Caryn will be having office hours to help with the Alpine Officials Clinic and testing via the Zoom link below.

This week will be Thursday, Nov 14 from 7-8pm because I have an RA Clinic on Wed night.

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/3509289633?pwd=ZnN6b09zTkl3YnYxWU9Kc0FpMFJrQT09
Meeting ID: 350 928 9633
Passcode: 602096

Welcome to the official website for Central Division R1 (CR1) of the United States Ski & Snowboard.  The Central Division consists of the following states: Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois, Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota and Missouri.    CR1 consists of Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota; the other states listed above belong to CR2, CR3, and CR4.

CR1 plans and hosts races throughout the winter season to give our athletes opportunities to compete in Slalom, Giant Slalom, and Super G at all levels throughout our area, traditionally December through March.   

12/2/2024 Duluth Clinic

All, here is the form to sign up for the Duluth AO clinics. 

The Jury Advisor, Referee, and Chief of Timing will be on Saturday, and the Chief of Race on Sunday.

https://forms.gle/3ukBgjjKRSuFLFHSA

All participants need to have the CO quiz completed to turn in when you arrive for your clinic. If you are not already certified in some discipline. The document to read and take the quiz is in the folder below (Co Study guide and Quiz). Please print, complete, and bring it with you. 

NOTE:

For Ref, JA, and COR candidates please review the two videos in this folder and take notes to bring with you for the test.

https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/1NRH6I44wE3-JF-BygYksMlvOiIRTCLFv

These are two videos of content on B-net for courses.

Clinic resources can be found here:

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1CgChYppqkBlnjI8qBNVglP6Ino5eGvBp

What you will find is:

1. a study guide for your role ( the JA candidates use the RF study guide) you are not responsible for the Ref report content - I suggest printing out your study guide for notes it can be used during the test.

2. The Alpine officials chapters - these apply across roles 

3. The education PPTs These are what will be covered in the clinic you may want to print this out 

4. The Alpine comp guide referred to as the ACR

5. The CO study guide and quiz

11/1/2024 To all CR1 Ski Families:
 
This email is about our volunteers and there is important information all the way through it, so please read everything (some of it is time sensitive and needs to be dealt with in the next week).

It is time to start preparing for the ski race season. CR1 schedules races and clubs host those races. For a race to take place, we need a lot of people doing a lot of jobs. Most of those jobs are done by ski racer parents as volunteers. In CR1, we have avoided increasing our costs by keeping our volunteer forces high and engaged. Over the last few years, we have seen some fall off in the number of people participating as volunteers while our racer numbers have increased. We need everyone's help to change this trend this year or we will certainly see the cost of racing go up most likely causing our race community to get smaller and that would drive costs up even more. So, let's all do our part and be prepared to get involved in race days to support our teams hosting races for our kids. We have prepared this email to try and get your questions answered and help everyone in CR1 stay involved, including a form for every family to fill out.  

Please take the 2 minutes needed to fill out this form  24-25 Volunteer Survey form for every race family. The remainder of this email tries to answer questions you may have before you fill out the survey. 
 
I am new to ski race volunteering where do I start?
The CR1 website has new detailed information on all of the race day jobs here:
https://www.skifast.com/volunteerdibs See the Job Descriptions tab.
The quick version is you will want to start in a non-certified position, and you will find something that you like and be able to progress in that area in the future.  

