The future stars of freestyle skiing are at the Apex Mountain Resort this weekend for the first Timber Tour and Super Youth events.
The Timber tour consists of slope style, big air and mogul events and the action starts Friday with slopestyle is from 10:30 a.m. until 2 p.m. for super youth, ages under eight to under-14. On Saturday, big air competitions are from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. and on Sunday, moguls competitions go from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Spectators are welcome.
Apex Freestyle Club coach Kenni Kuroda said they have 10 kids competing in super youth and 17 in the Timber Tour.
“Our moguls field is strong as usual,” said Kuroda.
AFC has seven kids training with the development team so he has high expectations for those athletes. The non-development team skiers have been training hard, too.
“It gives all the kids incentive when they see their friends moving up into these development teams,” said Kuroda. “It just gives them a little more want and desire to do better.”
Jon Hodal coaches the super youth group and Kuroda said he is pushing them well.
“They are all very excited about it,” he said.
Among the slope style group competing are Matt Finlayson and Cam Kapusty, who are on the B.C. development team. The slope style group has made strides under the guidance of coach Jessica Warll.
In other AFC news, Mason Barzilay, Mackenzie Schwinghamer and Jordan and Josh Kober compete in Deer Valley, Utah this weekend in the NorAm, which is one level below the world cup circuit.
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