Nova Scotia Snowboarding Association
Second Annual Barbecue
In Kingsburg , Nova Scotia
Sunday, June 25 th , 2006
Officially from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.
(You can come earlier and enjoy the surroundings!)
The Annual General Meeting will be held at
Duckworth Real Estate
At 963 Kingsburg Road
If you’d like to nominate someone to the Board of Directors, please send your nomination to the President, John Duckworth at
Check www.nssa.ca to see list of responsibilities.
RIDERS PLEASE NOMINATE YOUR RIDER’S REP!!!
The remainder of the time is SOCIAL.
PLEASE BRING YOUR CHAIRS, PICNIC FIXINGS, DRINKS AND MAKINGS OF A BARBECUE. WE’LL SUPPLY THE GRILLS.
IF YOU’RE MUSICAL OR NOT, BRING YOUR INSTRUMENT. THERE MAY BE MUSIC.
From Halifax: Take Highway 103 toward Yarmouth. At Exit 11, take a left toward Lunenburg. Before you enter Lunenburg, instead of going into the town, take a right and drive towards Bridgewater on 332 (Lighthouse Route) until you get to Rose Bay (about 15 minutes drive). Your signposts will be the Rose Bay General Store and a sign that says Kingsburg. Take a left immediately after the Store and drive down to the end of the pavement. You’ll see our house at 963 Kingsburg Road.
The Canadian Snowboarding Federation recently held its National Championships.
On March 25th and 26th the Parallel Giant Slalom and Parallel Slalom were held at Crystal Mountain, Washington, U.S.A. The alpine team was lead by 19 year-old Kristen d’Eon who has completed 2 years of training at Steamboat Springs, Colorado
.PGS
Junior Men 15 competitors
5 – Kristin d’Eon, Sackville
11 – Jamie Gilhen, Dartmouth
14 -Devon Chandler, Wolfville
Junior Women 7 competitors
7 – Kita McRory, Cole Harbour
PS
Junior Men 14 competitors
11- Devon Chandler
12- Jamie Gilhen
Junior Women 7 competitors
7 – Kita McRory
———————————————————————-
———————————————————————-
From March 30th to April 2nd the slopestyle(SS), halfpipe(HP) and
snowboardcross(SBX) championships were held at Mont Avila in Quebec. 21
year-old Olympian, Sarah Conrad, lead the freestyle team with a bronze
medal in the HP.
SS
Senior men 48 competitors
24- Jonathan Chew, Sydney
41- Peter Mann, Sackville
Junior Men 34 competitors
21- Stewart Varley, Sydney
30- Jeremy Page, Falmouth
HP
Senior Men 48 competitors
42- Nathan Sanford, Scotch Village
Junior Men 34 competitors
24- Josh Boylan, Windsor
32- Ben Robinson, Falmouth
33- Justin Hopper, Windsor
Senior Women 25 competitors
3- Sarah Conrad, Dartmouth
Junior Women 12 competitors
12- Emily Ernst, Sackville
SBX
Senior Men 62 competitors
51- Jonathan Conrad, Dartmouth
53- Jeff Harrington, Truro
60- Greg Kerr, Halifax
Senior Women 28 competitors
27- Amy Saxton, Halifax
Junior Men 25 competitors
18- Nik Conrad, Dartmouth
Junior Women 15 competitors
9- Kimmie Sutherland, Windsor Forks
Two of Nova Scotia’s top snowboarders, Alex Duckworth and Andrew
Armstrong, were sidelined with injuries. In the FIS world rankings,
Duckworth, of Kingsburg, is presently tied for second spot in Big Air and
in 8th spot in SS. Duckworth placed 2nd in the 2006 Junior World Big
Air Championships. Andrew Armstrong of Falmouth has the lead in FIS
points in freestyle and is a contender for the Canada Winter Games
team.
For further information:
Ginny Conrad
435-6142(h),
222-4094(c)
NOVA SCOTIA SNOWBOARDING PROVINCIAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
MORE GIRLS WANTED IN THE SPORT
On February 25 and 26th, Martock will be having the Nova Scotia Snowboarding Association Provincial Championships. These events will be sponsored by the NSSA and Rossignol.
Anyone who would like to compete in Parallel Giant Slalom (PGS) and Slopestyle (SS), can register on site starting at 8:30 a.m. on Saturday (PGS) and Sunday (SS). There may be a Halfpipe event if the weather holds and Martock can build the halfpipe this week.
Nova Scotia is a remarkable place for the level of snowboarders that hail from here – who all had their start at Ski Martock, Ski Wentworth and Ski BenEoin. We currently have two Olympians, Sarah Conrad and Trevor Andrew. Several of our upcoming younger snowboarders are making the podium in national competitions. Given the interest there is currently in the Olympics, there is a great desire to grow the sport in Nova Scotia. The Nova Scotia Snowboard Association is working hard to encourage and organize cool competitions for young upcoming athletes in the province. For more information on how to get involved, please go to www.nssa.ca and for profiles of our upcoming snowboarders , check the following: http://www.nssa.ca/4profiles.html All of the upcoming kids are featured.
Many of our riders have been competing at events in Calgary at the Canada Olympic Park (COP). Two Nova Scotian amateur riders came home with medals: Andrew “Bubba” Armstrong, 16, won Silver in the Amateur NorAms and Emily Ernst 13, got the Bronze for females in the Halfpipe Amateur NorAms.
Last week, Sarah Conrad placed 15th overall in the Women’s Halfpipe at the Torino Olympics – another snowboarder who started at Martock, our first Nova Scotian female Olympian in snowboarding.
Alexandra Duckworth won silver at the World Junior Snowboarding Big Air Event in Korea (2 weeks ago). This past weekend, Friday and Saturday, February 17th and 18th, she made the podium twice, winning gold in Slopestyle and Bronze in Halfpipe in a North American (NorAM competition in Calgary). She has been competing at the highest levels in the world now for about two years, making top 10 in two Grand Prixs this season competing with the best US Olympian snowboarders who came in the top 4 for Halfpipe at the Olympics last week.
The NSSA is especially interested in getting girls involved. With what happened with women in the halfpipe at the Olympics, we’re hoping more girls will become competitors in the many categories offered by the sport.
PURCHASE YOUR NSSA LONG SLEEVED T-SHIRT OR GET THEM FOR SOMEONE FOR CHRISTMAS!!!
These T-shirts are what the Nova Scotia Alpine Snowboarding Team wore in Italy.
Designed by ECLIPS for NSSA, you can buy these in two colours: navy with red lettering or yellow with a royal blue lettering.
front:
..………
back:
..……
Available in Small, Medium and Large sizes
Price: $25.00 including taxThe Nova Scotia Snowboarding Association was established in 1991 to provide Nova Scotian athletes with an avenue to provincial, national, and international competition. In the last eleven years, our association has been instrumental in developing the sport of snowboarding in Nova Scotia and Atlantic Canada. As a result of the NSSA provincial contest series, male and female athletes from Nova Scotia aged 14-36 have competed in Asia, Europe, and across North America. Our association already boasts one Olympian. The NSSA is a non-profit organization, a member of the Canadian Snowboarding Federation, and an active member of Sport Nova Scotia.