Peter Stubbs had an unbelievable 2010/2011 freestyle ski season. He has just finished his fourth year competing in freestyle skiing while training with the Mt. Washington Freestyle Club Competitive Team.
Stubbs is a16-year-old Grade 10 student at GP Vanier Secondary School; he has always called Courtenay home and Mount Washington 鈥渉is鈥� mountain since he started skiing at the age of five.
Stubbs was recently selected to join the BC High Performance Mogul Team for the 2011/2012 season. Training will be held during the summer at Blackcomb Mountain in Whistler, BC.
Stubbs' first 10-day training camp started May 5 with on-snow training and assessment. More training is scheduled as the summer progresses with a Glacier Mogul training Camp in July and a Water Ramp Camp in August all held at Whistler/Blackcomb. Then an early ski season on-snow Camp in November at Apex Mountain Resort Penticton.
Stubbs kicked off this freestyle ski season competing in his first-ever Canadian Freestyle Series event at Apex Mountain Resort, Penticton Jan. 14-16 followed by the first BC Series competition, a provincially sanctioned BC Freestyle event, Jan. 21-23. The second BC Series was held Feb. 18-20 at Silver Star, Vernon.
Based on his results from the Canadian event and these two BC Series Stubbs qualified to represent B.C. at the Canadian Junior Nationals held March 10-13 at Marmot Basin, Jasper, Alberta. While there he placed 22nd in Single Moguls out of a field of 45 of Canada鈥檚 best young freestyle skiers.
Stubbs took part in the BC Freestyle Championships held March 31 to April 1 on Blackcomb. The mogul course set on Davy鈥檚 Dervish has a 30 degree slope, is 240 meters in length and is considered one of the most difficult courses on the World Cup circuit. In a field of 35 competitors Stubbs took bronze for Single Moguls in the M3 category.
For more information on the Mt Washington Freestyle Ski Club, check out www.mwfc.ca.
