The Vancouver Island Mountain Sport Society


Invites you to join


Honourable John Duncan, MP for Vancouver Island and Minister of Aboriginal Affairs & Northern Development

&

Honourable Don McRae, MLA for Comox Valley and Minister of Agriculture


at the official opening of the


Vancouver Island Mountain Centre


A new facility that will enhance the lives of athletes, coaches, students, outdoor enthusiasts and other members of our community


Wednesday, February 22, 2012

2:00 P.M.


Mount Washington Alpine Resort, BC


(across from the Raven Lodge nordic centre)


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VIMSS Membership Opportunity


Want a say in the Vancouver Mountain Sport Society? Become a Member!   Membership entitles the member you to vote a VIMSS meetings and stand for office. It's easy to get involved, just click here to download a registration form.


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Carle Brenneman Going for Gold in 2014


A Comox athlete, and VIMSS funded athlete,  has been chosen to train with the Canadian team heading to the next Olympic Winter Games as a member of the women's snowboard cross team.

If her training goes well, Carle Brenneman could be heading to Sochi, Russia in 2014, but in the meantime she is undergoing intense training six days a week at Whistler.

Brenneman has been competing on the B.C. women's team for the last three years, during which time she has been living and working in Whistler.

Now, her longtime goal of making the national team has become a reality, and the 21-year-old is just beginning to get used to the idea.

"It's kind of weird, but once we start [training on snow], it'll be pretty crazy," she said.

For the time being, Brenneman is hitting the gym and honing her technique on dry slopes.

She is also training with some high-profile athletes, including gold-medalist Maëlle Ricker, who captured the top of the snowboard cross podium at the 2010 Vancouver Games and became the first Canadian woman to win gold on Canadian soil, and Dominque Maltais, who captured bronze at the 2006 Turin Winter Olympics.

Now on Team Canada, Brenneman said focusing on her sport has become a full-time endeavor, although she still maintains a part time job at Earl's restaurant and pub at Whistler.

Potential sponsors can contact Brenneman through carle_23@hotmail.com.

  With files from the Comox Valley Echo 2011
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Vancouver Island Athletes Receive Funding from VIMSS

Eight Vancouver Island athletes who compete in mountain sports have been awarded travel grants by the Vancouver Island Mountain Sport Society (VIMSS) to assist them with training and competition expenses. (read more here)

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