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Shiffrin Second to Lead Two Americans Into Points

By Megan Harrod
November, 21 2021
Mikaela Shiffrin Levi
It was déjà vu over at the second of two FIS Ski World Cup slalom races in Levi Finland, with Saturday’s podium repeating itself. Two-time Olympic champion and six-time world champion Mikaela Shiffrin once again finished in second place, while Slovakia’s Petra Vlhova in first, and Germany’s Lena Duerr in third. (Millo Moravski - Agence Zoom/Getty Images)

It was déjà vu over at the second of two FIS Ski World Cup slalom races in Levi Finland, with Saturday’s podium repeating itself. Two-time Olympic champion and six-time world champion Mikaela Shiffrin once again finished in second place, while Slovakia’s Petra Vlhova in first, and Germany’s Lena Duerr in third. American Paula Moltzan also finished in the points, landing in 24th.

Battling some jetlag and ongoing back stiffness, Shiffrin came out firing on a course set by coach Jeff Lackie that was pretty straight with some room but with rhythm on the pitch. Before the first run, Lackie commented that the weather and the snow surface at the Finnish Lapland venue were the best he has seen on that pitch, where Shiffrin has won four times and has podiumed nine times. Shiffrin had a solid first run, even with a slight bobble in the hairpin heading on to the pitch, trailing Vlhova by a fine of margin once again—18 hundredths of a second. Switzerland’s Michelle Gisin was .36 seconds off the pace in third. 

The second run was an Austrian-set course with more swing but not much tempo—a stark contrast to the American-set first run. Moltzan, who straddled in the second run and did not finish on Saturday, threw down a solid time to earn her first World Cup points of the Olympic season in 24th. Swiss Wendy Holdener, who recently returned from some time off due to a double wrist injury sustained while training in the gym, made things exciting with a fast run that would eventually land her just off the podium in fourth place. Duerr took home another third place, grabbing two World Cup podiums in a row and ending Germany’s eight-year drought in the discipline. 

It was down to Shiffrin and Vlhova, in an ongoing rivalry, and today was more of the same between the two. Shiffrin skied a blazing fast top section but got in the backseat and ran into trouble on the pitch, making an acrobatic recovery. She generated speed to the bottom and came down .31 seconds ahead of Duerr. Vlhova had a flawless second run, though, and finished .47 seconds ahead of Shiffrin to take her second win of the weekend and her fourth-straight victory at the venue. 

When asked if she was disappointed following the race, Shiffrin replied, “To be honest, I’m not disappointed with anything...I was pushing, I made a mistake, and we don’t know what would have happened without the mistake, but after that, I pushed even harder.” She continued, “And, I haven’t really done that in a long time. I mean, if I made a mistake like that last season, I would have just—I don’t know—skied to the finish. I skied the pitch the second run really, really strong in with a course that didn’t have a lot of tempo, and some tracks. I’m really excited about it, actually.” 

The second-place finish marks Shiffrin’s 109th career podium in 195 World Cup starts—an astounding 66% podium percentage. In her last 54 World Cup slalom starts, Shiffrin has finished on the podium 50 times (36 wins). In a sport with a plethora of variables, Shiffrin has been able to maintain a mind-blowing level of consistency, bringing podium-level performances to every start gate she enters. 

When asked if she had gained more confidence heading into the HomeLight Killington Cup next weekend, Shiffrin paused to think and replied, “I have a little bit more confidence after feeling that I could push my skiing. It was maybe not a perfect run, but knowing I could still push it harder after a mistake, that’s a really big step. So, maybe a little more confidence headed into Killington, but it’s also a home race, and I want to do well. I have a good record there, so there’s some expectation and pressure there as well. But, it’s also really exciting to race in Killington, so I’m looking forward to it.” 

AJ Hurt narrowly missed qualifying for the second run, while teammate Nina O’Brien got low and late in a combination and did not finish. Lila Lapanja also started but did not qualify for the second run. 

