Ski & Snowboard Australia 2002 -2006

Four Years of Significant Achievement
October 1 2006 marked four years since the transition to a new CEO, a new President shortly thereafter, new headquarters, a new name and a new chapter in the history of SSA.

With imminent constitutional change and in the midst of prolonged political focus, it is appropriate (and important) to reflect on some of the significant changes, highlights and gains made by SSA over the past 4 years.

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International Competition Licenses (ICL)
Athletes who are planning to compete overseas during the northern winter must have the following memberships and registrations:

SSA Membership
Discipline Registration
FIS Registration (If applicable)
International Competition License (ICL)

An athlete only has to purchase the ICL once during the membership year. The ICL is only active with current competition insurance. To apply for an ICL and purchase competition insurance please follow the link below:

ICL
Policy Wording

 

ALPINE

Northern Hemisphere Race Entry Protocol
The SSA office has implemented an Alpine Race Entry Protocol to help manage FIS race entries during the Northern Winter. As the number of Australian quota for FIS races is limited to six men and four women it is necessary that all race entries are submitted by SSA to ensure that our quota is not exceeded and that athletes are chosen as per the SSA FIS Quota Policy.

Please familiarize yourself with the Alpine Entry Protocol and SSA FIS Quota Policy to make sure that entry requests are submitted to the SSA office correctly and on time.

All the documents you require are listed below:

Alpine Entry Protocol & Quota Policy
Alpine Entry Form


National Alpine Team
After a successful southern winter the New look National Alpine Skiing Program which comprises World Cup and Development Programs, are set to head overseas to resume their training. Craig Branch will be training with the British Program while Jono Brauer along with Technical Director Helmut Spiegl and Coach Jo Draxl will be working with the Canadian technical program.

Brenton Fetterplace has been offered to join the development team after receiving an Emerging Athlete scholarship during the southern winter and will join his teammates in Europe training alongside the British Development Program. The Women’s program will be based in Canada and will train with the Alberta Provincial Team.

 

CROSS COUNTRY

The National Cross Country Team will spend the early part of the northern winter focusing on training and development before switching the focus to competitions in mid January. The major events for the team this season will include World Championships in Sapporo, Japan, World Junior/U23 Championships in Tarvisio, Italy and a variety of World Cup events. The Development/Junior Team will spend 5 weeks training in Silverstar, Canada.

 

FREESTYLE

Freestyle Moguls National Team
The National Mogul Team is currently in Switzerland participating in a preseason glacier camp at Zermatt. The athletes will return to Australia for a two week water jump camp before heading to Europe for the first World Cups of the season.

Moguls Sub-Development Team
For the first time SSA have sanctioned a Freestyle Moguls Sub-Development program for the northern winter. The six week program, consisting of eight athletes will be based in Silverstar, Canada for the first four weeks then Copper Mtn, USA for the remaining two weeks. The team, listed below, will be coached by Jussi ‘Legs’ Kinnunen.

- Eliza Graham
- Kate Blamey
- Hugh Norton
- Hamish Cox
- Nicole Parks
- Tom Thorburn
- Matt Graham


 

SNOWBOARD

Snowboard National Team
The 2006-07 National Snowboard Team has been confirmed for the Northern Hemisphere winter. We wish all team members the best of luck with their season.

Halfpipe
National Team
- Andrew Burton
- Torah Bright
- Holly Crawford
- Ben Johnson

SBX
National Team
-Damon Hayler
- Alex Pullin
- Taan Robrahn
- Emily Thomas
- Stephanie Hickey

PGS
- National Team
- Johanna Shaw
- Emanuel Oppliger|


SSA/NSWIS Snowboard Halfpipe Development Team
The SSA/NSWIS Halfpipe Development Team will this year be training in Mammoth Mountain in the USA under the guidance of coach Ben Alexander. There have been a number of additions to the team including two athletes, Charlie Steinbacher and Samuel Murphy, from the SSA Halfpipe TID camp in Perisher who were asked to train with the team during the northern winter. The members of the team are as follows:

- Nathan Johnstone
- Matthew Hunter
- Hannah Trigger
- Simone Pritchard (Gymnastics transition athlete)
- Danielle Archer (Gymnastics transition athlete)
- Charlie Steinbacher
- Samuel Murphy

 

Sport Shorts
 

Alpine
	October SSA Points
	Jono Brauer’s Season Review
Freestyle
	Draft 2007 Calendar