The National Governing Body (NGB) for Olympic

skiing and snowboarding has been reorganized

and reinvigorated under the new name of the

United States Ski and Snowboard Association

(USSA). The vision of USSA is to make the U.S.

the best in world in skiing and snowboarding.

The USSA mission is to make the vision a

reality by fielding and maintaining a winning

team of world-class ski and snowboard athletes.

USSA is the designated representative for

skiing and snowboarding in the USA by the

International Ski Federation. And USSA is

formally recognized by the U.S. Olympic

Committee as the representative for skiing and

snowboarding in the Olympics.

Millions of Americans are familiar with the

U.S. Ski Team and U.S. Snowboard Team --

world-class athletes who have achieved the

highest success! Americans have cheered

champions like World Champions Hilary Lindh,

Picabo Street, Donna Weinbrecht, Trace

Worthington and Nikki Stone, as well as past

heroes Phil Mahre, Bill Koch, Cindy Nelson and

more -- plus new snowboard heroes including

Mike Jacoby, Jeff Greenwood, Ross Powers and

Sondra Van Ert.

But the story behind USSA is not just one of

international success and Olympic glory. It's

the long road up a development pipeline for

tens of thousands of young American men and

women.

As the NGB for Olympic skiing and snowboarding,

USSA is responsible for providing a smooth

pathway for aspiring young athletes through a

ladder of competitions and programs which leads

them to the opportunity for athletic success.

As a company, USSA's management and staff

coordinate a nationwide program in six

distinctly different disciplines -- alpine

skiing, cross country, disabled alpine and

cross country, freestyle, ski jumping and

nordic combined and snowboard.

USSA's six different sport programs, with a

total of 14 different men's and women's

national teams, make it the most diverse of the

more than 40 U.S. Olympic sports organizations.

In all, 50% of the Olympic Winter Games events

fall under USSA! No other Olympic program,

summer or winter, comes close.

Over 100,000 athlete members, parents, coaches,

volunteers, officials and supporters help to

create a positive environment for athletic

success. The implementation of this program is

through a network of hundreds of USSA member

clubs around the USA.

USSA is governed by a 21-person board of

directors, including technical and athletic

representatives from each discipline.

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