U.S. Ski & Snowboard has announced its U.S. Freeski Team halfpipe, slopestyle, and big air nominations for the 2020-21 season. Nominations include those active athletes who qualified based on published selection criteria in the prior season.

Nominations for this year’s team illustrate the natural progression through the U.S. freeskiing athlete pipeline with new faces across the rookie and pro teams. Leading the way for the U.S. is an elite group of five Olympic medalists and, coming up through the ranks is an energetic and talented group of rookies from freeski programs around the country. 

U.S. athletes are coming off a spectacular 2019-20 season earning 20 podiums at World Cups and 12 podiums at X Games and Dew Tour. The U.S. Freeski Team is prepared for a challenging World Championships season ahead with 25 pro-level and 15 rookie freeskiers taking to elite international competition.

Each athlete accepting the nomination to U.S. Freeski Team receives world-class program support, along with access to the U.S. Ski & Snowboard Center of Excellence, as well as athletic benefits including elite coaching, sport science, sports medicine, and high-performance staff, and education opportunities.

An official team announcement will be made in the fall.

2020-21 U.S. Freeski Team Nominations
(Hometown; Club; USASA Series; Birthdate)

HALFPIPE
PRO TEAM
Men
Aaron Blunck (Crested Butte, Colo.; Ski & Snowboard Club Vail; Rocky Mountain Series; 4/12/96)
Alex Ferreira (Aspen, Colo.; Aspen Valley Ski & Snowboard Club; Aspen/Snowmass Series; 8/14/94)
Birk Irving (Winter Park, Colo.; Winter Park Freeride Team; Rocky Mountain Series; 7/26/99)
David Wise (Reno, Nev.; 6/30/90)
Lyman Currier (Boulder, Colo.; Winter Park Freeski Team; Rocky Mountain Series; 8/28/94)
Hunter Hess (Bend, Ore.; Mt. Bachelor Sports Education Foundation; Central Oregon Series; 10/01/98)
Taylor Seaton (Avon, Colo.; 7/16/90)
Jaxin Hoerter (Breckenridge, Colo.; Rocky Mountain Series; 7/17/00)
Cassidy Jarrell (Aspen, Colo.; Rocky Mountain Series; 8/31/99)

Women
Brita Sigourney (Carmel, Calif.; Intermountain Series; 1/17/90)
Devin Logan (West Dover, Vt.; Mount Snow Academy; Southern Vermont Series; 2/17/93)
Annalisa Drew (Andover, Mass.; Ski & Snowboard Club Vail; Southwest Colorado Series; 5/28/93)
Carly Margulies (Mammoth Lakes, Calif.; Mammoth Mountain Freeski Team; Unbound Series; 12/24/97)
Abigale Hansen (June Lake, Calif.; Mammoth Mountain Freeski Team; Unbound Series; 5/26/98)

ROOKIE TEAM
Men
Hunter Carey (Winter Park, Colo.; Winter Park Competition Center; Rocky Mountain Series; 6/12/02
Connor Ladd (Lakewood, Colo.; Rocky Mountain Series; 9/26/03)
Dylan Ladd (Lakewood, Colo.; Winter Park Competition Center; Rocky Mountain Series; 8/29/01)
Sammy Schuiling (Steamboat Springs, Colo.; Ski & Snowboard Club Vail; Rocky Mountain Series; 7/16/00)

Women
Svea Irving (Winter Park, Colo.; Winter Park Freeride Team; Rocky Mountain Series; 2/27/02)
Hanna Faulhaber (Carbondale, Colo.; Aspen Valley Ski and Snowboard Club; Rocky Mountain Series; 9/04/04)
Riley Jacobs (Oak Creek, Colo.; Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club; Rocky Mountain Series; 8/14/03)

