Last weekend, Noah Elliott of the U.S. Para Snowboard Team was named the Colorado Snowsports Museum Adaptive Athlete of the Year at their annual Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony. Elliott is originally from St. Charles, Missouri but has spent most of his life living and training in Colorado, now calling Colorado Springs home. 

Elliott is coming off of one of his most successful seasons yet. He finished on the podium at almost every World Cup, earning the overall and banked slalom Crystal Globes. Throughout his competitive career, Elliott has become a two-time Paralympian and a Paralympic Champion, bringing home the banked slalom gold in 2018. At the same games, he also took bronze in snowboard cross. He is a four-time World Champion and has seven World Championship medals to his name.

“This is an organization that is truly for adaptive sports,” said Elliott during his acceptance speech. “It’s something that is changing the way we view disability; it's giving kids out there that have cancer like myself an opportunity to continue to strive for something, so I’m extremely honored to be here tonight.

At the same event, Lindsey Vonn and John McBride were named to the Colorado Snowsports Museum Hall of Fame, joining hundreds of other snowsports legends.  

Audrey Crowley is among the youngest members of any U.S. Ski & Snowboard team at only 17 years old, yet she has already made considerable progress in her athletic career. Growing up, Crowley has raced in both able-bodied and adaptive races across the country, being competitive in every race she starts. She was named to the U.S. Para Alpine Ski Team for the first time last season and made her World Cup debut in January 2024, finishing just off the podium in her first start. Crowley’s accolades are already accumulating, earning Vail Ski & Snowboard Academy’s Athlete of the Year in 2019, becoming the super-G national champion in 2023, and taking home five national championship titles at the 2024 U.S. Para Alpine Championships.  

Audrey is one to keep an eye on. We sat down with her to talk about her journey and goals for the future. 

Q: What initially drew you to skiing?

Audrey Crowley: Growing up in Wisconsin, there was not much to do in the winter, so my family joined a ski club when I was two. We went every weekend. My sister started racing, and when I was old enough, I joined her in the gates. Skiing brings my family together, and for that, I will always be drawn to skiing. 

Q: When you were younger, getting into the sport, what were your goals?

AC: When I was younger, everything about skiing was fun; every time I went to practice or raced my goal was to have fun. As I got older I realized that winning is fun and pushing myself is fun. 

Q: What is one thing that you’re most proud of in your career so far?/what is your biggest accomplishment so far?

AC: Winning the able-bodied SYNC Championship super-G, making me the first Para athlete ever to win a SYNC race, is the one thing I’m most proud of to date. This win came after an especially tough season and proved to myself that even though racing able-body is hard, the struggle is worth it. 

Q: What is your ultimate goal?

AC: My ultimate goal is to get better every day. Pushing myself to reach new challenges is what makes me excited to ski. 

Q: Are there any moments that you’ve experienced in your career that didn’t seem real?

AC: Standing at the top of the Tofana Schuss about to start in my first FIS Para World Cup race still doesn’t feel real. After many years of watching the Cortina races, it felt dreamlike to be able to race it myself. I will never forget my teammates' support and the pure happiness I felt while racing down the first time.  

Q: Who were the athletes that you looked up to when you were younger, or who are they now?

AC: As a little girl from the U.S., I looked up to Lindsey Vonn and Mikaela Shiffrin. Of course, their racing was amazing, but their poise and determination were and are inspiring. I’m lucky to have such strong female role models to learn from. 

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SEP. 12, 2024 - Park City, Utah - U.S. Ski & Snowboard formally announced the 27 athletes who have accepted their nominations and have officially been named to the 2024-25 Stifel U.S. Cross Country Ski Team. 

Coming off the most successful season in program history, the 2024-25 roster is filled with veteran talent and promising newcomers. The A Team welcomes back Olympic champion and 2023-24 overall Crystal Globe winner Jessie Diggins, two-time Olympian Rosie Brennan, World Championships bronze medalist Julia Kern and 2022 Olympians Ben Ogden and JC Schoonmaker. New to the A Team are Gus Schumacher, Sophia Laukli and Sammy Smith. Schumacher jumped from the B Team to A after a breakout season when he became the youngest American to win a cross country World Cup at the Stifel Loppet Cup in Minneapolis and the first male to win a distance World Cup in over 40 years. Smith, who just began her collegiate soccer career at Stanford University, makes the jump as a strong and consistent sprinter on the team. Laukli, who took home her first World Cup victory last season in the infamous Alpe Cermis hill climb on the final stage of the Tour de Ski, was also promoted. 

Returning to the B Team are 2022 Olympians Novie McCabe, Luke Jager and Kevin Bolger, alongside athletes Zak Ketterson, John Steel Hagenbuch, Zanden McMullen and Sydney Palmer-Leger. Haley Brewster, Michael Earnhart and Will Koch will now represent the B Team, moving up from the Development Team roster. Brewster jumped based on solid results at the U23 World Championships; Earnhart showed top-level skiing at the U.S. National Championships; and Koch had consistent skiing and results during the 2023-24 season, including being a crucial part of the University of Colorado Boulder winning the NCAA Championship. 

