Greetings everyone-
Here is the training schedule for this week.
Tuesday- Jump Night 6:00-8:00 PM at the Bockhahns. We will be signing the "GO Heather" banner for the olympics as well as taking pictures. Please make sure that you attend if you want to be a part of history.
Wednesday- Afternoon mid week training at Bridger Bowl.
Saturday- Training at Bridger for all teams. Olympic Freestyle women Moguls. Emails will be sent out for Olympic Party!! Go Heather !!
Sunday- Training for Comp Team. Olympic Freestyle Men Moguls. Email will be sent out for Olympic Party!! Go Bryon!!
Please let me know if you have any questions,
Mike Papke
522-7749
581-8598
mikepapke@mac.com
Sunday, February 7, 2010
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Monday, February 1, 2010
Training the week of 2/1/10
Great Job to everyone for last weekends performance. With the hosting of our event over we can continue to get ready for our next event.
Tuesday 2/2/10: 6:00-8:00 PM Jump night at the bockhahns (All Teams Invited)
wednesday 2/3/10: Registration due for athletes going to Sun Valley
Thursday 2/4/10: Double slopestyle at Dollar Mtn in Sun Valley
Friday 2/5/10: Halfpipe in Sun Valley
Saturday 2/6/10: Moguls event (Race Arena) Sun Valley. Training for both programs at Bridger Bowl. 9:00 Griz Ridge.
Sunday 2/7/10: Dual Moguls in sun Valley. Training for Comp Team at Bridger. 9:00 Am Griz Ridge.
Please let me know if you have any questions.
522-7749
Mike Papke
Tuesday 2/2/10: 6:00-8:00 PM Jump night at the bockhahns (All Teams Invited)
wednesday 2/3/10: Registration due for athletes going to Sun Valley
Thursday 2/4/10: Double slopestyle at Dollar Mtn in Sun Valley
Friday 2/5/10: Halfpipe in Sun Valley
Saturday 2/6/10: Moguls event (Race Arena) Sun Valley. Training for both programs at Bridger Bowl. 9:00 Griz Ridge.
Sunday 2/7/10: Dual Moguls in sun Valley. Training for Comp Team at Bridger. 9:00 Am Griz Ridge.
Please let me know if you have any questions.
522-7749
Mike Papke
Sunday, January 24, 2010
Training The week of 1-25-10
Hi Everyone-
We have a Jam packed week this week with lots of opportunities.
Tuesday 1-26-10: "Jump Night" at the Bockhahn's. Olympic GOld Medalist Eric Bergoust will be in town doing some on snow qualifications for some of our athletes and is going to be assisting in our jump night. He will be bringing his OLYMPIC GOLD MEDAL. Please make sure that you show up by 5:45 PM. Also NBC will also be present doing a story on our freestyle team. They will be taking video footage of our jumping and doing some interviews. I HAVE STRESSED THIS FOR THE LAST TWO JUMP SESSIONS. PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT OYU BRING YOUR MOUTH PIECE!!!!!
Wednesday 1-27-10: Training at Bridger Bowl on our freestyle course. Tony Gilpin will be present on wednesday.
Thursday 1-28-10: Training at Bridger Bowl on Bronco Face.
FridayMogul Training at Bridger for Our freestyle event this weekend. You must check in at the griz prior to training. 9:00 AM
Saturday: Moguls Contest at Bridger Bowl. 10:00-3:30 PM Awards in the finish.
Sunday: Moguls and Dual Moguls at Bridger Bowl.
There is a lot going on this week and we need everyoen to pitch in to make this the best freestyle event on tour. Please pitch in.
We have a Jam packed week this week with lots of opportunities.
Tuesday 1-26-10: "Jump Night" at the Bockhahn's. Olympic GOld Medalist Eric Bergoust will be in town doing some on snow qualifications for some of our athletes and is going to be assisting in our jump night. He will be bringing his OLYMPIC GOLD MEDAL. Please make sure that you show up by 5:45 PM. Also NBC will also be present doing a story on our freestyle team. They will be taking video footage of our jumping and doing some interviews. I HAVE STRESSED THIS FOR THE LAST TWO JUMP SESSIONS. PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT OYU BRING YOUR MOUTH PIECE!!!!!
Wednesday 1-27-10: Training at Bridger Bowl on our freestyle course. Tony Gilpin will be present on wednesday.
Thursday 1-28-10: Training at Bridger Bowl on Bronco Face.
FridayMogul Training at Bridger for Our freestyle event this weekend. You must check in at the griz prior to training. 9:00 AM
Saturday: Moguls Contest at Bridger Bowl. 10:00-3:30 PM Awards in the finish.
Sunday: Moguls and Dual Moguls at Bridger Bowl.