SLOPESTYLE / BIG AIR
PRO TEAM
Men
Alex Hall (Salt Lake City, Utah; Park City Ski and Snowboard; Big Mountain West Series; 9/21/98)
Mac Forehand (Winhall, Vt.; Stratton Mountain School; Southern Vermont Series; 8/4/01)
Colby Stevenson (Park City, Utah; Park City Ski and Snowboard; Big Mountain West Series; 10/3/97)
Nick Goepper (Lawrenceburg, Ind.; Hanley Consulting Inc.; Rocky Mountain Series; 3/14/94)
Willie Borm (Chaska, Minn.; Midwest Freeskiing Association; 5/21/97)
Kiernan Fagan (Brownfield, Maine; Wy’East Mountain Academy; Rocky Mountain Series; 1/18/02)
Deven Fagan (Brownfield, Maine; Wy’East Mountain Academy; Rocky Mountain Series; 1/18/02)
Cody LaPlante (Truckee, Calif.; Squaw Valley Freestyle and Freeride Team; North Tahoe Series; 2/15/02)

Women
Maggie Voisin (Whitefish, Mont.; Park City Ski and Snowboard; Big Mountain West Series; 12/14/98)
Caroline Claire (Manchester Center, Vt.; Stratton Mountain School; Southern Vermont Series; 2/2/00)
Darian Stevens (Missoula, Mont.; Missoula Freestyle Ski Team; 10/29/96)

ROOKIE TEAM
Men
Hunter Henderson (Madbury, N.H..; Waterville Valley BBTS; New Hampshire Series; 12/28/02)
Richard Thomas (Orono, Minn.; Park City Ski and Snowboard; Upper Midwest Snow; 8/16/01)
Troy Podmilsak (Park City, Utah; Park City Ski and Snowboard; Big Mountain West Series; 8/23/04)

Women
Rell Harwood (Park City, Utah; Park City Ski and Snowboard; Big Mountain West Series; 6/1/01)
Marin Hamill (Park City, Utah; Park City Ski and Snowboard; Big Mountain West Series; 4/5/01)
Grace Henderson (Madbury, N.H.; Waterville Valley BBTS; New Hampshire Series; 4/28/01)
Bella Bacon (Ellicottville, N.Y.; Agenda Freeski; Western New York Series; 1/29/04)
Jenna Riccomini (Port Matilda, Penn.; Team Summit Colorado; Rocky Mountain Series; 3/12/04)

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U.S. Ski & Snowboard has announced the Davis U.S. Cross Country Ski Team nominations for the 2020-21 season. Nominations include those active athletes who qualified based on published selection criteria in the prior season.

“The 2021 U.S. Cross Country Team has more depth than any team in modern American cross country ski racing history!”
 - Davis U.S. Cross Country Team Program Director Chris Grover.

“From our seasoned veterans who will be focused on bringing home hardware from the 2021 FIS World Championships in Oberstdorf, Germany, to the members of the Development Team, who can nearly all boast having at least one World Junior Championships medal, this team offers so many ways to win," Chris said. "Athletes in this group have systematically broken down every barrier in cross country performance that traditionally blocked American athletes, including World Junior gold, to World Championships gold, to Olympic gold.”

The 2020-21 team is highlighted by an experienced group of World Cup, World Championship, and Olympic Winter Games athletes, including Olympic gold medalist, Jessie Diggins, and 2020 FIS Junior World Championship double-gold medalist Gus Schumacher.

The 2020-21 team also includes the largest D Team squad ever nominated with 11 athletes, including members of the gold-medal-winning 2019 and 2020 FIS Junior World Ski Championships men’s relay team: Luke Jager, Ben Ogden, and Johnny Hagenbuch. The D Team also includes all four members of the silver-medal winning FIS Junior World Ski Championships women’s relay team: Kendall Kramer, Sydney Palmer-Leger, Novie McCabe and Sophia Laukli. 

“The strength of the 20- 2021 U.S. Cross Country Team speaks to the commitment and professionalism of the community that has helped these athletes achieve excellence,” Chris said. “Our coaches’ education system, the stability and quality of our development preparation projects, and the dedication and knowledge of our club and school coaching partners have been instrumental in helping these athletes succeed internationally.

“The big steps forward over the last two decades have happened via community collaboration and pulling in the same direction,” he continued. “Together, we’ve created a truly American solution that meets the needs of our culture and our geography.”

Athletes nominated to the team are scheduled to open the season in with their first training camp in Park City, Utah (pending COVID-19 considerations). 

Each athlete accepting the nomination to U.S. Ski Team receives world-class program support, along with access to the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Center of Excellence, as well as athletic benefits including an elite coaching, sport science, sports medicine, and high performance staff, and education opportunities.

