www.ussa.org Spring, 2008 The Perfect Nationals at Mammoth 2008 Masters Nationals Intermountain The 2008 Skier’s Edge Masters National Division Cup team Championships at Mammoth were blessed with perfect weather: sunshine and tem- peratures just cold enough to keep the snow firm, packed powder. The top-notch race crews ran the events with clockwork precision and their attitude was, “We are here to give you what you came for, great racing!” They even took a little extra time to set practice GS and SL courses on the SG day. The food at the parties was excep- tional, and the banquet was unequalled, adding a final touch of class to an outstand- ing event. Rusty Gregory, CEO spoke a few words that summarized Mammoth’s desire to support Masters racing and have us back. —Marietta Frinell Mammoth has also put in a bid for the FIS Masters Sunday River to host World Championships for next season March 2009 National 9–13, decision to be made in May. Championships A favorite site for our Intermountain takes 2008 Division Cup four-event Nationals, Each year at the Nationals, arguably one of Sunday River Is look- the most exciting events is the presentation of ing forward to the the Division Cup, using a complex formula gathering of the Highlights in this issue that takes into account participation and Masters clan • Year in pictures performance. Nightly updates saw March 23–28 next Intermountain overtake Eastern winter. Abby and Bear of • Ski information from on the last day to add their the of the race crew promise a better Rossignol name and possession of than ever running of our feature • Speed Series wrap-up event. Start planning now! the Cup for a year. • Divison reports These companies support Masters Ski Racing, so please support them! speed overlays News & Info of the Alpine Masters Page 2 Chairman’s Report by Keith McCauley What a great sea- It’s not quite ready yet, but students from BYU and Salt Lake son! More early Community College have done a promo video for a student proj- snow here in Park ect on USSA Masters. This is a very good five-minute video, and it City and more pow- can be used by us to promote our sport. I will provide a link in a der days than we future communication so you can view it and forward it to others. have had in years. Masters National still needs volunteers, and if you want to help, Skiing, even now in please contact myself or Bill Skinner at USSA. We need volunteer April, is still great coordinators for USCSA, PSIA, marketing, poster design and and most people promo program development. None of these volunteer positions seem to have put require a lot of work, perhaps 1 or 2 hours a week at the most, but away their skis they are essential if we want to expand Masters. because nobody is Other items covered at the annual meeting in Mammoth: on the hill. By the • Next season at the Regional and National Championships we time you read this, have changed the seed order for the second run. All classes will most of the resorts run slowest to fastest (reverse of current) in the second run. here in Utah will be • IMC Criterium could be held in the United States next year with closed and they will only approximately 100 U.S. Masters. The division chairman will still have a 6' base. be given quotas and have the responsibility to fill the slots from We had an excellent Masters Working Group meeting in their divisions. Mammoth during the Nationals. My focus, and the focus of the Something to be very proud of is the Far West scholarship meeting, was membership. I have included in this Newsletter program. Far West has a very aggressive and successful scholarship “Zim’s Ideas for Promoting Masters Ski Racing.” This list was com- program in place, giving away $37,000 last year, and over the term piled by Richard Zimmerman, Chairman PSNA, of possible ideas of the program, raising and giving over $250,000 to athletes. They that divisions can use to increase participation and enthusiasm. have a lot of previous scholarship winners on the current USST, The consensus of the meeting was that electronic means need to i.e., Marco Sullivan, Katie Hitchcock, Stacey Cook, all of whom be used a lot to get out the word. Various divisions have excellent have come back and helped the Far West program. websites and I would encourage you to visit them to get ideas for Have a safe and successful summer, and help us promote your own websites. (midwestmasters.org, www.rmmskiracing.org). USSA Masters. Masters Membership News by Bill Skinner It seemed the whole country had great snow conditions this winter. Powder skiing doesn’t necessarily mean good race conditions, but who’s complaining? After all Mother Nature did smile on us at Mammoth for our Skier’s Edge Masters Nationals. Three cheers for Beat and his race crew. Special thanks to Jon Nolting (Winter Park) and Thomas Erhard (Whiteface), our Regional Championships were weather challenged but these guys and their team never gave up. We all appreciate your effort. Keith McCauley is working hard as our Chairman and has provided great leadership at the National Comm. Meeting and efforts to recruit new Masters. Our membership numbers were down slightly this year, so please, if you know a potential new racer get them out there and contact me and I’ll send them our new Masters DVD with US Ski Team winning runs to get them fired up! Most of our major events are calendared for next year, so pull out your day planner and set your schedule for 2009. (See back page) We continue to be fortunate that our primary sponsor, the Skier’s Edge Company, has stood behind us for the past 6 years. Rossignol has produced our season schedule poster, Molecule F sponsored the National Speed Series and Ski Racing Magazine continues to cover our sport in print and on the web. Masters racing exists due to the volunteer efforts of the division chair- men, the help they get from fellow racers and family and those folks that I speed dial when in the need of expertise. Thank you one and all. See you at the start next year. 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