Club Membership

Welcome to the club information page! Here, you will find essential information about club sanctioning requirements, member management, activity sanctions, insurance, and accident reporting.

Please ensure that you read all documents in the drop-down menus below before submitting a club sanction request.

Club sanction requests will go live in early June. A club cannot operate under the umbrella of Freestyle Canada until its sanction request is formally approved. Individual membership will open in late June for the 24/25 Membership year. Note that CGL coverage is only available starting Jul 1, 2024.

Important Changes for 24/25 Membership Year

1.All clubs and PSOs must use SnowReg to complete program and event payments. This is to align with our insurers suggestions on risk mitigation and management. Clubs that complete the majority of their payments through e-transfer or cheque will be able to continue to do so, SnowReg will waive all fees associated with offline transactions. How to set up offline transactions will be reviewed during the SnowReg Training Sessions. More information below.

SnowReg will offer four training sessions on May 15, June 5, September 4, and October 16, 2024. Training in French will take place at 12 pm EST/9 am PST and in English at 1 pm EST/10 pm PST. All Club Administrators will be required to get their administrator access account going by emailing [email protected] as soon as possible. 

2. Club Membership Fees for Not-for-Profits and For-Profit Clubs will increase by $275 this year. This will cover the costs of          the SnowReg platform. SnowReg will not charge clubs any annual user fees. There will be transaction fees for credit card                payments (2.9% + $0.30 for credit card charges and 1% capped at $10 for SnowReg). All offline transactions will be free of              charge.

3. There will be a new competition, special event sanctioning, and an out-of-country sanctioning form through SnowReg. All Clubs and PSOs must complete this form to gain sanctioning to host any regional, provincial or national event. Additionally, any activity not completed during the Club Sanctioning process will need to be completed using the same form, i.e. adding a training camp at another resort. Clubs can submit COI Requests through this portal for all competitions and additional/special event sanctioning. All Out-of-Country Sanction Requests will be moved to this portal. Travelling teams will submit a list of athletes, their Out-of-Country Sanction Request Form and verification of SAIP status through the portal.

Event & Out of Country Sanction Application

To REGISTER or RENEW your club membership, select your province or territory from the options below.

Club Sanctioning Requirements

Club sanction requests are subject to approval by both Freestyle Canada and the Territorial/Provincial Sport Organisation (T/PSO).

A club’s sanction request will only be approved if the club meets all the requirements listed below.

1) The club reviews and agrees to abide by the Freestyle Canada’s:

2) The online sanction request form is complete and accurate.

3) Club is committed to ensuring that all coaches in addition to staff and lead volunteers who work with children have a Criminal Record Check.

  • Criminal Record Check: Verifies whether an individual has a criminal record and provides the applicant with the detailed information that can be legally disclosed.

4) The Club has concussion management and prevention policy including:

  • All coaches have completed the NCCP Making Headway module.
  • Return to Play standards following PSO and/or FREESTYLE CANADA guidelines

5) All coaches have an active Freestyle Canada license in addition to current NCCP and Freestyle Canada coaching certifications.

6) All coaches are certified and all athletes qualified to perform inverted air skills through the Freestyle Canada Air Training System.

7) The club agrees to ensure that all its club members have a current Freestyle Canada membership.

8) The club receives permission from the ski area to operate its programs:

Freestyle Canada HIGHLY RECOMMENDS that clubs implement the following Athlete Protection Policies:

  • U12 Duty of Care – Session sign in and out procedures for athletes 12 and under Chaperoning – Having 2 adult chaperones (at least 1 same gender) when athletes are accommodated in hotels or other members homes
  • Club Member Codes of Conduct – all members should sign an appropriate code of conduct – coach, volunteer, parent, athlete, official.
  • Club is committed to ensuring that all coaches in addition to staff and lead volunteers who work with children have a Vulnerable Sector Check.
    • Vulnerable Sector (VS) Check : Verifies whether an individual has a criminal record, as well as any record suspensions (formerly pardons) for sexual offences and local police records for information relevant to the VS check.

Club Sanction Request processing times are 5-10 business days.

Activity Sanctioning

An Activity Sanction request is required for all FREESTYLE CANADA special activities.

Types of special activities include:

  • Try Freestyle;
  • Trampoline training;
  • Air bag training;
  • Water ramp training;
  • Dry Slope;
  • Big Mountain;
  • Skateboarding;
  • Water skiing;
  • Recreational Mountain biking / Road cycling;
  • Open house / Fundraiser / Special Events / Meetings / Dinners / Banquets.
    • These activities must be directly related to the Club and pose no risk to the General Public.
    • Clubs must indicate if any alcohol will be served. If yes, clubs must indicate if volunteers are certified to serve alcohol within their province or territory (e.g., Serve It Right, Serving It Safe, Smart Serve or Action Service training).

Standard activities that are included in your club sanction request include the following:

  • Recreational freestyle skiing;
  • Competitive freestyle skiing;
  • Attending sanctioned competitions;
  • Hosting sanctioned competitions;
  • Coaching courses;
  • Dryland training/Conditioning programs – provided that these are established, set-up, controlled and monitored by suitably trained specialists, include:
    • Running;
    • Hiking;
    • Swimming;
    • Road cycling
      • Only as a training activity as prescribed by a coach or sports science regardless of the type of bike used in that activity
    • Mountain biking (off the road “mountain biking” training activities)
      • Only as a training activity as prescribed by a coach or sports science
        Note: Mountain biking must not be done alone, must be supervised.
      • Third party coverage ONLY which means that there is insurance coverage if the athlete runs into and is sued by a hiker on the trail.
      • NO second party coverage (there is no coverage when the athlete gets injured and sues the coach or another athlete for negligence for suggesting that the athlete train on that trail.)

Out-of-Country Sanctions

Accident Reporting

Insurance

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