An official Davis U.S. Cross Country Ski Team announcement will be made in the fall.

2020-21 Cross Country Nominations
(Hometown; Club; Birthdate)

A TEAM
Women
Sadie Maubet Bjornsen (Winthrop, Wash.; Alaska Pacific University Nordic Center; 11/21/89)
Rosie Brennan (Anchorage, Alaska; Alaska Pacific University Nordic Center; 12/21/88)
Sophie Caldwell (Peru, Vt.; Stratton Mountain School Elite Team; 3/22/90)
Jessie Diggins (Afton, Minn.; Stratton Mountain School Elite Team; 8/26/91)
Julia Kern (Waltham, Mass.; Stratton Mountain School Elite Team; 9/12/97)
Hailey Swirbul (Aspen, Colo.; Alaska Pacific University Nordic Center; 7/10/98)

Men
Simi Hamilton (Aspen, Colo.; Stratton Mountain School Elite Team; 5/14/87)

B TEAM
Women
Katharine Ogden (Landgrove, Vt.; Stratton Mountain School/Dartmouth College; 11/17/97)

Men
Kevin Bolger (Minocqua, Wisc.; Sun Valley Ski Education Foundation; 4/11/93)
Scott Patterson (Anchorage, Alaska; Alaska Pacific University Nordic Center; 1/28/92)
Gus Schumacher (Anchorage, Alaska; Alaska Winter Stars; 7/25/00)
Logan Hanneman (Anchorage, Alaska; Alaska Pacific University Nordic Center; 6/2/93)

DEVELOPMENT TEAM
Women
Hannah Halvorsen (Truckee, Calif.; Alaska Pacific University Nordic Center; 2/19/98)
Novie McCabe (Winthrop, Wash.; MVNT; 12/15/01)
Kendall Kramer (Fairbanks, Alaska; NSCF-FXC; 6/25/02)
Sydney Palmer-Leger (Park City, Utah; Sun Valley Ski Ski Education Foundation; 2/4/2002)
Sophia Laukli (Yarmouth, Maine; Middlebury College Ski Team; 6/8/00)

Men
Johnny Hagenbuch (Ketchum, Idaho; Sun Valley Ski Education Foundation; 10/1/2001)
Luke Jager (Anchorage, Alaska; APU/University of Utah; 1/17/00)
Noel Keeffe (Steamboat Springs, Colo.; SSWSC/University of Utah; 8/24/99)
Ben Ogden (Landgrove, Vt.; Stratton Mountain School/University of Vermont; 2/13/00)
JC Schoonmaker (Tahoe City, Calif; Auburn Ski Club; 8/12/00)
Hunter Wonders (Anchorage, Alaska; Alaska Pacific University Nordic Center; 8/7/98)
 

Hanna Faulhaber understands the role the Aspen Valley Ski and Snowboard Club has played in making her into one of the country’s best young halfpipe skiers. That’s why it meant so much when the club recognized her accomplishments like it did earlier this week.

“It’s pretty big. My whole life I’ve been skiing with AVSC,” Hanna said. “They’ve helped me out so much, especially the past few years. I’ve been progressing so much and my coaches have been helping me along the way. It’s been meaningful.”

Faulhaber, 15, was presented with the Andy Mill Award on Tuesday by AVSC, the highest individual honor the club awards annually. This year was a bit different, however, as the awards banquet went virtual amid the coronavirus pandemic. Instead of the usual in-person affair, AVSC posted a roughly 36-minute video online to announce the 2019-20 season award winners.

Read Full Aspen Times Story Here

Watch AVSC 2020 Awards Banquet Here
 

The U.S. Freestyle Ski Team trains, travels and competes across three continents any given season and the FIS World Cup circuit takes them to some far corners of the world. To give you some perspective, 2019-2020 saw both teams in Kazakhstan and Siberia. Competing at the highest level through multi-day flights and jetlag is no small feat. Sharing favorite TV binges and movies to download on Netflix, trading books and listening to podcasts together creates a sense of home during those long weeks on the road.

With COVID-19 cutting the competition season short and pushing back when teams can train together, athletes are spending an unusual-for-them amount of time in one place. It’s an unprecedented time in the sports world. Athletes are turning their living rooms and backyards into gyms and training via GoToMeeting with their coaches. Many are relishing the opportunity to spend so much time with family and are getting creative in staying connected digitally. 

