The Yukon Freestyle Ski Team recently wrapped up one of its most successful seasons to date with the B.C. Championships.

The season was marked with steady progression for the young team, who are starting to form their identity on the slopes.

"They're all really talented,” said head coach Stu Robinson, who is in his third year of coaching the team. "And they're also all really passionate about skiing which is one of the best things about coaching them, they're all really into it.”

Robinson said the dedication of the skiers and snowboarders allowed for this season to be one of the most memorable he's had as a coach.

"It's the best season I've had with the group, we had our best ever placing at Jr. Nationals (fifth overall), at the Alberta halfpipe championships we got four medals and at the Canadian Shield Pro-am event in Calgary we had great results. It was a great season.”

The final event of the year, the B.C Championships, was held at Mount Washington just outside Comox on Vancouver Island from March 31 to April 2 and included some impressive performances from the local riders.

"It was the biggest B.C. Championships ever with 140 athletes competing and probably the highest level as well, the quality of competition was way up there,” said Robinson.

"The Yukon team was well prepared, we went to some higher level competitions earlier in the season and we took a full team of 10 people.”

Anna Smith, Dawn Bohmer, Shayla Hamilton and Etienne Geoffroy each rode their way to top-ten finishes.

"We were really lucky there was a huge dump of snow, so the whole Whitehorse group were able to ski in waist deep powder the whole weekend which was really awesome,” said Robinson.

The team was back on the slopes on Sunday, hitting a private jump at Mt. Sima for a park shoot by local film company Hardly Worth Watching Productions.

"It was crazy,” said athlete Steven Harlow. "Every single person tried a double (flip).

I think it's going to be a pretty sick movie when it comes out.”

Harlow has also been accepted into a super coach program and is hoping to add assistant coach to his resume next season.

"It's something I want to take with me for as long as I can,” Harlow said of coaching.

"It would be the best scenario I can think of right now. Coaching guys that you enjoy being around, watching them progress, traveling with them, coaching them when they're down, helping them get back up and seeing them accomplish stuff they didn't think they'd be able too. That would be so cool to see. If I could be part of that, it would be awesome.”

"It's an amazing opportunity for him to train as a high level coach and then come back to the Yukon and share his expertise with the team,” said Robinson.

The competitive team has reached it's capacity with 12 members, up from eight last season.

Robinson said the growth in the program wouldn't be possible without the help of the parents, volunteers, Mt. Sima and the commitment of the team.

"We've had some great support and great new parents involved,” he said.

In the future Robinson is hoping the team can work with Mt. Sima to establish an air-bag training system.

"If we can do that, we'd really be one up on the competition,” he said.

"It's a safety-training site, so instead of a water ramp, which can be really expensive, they can land in a giant air bag. You see it Hollywood for stunts and things like that, so you learn your more difficult and dangerous tricks there and then take it to the snow in a safe manner.”

Robinson said the circuit the team attended this season featured some of the top events available.

"We basically went to the highest level comps we could this year and next year we'll be focusing on getting all the kids to that level and increase our training with some strong coaches.”

Harlow said attending the high profile events early on allows the team to steadily progress season after season.

"We'll keep growing from there and next year there's going to be even more progression and the year after that even more. We're going to keep improving and getting that much better,” he said.

"It's been an awesome season, everyone's progressed like crazy.”

Harlow's brother, Josh, is in his second year with the team and has been a part of that progression, improving his best standing 11 spots this season from twenty-second to eleventh place.

"I had a really good season,” he said. "I learned some new tricks and had a couple of good placings.

"Sima really helped us out with the jump and they've been really good to us.

There's been a lot of improvement this year.

"Everyone has progressed so much this season.”