Traditionally the National Interschools have alternated between Victoria and NSW on an annual basis.

In 2013 the National Interschools took place at Mt Buller, with 2014 scheduled to take place at Perisher, NSW.

Ski and Snowboard Australia (SSA), are the owners of the Victorian leg of the National Interschools.

Recently, SSA have put the future hosting of the event out to tender, with resorts from any state in Australia eligible to submit a tender offer.

Ski & Snowboard Australia recently advised that tender offers were received from the following resorts:

• Mt Buller (VIC)
• Perisher (NSW)
• Thredbo (NSW)

Victorian skiers are faced with the possibility of having to travel each year to NSW to compete in the National Interschools.

Team Buller strongly believes that awarding the event to NSW for consecutive years would be unfair due to the following reasons:

• Significant costs required to travel to NSW each year (Accommodation, Fuel, Gate Entry, Lift Tickets)
• Entry fees have traditionally been higher for events in NSW
• With many families facing significant costs each year, participation from Victorian athletes is likely to reduce, which is not in the best interests of the sport.
• Victorian athletes will not have the opportunity to participate in their own state at the National level.

As the only Victorian resort to submit a tender, we believe Mt Buller to be an outstanding choice to host the event:

• History of running Australia’s leading snowsports events
• Victorian Interschools
• ABOM Mogul Challenge
• World Cup Aerials
• FIS Alpine Races
• Outstanding number of participants in seasonal programs, with over 500 kids signed up for 2014 (MBRC, TBR, TSC, Snow Squad)
• The most winter Olympians from any resort in Australia
• The fair choice for athletes in Victoria, who already are required to travel interstate in even numbered years
• Even in a below average snow year Mt Buller was able to operate the 2013 event successfully.
• With Mt Buller building a second water storage facility, Mt Buller's snowmaking capabilities will be significantly boosted in the future.

What you can do
As mentioned by SSA in their recent website article, written submissions are welcomed.

We encourage Interschool participants to voice their opinions, by doing one or both of the following:

• Contact the snowsports representative from your school, who can then pass on their collective views to SSA
• Contact SSA - [email protected]

If anyone has any questions, feel free to contact myself.

Kind regards,

Andrew Pattison
Manager - Team Buller Riders (TBR)
e: [email protected]
w: www.teambullerriders.com
p: +61(0)411 281 372

TBR:Program Update

What a great start to the season!

After one of the warmest and driest lead in periods, things sure did change very quickly!

The first week of the program has been outstanding, with the TBR Groups skiing the whole mountain including many of our favorite black diamond runs.

Watching some of the leading TBR coaches and athletes skiing the steep lines, dropping cliffs and performing some big jumps has been spectacular, and really showcases the all-round skills the TBR program develops.

Weather Forecast – More Snow Coming!
Weather guru Jane Bunn is forecasting even more snow this weekend, with a bigger dump mid next week. Conditions should be as good as it gets if these two systems happen as planned.

Click here to view Jane's latest forecast.

Facilities Update – Aerial Site & Mogul Course
With more snow and snowmaking commencing on Chamois, we anticipate being able to build our first mogul course next week. The Aerial Site is close to completion, with just a little more snow needed to smooth out the landing. After the next snowfall and some snowmaking we will be ready to push up some bumps!

Photos & Video
Many great photos from the holidays with the great snow and recent blue skies are currently on the TBR:Facebook page.
Click here to view the link to the facebook page.

Team Buller Riders is excited to announce an exciting partnership with leading trampoline centre BOUNCE.
 
BOUNCE is an indoor trampolining universe that’s become a training institution for elite air-sports athletes, and a loved haunt for kids, schools and families looking for a healthy and accessible adrenaline rush. BOUNCE has five venues each with a network of interconnected trampolines, wall trampolines harnesses and giant air bags.
 
BOUNCE is a regular hangout for university and school ski clubs and teams, and will shortly launch a 10 level ski and snowboarding aerials program designed by Dave Morris with SSA.
 
TBR Manager Andrew Pattison sees BOUNCE as an ideal partner for the program.
 
“BOUNCE operates great facilities across Australia and is a perfect fit for TBR, and of course very popular with our athletes.”
 
BOUNCE co-founder Ant Morell, is equally excited about the partnership with TBR.
 
"Its exciting for us to continue our working relationship with TBR. Having elite athletes training at Bounce has helped shape our thinking around new venue features which have been incorporated in our new Blackburn facility. The relationship has also helped to pave the way for the aerials program we have been working on with Dave Morris and the team at SSA."
 
BOUNCE branding on the TBR athlete and coaches jackets looks great, and has been highly visible already on snow during the 2014 winter.

The official Freeski Camp of TBR, Skiers Junction, has released information for their 2015 camp in Colorado, USA.

The terrain parks in Colorado are worlds best, and an ideal location for any aspiring freeskier.

Further adding to the strong link between SJ & TBR,is that SJ is stocked to announce that TBR’s Johnny Lipzker and Watkin MacLennan will be returning to coach with in 2015!

Details on the camp are included in the following documents:
2015 Introduction Letter
2015 Registration Book

Further information is also available at www.skiersjunction.com