Details for the 2024 TBR Social Outing on Saturday July 6 below.
Parents - reminder to RSVP by Thursday July 4 via [email protected]
Parents - reminder to RSVP by Thursday July 4 via [email protected]
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With the snow falling this morning and expected next 24 hours, time to get excited for the commencement of the TBR winter program this Saturday! The Mt Buller Mountain Operations Team have done an impressive job to get a few runs open purely on man made snow. The snow falling now is a nice layer on top! Weather forecasts are also looking better (see Jane Bunn’s snow forecast here), so Mother Nature can finally start helping out the snowmakers! Fingers crossed the bad weather on Saturday into Sunday falls outside of lift hours, and then we get more snow at the back end. TERRAIN & FACILITY UPDATE We already have Bourke St, Baldy and Skyline and the Gliders rail park on the Northside open, with Summit and Koflers to open tomorrow (Thursday - late start) weather permitting. TBR will also utilise the Buller Air Zone each day of the program, rotating different groups through each day. JACKET COLLECTION For any TBR athletes who have not yet collected their jacket, TBR 2024 Karbon jackets will be available for collection on the following days/times before the program commencing. June 28 - Friday Afternoon Time: 3pm to 430pm Location: Top of Chamois/Lydia Lassila lift hut June 29 - Saturday Morning/First Day of Program Time: Jacket collection from 830am Location: Village Square (TBR Meeting Place) Can't make the two options? Contact TBR Manager Andrew Pattison the day before you arrive on the mountain, and he can arrange to bring to the TBR meeting place on your child's first morning on snow. TBR Friday (Jacket not included) Reminder to anybody that signed up to TBR Friday as a standalone product, your jacket is now included in the package/price. Before the first TBR Friday session, we will let people know if any brand new jackets are left from this year or also last year for purchase. TBR MEETING PLACE & TRAINING TIMES FOR THE 2024 SEASON Meeting Place: Village Square Morning Session: 9:00am to 1145am Afternoon Session: 1pm to 3pm Note: Please be at the session 10 minutes prior to the start of the session as groups depart on time. GROUPS With a lot of new athletes joining the program, the first four days of the program (before the day off on Wednesday July 3) will predominantly be used to assess which group athletes are best suited to. Skills assessments will be conducted in the school holidays on all athletes, covering a wide range of on snow skills, and freestyle specific actions like jumping, carving on groomed runs, moguls, park, rails etc.. The head coaches from each program area will work with the coaches to place athletes in respect to age, ability and mix of genders. 
 Altitude and Freeride is the official Mt Buller retailer for TBR.
Drop into Altitude and Freeride this winter for all your equipment and clothing needs. Altitude’s large range of skis and boards is also available to demo, allowing you to try before you buy. The expert team can provide you with expert knowledge on all ski equipment. See the team in the tune shop if you need your gear to be in top shape for your next competition. 20% Discount for TBR ATHLETES AND FAMILIES Altitude also stocks a handy range of accessories and gift lines. LOCATION: Altitude is located in two convenient locations. Find us in the Kooroora development in the Village Square. Freeride is located next to Harro's Art Gallery in the Village Square TUNING: Our Tune Shop is located next door to the Buller Grocer. Get your skis and boards tuned-up and slope-ready on the Montana Crystal Magic machine. BOOT FITTING: Ortho Ski, a professional boot fitting and podiatry service joined us in 2020. Ortho Ski will be open for boot fitting appointments. Online bookings are required via the following link -https://www.orthoski.com.au/bookings Address: Both stores on the ground floor in the Village Square at Mt Buller. Phone: 03 5777 7886 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Web: https://altitude.com.au/ Altitude/Freeride Equipment relevant to TBR
Need to know more about Equipment? Click here to view the TBR Equipment 2024 Recommendations  TBR overseas camps returned in a big way in March/April 2024, with an "epic" camp in Whistler, Canada.