Do I need to be certified to start as a volunteer?
No. We need help across the race from non-certified people, we want people to find an area they enjoy and from the non-certified roles and then level up in that area over time.
All roles are detailed here:  https://www.skifast.com/volunteerdibs See the Job Descriptions tab

I want to get certified, where do I sign up? 
You fill out the volunteer form above (and link just below- same form), it includes the ability to indicate an interest in getting certified. Study Guides and Alpine Officials Rules Update paper is available HERE. You will need to take the Competition Official short quiz before attending the Clinic at Buck Hill it is available now at https://www.usskiandsnowboard.org/sport-development/officials-development/alpine-officials. If you have questions, start with your coaches or Program Director.  Sign up for the Clinic and testing here: https://forms.gle/f3kzmF3wsHCBSDMN9
 
I am certified and need to attend the Alpine Officials Rules Update this year, what do I do?
Certified Alpine Officials and Certified Coaches need to attend an AO Rules Update every other year. Central's was on October 29, 2024. If you did not attend last year, then you MUST attend this year. Don’t know if you attended last year, you can look it up in your US Ski & Snowboard account under your officials “More Details”. The Clinic Year MUST read 2024. If it is 2023 or earlier, you MUST attend this year (2025). To get credit for attending, you must register HERE. To get the Rules Update paper when it is available, see links below. If you were unable to attend Central Division Rules Update, you must find one in another division to attend (most are virtual).
 
24-25 Volunteer Survey form 
 
When are the new certification clinics this year?
Nov 16 and 17th @ Buck Hill 9am-3pm, detailed schedule TBD

Duluth/ Spirit Mtn Date and time Dec 7-8

I have been a non-certified volunteer what is the next level?
The paths to the next level: 
RA office assistant -> Certified RA we do not need you to be Caryn but the region desperately needs certified help for Caryn
Finish or Start assistant -> Jury Advisor Certification to be able to serve as Start or finish Referee OR Chief of Race Certification to be able to serve as a Start or finish Ref and then able to be a Chief of race without needing a new certification
Timing assistant -> Chief of Timing certification
Gate judge -> Jury Advisor Certification to be able to serve as Start or finish Referee OR Chief of Race Certification to be able to serve as a Start or finish Ref and then able to be a Chief of race without needing a new certification
Course Worker -> Chief of Course Certification 

Job descriptions here: https://www.skifast.com/volunteerdibs See the Job Descriptions tab

Study Guides can be found here:  https://www.usskiandsnowboard.org/sport-development/officials-development/alpine-officials

I am certified but I feel I am still not qualified what do I do?
Please let us know in the survey (last question) and we will get you the help you need to be successful. 
If I get certified will I have to volunteer at every race? 
No, your clubs need you but each club is in charge of providing certified positions at certain races. So, the burden is spread around. 
What does a club Hosting a race mean?
That club is responsible for finding all of the certified officials for that race. The club also fields as many non-certified positions as possible for that race. 
Why don't we just pay for professional help?
The cost of sport is a concern in Ski racing and paid officials would immediately add cost to every race and every racer. 
 
If you have any questions at all please feel free to contact Bill (call/txt/email)
 
Bill Titler CR1 Training Coordinator 
952-451-8482
Bill@Stayonthesnow.com
 
 
ALPINE OFFICIALS RULES UPDATE ZOOM
6 PM Central Time (7 PM Eastern) Tuesday, October 29, 2024
If you were unable to attend this meeting, you have to coordinate through another US Ski & Snowboard Division. Make sure that the clinician emails your attendance to Brewster McVicker at bmcv@hotmail.com or brewster@nubsnob.com so that it can be recorded from your home Division to US Ski & Snowboard.
 
STUDY GROUP ZOOM
7 PM Central Time Wednesday, October 30, 2024
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/3509289633?pwd=ZnN6b09zTkl3YnYxWU9Kc0FpMFJrQT09
Meeting ID: 350 928 9633
Passcode: 602096
 
Study Guides are available  here: https://www.usskiandsnowboard.org/sport-development/officials-development/alpine-officials

Alpine Officials Clinic and Testing sign up here: https://forms.gle/f3kzmF3wsHCBSDMN9

Posted 11/8/2024

Below is the fourth DRAFT schedule for this coming season. It is a PDF of an excel spreadsheet. If you have questions about it, please start with your coaches or program director. This calendar includes non-scored and scored in CR1, FIS in CR1 and Central, FIS in CO, U16 races in CO, and divisional and regional projects. The CR1 non-scored, scored, FIS, and Central FIS will be added to the Calendar page soon.

