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SkiBM680
Posts: 888 - Karma: 13
Ok so i want to apply to CVA next year but i am torn betwean weather to apply for raceing or freestyle. I race on my HS teams o they would have resoults to look at but I would obv much rather be on the freestyle team. I have never done a major comp thou so i dont kno how I could get in. Also i was wondering how much they looka t academics or if it is realy jsut ski based. I have like a C average, nothing special.
Feb 6 2006 8:59PM
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SkiBM680
Posts: 888 - Karma: 13
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Feb 6 2006 9:03PM
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eastAR5
Posts: 15084 - Karma: 732
have fun there... tell us how its going a year or 2 from now
Feb 6 2006 9:05PM
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skimanskimanskim
Posts: 1515 - Karma: 1,715
you don't have to be to good to go to a ski academy. As far as grades go you should have B's and A's, maybe some C's. Also if you like racing go there for racing, if you like freeride, go for freeride its better anyway.
Feb 6 2006 9:10PM
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BCKicker540
Posts: 1283 - Karma: 11
just cuz dan and corey came outta there doesnt mean that you have to be pro to get in. ive ridden with the cva kids before, a lot of them arent fantasticly good. not a dis to cva kids, some of you are really sick.
Feb 6 2006 9:17PM
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DynastarriderGP
Posts: 8258 - Karma: 214
it'll probably cost alot
Feb 6 2006 9:58PM
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snowforblood
Posts: 1861 - Karma: 16
^yea but its not like you are lighting money on fire, you are getting what you pay for
Feb 6 2006 10:06PM
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Genome
Posts: 1170 - Karma: 24
I looked at cva good sking really shitty school
Feb 6 2006 10:11PM
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SkiBM680
Posts: 888 - Karma: 13
yea my rents want to send me to green mountain school, all raceing but a good school to. I hope grades arent a problem i have like strait Cs now. What if i took sumemr courses or re did a year. I also heard from some people that as long as u can ski moderatly well and pay u can go, not that that will be the case for me hopefully.... But its deff allot of money, i can only go if my sister gets a scholership for college again
Feb 6 2006 10:26PM
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dynastarsic
Posts: 45 - Karma: 11
bunch of punks.....ive got one sitting next to me right now...shes loved it..but shes a little bitch
Feb 6 2006 10:31PM
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SkiBM680
Posts: 888 - Karma: 13
^ more info would be apritiated, its only a 32,000 dolla investment
Feb 6 2006 10:34PM
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SkiBM680
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Feb 6 2006 10:50PM
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Skiboy360
Posts: 270 - Karma: 10
a) CVA stands for Carrabassett Valley Academy, so you don't need to say CVA Academy.
b) why the hell would you even think about racing?
c) look at Gould Academy
Feb 6 2006 11:17PM
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Riley.
Posts: 2214 - Karma: 259
Gould = school+skiing (in that order)
CVA = skiing+school (in that order)
Feb 6 2006 11:24PM
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michaelclarke
Posts: 1382 - Karma: 638
WVA.. go there.
Feb 6 2006 11:45PM
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.hazen.
Posts: 1452 - Karma: 661
holderness, but its also school then skiing
Feb 7 2006 12:05AM
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powder99
Posts: 2761 - Karma: 12
good coaches at the racing side, they head down to NZ in the summer if you got the cash
Feb 7 2006 1:36AM
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oldskewl
Posts: 457 - Karma: 10
I went to a ski academy. If you are not USSA and are not nationally ranked for yer age group (Junior olympics, FIS races) go with freestyle. You will have more fun. I am not familiar with CVA but I know all of the big Academys and the racers have dedicated their lives to chasing gates. You most likely will not even be able to race for a decent college team. Just the cold facts
Feb 7 2006 3:05PM
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salomonskiier12
Posts: 2862 - Karma: 19
get in as a racer, then switch to become a freeskiier and just keep practicing.
Feb 7 2006 3:09PM
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skibum06
Posts: 55 - Karma: 10
big money man, go freeride more fun and they have a big mountain program too
Feb 7 2006 3:29PM
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CBROOKS
Posts: 4979 - Karma: 10,708
Yes. or holderness. but you wont get in with strait c's
Feb 7 2006 3:33PM
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SkiBM680
Posts: 888 - Karma: 13
WVA dosnt offer a full year program but i might end up going there for just 2 months if my rents cant afford full year ells were
Feb 7 2006 8:45PM
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TheProfitSkier
Posts: 3901 - Karma: 9
ya dude holderness is a legit prep school. i play them all the time. they have good skiing too. i think ashley saba went there
Feb 7 2006 8:53PM
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Squaris
Posts: 111 - Karma: 10
Go to OMS - its sick
Feb 7 2006 8:59PM
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newschooler7
Posts: 2253 - Karma: 21
i ski at sunday river every weekend and talk to a hell of alot of Gould kids. i consistatly here that they are so uptight about rules and bedtimes and shit. cva is MUCH more chill. and a better skiing school overall.
Feb 7 2006 9:09PM
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TheProfitSkier
Posts: 3901 - Karma: 9
ya but if you go to high school for freestyle skiing you are really fucking stupid. even if you become as big as vanular, your future looks pretty grim. pro skiers dont make a great living anyways and when he is done with skiing, where will he go? his high school education was sub-par of his peers. go to gould. better academics, good skiing. or holderness-great academics, still good skiing
Feb 7 2006 9:17PM
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Skipig25
Posts: 10729 - Karma: 256
I wouldn't say much more chill. It's a good place to learn to ski, but that's about it. They are strict, and the school is... well, worse than your school probably. But you do get to ski, if you can handle the rest of it. And def. go for freestyle, it's better
Feb 7 2006 9:19PM
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BCKicker540
Posts: 1283 - Karma: 11
sunday river has a better park too, sugarloafs park is wretched
Feb 7 2006 9:20PM
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SkiBM680
Posts: 888 - Karma: 13
im also looking at killington moutian school, how would u say that is. my rents would like me to go to GMVS but i couldnt get in prob cuase i only race on the highschool leval and its nothing but alpine racing
Feb 7 2006 10:02PM
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