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Skier: Ted Ligety, Photo © Getty Images Ligety, Ted Skier: 2010 The Taste Nature Intended.™ ALPINE naturevalley.com COMPETETION GUIDE The Offi cial Natural Granola Bar of the U.S. Ski Team and U.S. Snowboarding ©2009 General Mills TABLE OF CONTENTS • USSA Key Contact Directory 4 • Alpine Field Contacts 6 • Alpine Important Dates 7 • Chapter 1: Getting Started 9 Athletic Advancement 10 Where to Find More Information 11 USSA Membership Categories 12 2010 USSA ALPINE Parents 12 COMPETITION GUIDE • Chapter 2: Program Information 15 Alpine Program Information 16 Regional and Divisional/State Rules and Procedures 16 ON THE COVER Alpine Ski Racing Disciplines 17 U.S. Ski Team member Ted Ligety Taking Part in a Race 18 © Getty Images Foreign Competitors in USA Races 18 USA Athletes Competing in another Country 20 MANAGING EDITOR AND LAYOUT Jeff Weinman • Chapter 3: Points, Rankings and Selection Systems 23 Points and the Points Lists 24 CONTRIBUTORS Penalization of Points 30 Terry DelliQuadri Lester Keller Sandy Metzger FIS and USSA Points List Distribution 32 Finn Gundersen Tim Maguire Walt Evans Alternate Seeding Systems 32 Place Point Scales 33 Common Selection Systems 33 COVER DESIGN Katie Perhai - USSA Image & Design Director • Chapter 4: Series and Selections 37 Olympic Winter Games 38 PUBLISHED BY U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association FIS World Alpine Championships 38 PO Box 100 FIS Alpine World Cup 38 1 Victory Lane NorAm Cup 39 Park City, UT 84060 U.S. Alpine Championship 41 www.ussa.org FIS Alpine World Junior Championships 42 FIS-University Races 43 Follow the U.S. Ski Team at www.usskiteam.com Regional FIS Series 44 USSA Junior Olympic Program 45 Canadian Events 46 Copyright 2009 by the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association. 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Printed in the USA by RR Donnelley. 2 • Chapter 5: Regional and Divisional/State Programs 49 USSA Eastern Region 50 USSA KEY CONTACT DIRECTORY New Jersey Ski Racing Association 52 USSA Member Service (fax 435.647.2052) Maine Alpine Racing Association 53 Member Service Hotline 435.647.2666 [email protected] USSA Web Sites www.ussa.org New Hampshire Alpine Racing Association 53 www.usskiteam.com New York State Ski Racing Association 53 www.ussnowboarding.com Pennsylvania Alpine Racing Association 53 Sprint Snow News Hotline 435.649.6666 Southern Alpine Racing Association 54 National Office (fax 435.649.3613) Tri-State Ski Racing Association 54 USSA 435.649.9090 [email protected] Vermont Alpine Racing Association 54 PO Box 100 Eastern Armature Ski Education Foundation 54 1 Victory Lane Rocky/Central Region 55 Park City, UT 84060 Executive Management Central Division 55 Bill Marolt, President/CEO 435.647.2001 [email protected] Rocky Mountain Division 56 Dick Coe, Exec. VP/COO 435.647.2004 [email protected] Western Region 57 Mark Lampe, CFO 435.647.2002 [email protected] Alaska Division 58 Shauna Vanderlinden, Dir. HR/Admin. 435.647.2003 [email protected] Far West Division 59 Suzette Cantin, Mgr. Board Projects 435.647.2005 [email protected] Intermountain Division 59 Kathy Sheppard, Executive Assistant 435.647.2006 [email protected] Northern Division 60 Laurie Hamble, Insurance Coord. 435.647.2019 [email protected] Alpine Pacific Northwest Division 61 Walt Evans, National Competition Dir. 435.647.2033 [email protected] Anna Egger, Men's Team Mgr. 435.647.2021 [email protected] • Chapter 6: Collegiate, Masters & Adaptive Racing 63 Sarah Duffany, Women's Team Mgr. 435.647.2025 [email protected] Collegiate Competition 64 Kate Avrin, NDS Manager 435.647.2036 [email protected] Masters Ski Racing 67 Bill Skinner, Masters Manager 435.647.2067 [email protected] Adaptive Ski Racing 68 Lester Keller, Western Reg. Dir. 435.647.2035 [email protected] Tim Maguire, Eastern Reg. Dir. 603.358.6644 [email protected] • Chapter 7: Officials and Coaches Education 69 Terry DelliQuadri, Rocky/Central Dir. 435.640.8504 [email protected] Alpine Officials’ Program 70 Adaptive Coaches Education 76 Sandy Metzger, Adaptive Sports Dir. 435.647.2034 [email protected] Robert Lischer, Adaptive Team Mgr. 435.647.2070 [email protected] Athletics • Chapter 8: USSA Alpine Competition Regulations 79 Luke Bodensteiner, VP Athletics 435.647.2055 [email protected] Table of Contents 80 Nancye Rahn, Athletics Coordinator 435.647.2016 [email protected] Additional USSA and FIS Regulations 136 Communications Competition Equipment Rules 138 Tom Kelly, VP Communications 435.647.2010 [email protected] Adaptive Competition Rules 139 Margo Christiansen, Comm. Manager 435.647.2022 [email protected] Homologated Timers, Startgates and Photocells 140 Katie Perhai, Image Director 435.647.2064 [email protected] Homologation and Course Approvals 140 Lindsey Sine, Team News Corr. 435.647.2038 [email protected] Doug Haney, Alpine Press Officer [email protected] Code of Conduct 142 Competition Services Jeff Weinman, Asst. Ntl. Comp. Dir. 435.647.2030 [email protected] Current calendars can be found on the USSA website Alice Anderson, Ntl. Rankings Coord. 