Hi Ken,

I wanted to give you some feedback on Monday’s training at Camp Fortune. I feel it was a great day for the I2’s and K1’s. I attended 2 parent meetings in which Joey Lavigne, Alpine Ontario Athletic Director, explained the reasoning and importance behind such skill development camps. Alpine Ontario is seeing “bad habits” at the very high levels of racing that should have been corrected at the beginning levels. They would like to see our racers work on breaking these habits now.
The day was filled with constant gate running. I believe there was 34 athletes and approx 12 coaches (Ryan can give you more accurate #’s). Joey Lavigne stood at the bottom of the run observing and giving the athletes tips all day. They wrapped things up with a meeting and gave each athlete a personal assessment.
I feel that this was a great way for our young athletes to train on different terrain, to get different coaching techniques (or hear the same thing from a different person!) and to train with their competition.
This camp was offered throughout Ontario and I was proud of Calabogie’s strong presence. I would definitely encourage athletes to attend such an event if they are offered in the future.

Christine