WATERVILLE VALLEY BLACK AND BLUE TRAIL SMASHERS SNOWSPORTS EDUCATION
19 GREYSTONE ROAD, MARBLEHEAD, MA 01945 www.wvbbts.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: THE MISSION OF WATERVILLE VALLEY BLACK AND BLUE TRAIL SMASHERS SNOWSPORTS EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION- AS A SNOW SPORTS EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION, WE DEVELOP COMPETITIVE ALPINE,FREESTYLE AND SNOWBOARD ATHLETES THRU YEAR-ROUND ATHLETIC TRAINING, COMPETITIVE EVENTS AND QUALITY ACADEMICS. THE RESULTING MASTERY OF SNOWSPORTS INCREASES CONFIDENCE, DISCIPLINE AND RISK TAKING IN ALL ASPECTS OF LIFE. THE VISION IS TO BE THE BEST SNOWSPORTS ORGANIZATION IN THE UNITED STATES. THE MISSION OF THE WATERVILLE VALLEY ACADEMY IS TO PROVIDE EXCELLENT EDUCATION AND SUPERIOR SNOWSPORTS TRAINING AND CONDITIONING FOR YOUNG ALPINE, FREESTYLE AND SNOWBOARDING ATHLETES IN A SAFE MOUNTAIN VILLAGE ENVIRONMENT. THE ORGANIZATION STRIVES TO FOSTER A SAFE AND DISCIPLINED COMMUNITY IN WHICH EACH STUDENT ATHLETE PARTICIPATES IN HIS OR HER OWN EDUCTION, ACHIEVES HIGH ACADEMIC GOALS, DEVELOPS SOLID MORAL VALUES AND PRODUCES STRONG ATHLETIC RESULTS.

WATERVILLE VALLEY ACADEMY- WATERVILLE VALLEY ACADEMY GIVES STUDENT-ATHLETES THE OPPORTUNITY TO REACH THEIR FULL POTENTIAL BOTH ON THE SLOPES AND IN THE CLASSROOM LAST SEASON 82 STUDENT-ATHLETES AVAILED THEMSELVES OF OUR 10- MONTH PINNACLE HIGH SCHOOL OR OUR ONE-ON-ONE DIRECT INSTRUCTIONAL ENROLLMENT PERIODS RANGING FROM SIX WEEKS TO FIVE MONTHS RIGOROUS ALPINE, FREESTYLE AND SNOWBOARD TRAINING,COMPETITION AND CONDITIONING IN CONJUNCTION WITH HIGH-CALIBER ACADEMICS WHICH ENABLES OUR STUDENT-ATHLETES TO GAIN ACCEPTANCE AT PRESTIGIOUS COLLEGES SUCH AS BABSON COLLEGE,BOSTON COLLEGE,BOSTON UNIVERSITY,BOWDIN COLLEGE,BROWN UNIVERSITY,CHAMPLAIN COLLEGE,CLARK COLLEGE,COLBY COLLEGE,COLORADO COLLEGE,DARTMOUTH COLLEGE,EVERGREEN STATE COLLEGE,FORT LEWIS COLLEGE,PLYMOUTH STATE UNIVERSITY,RODGER WILLIAMS COLLEGE,SAINT ANSELM COLLEGE,SIERRA NEVADA COLLEGE, ST.LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY,SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY,UNION COLLEGE, UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO,UNIVERSITY OF DENVER,UNIVERSITY OF MAINE,UNIVERSITY OF MA,UNIVERSITY OF NH,UNIVERSITY OF VT, WESTMINISTER COLLEGE,AND WILLIAMS COLLEGE.

ALPINE,FREESTYLE & SNOWBOARD TRAINING-THE BBTS SNOWSPORTS CLUB, WITH ROOTS IN ONE OF THE OLDEST SKI CLUBS IN THE COUNTRY,HAD OVER 400 ATHLETES IN THE 2014-2015 SEASON. PARTICIPANTS RANGED IN AGE FROM SEVEN TO OVER EIGHTY YEARS OLD. THEY ARE TRAINED BY A WORLD-CLASS GROUP OF COACHES LED BY TOM BARBEAU, ATHLETIC DIRECTOR & BURDENKO METHOD LEADER,AND ADAM CHADBOURNE, DIRECTOR OF ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE. ADAM COACHES AT THE U18 LEVEL AS WELL AS ASSISTING WITH THE U16 BURDENKO TRAINING.THIS TYPE OF PERSONALIZED,AGE AND SKILL APPROPRIATE TRAINING ENABLES ALL PARTICIPANTS TO REACH THEIR GOALS OF SNOWSPORT EXCELLENCE. DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI IN THE PROGRAM INCLUDE OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALISTS HANNAH KEARNEY AND NIKKI STONE; AS WELL AS OLYMPIANS JULIA KRASS, CHAS GULDEMOND AND CHEMMIE ALCOTT.OUR VISION IS A PIONEERING SNOWSPORT TRAINING PROGRAM IN ORDER TO CULTIVATE TOMORROWS LEADERS.

SNOWSPORT CAMPS-BY OFFERING A WIDE VARIETY OF CAMPS THROUGHOUT THE SPRING,SUMMER AND FALL, WVBBTS PROVIDES OUR ATHLETES A MULTITUDE OF OPPORTUNITIES TO CONTINUE ENHANCING THEIR SKILLS,QUALIFYING TRICKS AND GETTING BACK ON THE SNOW IN 2014-2015, OUR JUMPSTART, BURDENKO METHOD DRYLAND, EXPERIENCE THE ACADEMY AND MASTERS CAMPS ARE RUN FROM OUR HOME BASE PROPERTY IN WATERVILLE VALLEY, NH. IN ADDITION, OUR TRAVEL CAMPS ARE HELD NATIONALLY IN OREGON AND COLORADO. INTERNATIONAL SUMMER AND FALL CAMPS ARE HELD IN SWITZERLAND, CHILE AND AUSTRIA. OUR PHIL'S HILL AIRBAG TRAINING CENTER IS A 4 SEASON TRAINING VENUE FOR FREESTRYLERS AND SNOWBOARDERS. CAMPS ENHANCE ATHLETIC SKILLS IN PREPARATION FOR THE COMPETITION SEASON AND ARE OFFERED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR TO BBTS MEMBERS AND NON-MEMBERS ALIKE.

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