Up next for the women is a giant slalom and slalom in Killington, Vt., where Shiffrin has won four-straight slalom races, and the entire team has seen some solid results—Moltzan and O’Brien included. The men head to their first speed series in Lake Louise, Canada, featuring a pair of downhills and a super-G. 

RESULTS 
Women’s slalom

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Shiffrin 2nd with Great Recovery

Watch World Cup Racing

By Lauren Beckos
November, 21 2021
Beaver Creek Stands
Fans at the 2019 Beaver Creek Birds of Prey

Watching World Cup Racing in the U.S. just got a lot easier! Click to see the full writeup of the latest changes!

You can watch live and on demand World Cup Racing through the NBC Peacock Premium tv and Ski and Snowboard Live.

When/where to watch NBC Sports via NBC, NBCSN, Olympic Channel:
Where to Watch on U.S. Ski & Snowboard Website

Other online services offer access packages to many of the NBC Sports channels:
Hulu w/Live TVAT&T TV NowSlingTVYouTube TV

See full schedule and there's a link you can use to add the events to your digital calendar:
FIS Website Calendar

Printable PDF calendars of schedules:
Official FIS PDF Schedules MEN WOMEN
Schedule Also Listing Times of Events once they are available (can be printed as PDF with link at bottom of page)

Masters Getting a New Look Online

By Lauren Beckos
November, 20 2021
All Masters Division Logos

After more than a decade of skiracereg.com (SRR) and even longer with some division websites, some transitions are in process this season. We would like to thank Doug Briggs for his service to the masters maintaining and adapting the registration system that has been a tremendous asset for our masters divisions for the last decade. Doug streamlined our registration not just within division, but across divisions. He continually added and adapted functionality all on a volunteer basis. We are truly lucky to have had his support and help improving and streamlining the racer experience. We are excited that this transition will allow Doug to get out, travel, and play more as all retirees should! 

Many divisions are still with SRR this season as we phase in the transition. See below for details about registration for each division. New England Masters and Mid-Atlantic Masters are the first to move forward in the transition. You can see their new websites and mamasters.org and nemsracing.org (also a new domain for NEMs.) The new registration website is masters.adminskiracing.com. Part of the transition will include development of a central hub for all masters divisions that better combines division sites with registration, results, and archives - we look forward to tackling more pieces of this project next summer. In the meantime, if you use any of the new sites, feedback is welcome to make these sites they best they can be!

Far West, PNSA, Intermountain/Northern, Rocky, Central Members
Renew your membership with your division and register for events same as last year through skiracereg.com . If you are new click "sign up" and create an account. If you plan to attend National Speed Series or other events in the New England or Mid-Atlantic race series you will need to create an account at masters.adminskiracing.com and details will be released later for how to do that as a visiting racer.

New England and Mid-Atlantic Members
For the 2021-2022 season, the New England Masters and Mid-Atlantic Masters are starting the process of moving the Masters to a new registration platform. All membership renewal and registration for New England Masters and Mid-Atlantic Masters events will take place at masters.adminskiracing.com. 

For FIS Masters Cup, Nationals, or registration for races with the other divisions still on skiracereg.com you will need to renew your account on SRR to register. Just log in with your previous username and password to update your credit card information on file and register same as you have in the past.  If you have not previously had a SRR account, click "sign up" and select skiracereg.com as your home series. In either case, renewing your SRR account or creating a new one, no membership fees will be assessed through SRR.

Alaska, New York, and Southern Members
Continue to register as you have at the series specific websites. See usskiandsnowboard.org/masters/masters-regions for links and contacts.

2022 Masters Regional and National Championship Event Programs Now Available

By Lauren Beckos
November, 20 2021
2022 Masters Events
Regional and Nationals Events for 2022

We are excited to announce the dates, locations, and information for several of the major events for the 2022 season! Be sure to book your lodging as soon as possible - after last season theres a lot of people booking early to make up for lost trips last year. See the Masters Events and Schedules Page of click on the event programs for full details for each event! We'll post information for the Eastern Regional Championships as soon as it becomes available!

