The members of the Skiing Australia/Victorian Institute of Sport aerial skiing development team continue to make good progress in training at Fortress Mountain, Canada, under the direction of Development Coach Rachel Johnson.

Kate Bender and Denita Mudge have executed their first back layouts on snow, landing their fourth and sixth jumps respectively and landing almost all of their jumps since then.

Melinda Cleland has now moved onto the double where she is executing lay tucks. Melinda performed singles in the jump at Fernie during the training week for the recent World Cup

At the recent Nor Am event at Fortress - won by Flying Kangaroos team member Lainie Cole - Laura Lindsay, Kate Bender and Denita Mudge were all forerunners, scoring in the mid to high 6’s on air and form and 2.6 and above on landings.

All the Development team members are gaining great experience training alongside Jacqui Cooper as she continues her comeback to the World Cup circuit.

Jacqui will stay in Fortress and jump alongside the development athletes for the remainder of February.