FIRST CONTEST THIS WEEKEND JANUARY 9-10, 2010

FIRST COACHING SESSION JANUARY 8^th from 8pm-Close
(if you want to pick up your rider earlier that is okay too)

Steps to get you started:

1.       USASA MEMBERSHIP - Sign up for your seasonal membership with USASA before midnight on Thursday: http://usasa.memberpro.net/main/body.cfm?menu=login  We cannot take a credit card for your membership on site, we can only take cash or check.  PLEASE if you need to pay by credit card do so online before Friday.

2.       COACHING – you can sign up for coaching online.  Please sign up ahead of time so that we know how many people we will have at a session.  Sign up here: http://www.ragingbuffalo.com/usasa-coaching  - We also have limited availability for Private Coaching so if you plan on having private coaching for the season please sign up for that as soon as possible.

3.       EVENT PAYMENTS - You can sign up for your events online and save money.  Please sign up here before Friday for that weekend’s events: http://www.ragingbuffalo.com/usasa-snowboarding-competitions/online-registration

4.       BIB DEPOSIT - We have started something new this year, pay a seasonal deposit for your bib and you will have it for the season.  You can pay your bib fee here:  http://www.ragingbuffalo.com/usasa-snowboarding-competitions/usasa-bibs

ONE TIME ONLY – SIGN UP FOR ALL YOUR SEASONS EVENTS AND YOU GET TO PICK YOUR BIB NUMBER – THIS IS OFFERED ON A FIRST COME FIRST SERVE BASIS:

http://www.ragingbuffalo.com/usasa-snowboarding-competitions/register

*** DON’T FORGET, IF YOU BRING A NEW MEMBER AND THEY COMPETE FOR THE WEEKEND I WILL GIVE YOU $5 ON SUNDAY THEY MUST TELL ME UPON REGISTRATION THAT YOU INVITED THEM OR THE OFFER IS VOID ***  PLEASE INVITE SKIERS, WE HAVE NONE IN OUR SERIES CURRENTLY.

When you sign up online it helps me out tremendously with organizing the events and also helps the contest day run smoothly.  We will again be looking for volunteers for the following:

Starting Announcer - (Steve Greenberg)

Trick Consultant – This is to help the announcer to know the tricks

Lunch Pick-Up Saturday - ?????

Lunch Pick-Up Sunday - ?????

Morning Check-In - ?????

Results Tally with Tiffany - ?????

LODGING

If you are traveling, once again we have discounted room rates at the Marriott in Elgin ($69 per night), just use this link to reserve:

Courtyard Chicago Elgin/West Dundee >>

http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/CHIDN?corporateCode=D34&app=resvlink&fromDate=&toDate=

We also have discounted rooms at the Holiday Inn in Elgin.  Please mention Raging Buffalo for the discount.  This will give you an $82.00/night rate plus 10% tax rate for a standard King or Double Queen room.  They are the ONLY Full-Service Hotel in Kane County!!!

WHAT TO EXPECT THIS WEEKEND:

If you’ve signed up for everything online, smooth sailing ahead, we hope.  Our first weekend is always hectic as we get into the swing of things.  We hope to be done by 4:30 pm if and when everything runs smoothly.

Friday night is the coaching sessions which are optional but very beneficial to the riders.  We have some riders that will be privately coached and riders that will be group coached.  This is a great opportunity to get an idea of what the judges are looking for and practice your runs for the weekend.

Saturday Morning – It’s very important that you arrive early so that you can check in and get your bib.  Check In is from 9am-10am.  If you show up at 10:01am you will be charged a $10 late fee per event for that day.  At this time you can also pay for your lunch.  This is open to competitors and their families.  We feel that it’s important that our riders have the opportunity for a healthy lunch during competition days.  Next, The riders meeting will be held at 10:30am at the deck in front of the patrol trailer.  All riders MUST be at the riders meeting, it is mandatory.  The riders meeting is the perfect time to ask the Judges/Coaches questions about the competition and what they are looking for.  If all goes as planned the first event will start at 11am.  We will then take a lunch break in between events.  The second competition for the day will start at approximately 1 or 1:30ish.  Due to unknown issues that may occur we cannot give exact times for event start/end times.  Once finished with the second event there is a break so that we can tabulate the scores and get ready for awards.  Each day of competitions we have awards and raffle off a brand new 2010 Burton Snowboard.

Sunday Morning – Repeat of Saturday.

If you have any questions please contact me at tiffany@ragingbuffalo.com

REMINDERS:

JAN 23/24^th Competition will be held at Chestnut Mountain in Galena.  Be sure to reserve your room before they are sold out for the weekend.

http://www.chestnutmtn.com/