We're excited to check out a new venue for the FIS Masters Cup. The Rocky Division has been racing there for many years and can't wait to share this awesome venue and race crew with you! Nationals will be back at Sun Valley - a favorite venue who last hosted the National Championships in 2015. Then we'll be off to Ski Cooper for the National Downhill - a master friendly course great for all abilities but a tricky one to master with bumps and rollers throughout.

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Event Program  Registration (opens 12/1) 

  Mar. 21     GS/SL training
  Mar. 22     GS/SL training
  Mar. 23     Super G A/B Groups, Alpine Combined*  C/D Groups
  Mar. 24     Super G C/D Groups, Alpine Combined* A/B Groups
  Mar. 25     A/B Slalom, C/D Giant Slalom
  Mar. 26     A/B Giant Slalom, C/D Slalom

*Alpine Combined is 1-run SG followed by 1-run SL.

 

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Event Program  Registration 

  Mar. 31  DH Camp
  Apr. 1     2DH Training Runs
  Apr. 2     2DH Training Runs
  Apr. 3     2DH Races (both count for National Speed Series)
                      DH1 National Championship DH
                      DH2 Rocky Division DH

2022 FMC/WR at Beaver Creek Feb 4-6

Beaver Creek, CO is excited to host the 2022 Phillips 66 FIS Masters Cup/Western Regional Championships! The racing and the free-skiing are fantastic! 

Event Program  Registration (opens 12/1) 

  Feb. 3     SG training tentative (9am-12pm)/venue open to public in afternoon
                 Check-in 4-6PM at the Avon Comfort Inn (also on race morning 7-8AM)
  Feb. 4     2SG
  Feb. 5     2 one-run GS
  Feb. 6     SL

Hunter Henderson is Top American Finisher at Stubai Zoo

By Annie Fast
November, 20 2021
Hunter Henderson jumps during Slopestyle competition.
Hunter Henderson earned a fourth place finish at the season-opening slopestyle World Cup at Stubai Zoo. (FIS Freeski )

U.S. Freeski Rookie Team member Hunter Henderson came into Saturday’s finals with the top qualifying score at the season-opening 2021/22 FIS Freeski slopestyle World Cup at Stubai Zoo. He put down two solid runs in the finals, but with the rest of the field firing on all cylinders, he was unable to break into the top three, earning a fourth-place finish. 

The sun was out, spirits were high and course conditions were all-time as Henderson earned his highest score of 83.74 on his first run. He led with a switch left side double cork 1620 tailgrab into a right double 1440 reverse tailgrab on the second jump. He put together a combination of technical tricks on the lower rail features including a high-scoring wallride 450 to pretzel 270 out. 

"All the U.S. athletes in finals were one small mistake away from being on the podium,” said U.S. Freeski Team Head Coach Skogen Sprang. “Everyone skied great and we’re proud of the runs they were going for. This was one of the most technical rail sections we’ve ever seen in a World Cup and look forward to continuing to work hard and push the level of the sport in the next event.”

Defending FIS Big Air Crystal Globe Winner Birk Ruud from Norway earned the top spot in the end, with a score of 87.60, followed by Max Moffatt of Canada in second place with a 86.26, and Ferdinand Dahl of Norway in third with a 86.06. 

U.S. Freeski Pro Team member and seven-time X Games medalist Maggie Voisin earned a fifth-place finish with a score of 63.03, with Kelly Sildaru of Estonia earning first with a 88.68, Sarah Hoefflin of Switzerland in second with a 80.30, and Johanne Killi of Norway finished third with a score of 78.32. 

Elite level freeski competition will continue Dec.  2–4 , 2021 at the VISA Big Air presented by Toyota in Steamboat, Colo. 