 

 

 

 

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The U.S. Freestyle Ski Team gives you their top recommendations for movies, books, TV shows (including some guilty pleasures) and podcasts. If you’ve exhausted your Netflix and Hulu queues, we hope these lists bring you some inspiration to mix up your usual living room routines.

MOVIES

1. Remember the Titans

2. My Best Friend’s Wedding 

3. Star Wars

4. Harry Potter

5. Jumanji

6. Wolf of Wall Street

7. He’s Just Not That Into You

8. Aladdin

9. Step Brothers

10. The Other Guys

11. Marvel Universe

12. What About Bob

13. The Man from Snowy River 

14. Across the Universe 

15. What Women Want 

16. A Knight's Tale 

17. Anything Alfred Hitchock

18. Notting Hill

19. Lincoln Lawyer

20. Pirates of the Caribbean
     

BOOKS

1. The Color Purple by Alice Walker

2. All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

3. Educated by Tara Westover

4. Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon

5. Pale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov

6. The Obstacle is the Way by Ryan Holiday

7. Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult

8. Candide by Voltaire

9. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Series by Steig Larsson

10. Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown

11. Open by Andre Agassi

12. Becoming by Michelle Obama

13. Lord of the Rings Series by J.R.R. Tolkien

14. Wild by Cheryl Strayed

15. The Dirt by Motley Crüe

16. Why We Sleep by Matthew Walker, M.D.

17. Fall of Giants Trilogy by Ken Follet

18. Clifton chronicles by Jeffery Archer 

19. The Room on Rue Amélie by Kristen Harmel 

20. A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving 

21. East of Eden by John Steinbeck 

22. Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand

23. I am Malala by Malala Yousafzai

24. Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane by Lisa See

25. Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson

26. The Moment of Lift by Melinda Gates

27. Sh*t my dad says by Justin Halpern

28. Outliers by Malcom Gladwell 

29. Harry Potter Series by J.K. Rowling

30. 1984 by George Orwell

TV SHOWS

1. The Office

2. Friends 

3. The Bachelor

4. Seinfeld

5. One Tree Hill

6. Friday Night Lights

7. Grey’s Anatomy

8. Gotham

9. The 100

10. Stranger Things

11. Futurama

12. Grace and Frankie 

13. Love Is Blind

14. South Park

15. How I Met Your Mother

16. All American

17. Brooklyn Nine-Nine

18. Vampire Diaries

19. Modern Family

20. Riverdale

PODCASTS

1. Pod Save America

2. Pardon my Take

3. The Daily

4. Yoga Girl Daily

5. Chicks in the Office

6. Fore The Tour

7. In the Arena with Bobby Carroll 

8. Stuff Mom Never Told You 

9. The Joe Rogan Experience

10. Bertcast’s podcast

Did you know that the U.S. Moguls Team is training together virtually in #OperationHomebody? Athletic Development Coach Josh Bullock created a workout plan that includes a weekly themed challenge - last week celebrated Goggles For Docs. Or that mogul skier Nessa Dziemian rallied her teammates and competitors to an art challenge on social media for the month of April? Aerial skier Winter Vinecki shared a home workout routine for members of the U.S. Navy and teammate Ashley Caldwell is dreaming of getting back on snow from her Park City home. 

COVID-19 has impacted our daily lives in significant ways, but hopefully, the U.S. Freestyle Ski Team’s suggestions can offer you more entertainment enjoyment with their favorites. 

On Thursday, April 30, U.S. Freeski legend Tom Wallisch hosted a virtual Pacifico Happy Hour with some of the U.S. Freeski Team’s top athletes. Double-FIS World Champion Aaron Blunck, Olympic bronze medalist Brita Sigourney, and the 2020 X Games double-gold medalist Colby Stevenson all tuned in with Tom to catch up and spread some positivity during a difficult time. 

