16th annual Nybora Nightshine!!  This Saturday!  Hyland Hills Ski Area – Double Slopestyle event

And

First Big Air event of the season! This Sunday!  Hyland Hills Ski Area – Double Big Air event

 

Schedule of events:

Saturday, January 16 – 3p registration and training, 4p start

Sunday, January 17 – 9a registration and training, 10a start

 

 

Important news!! 

North Shore Showdown reschedule!

January 23 and 24! Please note ORDER OF EVENT CHANGE below.

The North Shore Showdown event that was originally scheduled for January 9 & 10 has been rescheduled for January 23 & 24, at Spirit Mountain.  Big Air will be held on Saturday evening and the Slopestyle events will be held on Sunday.

Order of events:

January 23 – Big Air event.  Registration and Training at 5pm

January 24 – double Slopestyle event.  Registration and Training at 9am

Competition Canceled this weekend

Due to poor snow conditions, the Spirit Mountain event this weekend is cancelled. The big park is not open and will not be ready for the scheduled event at Spirit this weekend.  Therefore, both days and all events this weekend are cancelled.  Please know that considerable discussion and thought went into this decision.  We apologize for any inconvenience this has caused and thank you for your understanding.

We are working to identify a reschedule date (currently targeting January 23/24).  Please stay tuned for more details.

 

THE FIRST Freestyle Skiing COMP of the season IS SATURDAY, January 2, 2016 

Hyland Hills
2:00pm Registration
2:00 – 3:00 Training 
3:00 Event start

This is a double meet!  Two Slopestyle events.

READ IMPORTANT DETAILS BELOW!

Registration in simple! 

Step 1) You will need a valid USSA license (details on how to get this are below). Please obtain this license before the event. PROOF OF AN ACTIVE USSA LICENSE WILL BE REQUIRED AT EVENT REGISTRATION.  You are able to print your card from your account on the USSA website.

Step 2) You will also need a completed MFA registration form.  Please print this and bring the completed form to registration.  This form requires a parent signature, please plan ahead.

Step 3) Registration is $45 for one event, $70 for two events.  Cash or check payable to Midwest Freestyle Association.  We are not able to accept credit cards.

REGISTRATION FORM

If you haven’t completed yet, please bring this completed waiver (requires parent signature) with you to registration:

2015 MFA Competition Form

You can find the 2015 – 2016 schedule here:

2015 MFA Competition Schedule

EVENT DETAILS

Schedule for the day (remember, this is not a timed event and times are approximate):

• Registration is at 2pm, in the Hyland Chalet.
• Training starts approximately 2pm.  1 Hour of training
• Course closes for short maintenance period (approximately 10-15 minutes)
• Comp starts after 1 hour of training and the maintenance period ends.
• Comp end time depends on number of skiers entered and pace of the event
• Each competitor will have 2 runs in the meet they enter.  Best run counts.
• This is a double meet, meaning there are 2 Slopestyle competitions back to back.
• All awards will be after all scores for both events have been totaled.
• New to USSA competition?  Make sure you check out this handy guide written by a Nybora parent alum, Al Dutcher.

If you want to compete, you need a USSA LICENSE! Take care of this BEFORE you get to Hyland. 

All Nybora and MFA events will be sanctioned by the United States Ski Association (USSA).  That means that in order to participate in a MFA or Nybora competition event this season, the participant needs to obtain a USSA license/membership.  PLEASE OBTAIN YOUR USSA LICENSE PRIOR TO THE EVENT.  This is a competitor license that can be obtained online (info on how below).  Having USSA sanction all of our events helps ensure a consistent and safe event and allows all of our events to receive a national ranking.  National ranking is important to the division because it is through national ranking that we are able to qualify skiers for Junior Nationals at the end of the season.

USSA offers licenses from the USSA website:

http://my.ussa.org/membership/start

YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO SIGNUP FOR USSA AT HYLAND. PLEASE REMEMBER TO OBTAIN YOUR USSA LICENSE BEFORE THE EVENT AND TO PRINT AND BRING PROOF OF MEMBERSHIP TO REGISTRATION!!!

And… once again this year, Central is the ONLY division WITHOUT a division fee!  So you just need to get your USSA License (outlined above) and you’re set!

If you have any questions, please contact info@nybora.com.

We hope you’ll be a part of the fun with Midwest Freestyle Association this season!

There are plenty of opportunities to compete in Freestyle skiing.  Just take a look at the 2016 Schedule found on nybora.com.  You will need a USSA License to compete.

Each meet will have an event registration fee, but they’ve been kept low again and will range in price depending on the event.
Central is the only division that does not charge a division fee at the beginning of the season.

The 2016 season should be a blast!

Thank you,

Midwest Freestyle Association
USSA Central Division Freestyle