RESULTS
Men’s Freeski Slopestyle
Women’s Freeski Slopestyle

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Shiffrin Second in Levi World Cup Slalom Opener

By Megan Harrod
November, 20 2021
Shiffrin Second in Levi
Under the lights in Finnish Lapland, two-time Olympic champion and six-time world champion Mikaela Shiffrin added another podium to her collection of 108, with a second-place finish. (Agence Zoom/Getty Images - Millo Moravski)

Under the lights in Finnish Lapland, two-time Olympic champion and six-time world champion Mikaela Shiffrin added another podium to her collection of 108, with a second-place finish. Slovakian rival Petra Vlhova was first, and Germany’s Lena Duerr grabbed her inaugural World Cup slalom podium, in third. 

Shiffrin came into the weekend with some nerves and uncertainty, after dealing with back pain that kept her from training for two weeks after her career-70th victory in Soelden, Austria—which is challenging for Shiffrin, who thrives on preparation. Even so, Shiffrin put down two solid runs and grabbed her 108th career podium, in 194 World Cup starts. In her last 53 World Cup slalom starts, Shiffrin has finished on the podium 49 times (36 wins), boasting an otherworldly ability to consistently ski at the highest level of the sport. 

Vlhova, who came into the weekend with valuable training the last three weeks in Levi and on the race slope, showed confidence and smoothness in her skiing both runs and stepped on the gas at the bottom of the second run to make up for time lost—winning by .31 seconds. Duerr earned her first-ever World Cup slalom podium, .84 seconds off the pace. In her career, Duerr has had six World Cup parallel podium finishes, but never a slalom podium. With the podium, Durr claimed Germany's first World Cup podium in a women's slalom since December 29, 2013, when Maria Hoefl-Riesch finished third in Lienz, Austria. 

A host of challengers were on their heels, already proving that this Olympic season will be an exciting one for the athletes and fans. Slovenia’s Andreja Slokar, who won last weekend’s parallel event in Lech, Austria, continued to show her consistency and strength, landing in fourth, with Swede Anna Swenn Larsson was fifth and 2021 slalom world champion and World Cup slalom discipline globe winner Austrian Katharina Liensberger in sixth. 

With a victory in giant slalom in Soelden, followed by a second place in the slalom opener, Shiffrin noted it was a great start to the season, despite recent frustrations with her back. “It’s a nearly perfect start, and especially after the last couple of weeks,” she said. “It’s easy to start getting greedy, and I feel like in order to win races you really have to earn it. I earned a second place today, but I didn’t quite earn the win, so I’ll try to do a little bit cleaner and stronger skiing tomorrow, but there are a lot of really solid pieces, and that’s it...that’s today. I got the podium and that’s awesome.”

Having trained at Official Training Site Copper Mountain, Colo. coming into Levi, Shiffrin had great conditions, but what was missing was the confidence of skiing on a pitch like that of the Levi Black slope. She lost some time on the pitch, struggling to find her timing on the first part of the pitch, saying, “...it was like the first five or six turns...I don’t know...it was like I was skiing backwards. It was just a little bit wrong timing, and it doesn’t take much to lose a lot of speed, especially with this snow because it’s so responsive.” Shiffrin was happy with the adjustments she made in the second run on the top flat section and will look to bring the positives from today’s race to tomorrow.  

Paula Moltzan had a solid first run, finishing in 18th, and was bringing more heat and energy into the second run before she straddled on the pitch and DNFed. AJ Hurt, Nina O’Brien, and Lila Lapanja also started for the Americans but did not qualify for a second run.

The battle will continue tomorrow with another slalom on the Levi Black slope and another chance for Shiffrin to add a reindeer to her herd of four, including Rudolph (2013), Sven (2016), Mr. Gru (2018), and Ingemar (2019). As Shiffrin said, “Tomorrow is a new race day, and we really have no idea what’s going to happen, but we’re going to fight!” 

