The NorAm Cup is one of six Continental Cups (Europe, Australian, New Zealand, South America, Far East). It is an FIS series of events hosted in the U.S. and Canada and is considered a stepping stone to the World Cup circuit. 

Moguls and Dual Moguls

NorAm Cup winners are named in each gender based on points accumulated over the season in the events on the tour, according to the World Cup point scale. The full podiums for moguls, dual moguls and overall are recognized at the conclusion of the season. (See the FIS COC Rules.)

The top athlete in the NorAm Cup Mogul and Dual Mogul Standings will have a start at the World Cup Finals in the respective events of the same competition season of the Tour. (See FIS World Cup rule 3.9.2)

The top continental (US or CAN only) athlete in the NorAm Cup Overall Standings will be granted a personal start to next season’s FIS World Cup Tour (See FIS World Cup Rule 3.4.8.1)

NorAm Start Group Criteria

The following athletes will be prequalified for the current season’s NorAm Events as the “NorAm Start Group.”

1. U.S. Team athletes

2. Up to the top 5 U.S. athletes in the overall top 16 from the 2023-24 season’s NorAm Cup Overall Mogul standings.

3. Up to the top 5 U.S. athletes in the overall top 50 from the 2024-25 FIS Base Points List - not already qualified via criteria 1-2.

4. Any athlete with a World Cup start in the 2023/24 season. 

Please note the following: 

• The 2024-25 season NorAm Start Group athletes will be named in a timely manner once the U.S. Team nomination process is complete in the spring of 2024. 

• The NorAm Start Group list of athletes will be published on the NorAm page on the website for the 2024-25 Season on or before July 31, 2024.

• Athletes who qualify for the 2024-25 NorAm Start Group must contact the Freestyle Office (freestyle@usskiandsnowboard.org) by Sept. 1, 2024, of the competition season to accept his/her spot.

• No additional athletes will be named to the NorAm Start Group if a NorAm Start Group athlete declines for any reason. NorAm Start Group athletes are named for a signal season only. Athletes must qualify each season based on the above criteria.

• If a NorAm Start Group athlete from (2023-24) and (2024-25) is injured and unable to compete in the U.S. Selection Events, the athlete must provide all medical documentation stating that they are unable to compete. Once medically cleared to compete, he/she would retain NorAm Start Group status.

• A 2024-25 NorAm Start Group athletes that do not compete in all mogul and dual mogul event days in the 2024-25 US Freestyle Selections Events will lose their status and start rights to the 2024/25 NorAm Cup competitions. 

2024-25 NorAm Start Group for Moguls and Dual Moguls

WOMEN

MEN

NorAm Tour Pre-Season Qualification Criteria

5. Athletes ranked on the "U.S. Grand Prix List (GPL)" will be named to any remaining U.S. Basic Nation quota spots, after criteria 1-4 in the NorAm Start Group section (up to a total of 25 spots per gender- see NAC rule 10.3). 

Please note: 

FOR SEASON 2023-24: The "U.S. Grand Prix List (GPL)" will represent a ranking of the U.S. athletes utilizing the best single moguls event and best dual moguls event from the previous season U.S. National Championships and current season U.S. Selection Events using place points. Foreign athletes will be excluded from the place point tally at the U.S. National Championships. At the U.S. Selection Events foreign athletes will remain at their place rank. Ties will be broken by the best finish, then the second-best finish, then the third-best finish, then fourth best finish. If a tie still exists, the best finish from the U.S. Selection Events will break the tie.

FOR SEASON 2024-25: The "U.S. Grand Prix List (GPL)" will represent a ranking of the U.S. athletes utilizing the best single moguls event and best dual moguls event from the previous season U.S. National Championships, previous season FIS Open and current season U.S. Selection Events using place points. Foreign athletes will be excluded from the place point tally at the U.S. National Championships. At the U.S. Selection Events and FIS Open, foreign athletes will remain at their place rank. Ties will be broken by the best finish, then the second-best finish, then the third-best finish, then fourth best finish, then fifth-best finish and then sixth-best finish. If a tie still exists, the best finish from the U.S. Selection Events will break the tie.

NorAm Tour In-Season Qualification Criteria 

6. Athletes ranked on the "U.S. Grand Prix List (GPL)" will be named to any remaining Basic Nation quota spots.

7. Any remaining Basic Nation starts in the U.S. NorAm events will be filled using the FFSP and the "FFSP Schedule for NorAm Starts". 

U.S. Grand Prix List (GPL) for Moguls and Dual Moguls

Aerials

Criteria

1. The U.S. Aerials Ski Team will have priority.

2. Aerials NorAm Start Group – After the U.S. Freestyle Ski Team is named annually, based on the final NorAm standings for the previous season, any athlete not currently named to the U.S. Aerials Ski Team ranked in the top 5 on the NorAm Standing will be named to the Aerials NorAm Start Group. This will guarantee these athletes’ starts in the NorAm Cup. Aerial NorAm Start Group athletes must participate in all event days at the U.S. Aerials Selections Events. If an athlete is injured and unable to compete in U.S. Aerials Selections Events, the athlete must provide all medical documentation stating that they are unable to compete. Once medically cleared to compete, they would retain their NorAm start. An athlete who is named to the group has until Nov. 1 of the upcoming competition season to accept their spot in the Aerials NorAm Start Group. Once the national office has been notified that an athlete is retiring or the deadline has passed with no acceptance, the next athlete on the NorAm standings in Aerials will be added to the Aerials NorAm Start Group.

3. The remaining U.S. quota spots will be allocated by adding the place points from both U.S. Aerials Selection Events.

4. All athletes must have a minimum of two inverted jumps to attend NorAm events.

NorAm Invite List for Aerials