The goal of Hawks Freeride is to train our athletes to become the next generation of professional
skiers in a safe and controlled environment. With the growing participation in newschool skiing,
athletes need organized training to compete at the top level. Our athletes will be prepared for
regional and National USSA events, X-Games qualifiers, The US Open and, eventually Olympic
competitions.
The program will cover all aspects of the newschool skiing movement. This includes:
Slopestyle, which is utilizing all features in a terrain park. Rail sliding and the linking of jumps
will be emphasized. This is the most important part of terrain park skiing. Big air or one jump is
a good way to strengthen your slopestyle skiing because you can perfect tricks before trying to
link them together in a nonstop run. The goal of halfpipe is for the athletes to perform the tricks
they have learned on regular jumps on the more difficult transitions of the halfpipe walls.