CR1 loves our partners, volunteers and athletes and we want to recognize them! 

We have Volunteer of the Year for those volunteers that go above and beyond all year to make sure our races are the quality that our athletes and parents expect. Volunteering is the only way we get our races to happen and without them we wouldn't ski race anywhere. There are countless hours put in by so many.

We also want to celebrate those athletes that make our day better. Ski racing isn't just about teaching athletes how to win, all our programs strive to help parents create whole, well-rounded people that do have and will continue to have a positive impact on the world we live in. One male and one female athlete will be recognized by CR1 from your nominations of athletes that have great attitudes, are always looking for the positive in each situation, and are cheering on their fellow athletes, no matter where they finish.

CR1 added Partner of the Year to celebrate our relationship with our ski area partners that go above and beyond the normal schedule of events. Our relationship with the ski areas is vital to the success of our program, without them, we would do nothing. They show up early and stay late to help us run great races throughout the whole season come rain or shine or very, very cold. Every once and a while we have one step up more than the norm and helps save our season, this is our Partner of the Year because without them, we would not have had much of a season.

AWARD WINNERS

Volunteer of the Year goes to Gavin McLain and Jonathan Hopke. 

Also nominated were: John Barrett, Sarah Barrett, Scott Burns, Amy Carlson, Paul Humbert, John Kim, Rob McCroskey, David Mueller, Nick Richardson, Matt Stein, Mike Strahl, Heather Wendorf, and Skip Wipson.

Athlete Sportsmanship Award goes to Petey Jones and Jaclyn Lundeen.

Also nominated were: Artin Amirayan , Aeofe Barrett, Lily Bean, Eric Carlson, Ellie Hirn, Claire Humbert, Owen McLain, Fin Mulligan, Mac Mulligan, Sean Nolan, and Bennett Simmering.

Partner of the Year goes to Giants Ridge

Congratulations to all winners and nominees. CR1 is a better place because of all these people. THANK YOU!!

MEMBERSHIP

All Athletes, Officials, and Coaches must have a valid United States Ski & Snowboard (USSS) membership.  You can log-in to your account on usskiandsnowboard.org to register and/or renew your USSS membership for the upcoming 2024-2025 season.

CR1 membership will continue as it did last season, through US Ski and Snowboard national registration and be noted in your cart before you check-out.

RACE REGISTRATION will be the same as last year. We are going to use SKIREG.com to register for all our races.

More specific race day information will be posted each race week on the Race Day info section of this website.

Calendar

Our calendar is posted above, and will be found on the calendar tab soon.  The PDF will be dated, updated when appropriate for a go-to reference point.

Volunteering is an enjoyable and important part of our ski racing community.

Region 1 races are run by parent volunteers and coaches. 

At least 1 parent / guardian is needed to volunteer at at least ½ of the races your athlete attends for the system to work because ski racing requires many volunteers. 

Please signup early for volunteer positions so that we can plan races and avoid last minute staffing issues.

Learn more on our volunteer page now.

Here is the link to all information that coaches need for the Team Captains' Meetings. It will get you to a Google file that has a paper with the ZOOM link and files for each age group. In those files are athlete lists, race announcement, and medical plan. Everything for race day will be done through WhatsApp for FIS and Telegram for Scored and Non-Scored.

TCM INFORMATION

CR1 BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING SCHEDULE

Meeting Schedule (all at 7:00 PM) Link to all meetings on the Board of Directors page (under Member Resources) on this website.

Please follow national, state, local, and US Ski and Snowboard regulations.

2024-2025 central projects

For Divisional, Regional, and National projects, more information will be posted on USSS website.

Athletes and parents, learn to tune your skis by a professional so you can get that perfect tune when you are traveling to races! Contact Pierce Skate and Ski for details. (952)884-1990