sport-development/coaches-development/welcome-alpine-level-100-coach-certification-course
How do I Register?
Registration steps - Click Here
A note on the L100 Elearning course
The L100 Alpine eLearning course must be completed before the on-snow clinic. The course consists of multiple modules and is designed to be complete in 10 hours. For some it can take substantially longer and many find the material difficult.
VARA L100 Dates and Locations:
Northern Vermont
- Mount Mansfield/Stowe - Dec. 3
- GMVS (TBD Dec)
Mid Vermont
- Okemo - Dec. 5
- Killington (suggest a date)
- Quechee - Dec. 15
Southern Vermont
- Bromley Outing Club – 12/16 & 12/17, 1/6 & 1/7
USSS Sports Education publishes a calendar of all the clinics across the country.
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SEPTEMBER 16, 2021
NE Master's Youth Scholarship
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SEPTEMBER 12, 2021
VARA 2021 Award Recipients
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AUGUST 02, 2021
2022 VARA Team Announced
VERMONT ALPINE RACING ASSOCIATION
2022 VARA Team
Cailin Apple - BMA
Aleix Aubert - SMS
Chas Benyik - MSA
Merritt Loring - SMS
Caleb Brytowski - KMS
Nick Heinrich - BMA
Ava Hersey - BMA
Max Hoder - MMSCA
Deena Jacunski - COCH
Mackenzie Leach - BMA
Haven Loring - SMS
Oliver Morgan - BMA
Emma Van Heyst - OKE
Christina Winchell - MMSCA
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AUGUST 02, 2021
2021 VARA Merit Awards
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JUNE 23, 2021
2021 VARA Overalls
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MAY 23, 2021
VARA SPRING MEETING NOTICE
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MAY 03, 2021
2021 VARA Golf
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APRIL 26, 2021
VARA SPRING MEETING NOTICE
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FEBRUARY 23, 2021
SYNC VT Cup 2021
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NOVEMBER 19, 2020
VARA Merit Awards 2020
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OCTOBER 21, 2020
Fred Coriell 2020 VARA Hall of Fame Inductee
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SEPTEMBER 23, 2019
2020 VARA TEAM
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AUGUST 29, 2019
Equipment Sizing Tips
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JULY 22, 2019
Summer Ski Tuning Tips!
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JULY 22, 2019
Summer Training Tool- Video
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JANUARY 05, 2016
Remembering Ronnie Berlack
VARA Community,
It has been one year since Ronnie Berlack, a VARA competitor, brother, son and great person passed in an avalanche in Europe.
Please take a moment today to remember Ronnie Berlack and also Bryce Astle who was lost in the same avalanche.
U19 national project this morning at Aspen. Helmets to the sky for Ronnie and Bryce.
