From the Coaches

Hello Ski Fans,

Thanks to all who contributed to another successful regional camp last weekend! That was a lot of fun.

Internal Gear Swap Reminder Saturday October 1st 2:30 pm

Saturday is going to be a good day to swap out-grown team clothing and ski gear to younger smaller skiers. So try on your stuff and bring your small stuff up to Telemark for Saturday afternoon. Check out this link for Details. There will be an order window to buy new team clothing at a discounted rate in October. Our Telemark public ski swap is scheduled for October 22nd at Kelowna Cycle.

TELEMARK DAY CAMP OCTOBER 1ST 2022

Track Attack:

• Track Attack Meet at Glenrosa Middle School for a Skate Roller Ski Session at 10 am
• 11:30 am Shuttle up to Telemark
• Lunch Break
• 12:30 Afternoon Team Building Adventure Event stations (Running Shoes)
• L2C Athletes will be Team Leaders
• Done by 2:30

To Bring List:

• all gear for skating roller skiing (skate roller skis, poles, boots). We will have some Telemark Roller Skis available
• Mandatory Roller Ski Safety Equipment (Helmet, Gloves, High Visibility Shirt or Reflective Vest and optional Knee Pads)
• Food for the day
• Water bottles and Carrier
• running shoes

Train to Train:

• T2T Depart Helen Gorman Elementary at 10 am Skate
• Carre Road Technique
• 2.2 km Time Trial
• Ski to Telemark (T2T-1) or the Yellow Gate (T2T-2) to Transition to Running
• Lunch
• 12:30 Afternoon Team Building Adventure Event stations (Running Shoes)
• L2C Athletes will be Team Leaders
• Done by 2:30

Learn to Compete:

• L2C Depart Gellatly Nut Farm to Telemark at 9 am Classic
• 11:30 L2C Athlete and Parent Information Meeting at the Telemark Lodge
• Lunch
• 12:30 Afternoon Team Building Adventure Event stations (Running Shoes)
• Done by 2:30

BOTTLE DRIVE SORTING DAY SUNDAY OCT 16

Please start your collection ahead of time. Click Here for Details.

NEXT WEEK

All Event details are in our Calendar Here!

Track Attack

• 6-7:30 pm October 4th 2022 Rose Valley Elementary Run. Bring a Headlamp, Bounding Poles and Water
• 10-Noon October 8th 2022 Telemark Run. Bring water and Bounding Poles

Train to Train

• 6-7:30 pm October 4th 2022 Rose Valley Elementary Run. Bring a Headlamp, Bounding Poles and Water
• 6-7:30 pm October 6th 2022 Parkinson Tennis Courts Skate Ski. Mandatory Roller Ski Safety Equipment (Lights, Helmet, Gloves, High Visibility Shirt or Reflective Vest)
• 10-Noon October 8th 2022 Telemark Run. Bring water and Bounding Poles

The Mission of the Telemark Race Program is to deliver a good experience for the members while providing a supportive encouraging and progressively structured training environment so that they may achieve their goals of sports excellence

This is a great time of year for strength Checkout our Core Strength Plan Here!

A good Body Weight Strength Plan is available Here!

Here is a link to Ross’s Improving knee drive and ankle mobility to improve ski technique page; also under strength on athletes resource tab

Learn to Ski Faster!

This should be a great week! Feel free to contact me by email with questions or concerns. Thank You, 
Adam Elliot

Values: Adventure, Camaraderie, Integrity and Excellence

Outgrown your old ski gear? Hoping to find a pair of quality used skis to race on this winter? Telemark is organizing an “internal” gear swap so that members of our Track Attack, Train to Train, Learn to Compete and Biathlon programs can meet and try to match families who have outgrown their gear with families seeking new gear! This is a great chance to find ski gear before our PUBLIC ski swap (Scheduled for October 22nd).

Where: 

Telemark Main Lodge —> Basement

When: 

Saturday Oct 1st

• Drop off equipment between 9:30 and 10:30am
• Swap begins after our club day camp (aprox. 2:30pm)

What to bring:

Any cross country ski gear in GOOD condition

• Cross Country Skis
  • Skis must be labeled with the seller’s name, phone number and asking price
    • Bonus information includes you know what weight range the skis are for
  • Skis should be free from any glide wax
  • Skis must be be especially free from any grip wax! 
  • Seriously, clean off your grip wax before the swap!!!!
• Cross Country Ski Poles
  • Poles must be labeled with the seller’s name, phone number and asking price
  • Poles should include straps and baskets
• Cross Country Ski Boots
  • Boots must be labeled with the seller’s name, phone number and asking price
  • Boots should be in good condition, ideally cleaned of any dirt/mud
• Telemark Uniforms
  • Uniforms should be labeled with the seller’s name, phone number and asking price
  • Please only bring uniforms that are in GOOD condition (no holes/stains etc)
  • Please only bring uniforms that have been washed

Sales Process

• Drop off your gear in the morning and we’ll organize it into different categories (Classic skis, skate skis, poles etc)
• A Telemark Coach will be on hand to assist helping to choose equipment that fits
• All sales are directly between the seller and the purchaser. Both parties should be on site for the actual sale at 2:30pm
  • Unlike our public ski swap, this is not a fundraiser for our team, so all payments are strictly between the seller and buyer
• Immediately after the swap: collect any unsold equipment