A group of three local freestyle skiers will be carving up some powder.
12-year-old Ella Vonah, Autumn Knudsen, 12, and Carla Van Zyl, 11, all from the Northern BC Freestyle Club will be heading to Whistler for the first annual Freestyle BC CampGirlstylerz, which gets underway today (Friday).
The camp is part of the Freestyle BC Girls Initiative program, which is set up to advocate for female athletes and their athletic development.
The girls will train for three days with Olympian guest coaches Jenn Hail, Kristi Richards, Yuki Tsubota, Kalissa Lolos to name a few.
A group of junior coaches from the Freestyle BC Team will also be present, along with coaches from across the province.
Jess Hudson, the girls’ coach with the Northern BC Freestyle Club, told MyPGNow that the development she’s seen in the girls has been amazing.
“I’ve seen them go from coming out and skiing for fun to finding a dream and wanting to achieve it,” said Hudson. “Those three young ladies are very driven to become top female athletes.”
This season, Ella took home the silver medal in moguls and gold in slopestyle, Carla took silver in the slopestyle event in the U12 ladies. Autumn got the medal in the U14 ladies for slopestyle, all of which were won at the Kootney Freestyle Classic in Panorama.