RESULTS 
Women’s slalom

STARTERS
AJ Hurt
Lila Lapanja
Paula Moltzan
Nina O'Brien
Mikaela Shiffrin

HOW TO WATCH
All times EST

Sunday, Nov. 21
4:30 a.m. FIS Alpine World Cup Women's Slalom, run 1 - LIVE, Levi, FIN, Streaming Peacock, Ski and Snowboard Live
7:30 a.m. FIS Alpine World Cup Women's Slalom, run 2 - LIVE, Levi, FIN, Streaming Peacock, Ski and Snowboard Live

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Shiffrin Second in Levi SL

Women’s Alpine Tech Crew Heads to Finnish Lapland with Depth

By Megan Harrod
November, 18 2021
Levi Finland
FIS Ski World Cup action continues with a double slalom in Finnish Lapland at Levi, Finland. Two-time Olympic champion Mikaela Shiffrin will lead a strong crew that includes Paula Moltzan, Nina O'Brien, AJ Hurt, and Lila Lapanja. (Ryan Mooney - U.S. Ski & Snowboard)

After a prep period at Official Training Site Copper Mountain, Colo., two-time Olympic champion and six-time world champion Mikaela Shiffrin will lead a crew of five Americans into a pair of FIS World Cup slalom races this weekend. Athletes Paula Moltzan, Nina O’Brien, AJ Hurt, and Lila Lapanja, will join Shiffrin at the Finnish Lapland venue of Levi, Finland.

Last year, Shiffrin returned to World Cup competition after 300 days, following her father’s passing in February of 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic, and back pain that kept her out of competition at Soelden, Austria. Shiffrin was second and fifth, respectively...but more importantly, she found joy in ski racing again. Heading into the weekend, Shiffrin has a career 45 slalom World Cup victories. Ingemar Stenmark owns the record for single discipline wins, with 46 victories, which Shiffrin can meet or exceed this weekend. 

Despite a shortened prep period at Copper Mountain due to a back spasm, Shiffrin has some good training in her arsenal and will tap into historical success on this track heading into the weekend. Shiffrin comes into the weekend with seven podiums and four victories on the classic Levi Black slope. Winner takes home a prize reindeer—well, not literally home...as they live in Lapland—and Shiffrin has a small herd of reindeer, including Rudolph (2013), Sven (2016), Mr. Gru (2018), and Ingemar (2019). 

Shiffrin will have Slovakian rival Petra Vlhova to fend off, as well as Austrian Katharina Liensberger, two athletes with excellent track records at the venue. Moltzan, who ended the 2020-21 season ranked 11th in slalom, will also look to make some big moves. O’Brien has posted solid World Cup top-10 results in both giant slalom and slalom and started the season off with a bang at the season opener in Soelden, Austria, in ninth place. 

Moltzan, O’Brien, and Hurt have been in Europe for the long haul, training together and hanging together as a little traveling World Cup family. The group environment is electric as they head into the highly anticipated opening slalom series in Levi. Keep an eye on Lapanja—who scored World Cup points at the venue last year—and Hurt as well. 

STARTERS
AJ Hurt
Lila Lapanja

Paula Moltzan
Nina O'Brien
Mikaela Shiffrin

HOW TO WATCH 
All times EST

Saturday, Nov. 20
4:30 a.m. FIS Alpine World Cup Women's Slalom, run 1 - LIVE, Levi, FIN, Streaming Peacock, Ski and Snowboard Live 
7:30 a.m. FIS Alpine World Cup Women's Slalom, run 2 - LIVE, Levi, FIN, Streaming Peacock, Ski and Snowboard Live

Sunday, Nov. 21
4:30 a.m. FIS Alpine World Cup Women's Slalom, run 1 - LIVE, Levi, FIN, Streaming Peacock, Ski and Snowboard Live
7:30 a.m. FIS Alpine World Cup Women's Slalom, run 2 - LIVE, Levi, FIN, Streaming Peacock, Ski and Snowboard Live

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Watch Every FIS World Cup Event Live, On Demand This Season

By Tom Horrocks
November, 18 2021
How to Watch

The winter competition season for U.S. Ski & Snowboard athletes kick into high gear this weekend, and U.S. Ski & Snowboard is excited to announce multiple opportunities for U.S. fans to watch every FIS World Cup event this season live, or on-demand, leading up to the 2022 Olympic Winter Games in Beijing.