The camp covered all TBR training areas (Grom, Mogul, All-Mtn, Slopestyle and Snowboard), and sold out fast. It was an interesting winter in Whistler, with challenging snow conditions for the first half of the season, before BIG snowfalls in late February ensured a great end to the season, with the TBR camp getting some of the best snow, weather and facilities of the season. Parents/families who also went over had a great time, and can't wait to go back in 2025! Detailed information and costs for the 2025 camp will be released in July, but in the interim please visit the TBR Website Overseas Camps page for more info, using some details from last year and the 2025 content we can already confirm. Families from the March/April 2024 camp are already wanting to book flights and accommodation early, so we can confirm the following dates. 2025 Dates
TBR Masters is growing again, this time with a snowboard group being added for 2024!
And who better than long time TBR Snowboard Coach Jarryd Williams taking the inaugural masters snowboard group. Jarryd competed at World Cup for Australia, and is a very accomplished and experienced coach, so we are lucky he can still stay involved to get TBR Masters snowboarding off the ground. As Jarryd now works full time in Melbourne, he is unable to commit to all school holiday sessions and both days on the weekend, so the kids program loss - is the masters snowboard gain! Click here for more information (dates/costs) for TBR Masters, and link to sign-up form to apply. The program is open for current and past TBR parents (who snowboard!) The masters ski program is full, but you can submit your name to the wait list. https://www.teambuller.com/tbr-masters.html To learn more about changes to Australian sport on managing concussions, be sure to login to watch the webinar run by Snow Australia for all club programs in Australia (athletes, parents and coaches).
The webinar will include an update of the newly published AIS Concussion Guidelines for Community & Youth Sport. Snow Australia look forward to outlining how the guidelines affect you, your club and your participation in Snow sport this domestic season. Speakers:
Snow Australia: Concussion Guidelines Update - Youth & Community Sport When: Wednesday5th June Time: 7:00 – 8:00pm Where: Online Register HERE  It was a night to remember in Melbourne on Thursday as a phenomenal snowsports season was celebrated at the 2024 Snow Australia Awards.
The northern winter set new heights in Australian snowsports with athletes collecting five Crystal Globes for topping the FIS World Cup standings. Across Olympic and Paralympic disciplines, Australian athletes scored 53 World Cup podium performances which included 18 victories. The next generation also performed strongly at the Winter Youth Olympic Games in Gangwon, Korea, bringing home three medals. “The Snow Australia Awards are a fantastic occasion to recognise the incredible performances of our athletes who this season recorded our best international season in Australia’s history,” said Michael Kennedy, Snow Australia CEO. “We are not only achieving podium results across multiple disciplines and events, but also achieving breakthrough results across our alpine and cross country skiing disciplines. “Pleasingly we can see our next generation emerging and their performances at the Winter Youth Olympic Games are evidence that our sport has a healthy future for years to come.” Moguls star Jakara Anthony took home the Female Athlete of the Year award for Olympic disciplines after a near-perfect campaign which saw her win three Crystal Globes. Anthony became the first moguls skier in history to win 14 World Cups in a season, a feat that saw her named the recipient of the Alex ‘Chumpy’ Pullin Outstanding Achievement Award. Olympic Gold Medalist Anthony said: "Feeling really grateful to be named Female Athlete of the Year. We had one of our most dominant seasons ever in winter sports, across all our winter sport disciplines, so it feels extra special this year. "It was a very crazy season and it's a very hard to sum up, I don't think I've come to terms with just how amazing it was. Super proud to be able to perform week after week, months on end... it was 16 starts this season, the most ever. To be able to do that with my team around me, was really special," she said. The Male Athlete of the Year for Olympic Disciplines was won by 19-year-old sensation Valentino Guseli who had another incredible season. Guseli defended his Crystal Globe for topping the overall World Cup standings for snowboard park and pipe in a season which saw him collect three more World Cup podiums and his first halfpipe World Cup win. "I'm honoured to be Male Athlete of the Year again - super stoked," said Guseli via