Championships Results

Thanks to everyone who participated and helped out this past weekend.  Go here for your results!

RESULTS

Individual Results will be posted soon.

All results (except for Individuals) will be posted to NASTAR soon

Championships Weekend

Championships Weekend at Giants Ridge is here!  The weather looks great!  We have now closed preregistration and prepayment.  We are heading up to Giants Ridge on Thursday night in order to get all set up Friday morning.  If you plan on coming and haven’t paid yet, you can pay up there.

SKI CHALLENGE OPEN
There is still room in the Friday Ski Challenge Open race.  Check in at the registration table to get placed on a team.

TEAM RACING
If your team is signed up to race and you haven’t registered or paid, you can still come and race.  Just check in at the registration table and pick up a bib number.  You will need to pay there.

INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
If you haven’t signed up for Individual Championships yet, just check in on Sunday morning and we will get you in!

CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO ABOUT CHAMPIONSHIPS!

 

Wild Mountain “Race to Help Hannah” Cancelled

We are sad to report that we need to cancel our event at Wild Mountain, “Race to Help Hannah”, that was scheduled for Sunday, February 28.  We did not get enough pre-registrations to be able to put on the event within the allotted budget.

If you were planning on attending and would like to participate in an event similar to this one, we will still be having our Saturday “Race to Help Hannah” at Buck Hill

Race to Help Hannah – Schedule Change

Race4hannah_finalRace to Help Hannah – Change in Schedule
Buck Hill – Saturday, February 27                       Wild Mountain Sunday, February 28

Due to the expected high temps this weekend, we have changed our format and schedule for the day at Buck Hill this Saturday and Wild Mountain this Sunday.  We will have our race in the morning starting at 10:30 am.  Everyone will take two runs in each course for times.  We will take your best times in each course for scoring for the race.  After everyone has completed timed runs, you will be able to run the courses as much as you want until 12:15.  We will have awards at 12:30 pm.

Cost:  $30 – A portion of the proceeds will go toward Hannah’s Fund

SCHEDULE FOR THE DAY – BUCK HILL –  CHANGED

  • 9 am – Check in begins – Whittier Room (next to Tucker’s)
  • 10:30 –   Race Begins – Everyone gets two timed runs in each course – we will take your best time in each for scoring
  • 11:30 – 12:15 – Run gates as much as you want
  • 12:30 pm – Awards

Crystal Lake will have a lunch “pre-order prior to the start of the race.  They will have your food ready for you when you come in.

SCHEDULE FOR THE DAY – WILD MOUNTAIN –  CHANGED

  • 9 am – Check in begins – Whittier Room (next to Tucker’s)
  • 10:30 –   Race Begins – Everyone gets two timed runs in each course – we will take your best time in each for scoring
  • 11:30 – 12:15 – Run gates as much as you want
  • 12:30 pm – Awards

NASTAR Update

The following is an e-mail we received from NASTAR.  We are hoping that things will get back to “normal” soon!

We at the USSA want to thank you again for your patience with the challenges we have encountered with the NASTAR scoring systems this season. We have been working diligently to provide a system for NASTAR that supports the participants and all of you. I’m happy to announce that we have now formed a partnership with Global Reach Sports (GRS), the longtime supplier of NASTAR and ski racing scoring technology, to ensure that NASTAR resorts have an excellent, proven and stable platform and that NASTAR participants can easily follow their results and rankings.

Our joint objective with the partnership is to not only provide a stable platform, but to also grow and further improve the overall NASTAR experience including live results and mobile functionality. Our partnership with GRS will provide these things and more as we evolve into the future.

We anticipate quick changes as we merge into the GRS NASTAR system, with scoring systems for resorts and race leagues and full integration of all past and present results into a single ranking system. At the same time, GRS will merge its Race The Gates product and re-scored results into the NASTAR solution and brand. All U.S. Race The Gates participants will be eligible to qualify for the NASTAR Nationals.

GRS has already begun integrating systems, we will jointly keep NASTAR resort administrators informed of our progress. Current systems can continue to be used as we complete the transition – estimating about 10 days. The NASTAR team with GRS will be sending its first technical update this coming Wednesday, February 10 detailing next steps with the software and results system rollout. 

NASTAR racers just enjoyed a very successful Eastern Regional Championships at Okemo. The Midwestern Regional Championships are coming up in a few weeks at Welch Village. And we are about to issue our invitations to NASTAR racers to attend this year’s National Championships at Steamboat Springs March 24-27. 

We expect a large group of NASTAR participants at the popular Colorado resort, including both current and past stars of the U.S. Ski Team. Because of the scoring challenges, we will be inviting all of last year’s qualifiers, as well as those from this season.

Thank you again for your patience as we work through this quick transition. We are excited to be partnering with GRS and moving NASTAR forward together with great solutions and innovations for our resorts and participants.

Tiger Shaw
President and CEO
U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association

2016 Team Championship Divisions Set

Divisions have been set for our Team Championships at Giants Ridge.  We still have some teams that are undecided.  Some teams will not have full teams of 10 and some divisions have quite a few duplicate racers.  So, the total amount of teams per division will not reflect the total amount of racers.

LIST BY DIVISION

DIVISIONS LIST OF ALL TEAMS

Running orders and seeding of teams in each division will come out after Week 7 racing is complete.