In addition to broadcasting the 2022 Olympic Winter Games Feb. 4-20, the networks of NBCUniversal will provide live and same-day World Cup coverage of alpine, cross country, freeski, freestyle, and snowboard events on NBC, NBCSN, CNBC, Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA, NBCSports.com, the NBC Sports app, and Peacock.  

Plus, fans in the United States can now access live streams from numerous World Cup alpine, snowboard, freestyle, freeski, and cross country events, all of them with English commentary on the new Ski and Snowboard Live platform. The platform will stream 160 live events during the 2021-22 season, starting with this weekend’s FIS Alpine Ski World Cup slalom in Levi, Finland. Live streaming will be available on an all-inclusive season subscription and pay-per-view package basis. In addition to live events, Ski and Snowboard Live will include on-demand content, highlights, interviews, event replays, and other behind-the-scenes footage.

“We are very excited to offer U.S. fans many opportunities to watch our athletes compete all around the world this season as they prepare for the 2022 Olympic Winter Games,” said U.S. Ski & Snowboard President and CEO Sophie Goldschmidt. 

NBC Sports will present nearly 70 hours of broadcast and streaming coverage of U.S.-based events this season, starting the weekend of Nov. 27-28 with women’s slalom and giant slalom at the HomeLight Killington Cup, on NBC, NBCSN, and Peacock. Peacock will also live stream every minute of 2021-22 FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup coverage, including events held in Austria. All coverage on NBC, NBCSN, CNBC, and Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA will also be available to stream on NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app.

In addition, Peacock will offer live streaming of FIS World Cup events this season, including some with English commentary. Select events will also be broadcasted on the Olympic Channel, NBCSN, and CNBC this season. 

New this season, all Austrian World Cup events will be available for U.S. fans on the Ski World Cup Live app. This weekend’s FIS World Cup freeski slopestyle will stream live on both Peacock, and World Cup Live from Stubai, Austria.

Current television broadcast and streaming schedules for all sports are available here. Sport-specific broadcast and streaming schedules are available below:

Broadcast and streaming schedules for the Networks of NBCUniversal, Ski and Snowboard Live, and World Cup Live will be updated weekly on the U.S. Ski & Snowboard website throughout the season.

 

U.S. Ski & Snowboard Partners with Staples Promotional Products to Launch New Line of Branded Merchandise

By U.S. Ski & Snowboard
November, 17 2021
Staples

U.S. Ski & Snowboard has named Staples Promotional Products (SPP), a division of Staples, Inc., as the official licensee managing its new line of branded merchandise, e-commerce website and its partners’ and affiliates’ promotional merchandise programs.

“We couldn’t be happier to partner with SPP to bring U.S. Ski & Snowboard consumer merchandise to the next level,” said U.S. Ski & Snowboard Chief Revenue Officer Michael O’Conor. “The company’s industry-leading promotional products are creative and exciting, and this is the next step in branded merchandising and e-commerce for U.S. Ski & Snowboard. We’re also excited to offer an enhanced consumer shopping experience that will inspire fans to support the team with branded gear throughout the Olympic season and beyond.”

SPP has worked with the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee for nearly 30 years on sponsorship merchandise programs. Its experienced Olympic merchandising team will continue to work closely with U.S. Ski & Snowboard to expand their curated seasonal retail collections enabling fans to proudly show their support for the U.S. Ski & Snowboard Team as the athletes go for gold at the 2022 Olympic Games in Beijing.