There is a lot going on this week and we need everyoen to pitch in to make this the best freestyle event on tour. Please pitch in.
Thursday, January 21, 2010
6 & 42
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Montana ski program turns skiers into Olympians
By Mike Mestas
It’s easy to get lost in the wonder and the awe of the talent of Olympic athletes. But when you step back and take a moment to realize the hard work that goes into making world-class athletes, it becomes even more astounding.
Mike Papke knows a little about how to make Olympians. “I spend some time on the US National Team,” he said at Bridger Bowl, before heading up the mountain to train an athlete.
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It's easy to get lost in the wonder and the awe of the talent of Olympic athletes. But when you step back and take a moment to realize the hard work that goes into making world-class athletes, it becomes even more astounding.
Papke is one of the coaches, and the Director for mogul training with the Bridger Ski Foundation. On this day, he’s training Carson Bockhahn, a 17-year-old wonder on the mogul hill.
Papke has coached kids just like Bockhahn for 15 years. He started doing that after he retired from his sport in the late 1990s. For Papke, coaching has become even more of a thrill than participating in the sport itself.
“Being a coach is way more emotional,” he said. “There is just so many variables that you cannot control.”
The Bozeman-based Bridger Ski Foundation is a non-profit group that trains kids in various ski events. But ask Papke, and he will tell you that it’s much more than just any old sports club.
“Once they get hooked, It’s a lot of commitment,” Papke said.
In fact, the program has turned out a couple of Olympians for this Olympic season. Heather McPhie of Bozeman and Bryon Wilson of Butte both trained with the group. Now both are taking spots on the Olympic mogul team. In the eight available spots on the team, two now belong to Montana skiers.
Papke said many skiers from the group have made it to the National Team before, but this time it happened to fall on the Olympic cycle. He said it’s nice to see somone take the sport all the way and calls it a big pat on the back for a coach.
“It’s pretty unique,” Papke said.
Now Bockhahn is next on the list to make it big. Papke said he is his next hopeful.
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Bockhahn is training hard. He spends much of his time in the gym, and after school, he is usually on the hills of Bridger Bowl.
“I’m one of the best out here at Bridger,” Bockhahn said.
Bockhahn is hoping his hard work and confidence will turn into realizing his dream in 2014. He wants to be part of the Olympic Mogul Team himself.
“It’s definitely been a lifelong dream,” he said.
The success of skiers like McPhie and Wilson have shown that the small Montana program isn’t something to take lightly. It’s a place where Olympians are made. And Papke and his team are hoping they can keep them coming.
And it is all about working harder than the next person, and reaching for the gold.
“Most of the coaches have been through the sport,” Papke said. “That’s why our passion is still with mogul skiing.”
LIKE THIS ARTICLESHARE
Montana ski program turns skiers into Olympians
By Mike Mestas
It’s easy to get lost in the wonder and the awe of the talent of Olympic athletes. But when you step back and take a moment to realize the hard work that goes into making world-class athletes, it becomes even more astounding.
Mike Papke knows a little about how to make Olympians. “I spend some time on the US National Team,” he said at Bridger Bowl, before heading up the mountain to train an athlete.
You're one simple step away from your video
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It's easy to get lost in the wonder and the awe of the talent of Olympic athletes. But when you step back and take a moment to realize the hard work that goes into making world-class athletes, it becomes even more astounding.
Papke is one of the coaches, and the Director for mogul training with the Bridger Ski Foundation. On this day, he’s training Carson Bockhahn, a 17-year-old wonder on the mogul hill.
Papke has coached kids just like Bockhahn for 15 years. He started doing that after he retired from his sport in the late 1990s. For Papke, coaching has become even more of a thrill than participating in the sport itself.
“Being a coach is way more emotional,” he said. “There is just so many variables that you cannot control.”
The Bozeman-based Bridger Ski Foundation is a non-profit group that trains kids in various ski events. But ask Papke, and he will tell you that it’s much more than just any old sports club.
“Once they get hooked, It’s a lot of commitment,” Papke said.
In fact, the program has turned out a couple of Olympians for this Olympic season. Heather McPhie of Bozeman and Bryon Wilson of Butte both trained with the group. Now both are taking spots on the Olympic mogul team. In the eight available spots on the team, two now belong to Montana skiers.
Papke said many skiers from the group have made it to the National Team before, but this time it happened to fall on the Olympic cycle. He said it’s nice to see somone take the sport all the way and calls it a big pat on the back for a coach.
“It’s pretty unique,” Papke said.
Now Bockhahn is next on the list to make it big. Papke said he is his next hopeful.