video message from San Francisco. "I'd love to thank OWIA, NSWIS, AIS and Snow Australia for making it all possible. "When I get back, I'm very keen to check out the NSTC [National Snowsports Training Centre] training facility which opens very soon." In the Paralympic Athlete of the Year categories, para snowboard star Ben Tudhope won the male athlete award for the sixth straight year while visually impaired skier Georgia Gunew celebrated her maiden World Cup podium by taking out the women’s Award. Three-time Paralympian Ben Tudhope said: "It's a special night tonight. It's such a privilege and an honour to win the Snow Australia Para Athlete of the Year, alongside Georgia as well. "It's amazing that we have so many upcoming Para athletes in Snow Australia, in our pathway program. "It was an amazing season. It was certainly an interesting season, snow conditions weren't amazing and there were a lot of gaps between competitions, so our motivation needed to stay high. "That was my main goal, to keep the motivation up, to ride the best I can to keep it fun. I'm at my best when I'm having fun," he said. The Junior Athlete of the Year award was shared by freeskier Daisy Thomas and rising moguls skier Lottie Lodge. The pair both represented Australia at the Youth Winter Olympic Games in January, coming away with silver medals. In addition to the Award, both athletes will receive a return international airfare from long-time snowsports supporter, Karbon. Tudhope’s coach Nickie Rodger was named Coach of the Year for Paralympic Disciplines for the second straight year while moguls coach Peter McNiel took out the Award for the Olympic Disciplines for the fourth time. The careers of Olympians Anton Grimus (ski cross), Steph Prem (snowboard cross) and Katie Parker (alpine skiing) were celebrated with the presentation of their Snow Australia Medals. The Medal is presented to all athletes across Olympic and Paralympic disciplines who during their career represented Australia at the Olympic or Paralympic Winter Games or finished top 3 at a World Cup or World Championship level. Sighted guides Lara Falk and Amelia Hodgson were also recognised for their work in partnership with our paralympic alpine athletes. Retiring ABC presenter Karen Tighe was recognised at the ceremony for her support of Australian snowsports athletes in the media for over a quarter of a century. 2024 SNOW AUSTRALIA AWARD WINNERS Female Athlete of the Year - Olympic Disciplines: Jakara Anthony (Moguls) Male Athlete of the Year - Olympic Disciplines: Valentino Guseli (Snowboard Park & Pipe) Female Athlete of the Year - Paralympic Disciplines: Georgia Gunew (Para Alpine) Male Athlete of the Year - Paralympic Disciplines: Ben Tudhope (Para Snowboard) Junior Athlete of the Year, presented by Karbon: Lottie Lodge (Moguls) & Daisy Thomas (Freeski Park & Pipe) Coach of the Year - Olympic Disciplines, presented by Karbon: Peter McNiel (Moguls) Coach of the Year - Paralympic Disciplines, presented by Karbon: Nickie Rodger (Para Snowboard) Alex ‘Chumpy’ Pullin Outstanding Achievement Award: Jakara Anthony (Moguls) The date for the TBR Meet & Greet has been finalised, with the Hawthorn Hotel again hosting us, following several successful events at the location in the past two years. On the day you can
Look forward to catching up with everyone and no doubt sharing the excitement for a big 2024 winter at Mt Buller! Date: Sunday May 19 Time: 2pm to 4pm Location: The Hawthorn Hotel - Event Function Level (Upstairs) Address: 481 Burwood Road, Hawthorn RSVP: Wednesday May 15, 5PM - [email protected] WHO: TBR Coaches, Athletes, Families and Supporters. PROVIDED: Finger food, soft drink, beer, wine & champagne provided for the over 18’s! Can't make it on the day? You can submit your jacket size via our online form For more information, please follow this link http://www.teambuller.com/tbr-jacket-size.html  TBR Meet & Greet @ The Hawthorn in Burwood Rd
Sunday May 19 TBR: 2024 On Snow First Day Saturday June 29 TBR: 2023 School Holiday Training Block June 29 to July 14 TBR: 2024 Social Outing (For Parents & Coaches) Saturday July 6, Time/Location TBA TBR Friday First Session Friday 19th of July (Last session August 16) jNats (Mt Buller) Saturday August 3 Mt Buller Slopestyle Saturday August 10 Mt Buller Big Air Sunday August 11 FreeBOM Saturday August 17 Victorian Interschools Monday August 19 to Sunday August 25 33rd ABOM Mogul Challenge (Mt Buller) Friday August 30 (FIS/OPEN Train & Youth Qualifications) Saturday August 31 (Comp day) TBR: 2024 Last Day Midweek Program - Friday August 30 Full Time/Weekend Program - Sunday September 1 Australian Interschools (Perisher) Tuesday September 3 to Sunday September 8 |
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