The athletes are en route to #beastworldcup, and the excitement has been steadily building to what will be one of the biggest events of the season – the first Audi FIS Ski World Cup to make its way east in 25 years.
Earlier this month, 20 athletes representing the U.S. Ski Team, U.S. Freeskiing and U.S. Snowboarding headed Tijuana, Mexico to build a home for a family in need.
River Radamus (Edwards, CO) and Keely Cashman (Squaw Valley, CA) have been nominated to compete in the 2016 Winter Youth Olympic Games in Lillehammer, Norway February 12-21.
NTG Athlete Keely Cashman qualified to race the Longines Future Ski Champions in Val d'Isere, which takes place immediately after Saturday's World Cup.
Hailing from a town with a population of just 86 people, Keely Cashman—a member of the National Training Group (NTG) team—is the daughter of U16 National Training Group (NTG) Coach John and wife Christy Cashman.
Burke Mountain Academy is a step closer to seeing its student-athletes train inside the Ronnie Berlack Center following the May 21 official groundbreaking ceremony.
The Bryce and Ronnie Athlete Safety and Security (BRASS) Foundation is being formed in memory of Ronnie Berlack and Bryce Astle, two young athletes who died in an avalanche in 2015.
At the First Tracks U.S. Ski Team team naming, some of the biggest applause came for two athletes who were not there to make that walk onto the stage – Ronnie Berlack and Bryce Astle.
Just before the first bib number starts, the clock will tick for the final forerunner and no athlete will go on course. Instead, it will act as a moment of silence for Ronnie Berlack and Bryce Astle—the two development athletes killed by an avalanche.
Ski racers Ronnie Berlack and Bryce Astle were young men taken too soon in an avalanche accident in Soelden, Austria on January 5, 2014. USSA columnist Tom Kelly takes a look at their lives in this week's Behind the Gold.
The U.S. Ski Team is mourning the loss of two promising development-level ski racers killed Tuesday in an avalanche in Soelden: Ronnie Berlack, 20 and Bryce Astle, 19.
California born Bryce Astle scored when his parents relocated to Sandy, Utah when he was 3 years old. Why? This meant he was raised skiing in Little Cottonwood Canyon —home to some of the best and deepest snow in the world. Ripping around Alta from a young age, Astle quickly became a lover of powder skiing and the mountain culture. When he was just eight years old, Astle was skiing upwards of 150 days a year and had ambitions to become a professional freeskier.
The road to Sochi looks slightly different but not any less promising in 2016 as the 2014 Olympic Games venue plays host to the 2016 FIS Alpine Junior World Ski Championships.
The 2015 U18 National Giant Slalom Champion, Patrick Kenney grew up skiing at Attitash Mountain Resort. When he's not on the mountain, he enjoys golf, tennis, American football, and those east coast vibes hanging out on Cape Cod with family and friends.
Former National Training Group (NTG) athlete turned heads during the 2015 season at U.S. Alpine Championships in Sugarloaf, ME when she snagged a podium amongst juniors in giant slalom. Her solid stint as an NTG athlete allowed her to propel on to the D Team for the 2016 season. She did it again in 2016, when she grabbed a pair of podiums at U.S. Alpine Championships in Sun Valley, ID and topped the super G podium amongst juniors. She'll make the jump to the C Team in 2017.
17-year-old Galena Wardle took home her first-ever national title at the Nature Valley U.S. Alpine Championships in the event’s inaugural standalone women’s alpine combined.
Today’s alpine combined featured warm, spring like conditions with soft snow and challenging course sets, but Galena Wardle leading the way for the Americans in sixth and Patricia Mangan seventh.
The road to Sochi looks slightly different but not any less promising in 2016 as the 2014 Olympic Games venue plays host to the 2016 FIS Alpine Junior World Ski Championships.
Galena Wardle joined the D Team in 2016 and makes the jump to the C Team in 2017. She'll be one to keep an eye on in the future, as she snagged her first National title this season at U.S. Alpine Championships in Sun Valley, ID in the combined and was eighth in the super G. Wardle has her sights set on competing on the World Cup circuit and knows that she has to push and work harder than ever to reach her goal. Keep an eye out for Wardle, who looks do dominate the NorAm Cup Circuit in 2017.
Nina O’Brien crushed at U.S. Nationals in giant slalom, finishing first and making her mark...and her move from the NTG to C Team. (USSA/Sarah Brunson)
Laurenne Ross (Bend, Oregon) and Ryan Cochran-Siegle (Starksboro, VT) claimed the top of the podium in Saturday's super G at U.S. Alpine Championships in Sugarloaf, Maine.
As a 17-year-old National Training Group (NTG) athlete in 2015, Nina O'Brien wowed the crowd when she snagged the national title in giant slalom ahead of U.S. Ski Team member Paula Moltzan and veteran Megan McJames at U.S. Alpine Championships in Sugarloaf, ME.
Mikaela Shiffrin, who swept the tech series and clinched the slalom globe at Squaw Valley, California, is attempting to bring home her career first overall World Cup title this week in Aspen, Colorado.
The athletes are en route to #beastworldcup, and the excitement has been steadily building to what will be one of the biggest events of the season – the first Audi FIS Ski World Cup to make its way east in 25 years.
The road to Sochi looks slightly different but not any less promising in 2016 as the 2014 Olympic Games venue plays host to the 2016 FIS Alpine Junior World Ski Championships.
Ted Ligety (Park City, UT) and Mikaela Shiffrin (Vail, CO) took victories at the Coronet Peak Night Slalom, part of the Audi Quattro Winter Games NZ on Friday night.
The North American Snowsports Journalist Association East has named Sam Morse (Carrabassett Valley, ME; Carrabassett Valley Academy) and Alice Merryweather (Hingham, MA; Stratton Mountain School) the Don A. Metivier Golden Ski Award winners for 2014.
Alice Merryweather learned to ski at four years old on the wintery slopes of Attitash Mountain, chasing her brother down the hill. This was how she discovered her passion for speed. When she was eight, her parents signed both kids up for the Attitash Race Team, and she fell in love with the sport. When she reached high school, she realized Merryweather wanted to pursue her ski racing dreams and enrolled at Stratton Mountain School. At Stratton, she earned herself spots on the Junior World Championship teams in 2014 and 2015, as well as a spot on the D Team in 2016.