Related to this article
Video
Video Glossary: Moguls, Part 1
Olympic silver medalist Shannon Bahrke talks about her favorite inverted trick in Part 1 of the Moguls Glossary.
Video Glossary: Moguls, Part 2
Stories
McPhie, Wilson lock up Olympic berths
Getting to know: Bryon Wilson
Bockhahn is training hard. He spends much of his time in the gym, and after school, he is usually on the hills of Bridger Bowl.
“I’m one of the best out here at Bridger,” Bockhahn said.
Bockhahn is hoping his hard work and confidence will turn into realizing his dream in 2014. He wants to be part of the Olympic Mogul Team himself.
“It’s definitely been a lifelong dream,” he said.
The success of skiers like McPhie and Wilson have shown that the small Montana program isn’t something to take lightly. It’s a place where Olympians are made. And Papke and his team are hoping they can keep them coming.
And it is all about working harder than the next person, and reaching for the gold.
“Most of the coaches have been through the sport,” Papke said. “That’s why our passion is still with mogul skiing.”
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
BSF Freestyle Alum Mcphie and Wilson earn spots in Olympics!
COURTESY OF DON COOK Heather McPhie celebrates after competing at Saturday’s World Cup event in Park City, Utah.
PARK CITY, Utah — Bozeman’s Heather McPhie and Butte’s Bryon Wilson wrapped up their first trips to the Winter Olympics on Saturday night with strong World Cup moguls finishes.
“It’s been such a whirlwind,” McPhie told the Chronicle on Monday. “Everything just seems to keep on building, the things I’ve been working on, so it’s really exciting to see all my hard work continue to pay off and then keep getting one more piece of the puzzle put in place.”
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COURTESY OF DON COOK Heather McPhie celebrates after competing at Saturday’s World Cup event in Park City, Utah. McPhie finished behind reigning Olympic gold medalist Jennifer Heil of Canada, who earned her third straight win at Deer Valley and fourth straight World Cup triumph, two days after tying the Canadian skier for the top spot.
France's Guilbaut Colas won the men's event for the third time in his last four tries.
In the thick of internal team competition, U.S. women were second through fifth, stacking the podium until they were upended by Heil in the night's final run.
"Our team is unbelievable right now," McPhie said. "Every single day is more pressure if you let it get to you coming up to February, and we're all answering, harder than we've ever answered. It gives me goosebumps to talk about my team. It kills me that we can't all go."
Wilson was 14th on the Champion course but earned his trip to Vancouver when none of his U.S. teammates could earn the victory — the only selection criteria that would override Wilson's two podium finishes this year.
"I'm psyched to go to the Olympics," said Wilson, who scored his two top-3 finishes after an injury opened a start for him in Finland in December. "It's been a dream for so long. I wish I could've skied better tonight, but I'm going to the Olympics."
Australian overall leader Dale Begg-Smith took second after winning Friday, while Canada's Alexandre Bilodeau finished third.
Michelle Roark, who qualified for the Olympics in 2006 with a win in Deer Valley, was third and put herself in strong position to lock up a spot in the final pre-Olympics event Thursday in Lake Placid, N.Y. The team will be officially nominated Jan. 26 in Park City.
"The podium is definitely something I needed," Roark said. "I needed it really bad."
With a spot already in the bag thanks to a win at the Olympic Trials, Hannah Kearney breezed to a fourth-place finish Saturday.
"I was very devastated to miss the podium, but I'm moving in the right direction," she said.
Nobody could match Heil, who stuck a perfect run with a floating helicopter at the top and a huge backflip at the bottoom.
"I'm having so much fun," Heil said. "I feel like I won the lottery to compete in my own country in the Olympics, so I'm just doing my best to get ready for that."
Patrick Deneen was ninth after taking one of the four men's Olympic spots with a trials win in Steamboat Springs, Colo.
Monday, January 18, 2010
TRAINING WEEK OF 1-18-10
Great Job to everyone that made there trek to Snowbowl last weekend and for many this was their first events of the season or lifetime. Here is the schedule for this week.
Tuesday: Jump Night at the Bockhahn's- 6:00-8:00 Pm (comp Team only)
Friday: Stay Tuned... Working on activity.. check email later in the week.
Saturday: Training at Bridger for both Programs
Sunday: Training at Bridger for Comp Team.
results from last weekend are posted on
Questions
mpapke7749@msn.com
522-7749 cell 581-8598
Tuesday: Jump Night at the Bockhahn's- 6:00-8:00 Pm (comp Team only)
Friday: Stay Tuned... Working on activity.. check email later in the week.
Saturday: Training at Bridger for both Programs
Sunday: Training at Bridger for Comp Team.
results from last weekend are posted on
Questions
mpapke7749@msn.com
522-7749 cell 581-8598
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