The U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association (USSA) is one of over 40 Olympic sports organizations in America. It is responsible for developing competition programs in skiing and snowboarding including well-managed competitions and professional coaching programs to provide young athletes with an opportunity to reach an Olympic dream. USSA' (s vision and mission is simple:

The Vision of the USSA is to make the United States of America
the best in the world in Olympic skiing and snowboarding.

About Freestyle
In the early days of freestyle skiing the sport was named for the "free" and creative element introduced by athletes who resisted traditional alpine and nordic skiing. Competitions included an all-in-one-run event where skiers were judged on a run that included ballet, moguls and a spontaneous aerial maneuver. Today the evolution of freestyle skiing is made up of six different disciplines; aerials, halfpipe, moguls, dual moguls, ski cross and slopestyle. Each discipline is judged and scored to their own points list. Freestyle skiing was added to the Olympic program in 1992 for moguls, aerials in 1994, and ski cross will debut in the 2010 Olympic Games.






The Mission of the USSA is to provide strong leadership that establishes and supports
athletic excellence in accordance with USSA core values.

USSA manages its vision and mission through the three ' R' (s' : Rules, Races and Ranking. Rules are established to ensure a consistent and fair playing field for all athletes. Races, or competitions, are the backbone of USSA' (s programs, providing competitive programs for athletes. Ranking is a means of evaluating performance in competitions to determine advancement on USSA' (s Athlete Development Pipeline, or to assist in determining start positions in specific competitions.

USSA FREESTYLE SKI EVENT SCHEDULE:

DATE/ EVENT TITLE/ LOCATION/ DISCIPLINE/ GENDER
Dec 18, 2008 World Cup Meribel, France DM M/W
Dec 19 - 20, 2008 World Cup Adventure Mountain, China AE/AE M/W
Jan 5, 2009 World Cup St. Johann, Austria SX M/W
Jan 10 - 11, 2009 World Cup Les Contamines, France SX/HP M/W
Jan 14, 2009 World Cup Flaine, France SX M/W
Jan 18 - 19, 2009 Nature Valley Freestyle Cup Lake Placid, NY SX/AE M/W
Jan 24 - 25, 2009 World Cup Mont Gabriel, QUE MO/AE M/W
Jan 29 - 31, 2009 Visa Freestyle International Deer Valley/Park City, UT MO/AE/HP/DM M/W
Feb 5 - 8, 2009 World Cup Cypress Mountain, BC AE/SX/MO M/W
Feb 13 - 14, 2009 World Cup Are, Sweden MO/DM M/W
Feb 14, 2009 World Cup Moscow, Russia AE M/W
Feb 19 - 21, 2009 World Cup Voss, Norway SX/MO/DM M/W
Feb 21, 2009 World Cup Kiev, Ukraine AE M/W
Feb 24, 2009 World Cup Branaes, Sweden SX M/W
Mar 12, 2009 World Cup Grindelwald, Switzerland SX M/W
Mar 15, 2009 World Cup Meiringen-Hasliberg, Switz. SX/DM M/W
Mar 18 - 20, 2009 World Cup La Plagne, France DM/HP/SX M/W