Created: 06 January 2020
2020 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS:
Last season the USASA celebrated 30 years of Excellence, Respect, and Fun at our 3Oth annual USASA National Championships! This was a huge milestone for USASA and also a good time to reflect and try to improve for the future.
Looking forward to the 2020 USASA National Championships we are reviewing our current competition groups and daily schedules and have made some adjustments to create the best experience for all in attendance. These finalized event schedules will be available in early February once we have a better understanding of national membership numbers in each age group.
As part of our continued commitment to running the best event possible, we will only allow a maximum of 68 invites to the National Championships in the largest age groups. In the past, we have gone over this amount. The biggest impact of this change will be the Breaker, Youth, and Junior boys/men age groups. Where the event cap was not impacted those qualifications numbers will still be set at a maximum percentage relative to the overall participation nationwide.
As always, one Regional Champion per age, event, and gender will still be named from each of the 30 USASA regional Series in 2019-2020. Athletes may only win this position from their named home series. The additional invites towards event caps will come from the National Ranking and points accumulated throughout the season at all USASA events.
FIS EVENTS
Again we will sanction the USASA Open class events as FIS events and competitors competing in Open Class must have a FIS license to compete at National Championships. For the 2020 National Championships, most of these will be the FIS Nor-am finals! Stay tuned for continued National Championships updates.
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 & FK Closed Practice - 12/6SB & FK Comp |
| Southern Vermont Series | Mt Snow SS | 1/21st SB - 1/22 FK |
| New Hampshire Series | Loon SS & HP | 1/24th SB SS - 1/25th SB & FK HP - 1/26th FK SS |
| The Unbound Series | Mammoth SS & HP | 2/11th SB SS - 2/12th FK SS - 2/13th SB & FK HP |
| Rocky Mountain Series | Copper Mtn SS | 2/24th Open Practice - 2/25th FK - 2/26th SB Comps |
| Big Mountain West Series | Park City HP & SS | 2/27th Open Practice - 2/28th SB & FK HP - 2/29th SB SS - 3/1st FK SS Comps |
| Upper Midwest Snow Series | Spirit SS & HP | 3/5th Open Practice - 3/6th SB SS - 3/7th FK SS - 3/8th HP Comps |
*All HP Days are Combined SB=Snowboard FK=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.
