Created: 05 December 2019
Live Like Sam and USASA recently partnered on the USASA National Merit Scholarship Competition, providing five lucky winners with a prize pack valued at $1,500.
We received 150 incredible submissions from talented young athletes all over the country, all of whom embodied the Live Like Sam guiding principles and USASA core values of excellence, respect, and fun in their own special way. Of these 150 applicants, five were selected from each of the USASA regional series:
Each winner will have all entry fees to their respective regional competitions covered for the upcoming 2019 – 2020 winter season. And, if they qualify, each winner will also have their entry fees for the USASA National Championship in Copper Mountain, Colorado paid in full.
Created: 27 November 2019
It's #GivingTuesday and USASA is looking to raise $10,000 in just one day! Help us support the grassroots development of the next generation of snowboarders and freeskiers!
Created: 25 November 2019
Big Mountain West rider and the newest member of the Donek Snowboards SBX team, Anna Miller, took a few minutes out of her busy fall schedule to chat with us about winning the 2019 USASA National Championships for the second time and to share some of her earliest USASA memories.
What was your first USASA event and what was that experience like?
My first USASA event had to have been in Grand Targhee, Wyoming about 10 years ago. It was a boardercross event, and I had no idea what I was doing. But my coach at the time, Lane Clegg, told me to always ride on the small side of the stubby and he additionally informed me that, "if you're not first you're last". I remember the course having this big uphill section that I had to jump up every single run because I didn't have enough speed to make it up. It was very nerve wrecking for me. But from that event on, I never wanted to stop competing and traveling to such beautiful mountains, interacting with likeminded individuals, and pushing myself to the limits of my abilities.
Created: 15 November 2019
By Andrew Gauthier
October, 31 2019
This Dec. 20-21, Atlanta’s SunTrust Park will transform into a ski and snowboard destination for the Visa Big Air presented by Land Rover. We are not talking about a chairlift serviced resort, or a backcountry powder-filled peak, but rather a 15-story steel structure covered in snow featuring a massive kicker designed to launch the world’s best freeskiers and snowboarders for international World Cup big air competition.
So the question is, why Atlanta? Why build a ski slope in a city that doesn’t always embrace the snow? In a January 2017 article in Curbed Atlanta, the mere presence of snow was referred to as “the devil’s dandruff,” yet here we are just 50 days out from Olympic snowboard gold medalists Jamie Andreson and Red Gerard dropping in at SunTrust Park with hopes of topping a World Cup podium. So again...why Atlanta?
Created: 21 October 2019
| Rocky Mountain Series | Copper Mtn HP | 12/5 SB & FS Closed Practice - 12/6SB & FS Comp |
| Southern Vermont Series | Mt Snow SS | 1/21st SB - 1/22 FS |
| New Hampshire Series | Loon SS & HP | 1/24th SB SS - 1/25th SB & FS HP - 1/26th FS SS |
| The Unbound Series | Mammoth SS & HP | 2/11th SB SS - 2/12th FS SS - 2/13th SB & FS HP |
| Rocky Mountain Series | Copper Mtn SS | 2/24th Open Practice - 2/25th FS - 2/26th SB Comps |
| Big Mountain West Series | Park City HP & SS | 2/27th Open Practice - 2/28th FS SS - 2/29th SB SS - 3/1st SB & FS HP |
| Upper Midwest Snow Series | Spirit SS & HP | 3/6th Open Practice -3/7th SB & FS HP - 3/8th SB & FS SS |
*All HP Days are Combined SB=Snowboard FS=Freeski
The Futures Tour calendar has been set and registration is now open.
You may only register for a contest in your home series region for the first two weeks. USASA, US Ski & Snowboard and FIS memberships are required to register for an event. Minimum age is 13. Event will be scored Open for FIS and age groups for USASA. Breakers will not receive Regional USASA points. (12 yr olds are not allowed to compete per FIS rules.) Visit THE FUTURES TOUR FAQ for more info.
Created: 23 September 2019
SALT LAKE CITY, Oct 1, 2019 — The Live Like Sam Fund — a local nonprofit dedicated to providing young athletes with character-building education and athletic scholarship opportunities — today announced its partnership with USASA to help make five young athlete’s dreams a reality through its merit scholarship competition.
Founded by Ron Jackenthal, Live Like Sam was created after his son, Sam Jackenthal passed away after suffering a tragic skiing accident in Australia. A Park City, Utah, local with exceptional athletic ability and strong character, Sam won the overall combined title at the U.S. Junior Freestyle Championship and was extremely active in the USASA Big Mountain West Series.
Created: 20 September 2019
By Andrew Gauthier
U.S. Ski & Snowboard and USASA continue their fruitful relationship with major improvements to the event pipeline. USASA will now serve as the sole event entry point for both freeskiing and snowboarding events.
This vastly improves the clarity of the layout in the United States and makes it easier to access grassroots competitions through USASA’s 31 regional series and 500-event network. Highlighting this shift, USASA will also take on a new role in the running of "The Futures Tour" for the 2019-20 competition season.