The Stifel U.S. Ski Team Development Team features many new faces, showing the promise of the up-and-coming generation. Fin Bailey, Zach Jayne, Trey Jones, Jack Young, Murphy Kimball and Jack Lange are all making their national team debuts alongside returning athletes Kendall Kramer, Ava Thurston and Derek Richardson. 

“This team enters the 2024-25 season with great confidence,” said Chris Grover, Stifel U.S. Cross Country Ski Team program director. “The continued success and leadership of our women’s team is now matched with the tenacious energy and breakthrough performances of our young men’s squad. Our World Cup service program continues to provide incredible experience and depth, propelling U.S. athletes towards historic milestones. The U.S. cross country community is energized and working harder than ever before. We can’t wait to watch this group of talented athletes show off their abilities on the World Cup, at the 2025 Trondheim Nordic World Ski Championships, and the 2025 Schilpario World Junior and U23 Champs.” 

Period one of the World Cup will feature three venues beginning in Ruka, Finland, at the end of November. Last season in Ruka, the U.S. team started strong with three podiums, including two by Brennan and one by Diggins. The Stifel U.S. Cross Country Ski Team criteria and athletes who qualified for period one of the 2024-25 World Cup season can be found HERE. 

Rejoining the World Cup Service Team for the 2024-25 season are wax technicians Per-Erik Bjørnstad and Tim Baucom. Also joining the Service Team is former Stifel U.S. Ski Team Development Coach Bernie Nelson, who contributed profoundly as a National Nordic Foundation (NNF) Trail to Gold coach to the service effort as the U.S. athletes achieved historic results at last year’s Tour de Ski. 

“Bernie Nelson is the first full-time woman technician to join the World Cup Service Team in history and highlights our continued commitment to excellence in athlete support and improving gender equity in our staffing ranks,” added Grover. 

2024-25 Stifel U.S. Cross Country Ski Team 

(Hometown; Club; College; Birthdate)

MEN

A Team

• Ben Ogden (Landgrove, VT; Stratton Mountain School; University of Vermont; 2/13/2000)
• James "JC" Schoonmaker (Tahoe City, CA; Alaska Pacific University; University of Alaska Anchorage; 8/12/2000)
• Gus Schumacher (Anchorage, AK; Alaska Pacific University; University of Alaska Anchorage; 7/25/2000)

B Team

• Kevin Bolger (Minocqua, WI; Team Birkie; University of Utah; 4/11/1993)
• Michael Earnhart (Anchorage, AK; Alaska Pacific University; 8/11/2002)
• John Steel Hagenbuch (Ketchum, ID; Sun Valley Ski Education Foundation; Dartmouth College; 10/1/2001)
• Luke Jager (Anchorage, AK; Alaska Pacific University; University of Utah; 1/17/2000)
• Zak Ketterson (Bloomington, MN; Team Birkie; Northern Michigan University; 4/2/1997)
• Will Koch (Peru, VT; Stratton Mountain School; University of Colorado Boulder; 2/21/2002)
• Zanden McMullen (Anchorage, AK; Alaska Pacific University; 5/31/2001)

Development Team

• Fin Bailey (Peru, VT; Stratton Mountain School; University of Vermont; 7/27/2005)*
• Zach Jayne (Bend, OR; Mt. Bachelor Ski Education Foundation; University of Utah; 3/30/2004)*
• Trey Jones (Steamboat Springs, CO; Steamboat Springs Winters Sports Club; University of Colorado Boulder; 10/4/2004)*
• Murphy Kimball (Anchorage, AK; Alaska Winter Stars; University of Alaska Anchorage; 7/16/2006)*
• Jack Lange (Lyme, NH; Stratton Mountain School; Dartmouth College; 4/27/2004)*
• Derek Richardson (Anchorage, AK; Alaska Pacific University; 5/21/2004)
• Jack Young (Jay, VT; Craftsbury Green Racing Project; Colby College; 12/17/2002)*

WOMEN

A Team

• Rosie Brennan (Park City, UT; Alaska Pacific University; Dartmouth College; 12/2/1988)
• Jessie Diggins (Afton, MN; Stratton Mountain School; 8/26/1991)
• Julia Kern (Waltham, MA; Stratton Mountain School; Dartmouth College; 9/12/1997)
• Sophia Laukli (Yarmouth, ME; Aker-Dæhlie; University of Utah; 6/8/2000)
• Samantha “Sammy” Smith (Boise, ID; Sun Valley Ski Education Foundation; Stanford University; 9/22/2005)

B Team

• Haley Brewster (Avon, CO; University of Vermont; 6/6/2003)
• Novie McCabe (Winthrop, WA; Alaska Pacific University; University of Utah; 12/15/2001)
• Sydney Palmer-Leger (Park City, UT; Stratton Mountain School; University of Utah; 2/4/2002)

Development Team

• Kendall Kramer (Fairbanks, AK; University of Alaska, Fairbanks; 6/26/2002)
• Ava Thurston (Waterbury, VT; Stratton Mountain School; Dartmouth College; 10/6/2004)

