COPPER MOUNTAIN, CO. (Dec. 9) — U.S. Freeskiing Pro Halfpipe Team member Devin Logan (West Dover, VT) qualified second for Friday afternoon's final behind Canada's Rosalind Groenewoud at the Visa U.S. Freeskiing Grand Prix at Copper Mountain. Team members Brita Sigourney (Carmel, CA) and Jen Hudak (Park City, UT) also punched their tickets to the podium round of the season's first North American halfpipe competition—and first FIS Freestyle Ski World Cup sanctioned Grand Prix event—as competitors with the top 12 scores from Friday morning's best of two run qualifier made the cut.
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CHINO HILLS, CA (Dec. 2, 2015) – The U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association has announced its partnership with Jacuzzi® Brand as the official hot tub of the U.S. Ski Team. As part of the partnership, Jacuzzi® Brand Hot Tubs will be integrated in to athletes’ recovery at the USSA’s world-class training facility, the Center of Excellence, in Park City, UT. Jacuzzi® Brand is also a sponsor of the 2015 Audi FIS Ski World Cup this season.
In the mid-2000s, Bode Miller and Daron Rahlves ruled the legendary Birds of Prey.
When it comes to sports, fans and athletes have come to expect one constant – the unexpected.
Liberty Mutual Insurance Responsible Sports sat down with budding young U.S. Ski Team standout Alex “AJ” Ginnis to get his thoughts on preparing for the unexpected.
In our exclusive Take 5 interview, A.J. shared that he mentally prepares for a competition by getting into a “mental routine” that involves repetition of precise, specific thoughts and actions.
The U.S. Moguls Team returns to the FIS World Cup circuit with a moguls event Jan. 12 in WinSport’s Canada Olympic Park in Calgary.
“When you go into the Steilhang in Kitzbuhel and you land, if you don’t drop into the turn with 100-percent confidence, you crash every time. That’s why the ski racers we’ve all seen at the top are rock solid. They’re unflappable in terms of their belief and confidence.” – Olympic Champion Bode Miller. Believe in U.S. is the rallying cry of the U.S. Ski Team going into the Olympic Winter Games in Sochi. Athletes like Bode Miller ride on the wings of belief of family, friends and the American public.
Believe in U.S.: Bode Miller
MERIBEL, France (Feb. 23) - Less than a second separated the top 17 finishers in Saturday's Audi FIS Alpine World Cup women's downhill with Julia Mancuso (Squaw Valley, CA) leading the way for the U.S. Ski Team with 13th, .90 behind surprise winner Carolina Ruiz Castillo of Spain. It was a historic first World Cup downhill victory for Spain and the first podium of any kind since 2006. Alice McKennis (Glenwood Springs, CO) finished just behind Mancuso in a three-way tie for 14th.
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PARK CITY, UT—(Oct. 31) It was March 25, 2007, and—down to his last dual moguls run at the Sprint U.S. Freestyle Championships hosted by Killington—freestyle moguls athlete Landon Gardner had all his teeth intact. Fast forward to August 28, 2011, when those in Killington and the surrounding area had all their homes, utilities and lives in tact. Within a matter of hours, however, the two would need each other in ways they never could've foreseen.
Salt Lake City, Utah - Wintersteiger, official supplier to U.S. Ski & Snowboard and exclusive tuning partner for the Center for Excellence, will again be offering equipment support at the U.S. Ski Team Speed Center at official training site Copper Mountain, Colo. during the fall training block this year. Wintersteiger’s World Cup dominance and support of the U.S. Ski Team make them the obvious machine tuning choice for both the Land Rover U.S. Alpine Ski Team and any race programs training at Copper Mountain.
Mikaela Shiffrin snagged another top-10 result in Lake Louise, taking 10th place in the super-G and continuing to build her seemingly insurmountable World Cup overall lead.