USSS Releases 2023-24 Alpine Team Nomination Criteria
As the season gets underway, US Ski and Snowboard released the 2023-24 Alpine team nomination criteria. If the updated criteria could be characterized in one word it would be this: Simplified.
At USPA, Flexibility is Strength and Diversity is the Norm
Pete Smith first conceived of US Performance Academy in response to this question from a frustrated parent: Why does the traditional academic model make you choose between achieving your athletic dreams and getting a good education?
Ski Racing’s Gary Black Voted into USSS Hall of Fame
As the USSS Hall of Fame Class of 2022 is announced, one inductee has special significance to this publication.
Official Fun and the Unofficial US Ski Team Reunion
That’s a wrap. The unofficial 20th century US Ski Team reunion took place last weekend
Jared Goldberg on the Needs for Speed
Once you've started breaking through on the national level, it takes ten years to fully establish oneself on the World Cup in speed. Jared Goldberg, Goldie to his teammates, is Exhibit A.
LaMarches’ Golden Age of Development
Deb and Swampy LaMarche led a golden age of U.S. alpine ski racing development. They used patience and inclusivity.
Rolf Gidlow: Remembering ski racing’s cosmic gift to coaching
Rolf Gidlow: 1952-2022 In 1991, Rolf Gidlow rolled into Burke Mountain Academy from Minnesota in
Summer Session for UNI Skiers
College teams can’t organize their own camps, and the national team—while welcoming collegiate athletes once they pop through to the World Cup—does not have the bandwidth to incorporate them into their development model.
A Healthy Mindset Starts at Home
Barbara Ann Cochran talks about the mindset that builds success and happiness.
Okay, Kids, Who Fartleked?
Maximize your physiological window of opportunity this summer with high intensity, high variability, high fun factor workouts.
USSS Chief of Sport Anouk Patty is right where she belongs
The recently appointed USSS Chief of Sport giggles before she says the obvious: "It's a dream job."
Canada’s Ali Nullmeyer Balances World Cup and Academic Success
As the end of the school year draws close, students sigh in relief, and perhaps none more than student-athletes juggling full-time college and athletics.
This is (Not) Only a Test: The Norwegian Ironman Was Born in the USA
The common refrain in Alpine skiing goes something like: “Norway does this, Norway does that.” It has become standard in the ski racing world to covet everything about the Norwegians, from their team culture and Attacking Vikings spirit to their results across all disciplines and their untrammeled Olympic success.
Red Bull’s Director of Performance Gets Back To His Ski Racing Roots
When Per Lundstam came back to US Ski and Snowboard as Director of Alpine Sports Science last fall, it was more of a homecoming than a job change.
The State of the Nation: Men’s Slalom
Four years ago, the US Ski Team cut its entire men’s World Cup slalom team. This year at the Olympics, Team USA included only one slalom skier.
Exit Interview: Peter Dodge reflects on 33 years of coaching Dartmouth’s men’s team
The NCAA Championships in Park City marked the final collegiate race for Peter Dodge, who is stepping down as Dartmouth College’s men’s coach after 33 years
Ligety: New Olympic quota is a ‘mistake, not well thought out’
In the wake of the 2022 Olympic team announcements, Ted Ligety spoke exclusively with Ski
The Empire Strikes Back: Austria claims additional Olympic quota spots
The saga of reallocated Olympic quota spots continues as four more athletes gained Olympic berths
US men get short end of stick as Olympic qualification concludes
Photo: U.S. Ski & Snowboard With the conclusion of the Olympic qualification period on Sunday,
US Olympic alpine team to be significantly reduced
It’s crunch time — the final stretch of competitions before 2022 Olympic teams are named.
What to expect when you’re inspecting: Beijing courses still a mystery
This story comes courtesy of our friends at the International Skiing History Association. When Alpine
NorAms return with HomeLight Foundation Series, part of company’s broader skiing connection
Photo: @steven_kornreich // @usskiteam After taking a COVID hiatus, NorAms returned earlier this season. From
For Paula Moltzan, there’s no place like home
Perhaps overshadowed by another American at the top of the podium, the U.S. Ski Team's Paula Moltzan, a UVM alum, was elated to finish seventh in front of her home crowd in Sunday's slalom at Killington.
Mother Nature dominates in Killington, but the fans will not be beaten
Weather may have stopped the race at Killington, but it did not stop the crowd,
