All Canadian athletes must have current valid NSO / PTSA / PTSO License or Membership – annual licenses / membership expire on June 30th.
- Freestyle Canada / PTSO Members will require a Club Athlete License
- Canada Snowboard / PTSA Members will require min. Recreational Membership
All athletes attending must be accompanied by a certified coach that meets or exceeds the Canada Snowboard / Freestyle Canada Coaching Program Standards for Air Training.
Registered in good standing Canadian teams, clubs and programs have general liability coverage for training at LAUNCH under their Club Sanctioning provided to them by their NSO.
All users of the facility (coaches and athletes) are required to register through the online portal to be able to access the facility. This ensures all participants have Freestyle Canada, Canada Snowboard membership, and have completed all required waivers.
Athletes or coaches without the correct membership/signed waivers (excluding international athletes and coaches) are not able to participate.
- Coaches are required to have the appropriate training and qualifications to supervise and coach training sessions specific to the apparatus and degree of trick difficulty:
- Freestyle Skiing Coaches:
- Trampoline: Coaches must be Air 1 Qualified to supervise Freestyle Skiing athletes performing uprights or non-inverted maneuvers on trampoline, and Air 2 Qualified to supervise Freestyle Skiing athletes performing inverted or off-axis maneuvers on trampoline.
- Landing Bag: Coaches must be Air 3 Qualified to supervise Freestyle Skiing athletes performing single inverted or off-axis maneuvers on the airbag, and Air Doubles on Air Bag Qualified to supervise Freestyle Skiing athletes performing double inverted or double off-axis maneuvers on the airbag.
Coaches supervising Freestyle Skiing athletes performing freeski triple inverted or triple off-axis maneuvers must be included in the list of Freestyle Canada Approved, Freeski Triples Qualified Coaches. Coaches supervising freeski triples are to contact the Freestyle Ontario Executive Director (eli@freestyleontario.ski) no less than 48 hours prior to their training session to confirm their status on this list.
- Snowboard Coaches:
- Trampoline Style Coaches: Competition Introduction Advanced (Style) Certified with Air 1 and Air 2
- Speed Coaches: Competition Introduction Advanced (Speed) Certified with Air 1 – This is under the assumption that speed coaches will be on the trampolines to allow athletes to gain air awareness with minimal rotation
- Landing Bag: Competition Introduction Advanced Certified with Air 1 and Air 2 is required to supervise Snowboard athletes on the airbag. It is highly recommended, but not required, that coaches also consider taking Air 3 on Airbag
- International Coaches: Proof of $10,000,000 liability insurance
INTERNATIONAL
- International Teams and Commercial operators – must provide a Commercial General Liability insurance certificate in an occurrence format in an amount no less than $10,000,000 CDN per occurrence, including the following coverages; contractual liability, advertising injury and personal injury liability, broad form property damage, independent contractors, premises, operations, and volunteers liability.
- The certificate must be received at least two weeks prior to training.
- The certificate must include a 30-day notification clause for cancellation.
- The certificate of insurance must be signed by an authorized representative of the insurer.
- The COI shall provide primary insurance coverage in the event of any loss or claim relating to facility use and name the following additional insured:
- The Association of Ontario Snowboarders (operating as Ontario Snowboard); 4-115 First St Unit 203, Collingwood ON L9Y 4W3
- Freestyle Skiing Ontario Inc. 1655 Dupont Street, Unit P2015, Toronto, Ontario, M6P 3T1, Canada.
- HSV Limited Partnership; HSV GP Inc.; Resort Communities LP. 1101 Horseshoe Valley Road, West, Barrie, ON L4M 4Y8
- HSV Limited Partnership; HSV GP Inc.; Resort Communities LP, as above associated and affiliated companies and their officers, directors, employees and volunteers.