*Newly named to the Stifel U.S. Cross Country Ski Team

2024-25 Cross Country Coaches and Staff

• Anouk Patty: Chief of Sport
• Cross Country Program Director: Chris Grover
• Head Coach: Matt Whitcomb   
• Cross Country Sport Development Director: Bryan Fish                 
• World Cup Coach: Jason Cork                                     
• D Team Coach: Kristen Bourne
• Development Team Coach: Greta Anderson  
• Cross Country Press Officer: Leann Bentley
• Cross Country Sport Coordinator: Adam St. Pierre
• Cross Country Technical Advisor: Allan Serrano
• Uniforming: Art Myshrall

Service Staff

• Head of Service: Oleg Ragilo 
• World Cup Service: Per-Erik Bjørnstad
• World Cup Service: Eli Brown   
• World Cup Service: Tim Baucom 
• World Cup Service: Paul Choudoir 
• World Cup Service: Bjørn Heimdal
• World Cup Service: Chris Hecker     
• World Cup Service: Bernie Nelson                             

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On Saturday, Sept. 7, Lindsey Vonn, a three-time Olympic medalist and the most successful downhiller in the U.S., was inducted into the Colorado Snowsports Hall of Fame.

Vonn was one of five inductees, including speed skier Ross Anderson, former Stifel U.S. Ski Team coach John "Johno" McBride, and Norwegian ski pioneers Sigurd Rockne and Bjorn Erik Borgen. The group was inducted in front of hundreds of people in Vail, Colorado.

Vonn was honored for her impeccable ski career, which included three Olympic medals, eight World Championships medals and 82 World Cup wins. She credits Vail Mountain with teaching her how to ski downhill after her family relocated from Minnesota when she was 12 years old.

Also honored was former U.S. Ski Team coach McBride. McBride was a beloved men’s ski team coach, coaching former team stars such as Bode Miller and Daron Rahlves. Most recently, McBride has worked with young athletes in Aspen at the Aspen Valley Ski & Snowboard Club.

PARK CITY, Utah (Sept. 10, 2024) - Today, U.S. Ski & Snowboard officially announced the 30 athletes who have accepted their nominations and been named to the 2024-25 Stifel U.S. Freestyle Ski Team rosters for moguls and aerials. All athletes qualified for the team based on the existing freestyle moguls and aerials World Cup criteria. 

The 2024-25 aerials team is headlined by 2022 Olympic aerials team gold medalists Ashley Caldwell, Chris Lillis and Justin Schoenefeld. Joining them is 2023 world champion Quinn Dehlinger and Winter Vinecki, who finished second in the overall 2023-24 season standings.  

2022 Olympic silver medalist Jaelin Kauf, who finished second in the 2023-24 overall season standings, leads the moguls team nominations along with Olivia Giaccio, the first woman to win a World Cup with a cork 1080. The men’s side is highlighted by Nick Page, who landed on the podium three times last season. 

Karenna Elliott, Tasia Tanner and Connor Curran are all moving up to the aerials A team for the first time following breakthrough 2023-24 seasons: Elliott earned her first World Cup win in Lac-Beauport, Canada; Curran finished on the podium for the first time in Deer Valley; and Tanner was awarded the coveted 2024 FIS Rookie of the Year award. Additionally, this year’s roster includes new talent, with two athletes being called up to the Stifel U.S. Freestyle Ski Team from Park City Ski & Snowboard. 

There are also three promotions to celebrate on the moguls team. Kasey Hogg, Dylan Marcellini and Landon Wendler have been nominated to the A team for the 2024-25 season. Last year, Hogg became the first woman to throw a cork 1080 in a World Cup qualification run, the second woman to throw one in a World Cup behind teammate Olivia Giaccio. Marcellini and Wendler both earned their first World Cup podiums in Deer Valley and Bakuriani, Georgia, respectively. 

“The 2024-25 Stifel U.S. Freestyle Ski Team is an extraordinary group of athletes who embody the spirit and excellence of American freestyle skiing,” said Matt Gnoza, U.S. Ski & Snowboard Freestyle Sport Director. “With a perfect blend of seasoned champions and rising stars, this team is poised to achieve great things in the coming season. Last year’s successes laid a strong foundation and I am eager to see how this talented crew builds on that momentum. I’m excited to support these athletes as they continue to push the boundaries of the sport heading into a World Championship season.”

The 2024-25 moguls World Cup moguls season is set to kick off in Ruka, Finland on Nov. 30, 2024. This season brings additional chances for U.S. freestyle fans to watch the action on home soil as the aerials World Cup circuit kicks off in Lake Placid, New York for the first time since 2018 on Jan. 18, 2025. Additionally, the moguls athletes return to the birthplace of freestyle skiing, Waterville Valley, New Hampshire, for a set of moguls and dual moguls events Jan. 25-26. The domestic World Cup season wraps with the Super Bowl of freestyle skiing: the Intermountain Health Freestyle International at Deer Valley, Feb. 6-8. 19 moguls and nine aerials World Cups are scheduled, including World Cup Finals in Livigno, Italy, the site of the 2026 Olympic Winter and Paralympic Games. For the full domestic freestyle World Cup schedule, click here. 

The season will conclude in Engadin, Switzerland, for the 2025 FIS Freestyle Ski World Championships Mar. 18-30. Four athletes per gender per sport will be selected to represent the United States against the best in the world. 

