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This year’s Okemo Ski and Snowboard Swap was, once again, an extremely successful fundraiser for Okemo Mountain School.  The swap raised over $20,000 for the school, which will go towards operating costs in order to keep tuition as affordable as possible for all students.

Mariel Meringolo, the organizer of the event, would like to gratefully acknowledge all of volunteers who donated their time, as well as all of the mountain personnel who went above and beyond their normal duties to provide support to the event.   Without all of the volunteers and the help of the mountain, the Ski Swap could never have been such a success.  Everyone’s efforts are greatly appreciated by the entire school community!

And since it is never too soon to look to the future, mark your calendars for the 2010 Okemo Ski and Snowboard Swap:

Equipment Drop-off: November 13^th, 14^th, and 17^th

Swap Open for Business: November 19^th-21^st

Only Two weeks to go before classes begin again at Okemo Mountain School!

A big welcome back to all you returning students - Rainie, Eric, Dale, Harry, Matt and all!

Another welcome to all the new students coming in. You're going to love it here!

Quinton is famous, he even made it into a "Ski" magazine.... http://www.skinet.com/ski/image/2009/07/lifelist-20-ski-101-days-in-a-season

He is part of the essentials you will need to have a successful winter. Everyone needs to have a Quinton.....

 

After a long and intriguing trip across the world, we had finally arrived in New Zealand and the trip commenced! The settlement into the house went smooth but the next day the forces of nature prevented us from shredding. After a few days of shred-delay, we finally made it to Cardrona resort. We took it easy that day but the weather was beautiful and a perfect jump line was accessible, by the end of the day the whole group was throwing down. Over the next few days, we shredded jumps, pipes, rails and the ever-glorious POW! After several days of AMAZING yet strenuous riding, we decided to rest for a day. On our day off we drove to Queenstown but took a few detours. We stopped at a shooting range, some shot .22 rifles, others shot shotguns and 1 shot a bow and arrow. Our next detour was bungee jumping 3 kids jumped and we all had a blast. The final part of our day off was the skate plaza of Queenstown. We all stepped up our skate game while at this amazing skatepark. After our day off, we returned to the awesome shredtacular mountain of Cardrona where the New Zealand open had started. Over 15 pros had showed up and each were throwing down. Sadly on the day of Slopestyle practice Stewie overshot a 60 foot jump and tore his MCL and possibly ACL. Only Eric competed in the slopestyle but came out with a good result of 47th. The next day Alex, Chris and Sam competed in pipe, although we do not recall our results we all felt we did very well for ourselves. As the trip winds down the thought of returning home is bittersweet. We are all sad to not be shredding anymore, but we will be happy to see our family and friends.

Eric Verillo and

Sam Hammer

Coach Eddie Johnson has just left for New Zealand with a pack of shredders for three weeks of winter-time training. This trip has been a successful part of OMS's training regimen for several years now and has proven to be very gainful for the athlete's abilities as we head into our own winter season in just a few more months.

Keep your eye out for postings from "Down Under". Eddie said he will be posting from New Zealand as soon as they get settled.