“Staples is thrilled to be part of the U.S. Ski & Snowboard family,” said Donna Armstrong, Director of Olympic Partnerships at SPP. “As we lead up to the Beijing Olympic Games, SPP looks forward to supporting the fans with exciting U.S. Ski & Snowboard merchandise. I have been a part of the Olympic and Paralympic movement since 1999 and I couldn’t be more delighted to partner with one of the premier U.S. National Governing Bodies.”

Hosted on the U.S. Ski & Snowboard’s website, the e-commerce microsite will include branded retail collections of men’s, women’s and children’s apparel, and a branded accessory line.

To see the new offering from the cooperative, please visit shop.usskiandsnowboard.org.

About Staples Promo
Staples Promotional Products designs custom merchandise experiences that help businesses project their brands into minds and marketplaces around the world. Their online platforms improve business, brand, and engagement outcomes for small and large businesses alike; including over 300 Fortune-ranked enterprises. Clients depend on them to protect and enhance their powerful brands while lowering the total cost of branded merchandise and increasing supply chain compliance and transparency. Staples Promotional Products is a wholly-owned division of Staples Inc.

About U.S. Ski & Snowboard
U.S. Ski & Snowboard is the Olympic National Governing Body (NGB) of ski and snowboard sports in the U.S.A, based in Park City, Utah. Tracing its roots directly back to 1905, the organization represents nearly 200 elite skiers and snowboarders in 2021, competing in seven teams; Alpine, Cross-Country, Freeski, Freestyle, Snowboard, Nordic Combined and Ski Jumping. In addition to the elite teams, U.S. Ski & Snowboard also provides leadership and direction for tens of thousands of young skiers and snowboarders across the U.S.A, encouraging and supporting them in achieving excellence. By empowering national teams, clubs, coaches, parents, officials, volunteers and fans, U.S. Ski & Snowboard is committed to the progression of its sports, athlete success and the value of team. For more information, visit www.usskiandsnowboard.org. 

FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:
Courtney Harkins, Elevate Communications/U.S. Ski & Snowboard – charkins@elevatecom.com, 978-314-1019

​​U.S. Ski & Snowboard Announces 2021-22 HomeLight Foundation Series for Alpine, Freestyle, Snowboard, Freeski

By U.S. Ski & Snowboard
November, 16 2021
HomeLight USSS

U.S. Ski & Snowboard announced today HomeLight, the real estate technology platform transforming the home buying and selling process for top real estate agents and their clients, as the title sponsor of the HomeLight Foundation Series, a series of grassroots competitions in four of the Olympic national governing body’s winter sport disciplines. The HomeLight Foundation Series events include the U.S. leg of the FIS NorAm for both alpine and freestyle skiing and the HomeLight U.S. Revolution Tour for freeski and snowboard halfpipe, slopestyle and big air.

The HomeLight Foundation Series is the most prestigious North American series for all four sports and serves as the catalyst to kickstart the careers of the nation’s top up-and-coming athletes. Each event operates as part of U.S. Ski & Snowboard’s athletic pipeline, providing athletes a pathway toward elite level competitions, such as Junior Worlds, Europa Cups and FIS World Cups for alpine and freestyle, and Junior Worlds, FIS World Cups and the Toyota U.S. Grand Prix for freeski and snowboard. HomeLight’s support of the critical grassroots event series demonstrates the company’s commitment to growing the sports at the developmental level.

As the leading real estate technology company powering the businesses of top real estate agents and their teams nationwide, HomeLight is dedicated to building the foundation of world-class teams—and the tight-knit communities across the country that they call home. 

“As a significant partner of U.S. Ski & Snowboard for three years, HomeLight’s sponsorship expansion truly highlights its commitment to furthering our competitions, teams and athletes that help our communities thrive,” said U.S. Ski & Snowboard’s Chief Commercial Officer Michael O’Conor. “Every year we see fresh faces make their mark through the NorAm circuit and the Rev Tour, and we’re thankful to have HomeLight deepen their investment in the ski and snowboard community as these athletes make their way to becoming Best in the World.”