Stifel U.S. Freestyle Ski Team

(Hometown; Club; College; Birthdate)

AERIALS

A TEAM

Women

• Ashley Caldwell (Ashburn, VA; University of Utah; 9/14/1993)
• Karenna Elliott (Cincinnati, OH; Elite Aerial Development Program/Park City Ski & Snowboard; Utah Valley University; 5/24/2000)
• Kaila Kuhn (Boyne City, MI; University of Utah; 4/8/2003)
• Dani Loeb (Pintlala, AL; Elite Aerial Development Program; University of Utah; 8/10/2001)
• Tasia Tanner (Park City, UT; Park City Ski & Snowboard/Fly Freestyle; University of Utah; 7/26/2002)
• Winter Vinecki (Gaylord, MI; Park City Ski & Snowboard; University of Utah/St. Mary’s University School of Law; 12/18/1998)

Men

• Connor Curran (Cincinnati, OH; Park City Ski & Snowboard/Elite Aerial Development Program; Utah Valley University; 9/23/2004)
• Quinn Dehlinger (Cincinnati, OH; Elite Aerial Development Program; Salt Lake Community College; 6/8/2002)
• Chris Lillis (Rochester, NY; Bristol Mountain Freestyle Team; University of Utah; 10/4/1998)
• Justin Schoenefeld (Lawrenceburg, IN; Perfect North Slopes; Utah Valley University; 8/13/1998)

DEVELOPMENT TEAM 

Women

• Kyra Dossa (Cleveland, OH; Park City Ski & Snowboard; University of Utah; 1/24/2004)*
• Megan Smallhouse (Reno, NV; Park City Ski & Snowboard; University of Utah; 1/16/2001)

Men

• Derek Krueger (Cleveland, OH; Elite Aerial Development Program; University of Utah; 6/2/2003)
• Ian Schoenwald (Kaysville, UT; Park City Ski & Snowboard; Utah Valley University; 6/18/2004)*

MOGULS

A TEAM

Women

• Olivia Giaccio (Redding, CT; Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club; Columbia University; 8/15/2000)
• Kasey Hogg (Kensington, NH; Wasatch Freestyle; University of Utah; 1/8/2003)
• Tess Johnson (Vail, CO; Ski & Snowboard Club Vail; Harvard Extension School; 6/19/2000)
• Jaelin Kauf (Alta, WY; Grand Targhee Ski & Snowboard Foundation/Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club; University of Utah; 9/26/1996)
• Elizabeth Lemley (Vail, CO; Ski & Snowboard Club Vail; 1/22/2006) 
• Alli Macuga (Park City, UT; Park City Ski & Snowboard; University of Utah; 9/24/2003)
• Hannah Soar (Somers, CT; Killington Mountain School; University of Utah; 6/4/1999)

Men

• Dylan Marcellini (Walnut Creek, CA; Wasatch Freestyle/Olympic Valley Freestyle; University of Utah; 9/29/2002)
• Nick Page (Park City, UT; Wasatch Freestyle; 8/1/2002)
• Landon Wendler (Steamboat Springs, CO; Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club; Los Angeles Film School; 10/12/2000)

DEVELOPMENT TEAM 

Women

• Kai Owens (Vail, CO; Ski & Snowboard Club Vail; University of Utah; 8/16/2004)
• Sami Worthington (Park City, UT; Park City Ski & Snowboard/Wasatch Freestyle; University of Utah; 6/15/2004)

Men

• Cole McDonald (Park City, UT; Wasatch Freestyle; University of Utah; 3/6/2003)
• Asher Michel (Winter Park, CO; Winter Park Competition Center; 12/9/2005)
• Charlie Mickel (Durango, CO; Wasatch Freestyle/Durango Winter Sports Club; University of Utah; 7/6/2004)
• Dylan Walczyk (Rochester, NY; Ski & Snowboard Club Vail; 6/25/1993)

*Newly named to the Stifel U.S. Freestyle Ski Team

2024-25 FREESTYLE COACHES AND STAFF

Anouk Patty - Chief of Sport 
Matt Gnoza - Freestyle Sport Director
Tami Strong - Freestyle Team Manager
Maddison Beck - Freestyle Athletic Development Coach
Ryan Odeja - Freestyle Press Officer
Alex Cohen - Sport Psychologist

Aerials
Vladimir Lebedev - Aerials Head Coach
Stanislav Kravchuk - Aerials World Cup Coach
Matt DePeters - Aerials World Cup Coach
Peter Toohey - Aerials Athletic Trainer

Moguls
Bryon Wilson - Moguls Head Coach
Steve Desovich - Men’s Moguls World Cup Coach
Joshua Kober - Moguls World Cup Coach
Jill Radzinski - Moguls Athletic Trainer

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In the first World Cup of the 2024-25 season, the Stifel U.S. Freeski Team had six athletes land in the top 10, led by Alex Ferreira in second and Svea Irving right off the podium in fourth. 

