Created: 14 July 2020
The Owens Family celebrating the finish of the 2020 Southern Vermont Series Season at Okemo (pictured from left to right, Maggie, Leslie, Amy, Kevin, Harrison).
Fourteen-year-old Maggie Owens’s homework assignment was simple, make a video about something you’re passionate about and explain what it means to you. The Fairfield, CT native immediately thought about the weekends she spent competing at USASA, “I wanted the video to show what I love about my winters in Vermont with my family and how much I love competing every weekend with my snowboard friends” Maggie said as she set out to capture what she and her twin sister Leslie experience as part of the competitive and tight-knit Breaker Girls snowboard division in the Southern Vermont Series.
Created: 06 July 2020
Meet the Southwest Series’ Pepper Family. Parents Billy and Jenna along with Porter, 14 (Breaker Snowboarder), and Ry, 11 (Menehune Snowboarder), Delmar, 7 (Ruggie Freeskier) relaxing after a big day at Nationals 2019.
Five years ago, Billy and Jenna Pepper along with their three young boys lived in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and started a USASA journey that would change their lives. Their oldest son, Porter who was nine at the time, fell in love with snowboarding and after spending two years shuttling the whole family the three hours from Albuquerque to New Mexico resorts Billy and Jenna decided it was time for a change. “Competing at USASA events was such a fun way to spend the weekend, we totally reshaped our lives around it and being in the mountains,” Billy said.
Created: 24 June 2020
SNU Claiming another USCSA National Championship Title.
Nestled in the heart of Lake Tahoe, CA, Sierra Nevada University, is a small and nimble educational institution. Long before COVID-19 was our new reality and distance learning and training programs were being sought out by every school, SNU was ahead of the curve. In the fall of 2019, Chris DeLeon, SNU’s Athletic Director, and Women’s Head Soccer Coach saw the need for SNU’s soccer and snow athletes to have consistent training and access to coaches while away from campus. Enter Volt Athletics, a digital training platform that allows coaches, trainers, and athletes to track, tweak and monitor programs and performance from afar. SNU became one of the first small schools to Beta test this Seattle, Washington based Gatorade fueled app which has changed the game for SNU student-athletes.
Created: 24 June 2020
Capt. Jack Gouge, an Air Force Special Tactics Officer assigned to the 17th Special Tactics Squadron at Fort Benning, Georgia, is leading outreach efforts to collect over a thousand pounds of food and supplies for COVID-19 relief in Puyallup, Washington.
The STO is currently serving as the Director of Global Outreach and Community Impact at Bethany Baptist Church in Puyallup, Washington as part of the Department of Defense’s Career Skillbridge program.
Created: 10 June 2020
By U.S. Ski & Snowboard
Over the past two decades, United States of American Snowboard and Freeski Association (USASA) Executive Director Mike Mallon has served tirelessly in a wide range of roles that have had a direct impact on the success of freeski and snowboard athletes. Mallon was honored by U.S. Ski & Snowboard with its John Clair Award Award for service to the national team.
Created: 01 June 2020
Progress means always putting the USASA athletes first and providing the most ethical, fair and fun competition environment. For the 2020-2021 season we have adjusted to a more age-appropriate class for the 6 & under group. The newly formed "Rascals" age group will experience an enhanced regional event structure that will have more of a focus on fun and inclusion.
These events for ages 6 & under will take place within the existing USASA regional competitions structure and will only be available for regional points and ranking. Rascals competitors will not be eligible to travel to and compete at USASA National Championships. This adjustment is to bring our competition offering more in line with the U.S. Training Systems model and allow our youngest members more time to have fun regionally. Once athletes become Ruggies they will then be eligible to compete in the USASA National Championships.
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER YOUR 6&UNDERS FOR THEIR FREE USASA MEMBERSHIP
Created: 11 May 2020
USASA’s Director of Administration, Zippy Neil, has been awarded the 2020 Anna McIntyre Award for her distinguished achievement in snowboarding administration. Anna McIntyre, a Waterville Valley native, has been an instrumental part of bringing snowboarding to a new international level with her strong common sense and leadership skills. In 2020, the US Ski & Snowboard committee felt Zippy Neil most deserved this award for her tireless efforts in support of snowboarding for twenty-two years and counting.
