Hey everyone, I wanted to remind you all of a few things as we get started with the season on Monday.
1. First practice, you do NOT need ski equipment. We will start bringing skis later in the week, but we will keep it really simple for the first day. Just bring gear to train (running shoes) outside, but always be prepared for inside as well in case we need to switch because of weather.
2. Schedule tab – When you have day to day questions, you must check the SCHEDULE tab. That is where all the details are for practice. I recommend reading those details for the day either the night before practice or during the school day at the latest. There can be changes made and it is never good assume anything is the same as the day before. Be sure to read the details closely and tell your friends to as well. If you still have questions or if something doesn’t make sense, email coach Gifford or post your question in the skier chat or questions chat.
3. Be Prepared – We will be outside for almost all of the practices. We will not come inside because of cold (this is Nordic skiing). We will only come inside for workouts if it is raining AND cold. Make sure to have hats, gloves, and plenty of layers. There will be times when we are are inside and outside for different parts of practice and you may need to layer down, but typically inside will only be for meetings, not working out if at all possible. The dome would be the inside workout scenario that happens.
4. Ski passes – We will be ordering our ski passes based on who has paid for them through the booster club on either Wednesday or Thursday of next week, so be sure to have those paid for so we can get the Three Rivers passes for you sooner rather than later. See the booster club Venmo payment option in documents.
5. Equipment: if you can get it at a ski swap this weekend, get your equipment! If you cannot get it this weekend, you will want to get the equipment Sooner rather than later. If you do not get skis this weekend and want to rent them, go to the documents tab and the important links to sign up for rental skis. But please only sign up if you know you need them. We will start handing them out on Tuesday after practice.
6. Start signing up for waxing! We are hoping to get out and ski as quickly as we can and with the cold temps that could be right after thanksgiving so we want skis ready by thanksgiving. There is a link in the wax room schedule events so take a look there for sign ups.
7. IMPORTANT: Tell your friends it is not too late to sign up. We are going to have lower than normal numbers and the coaches are excited to teach some skiing. There will be lots of opportunity to make big gains this year because we will have lots of eyes to be watching and helping.
8. OTHER GENERAL INFO; the information meeting slides (in Doc tab) has a ton of good info in there for you if you are wondering about signing up or how things roll day to day. Also, there other other important links and docs in the DOCS tab. Lastly, in the News tab, I have posted a lot of important info as well. Please ask questions if you have them. I don;t know if something is unclear unless I am told.

Coach Gifford
giffordm@district279.org