After enduring tricky weather in Cardrona, New Zealand, the halfpipe team had a strong showing for the season's first contest. Two-time Olympic medalist Ferreira is hungry for more wins as he kicked off his campaign with a second-place finish. Ferreira put down clean second and third runs, battling with Canada’s Brendan MacKay, who ultimately won the day. Canada’s Andrew Longino finished third.

“It felt great to be back in competition testing the nerves again," said Ferreira, who had won the last seven straight World Cup halfpipes before Cardrona. "It was a challenging day for everyone due to the weather conditions but they managed to run the event. I am super grateful to be healthy and on the podium. Life is good!" 

The American men showed up with solid skiing and a taste of what’s to come this season, with Birk Irving finishing fourth, Hunter Hess fifth, Nick Geiser eighth and Dylan Ladd ninth. Olympian and 2022-23 World Cup Crystal Globe winner Birk Irving put together a great run despite the tricky conditions and teammate Hess, who finished the 2023-24 season in second overall, showed off his creative and stylish run that earned him high praise from the judges. It was Geiser’s first World Cup final and the best career finish. 

On the women’s side, Svea Irving led the Stifel U.S. Freeski Team women’s team and finished fourth - she was the sole U.S. woman to qualify for finals. The women’s field in Cardrona was the toughest in years with many halfpipe veterans returning after some time off. Irving’s fourth-place finish showed her ability to compete alongside the best and showed promise for the contests ahead. Teammate Riley Jacobs missed finals, coming in 10th at qualifications earlier this week.

China’s Eileen Gu ended the contest with her first win of the season, with teammate Kexin Zhang in second and Canada’s Rachel Karker rounding out the women's in third. 

In the coming weeks, the Stifel U.S. Freeski Team halfpipe team will remain in the Southern Hemisphere to finish their last weeks of summer training. They will be back in action in early December for the Secret Garden World Cup in China. 

RESULTS
Women
Men

PARK CITY, Utah (Sept. 9, 2024) - U.S. Ski & Snowboard officially announced the 49 athletes who have accepted their nomination to the Stifel U.S. Alpine Ski Team for the upcoming 2024-25 season.  

Two-time Olympic champion and winningest alpine skier in history Mikaela Shiffrin, 2022 Olympic silver medalist Ryan Cochran-Siegle, world champion and three-time World Cup podium finisher Paula Moltzan and world champion and World Cup podium finisher River Radamus highlight the roster of alpine athletes returning to the 2024-25 roster. 

After a successful 2023-24 season, several alpine athletes have advanced to a higher team status. New A Team athletes include Lauren Macuga, AJ Hurt and Jacqueline Wiles. Macuga skied to an impressive top five result, Hurt claimed her first career podium and Wiles snagged a podium in her comeback from injury. On the men’s side, Ryder Sarchett rejoins the C Team after impressing the world with his Junior World Championship victory in giant slalom. 

The 2024-25 World Cup schedule is robust, with 20 women’s World Cups and 19 men’s events officially scheduled for the FIS Alpine Ski World Cup calendar. The season also includes the World Championships in Saalbach, Austria, Feb. 4-16. The tour starts with a weekend of giant slalom in Sölden, Austria, Oct. 26-27, before heading north to Levi, Finland, where both the men’s and women’s slalom teams compete.

North American fans have many opportunities to see their favorite alpine skiers shine with four World Cups in the United States, including the women’s slalom and giant slalom races at the Stifel Killington Cup in Killington, Vermont, Nov. 30 - Dec. 1. The following weekend marks the first of two back-to-back World Cup speed races at the Stifel Birds of Prey presented by United Airlines in Beaver Creek, Colorado. The men race downhill, super-G and giant slalom Dec. 6-8, with the women racing downhill and super-G Dec. 14-15—the women’s first time on the famed Birds of Prey downhill. After the full World Cup calendar and a World Championship, the tour will close with World Cup Finals in Sun Valley, Idaho at the Stifel Sun Valley Finals March 22-27, where the top skiers in each discipline will fight for overall titles in front of an American crowd. 

“This is a dedicated and determined group of athletes ready to compete at the highest level as we head into a World Championship season,” says U.S. Ski & Snowboard Chief of Sport Anouk Patty. “The summer training at the USANA Center of Excellence and on the snow shows that these skiers are poised to enter the winter season ready to race. We cannot wait to see what they achieve.” 

2024-25 Stifel U.S. Alpine Ski Team 

(Hometown; Club; College; Birthdate)

A TEAM

Women

• AJ Hurt (Carnelian Bay, CA; Team Palisades Tahoe; Dartmouth College; 12/5/2000)
• Breezy Johnson (Jackson Hole, WY; Rowmark Ski Academy; 1/19/1996)**
• Lauren Macuga (Park City, UT; Park City Ski & Snowboard; 7/4/2002)
• Paula Moltzan (Prior Lake, MN; Buck Hill Ski Team/Ski & Snowboard Club Vail; University of Vermont; 4/7/1994)
• Nina O’Brien (Edwards, CO; Burke Mountain Academy/Team Palisades Tahoe; Dartmouth College; 11/29/1997)
• Mikaela Shiffrin (Edwards, CO; Burke Mountain Academy/Ski & Snowboard Club Vail; 3/13/1995)
• Jacqueline Wiles (Aurora, OR; White Pass Ski Club; 7/13/1992)
• Isabella Wright (Salt Lake City, UT; Snowbird Sports Education Foundation; 2/10/1997)               

