Dear Sugar Bowl Academy Community,

It was another action-packed week here at Sugar Bowl Academy! We welcomed a full cohort of 36 Winter Term student-athletes and all of their energy. Several teams traveled to other mountains to compete. At Sugar Bowl, the pleasant weather made for enjoyable skiing and riding. School continues this week, teams are gearing up for a busy weekend, including intrasquad competition, and we have a holiday on Monday, with no school or team programming in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Please keep reading for more information on the week ahead. Let’s keep the grit, grace, and courage rolling!

Sincerely,
Stephen
Executive Director

Athletics

SBA Results

Our SBA teams have had an amazing start to the season, with multiple podiums and personal bests across Alpine, Freeride, and Freeski. You can keep up with how our teams are doing on our results page, where we share competitive results throughout the season. We will also highlight some of the top results each week in our update. This weekend, we had Alpine U12, Alpine U14, Alpine U16, Freeride U15, Freeride U19, and Freeski all competing, so look for a lot of updates this week!

  • Five of our Alpine U16 team competed in the Sean Nurse Memorial race series in Jackson Hole with 2 x slalom and 2 x GS. This series is by invitation only for the best athletes from the Western Region. Meila Ayers had a 6th and 8th place finish in women’s slalom and a 6th place finish in GS. Gabriel Park had a 7th place finish in men’s GS. Full Race Report

  • Sugar Bowl was stop #1 for the Tahoe Junior Freeride Series, and our home team delivered big results! SBA athletes picked up 18 podiums across all age categories. Tessa Cullerton finished 1st in women’s U15 snowboard, Zoey Clark finished 1st in women’s U15 ski, Ryder Willoughby finished 1st in men’s U15 ski comp B, Matt Shapiro finished 1st in men’s U19 ski comp A, and Angus Blackburn finished 1st in men’s U19 ski comp B. Full Comp Report

  • SBA’s Jack Schrady and Sophie Skytta competed in the FIS NorAm cup series at Tremblant and Mont Saint-Sauveur. Jack had a 20th place finish in slalom and 29th place in GS. Full Race Report

  • Alpine FIS Women competed at Sugar Bowl/Northstar last week with multiple top 10 finishes. Helena Lesniak had an 6th and 8th place overall in slalom, finishing in 4th and 5th in U18. Ava Morrison also finished 10th in U18 in slalom. Ava Bradford and Helena Lesniak both had top 10 finishes in U18 in GS. SBA alum Aspen McAuley also finished in the top 10 in all four races. Full Race Report

  • Alpine FIS Men competed at Sugar Bowl/Northstar last week, with Porter Sullivan taking first in slalom, and a 6th and 11th in GS. Lucas Ottoni finished 9th in U18 in slalom. SBA alum Ryan Herhusky finished in the top 10 in all four races. Full Race Report

Pass, Jacket, and Hoodie Pickup

If you still need to pickup passes or team gear for your athletes, please note the following changes for next weekend:

  • Athlete season passes will be available at the front desk in Village Hall.

  • Team jackets will be available for pickup at the school.

  • We currently have Youth S and Youth M SBA hoodies. We are waiting on a second order to arrive and will let you know when other sizes are available.

This Week

Thursday, January 15 - Weekly Uphillers Meet Up

All levels welcome and beginners encouraged! Meet at the bottom of Nob at 8:30 am. More information

Friday, January 16 - All Teams 8+

All teams ages 8+ will ski and ride on their normal schedule.

Saturday, January 17 - Sunday, January 18

All teams will ski and ride on their normal schedule.

Saturday, January 17 - SBA Intrasquad Race

All SBA athletes up to age 14 are invited to participate in our first Intrasquad Race of the season. Coaches will share details. This is a fun, easy way to try a ski race. We hope to see you there!

SBA Menu - Week of January 11

Upcoming Events

February 15 - Academy Soiree

Save the date for our annual Academy Soiree. Tickets go on sale this week!