AHS Snowboard Team : Rider Info

Things to know

Coaches: Head Coach Pat McCullagh and Coach Kyle Gargus are leading the 2025/2026 season.

Communications: We use TeamSnap for communications on and off the mountain. Riders and parents MUST sign up and check regularly throughout the season.

Bus Schedules: Buses leave and return from AHS on Mountain St. near the theater. Please be prompt. Sundays and Mt Shasta days, departure time is 7:45am and return time roughly 4:30pm. Thursday evenings the bus leaves at 3:45pm and returns around 9pm. Be sure to check teamsnap for exact times. Schedule and communications are on TeamSnap.

You are part of the Team: Show up on time,communicate when you are running late or will miss, be supportive of others, keep an open mind, help out at events!

Competitions: You will be given a calendar of competition/events, which happen regularly starting mid January. By late Feb. the Varsity team will be selected for State. Criteria is based on competition scores, attendance, and positive attitude.

Other events: We hold fundraisers, parties and promote the team in lots of ways throughout the year. Your participation is welcomed and expected.

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Safety: The use of helmets is mandatory for all events. Helmets used in OISA events shall be specifically designed and manufactured for use in snow sports and shall bare a CE mark and conform to recognized and appropriate standards such as CEE 1077 or US 2040, ASTM 2040.

Policies: AHS Snowboard Team

Per agreement upon registration, here is a reminder of our club policies:

I, student, agree to follow all rules and directions from coaches and parent chaperones. This includes not bringing or consuming any drugs or alcohol, including marijuana while participating. I will be respectful of others around me and not put myself or others at risk. I will be present for all meetup times. I understand that if I break this agreement, I will no longer be able to participate. If rules are broken during a scheduled activity I understand that my parent will need to immediately come and get me.

I, parent, agree to talk to my boarder about being respectful of other students, coaches and chaperones, not bringing or consuming drugs or alcohol and following all directions. Furthermore, I agree to immediately come and pick up my boarder if they break this agreement during a scheduled activity. The coaches, drivers and chaperones are not responsible for my riders actions and I release them from any liability that may occur.

Additionally, Ashland High School requires all athletes receive grades C or above for participation

OISA Snowboarder’s Responsibility Code

Snowboarders shall not board rope tows, J-Bars, T-Bars, ski lifts or other similar devices unless they have sufficient ability to use the devices. They shall also follow any written or verbal instruction they are given regarding the devices.

Snowboarders, when involved in an accident, shall not depart from the scene without leaving their names and addresses if reasonably possible.

A snowboarder who is injured should, if reasonable, give notice of the injury to the ski area operator before leaving the ski area.

Snowboarders shall not embark or disembark from a ski lift except at designated areas or by the authority of the ski lift operator or ski patrol.

Snowboarders shall not deface resort property, especially with the application of decals or stickers.

Offensive actions or obscene language around resort areas are grounds for expulsion from the OISA.

Snowboarders shall refrain from using illegal substances.

Snowboarders defacing or trashing their rented living quarters shall face immediate disqualification from competing and immediate expulsion from the OISA.

DISQUALIFICATION DURING COMPETITIONS

Reasons for Disqualification

A competitor shall be disqualified:

· For not wearing a helmet properly

· If a helmet comes off during a run

· If there is an infraction under competitor’s obligations, competitor’s equipment, gate faults, provisional start, and false start.

· If false information is presented to the OISA, league president or the organizing committee.

· For un-sportsmanlike conduct

· For using foul or obscene language

· For making foul or obscene gestures toward OISA volunteers, judges, officials, coaches, competitors, spectators, or mountain employees.

For shadowing a competition course or a coach / parent shadowing a competitor.

For modifying the setting of a competition area

· For doing anything to disrupt an event by destructive means, such as but not limited to

destroying or moving a safety fence or changing a gate setup.

For accepting assistance during a run.
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For not wearing a bib properly during inspection or competition.
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For competing in a bib other than their own or letting another competitor compete for

them. No borrowing or lending of bibs.

For not starting properly.
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For not passing the finish line with at least one foot fixed in a binding on the board at BS

or SBX races.

For inverted aerials which is defined as a competitor having both feet above their head

simultaneously.

For not respecting the host resort’s regulations

For being under the influence or in the possession of illegal drugs or alcohol at a

competition venue

Disqualification A racer is disqualified if:

They make a false start in the KO Final.

They intentionally obstructs (pushes, holds, or hits) their opponent, this is considered as an "obstruction fault". Falls are not considered an obstruction fault. Only the course judges along the slopes can make a decision to disqualify a competitor.

A disqualified rider (for pushing, holding, or hitting) will not be allowed to advance

Oregon Interscholastic Snowboard Association (OISA): https://oisa.org