 Men

• Bryce Bennett (Olympic Valley, CA; Team Palisades Tahoe; 7/14/1992)
• Ryan Cochran-Siegle (Starksboro, VT; Cochran’s Ski Club/Mount Mansfield Ski & Snowboard Club; University of Vermont; 3/27/1992)
• Tommy Ford (Bend, OR; Mt. Bachelor Ski Education Foundation; Dartmouth College; 3/20/1989)
• Jared Goldberg (Holladay, UT; Snowbird Sports Education Foundation; University of Utah; 6/15/1991)
• River Radamus (Edwards, CO; Ski & Snowboard Club Vail; 2/12/1998)    

B TEAM

Women

• Keely Cashman (Strawberry, CA; Team Palisades Tahoe; Montana State University; 4/4/1999)
• Katie Hensien (Redmond, WA; Rowmark Ski Academy; University of Denver; 12/1/1999)
• Tricia Mangan (Buffalo, NY; Holimont Race Team; Dartmouth College; 3/7/1997)

 Men

• Erik Arvidsson (Woodside, CA; Team Palisades Tahoe; Middlebury College; 9/3/1996)
• Sam DuPratt (Park City, UT; Park City Ski & Snowboard Team; University of Utah; 11/28/1993) 
• Sam Morse (Carrabassett Valley, ME; Carrabassett Valley Academy; Dartmouth College; 5/27/1996)
• Kyle Negomir (Littleton, CO; Ski & Snowboard Club Vail; Dartmouth College; 10/3/1998)
• Ben Ritchie (Waitsfield, VT; Green Mountain Valley School; 9/5/2000)
• Jett Seymour (Steamboat, CO; Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club; University of Denver; 11/5/1998)
• Luke Winters (Gresham, OR; Sugar Bowl Academy; 4/2/1997)

C TEAM

Women

• Elisabeth Bocock (Salt Lake City, UT; Rowmark Ski Academy; Dartmouth College; 9/3/2005)
• Mary Bocock (Salt Lake City, UT; Rowmark Ski Academy; Dartmouth College; 10/7/2003)
• Tatum Grosdidier (Wenatchee, WA; Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club; University of Utah; 7/24/2004) 
• Stella Johansson (Aspen, CO; Aspen Valley Ski & Snowboard Club; Dartmouth College; 9/2/2003) 
• Allison Mollin (Truckee, CA; Team Palisades Tahoe; 7/7/2004) 
• Liv Moritz (Edwards, CO; Ski & Snowboard Club Vail; University of Denver; 11/28/2004) 
• Dasha Romanov (Thornton, CO; Sun Valley Ski Education Foundation; University of New Hampshire; 5/3/2003)
• Ava Sunshine (Encinitas, CA; Ski & Snowboard Club Vail/Burke Mountain Academy; University of Utah; 6/20/2002)

Men

• Stanley Buzek (Silverthorne, CO; Team Summit Colorado; 8/18/2005) 
• Bridger Gile (Aspen, CO; Aspen Valley Ski & Snowboard Club/Ski & Snowboard Club Vail; 10/15/1999)
• Isaiah Nelson (Wayzata, MN; Buck Hill Ski Racing Club; 4/3/2001)
• Camden Palmquist (Eagan, MN; Buck Hill Ski Racing Club/Team Summit Colorado; 4/15/2003)
• Jay Poulter (Bondville, VT; Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club/Stratton Mountain School; University of Utah; 7/1/2003)
• Cooper Puckett (Steamboat, CO; Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club; Dartmouth College; 3/31/2003)
• Ryder Sarchett (Sun Valley, ID; Sun Valley Ski Education Foundation; University of Colorado Boulder; 7/28/2003)
• Jack Smith (Sun Valley, ID; Sun Valley Ski Education Foundation; 4/24/2001)

DEVELOPMENT TEAM

Women

• Paige DeHart (Sun Valley, CO; Sun Valley Ski Education Foundation; 4/27/2005)*
• Kaitlin Keane (Vail, CO; Ski & Snowboard Club Vail; Dartmouth College; 11/26/2004)
• Kjersti Moritz (Edwards, CO; Ski & Snowboard Club Vail; Middlebury College; 11/28/2004)
• Emma Resnick (Vail, CO; Ski & Snowboard Club Vail; Dartmouth College; 7/23/2003)

Men

• Finnigan Donley (Anchorage, AK; Sun Valley Ski Education Foundation; 2/28/2005) 
• Colin Hanna (Sun Valley, ID; Sun Valley Ski Education Foundation; 12/15/2004) 
• John Kerbaugh (Williston, VT; Mt. Mansfield Academy; 11/11/2005) 
• Jevin Palmquist (Eagan, MN; Buck Hill Ski Racing Club/Team Summit Colorado; 3/6/2007)*
• Sawyer Reed (Hingham, MA; Green Mountain Valley School; 7/26/2005)  
• Hunter Salani (Edwards, CO; Ski & Snowboard Club Vail; 2/25/2005) 