The HomeLight Foundation Series for alpine is scheduled to take place at Colorado’s Copper Mountain Resort in November before swinging through Burke Mountain, Vermont; Whiteface Mountain, New York; and Sugarloaf Mountain, Maine. The HomeLight Foundation Series for freestyle begins in Winter Park, Colorado with Selections and moves on to competitions at Deer Valley Resort, Utah; Killington Resort, Vermont; and the Utah Olympic Park. The Rev Tour season will kick off at Mammoth Mountain, California in January before heading to Colorado’s Aspen/Buttermilk and Copper Mountain.

“HomeLight is thrilled to continue to partner with U.S. Ski & Snowboard to help build the foundation of an elite team,” said HomeLight’s Senior Vice President of Marketing, John Van Slyke, III. “Everything we do at HomeLight is laser-focused on the singular goal of building and supporting world-class teams—in real estate and beyond.” 

For more information on the HomeLight Foundation Series, click here. For more information on the HomeLight Rev Tour, including criteria and prequalified athletes, click here.

SCHEDULE

HOMELIGHT FOUNDATION SERIES – ALPINE

  • Nov. 18-23, 2021 – Copper Mountain Resort, Colorado
  • Feb. 14-17, 2022 – Burke Mountain, Vermont
  • Feb. 14-17, 2022 – Whiteface Mountain, New York
  • March 20-April 1, 2022 – Sugarloaf, Maine

HOMELIGHT FOUNDATION SERIES – FREESTYLE

  • January 18-21, 2022 – Deer Valley Resort, Utah (moguls, dual moguls)
  • February 10-11, 2022 – Killington Resort, Vermont (moguls, dual moguls)
  • February 20-26, 2022 – Utah Olympic Park, Utah (aerials)

HOMELIGHT U.S. REVOLUTION TOUR

  • January 24-29, 2022 – Mammoth Mountain Ski Resort (slopestyle, halfpipe)
  • February 12-17, 2022 – Aspen/Buttermilk (slopestyle, halfpipe, big air)
  • February 26-March 3, 2022 – Copper Mountain (halfpipe)

About HomeLight
HomeLight is building the future of real estate — today. Our vision is a world where every real estate transaction is simple, certain, and satisfying for all.  The best real estate agents rely on HomeLight’s platform to deliver better outcomes to homebuyers and sellers during every step of the real estate journey, whether that's enabling an all-cash offer, unlocking liquidity of their existing home to buy a new one, or creating certainty through a modern closing process. Each year, HomeLight facilitates billions of dollars of residential real estate business on its platform for thousands of agents.  Founded in 2012, HomeLight is a privately held company with offices in Scottsdale, San Francisco, New York, Tampa, and Seattle, with backing from prominent investors including Zeev Ventures, Menlo Ventures, Group 11, Crosslink Capital, Bullpen Capital, Montage Ventures, STCAP, Citi Ventures, Google Ventures, and others.  For additional information and images: homelight.com/press

About U.S. Ski & Snowboard
U.S. Ski & Snowboard is the Olympic National Governing Body (NGB) of ski and snowboard sports in the USA, based in Park City, Utah. Tracing its roots directly back to 1905, the organization represents nearly 200 elite skiers and snowboarders in 2021, competing in seven teams; alpine, cross country, freeski, freestyle, snowboard, nordic combined and ski jumping. In addition to the elite teams, U.S. Ski & Snowboard also provides leadership and direction for tens of thousands of young skiers and snowboarders across the USA, encouraging and supporting them in achieving excellence. By empowering national teams, clubs, coaches, parents, officials, volunteers and fans, U.S. Ski & Snowboard is committed to the progression of its sports, athlete success and the value of team. For more information, visit www.usskiandsnowboard.org