435.647.2037 [email protected] www.ussa.org and the FIS website www.fisski.com. 3 4 Events Alpine Field Contacts Calum Clark, VP Events 435.647.2053 [email protected] Field offices and contacts are the closest service point to all USSA members. Contact Jen Desmond, Admin. Event Coord. 435.647.2032 [email protected] them for information on local and divisional alpine programs. In cases where there is Mike Henderson, Sr. Event Mgr 435.647.2014 [email protected] not a regularly staffed divisional office, the divisional chairman or volunteer Eric Webster, Grand Prix Tour Dir. 603.279.0121 [email protected] administrator is listed as the contact. Peter Tilton, Director Event Ops 435.647.2042 [email protected] Karen Korfanta, Super Series Coord. 435.714.1376 [email protected] Eastern Region Western Region Tom Johnston, Alpine Tech. Advisor 435.649.9090 [email protected] 39 Central Square, Suite 304 USSA Nick Alexakos, Snowboard Coord. 435.467.2018 [email protected] Keene, NH 03431 1 Victory Lane Maxwell Morrill, World Cup Coord. 435.647.2072 [email protected] tel. 603.358.6644 PO Box 100 Foundation (Fund Raising) fax. 603.358.6646 Park City UT 84060 Trace Worthington, VP Foundation 435.647.2071 [email protected] Tim Maguire, Eastern Alpine Director Lester Keller, Western Alpine Director Ruth Flanagan, Special Events Dir. 435.647.2023 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Shannon Brady, Major Gifts Manager 435-714-1948 [email protected] Alex Krebs, Eastern Alpine Youth Mgr tel. 435.647.2035 Lisa Kramer, Major Gifts Manager 312.440.7043 [email protected] [email protected] fax. 435.649.3613 Chip Lacasse, Major Gifts Manager 802.656.4145 [email protected] Alexa Maddock, Major Gifts, Tri-State 917.741.8838 [email protected] tel. 435.640.8517 Jeff Pickering, Western Regional Coach Kathryn Fleck, Major Gifts, Rockies 435.602.2965 [email protected] Shaun Goodwin, [email protected] Lindsay Arnold, Major Gifts Assistant 435.674.2059 [email protected] Eastern Alpine Program Manager Jenn Stielow, Western Alpine Manager Katie Murphy, Special Events Coord. 435.647.2095 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Kate Klingsmith, Development Asst 435.647.2092 [email protected] tel. 603.358.6644 tel. 406.425.0056 Freestyle Alissa Consenstein, Cheryl Bilisoly, Freestyle Program Mgr 435.647.2068 [email protected] Eastern Alpine Competition Manager Rocky/Central Region Nordic 805 Pamela Ln John Farra, Nordic Director 435.647.2063 [email protected] [email protected] Toni Adams, Nordic Program Mgr. 435.647.2061 [email protected] tel. 603.358.6644 Steamboat Springs CO 80487 Member Services Terry DelliQuadri, Rocky/Central Director Sheryl Barnes, Member Services Dir. 435.647.2013 [email protected] For Eastern schedule agreements and [email protected] Lois Benevento, Member Services Mgr. 435.647.2017 [email protected] results tel. 435.640.8504 Sales & Marketing Janet Larson, Eastern Alpine Admin Ted Morris, VP Sales & Marketing 435.647.2012 [email protected] PO Box 1720 Station A Central Division Peter Glass, Dir. Sales & Marketing 435.647.2083 [email protected] Rutland, VT 05701 3162 Forrest Ave Lisa Bennion, Dir. Sales & Marketing 435.647.2086 [email protected] [email protected] Harbor Springs, MI 49740 Kim Brown, Account Executive 435.647.2097 [email protected] Brewster McVicker, Central Alpine Mgr Evan Miller, Account Executive 435.647.2043 [email protected] tel. 802.468.2408 [email protected] Vicky Gaylord, Account Executive 435.647.2082 [email protected] Snowboard tel. 435.714.9243 Jeremy Forster, Snowboard Director 435.647.2079 [email protected] Abbi Nyberg, Snowboard Manager 435.647.2081 [email protected] Rocky Mountain Division Sport Science & Education USSA Troy Flannigan, Sport Science Dir. 435.647.2028 [email protected] 1 Victory Lane Richard Quincy, Medical Director 435.647.2058 [email protected] PO Box 100 Jessica Tidswell, Resident PT 435.647.2062 [email protected] Park City UT 84060 Finn Gundersen, Director Sport Ed. 435.647.2049 [email protected] Darlene Nolting, Rocky Alpine Manager Jon Nolting, Sports Ed. Alp. Mgr 435.647.2078 [email protected] Chelsea Steinbach, Sport Ed. Coord. 435.647.2050 [email protected] [email protected] Travel Service - WorldTek Travel tel. 435.647.2088 24-hour Travel Service 800.TEAM.SKI [email protected] 5 6 ALPINE IMPORTANT DATES April 30 Deadline for FIS injury protection June 15 Deadline for corrections to USSA points and USSA injury protection Aug.