*Newly named to the Stifel U.S. Alpine Ski Team
**As of Oct. 10, 2024

2024-25 Alpine Coaches & Staff

• Chief of Sport: Anouk Patty
• Alpine Development Director: Chip Knight
• Vice President of High Performance: Gillian Bower
• Director of Alpine Sport Science: Per Lundstam 
• Alpine Medical Coordinator: Torey Anderson
• Alpine Elite Team Manager: Aaron Strubel
• Alpine Communications Manager: Sierra Ryder
• Women’s Alpine Press Officer: Mackenzie Moran 

MEN

Men’s Head Coach:

• Mark Tilston

Men’s World Cup Speed:

• Head Coach: Burkhard Shaffer
• Coach: Florian Scheiber
• Coach: Austin Savaria
• Strength & Conditioning Coach: Daniel Sanz
• Physical Therapist: Martina Plunger 

Men’s World Cup Tech:

• Head Coach: Fabien Munier
• Coach: Claude Cretier
• Coach: Nathan Bryant
• Slalom Coach: Tristan Glasse-Davies
• Strength & Conditioning Coach: Bernd Wiener
• Physical Therapist: Vincent Corrado

Men’s Europa Cup:

• Head Coach: Clement Tomamichel
• Coach: Brian Morgan

Men’s NorAm:

• Head Coach: Michael Bansmer
• Coach: Francio Bertolini
• Strength & Conditioning Coach: Will Horstmann

WOMEN

Women’s Head Coach:

• Paul Kristofic

Women’s World Cup Speed:

• Head Coach: Alex Hoedlmoser
• Coach: Daniel Dejori
• Strength & Conditioning Coach: Kip Spangler
• Physical Therapist: Shannon Colleton

Team Shiffrin: 

• Head Coach: Karin Harjo
• Coach: Janne Haarala
• Physical Therapist: Regan Dewhirst 
• Public Relations: Megan Harrod
• Strength & Conditioning: Bob Poehling

Women’s World Cup Tech:

• Head Coach: Rudi Soulard
• Coach: Zan Spillar
• Coach: Scott Graham
• Strength & Conditioning: Per Lundstam

Women’s Europa Cup:

• Head Coach: Marjan Cernigoj
• Coach: Miha Kuerner 
• Strength & Conditioning: Foreste Peterson

Women’s Development: 

• Head Coach: Seth McCadam
• Coach: Kevin Keane
• Strength & Conditioning: Foreste Peterson
• Physical Therapist: Madison Whitaker

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2022 Olympian and Stifel U.S. Alpine Ski Team athlete Alix Wilkinson formally announced her retirement from the sport of alpine ski racing on Friday, Sept. 6, 2024.

“Well ski racing, it’s been a hell of a ride! Cheers to the end,” wrote Wilkinson in her social media post.

Wilkinson was a rising force on the women’s speed circuit while on the national team. Looking back on her career, she scored her first World Cup points in Cortina d’Ampezzo downhill, when she placed 18th—only her seventh World Cup start to date. Not only did she score points at multiple World Cup downhills in her career, Wilkinson also holds a U.S. National Championship title in giant slalom.

Wilkinson’s retirement stems from injuries she sustained following the 2022 Beijing Olympic Winter Games, which prevented her from competing the past two seasons. 

“Getting diagnosed with CRPS last summer has changed a lot for me," she wrote, referring to complex regional pain syndrome. "My ankle is simply no longer capable of doing what it used to and sadly I’m not able to ski World Cup speed anymore.”

Wilkinson looks forward to the future beyond ski racing but is thankful for all the memories she made in her career.

“While this isn’t the ending I’d dreamed of, I wouldn’t change a single minute of it. Thank you so much to everyone who made this sport as special as it was for me. To my friends, teammates, coaches, and family you are what made ski racing truly the time of my life and it wouldn’t have been the same without you. Thank you, on to the next!”

The 2024-25 season is right around the corner, and it includes one of the most exciting domestic freestyle schedules yet. There are more events on the calendar than ever before, highlighting the best junior and professional athletes in the world on home snow. 

This year’s schedule includes World Cup, U.S. Selection Events, U.S. Championships, NorAms and Junior Championships. There are three FIS Freestyle World Cups in the United States for the first time in years, where the best moguls and aerials athletes in the world come to compete. The NorAm tour, U.S. Selection Events and U.S. Championships provide a platform for the best up-and-coming talent in the United States. 

Domestic Freestyle Schedule

Selections

The domestic schedule kicks off for the moguls and dual moguls athletes at U.S. Freestyle Selections in Winter Park, CO, from Dec. 13 to 15, 2024. Competing athletes can earn the opportunity to qualify for starts in NorAm competitions. The aerials athletes have their Selections Event on Jan. 10, 2025, in Bristol, NY. 

National Championships

Directly following the aerials U.S. Selections Event in Bristol will be the Freestyle Aerials U.S. Championships on Jan. 11, 2025, also in Bristol, NY. The moguls athletes will wrap up their 2024-25 season at the U.S. Freestyle Moguls Championships in Palisades, CA, from Mar. 28-30, 2025. These events are unique because the best from the Stifel U.S. Freestyle Ski Team and the best divisional athletes will compete on the same stage. 

