Andrew Urlaub hails from a family of athletes. His father, Jeff, was a state champion wrestler in high school, and his mother, Michelle, and sister, Noelle, have both competed in multiple Birkebeiners – the largest cross country ski race in North America.

Urlaub’s love for skiing started at the age of 5, when he first learned to ski jump through the Flying Eagles Ski Club. His parents continued to motivate him throughout his career, and in 2019, Urlaub was named to the U.S. Men’s National Ski Jumping Team.

In 2019, Urlaub graduated from Memorial High School and enrolled at the University of Utah. His personal philosophy about sport is “sport will teach you how to “perform” at the challenges of daily life”. As he grows in his career, Urlaub hopes to inspire young athletes to shoot for the stars in the sport of ski jumping, just like his personal hero growing up, Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes.

Erik Belshaw, 18, hails from Steamboat Springs, Colorado. His older sister, Annika Belshaw, is a member of the U.S. Women’s Ski Jumping team.

Belshaw competed in his first Continental Cup in the 20/21 season. He then competed in the 2020 Youth Olympic Winter Games, as well as the 2021, 2022 and 2023 Junior World Championships. Belshaw was also named to his first World Championships team in 2023, carding a 26th place finish in the Individual HS138 World Championship in Planica, Slovenia.

Paige Jones first strapped on a pair of skis at the age of 3, when her father, Gordon, taught her how to downhill ski. Ski Jumping came at the age of 9, and immediately she was addicted to the challenge the sport presented.

Since making the U.S. Women’s Ski Jumping National Team in 2019, Jones became the first woman to jump a big hill in a World Championship event, as well as competed at the 2020 Youth Olympic Games and 2021 World Championships. Every competition day, Jones slips on a pair of shark socks for good luck.

Jones has two siblings, a sister Elle and a brother Merritt. In her spare time, she enjoys diving into fantasy/dystopian novels, drawing, painting, and improving her balance on a slackline. Jones graduated from Park City High School in 2020 and will graduate from the University of Utah in 2024.

16-year-old Josie Johnson is currently a freshman at the Park City Winter Sports School. Johnson says, “sport is her oxygen” and her personal goal as an athlete is to be the best at whatever sport she is doing. She likes to go big and has broken multiple bones, just not from ski jumping. Johnson also enjoys mountain biking and climbing.

For good luck, she keeps a dollar in her helmet.