World Cup

The aerials World Cup circuit is back in Lake Placid, NY, for the first time since 2018, from Jan. 18-19, 2025, and it's going to be an event you won’t want to miss. The following weekend, the Stifel U.S. Freestyle Ski Team moguls athletes will be back stateside for the Waterville Freestyle Cup in the birthplace of freestyle skiing: Waterville, New Hampshire. The athletes will compete in a set of moguls and dual moguls events Jan. 24-25, 2025. After a week off from competition, both moguls and aerials teams will be back in action at the Intermountain Health Freestyle International at Deer Valley, also known as the Superbowl of Freestyle Skiing, from Feb. 6-8, 2025.  

NorAm

The Deer Valley NorAm, Feb. 12-13, 2025, is the first of multiple moguls NorAm cup stops this season. The moguls athletes have a second domestic NorAm in Stratton, Vermont, Feb. 28-Mar. 1, 2025 competing in both moguls and dual moguls. The aerials NorAm cup stops at the Utah Olympic Park Feb. 14-15, 2025, for its only domestic competition of the season. 

The athletes competing in NorAms are hoping to earn a spot on the World Cup circuit for the following season, a spot given to the overall winner in both moguls and aerials.

Junior U.S. Championships

The 2024 U.S. Junior National Championships for aerials and moguls will be hosted at the Utah Olympic Park in Park City, Utah, from Mar. 17-23, 2025. This event attracts the best of the best on the junior side, competing head to head against their age groups—U15, U17, and U19.

“The U.S. has built a really fantastic development pipeline across the country,” said Matt Gnoza, U.S. Ski & Snowboard Freestyle Sport Director. "Events like the U.S. Selections and U.S. Championships, where top divisional athletes compete against some of the best in the world, provide these athletes with an opportunity to qualify for the Stifel U.S. Ski Team, World Cups, and the 2025 World Championships. The door is open in the freestyle disciplines, and we’re always excited to see who will take advantage of these opportunities and announce themselves on the world stage. We are thrilled to bring more freestyle events to home snow, offering more chances for the next generation to be inspired. The team is building on a highly successful 2023-24 season, and I’m looking forward to seeing what we can achieve at both the development and elite levels.”

Full domestic freestyle schedule below

It was a storybook ending for Hydro Flask U.S. Snowboard Team's Rebecca Flynn, who took home her first-career World Cup podium with a third-place finish at the 2024-25 FIS Snowboard slopestyle World Cup season opener in Cardrona, New Zealand. Although windy weather conditions forced delays throughout the event and ultimately led to the cancellation of finals, the event did not disappoint. The best riders in the world battled windy conditions and put on a show in Cardrona's Big Bucks terrain park.

Men’s qualifications ran in a double-up format, with the top eight advancing out of each heat. Red Gerard was the first to drop for the U.S. men and earned a solid 70.25 on his first run, stomping a massive back-14 on the final jump feature to put himself in a comfortable position to qualify through to finals. Gerard upgraded to a unique trick – the back-16 – on his second run but just missed putting it down to cap off a stylish and clean line. Gerard’s first run score held firm, earning him fourth place in heat two and a spot in the final. 

Heat two also featured Liam Johnson, whose signature precise rail riding earned him a score of 43.00, which held strong throughout the remainder of the competition and punched his ticket to the finals.

Windy conditions forced the cancellation of Sunday's final. To kick off the season, Gerard earned an eighth-place finish, and Johnson took home 16th place, his best finish on the World Cup circuit to date.

Notably, Sean Fitzsimons made his anticipated return to World Cup competition after fracturing his pelvis at the 2024 Visa Big Air in Copper Mountain, Colorado and Youth Olympic Games reigning big air silver medalist Ollie Martin made his World Cup debut.

In a stacked field of 30 riders, Hailey Langland and Rebecca Flynn led the way for the U.S. women. Coming off of an incredible backcountry season, Langland proved why she is one of the best all-around riders in the game, lacing together a solid line that put her in seventh place after run one. Langland was ultimately edged out of the top-8 but walked away with a 13th-place finish to kick off the 2024-25 slopestyle season.

Despite it only being the fifth World Cup competition of her young career, Flynn looked like a seasoned veteran on the course, showing impressive composure before dropping into a high-stakes second run after an uncharacteristic bobble on the final jump of her first run left her out of the top eight. Flynn cleaned up her line and scored a solid 57.58 putting her in the top three amongst a stacked field of seasoned veterans. Her score held strong throughout the remainder of the competition and ultimately secured third place overall, marking her first career World Cup podium.

“I honestly don’t know what to say other than the comp went way better than expected,” Flynn laughed. “Especially considering the challenging weather conditions and lack of practice time. The goal was just to land a run and make finals, so I’m happy to put a run down, especially one that the judges liked. I’m excited to start the season strong and look forward to popping more bottles on the podium in the future.”

With the next slopestyle contest not slated until January 2025, the Hydro Flask U.S. Snowboard Team looks ahead to October’s Big Air Chur for the next World Cup contest of the season.

RESULTS

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