The U.S. Freeski crew discussed how they have been spending their days in quarantine, shared some of their favorite moments from the 2019-20 season and even got creative testing their artistic skills. Tom kept the athletes on their toes by having them field rapid-fire questions. Thanks to Tom, Brita, Aaron, and Colby, we can all take a step back and realize that we are in this together. It doesn’t matter if you are a professional skier, parent, student, or one of the many amazing frontline medical workers helping our country, it’s critical we all find ways to unwind in a responsible fashion during these times. In this case, it seems like sipping on a Pacifico with your friends was just right!

Enjoy responsibly.
 

Two-time Olympic Champion Ted Ligety was on NBC's Lunch Talk Live with Mike Tirico, talking about how he, his company Shred, and the broader ski and snowboard community has come together to donate more than 35,000 pairs of goggles to healthcare workers on the front lines through Goggles for Docs, highlighting U.S. Ski & Snowboard’s involvement with the grassroots initiative as a drop-off location in donating over 1,000 pairs of goggles.

Additionally, Ted caught up with Mike about his focus on giant slalom, his commitment to competing though the Beijing 2022 Olympics, that he and wife Mia are expecting twins this summer to join their son Jax, and more. 

Ted also joined Ed Robertson of Barenaked Ladies, Sully Erna of Godsmack, and Marc Roberge of O.A.R. for Reverb's “Virtual Apres Ski Music Series” on Friday evening to raise awareness for Goggles for Docs live on Facebook. 

Check out the entire segment on NBCSports.com.

When you watch the Land Rover U.S. Grand Prix live, the only things you learn about U.S. Snowboard Team athletes relate to their incredible level of athleticism, determination, and mental and physical toughness. These qualities shine through in the contest arena. However, what is often missed is who these athletes really are. 

As athletes shift their workouts from the gym to their homes, change their opportunities to socialize from bbq’s to Zoom meetings, they are also changing the way they are entertained and stay busy outside of preparing for the 2020-21 winter season. For your viewing and listening pleasure, members of the U.S. Snowboard Team opened a window to their personalities and shared a set of movies, TV shows, books, and podcasts that have been keeping them in good spirits throughout the COVID-19 quarantine. 

Take the opportunity to mix up your routine and try something new. Throw out your “Go-To’s” and put yourself in the shoes of a U.S. Snowboard athlete as they scour Netflix, the bookshelf, and their iPods this offseason. 

MOVIES

1. Caddy Shack
2. The Accountant
3. Star Wars Series
4. John Wick
5. Monty Python's Search for the Holy Grail.
6. 007 Series
7. Harry Potter Series
8. Step Brothers
9. Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
10. Monsters Inc. 
11. Happy Gilmore
12. Billy madison
13. Rad
14. Interstellar
15. Marvel Movies
16. Crazy Rich Asians
17. Anchorman
18. Old School
19. Superbad
20. The Departed 

TV SHOWS

1. Top Gear
2. Hunters
3. The Office
4. Shooter
5. Jack Ryan
6. Prison Break
7. Blacklist
8. Master Chef
9. All American
10. Schitt’s Creek
11. Sons of Anarchy
12. Lost
13. New Girl
14. South Park
15. Stranger Things
16. Dexter
17. The Blacklist
18. How I Met Your Mother
19. Bob's Burgers
20. Game of Thrones

BOOKS

1. The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein
2. American Assassin by Vince Flynn
3. The DaVinci Code by Dan Brown 
4. Driven From Within by Michael Jordan 
5. The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
6. Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
7. Slaughter House Five by Kurt Vonnegut
8. To the Edge and Back by Chris Klug
9. Shoeless Joe by W.P. Kinsella
10. Relentless by Tim S. Grover
11. Never Split The Difference by Christopher Voss and Tahl Raz
12. The Magic of Thinking Big by David J. Schwartz
13. Code of the Extraordinary Mind by Vishen Lakhiani
14. Becoming Naomi Leon by Pam Muñoz Ryan
15. A Dark Lure by Loreth Anne White
16. Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer
17. Dark Bones by Loreth Anne White
18. Way of the Peaceful Warrior by Dan Millman
19. Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson
20. Your Brain at Work by David Rock 

PODCASTS

1. No Laying Up
2. Dirt Bag Diaries
3. The Daily
4. The Alex Deibold Show 
5. Joe Rogan
6. The Snowboard Podcast
7. The Nine Club
8. Living 4D with Paul Chek
9. Lovett or Leave It
10. Powell Movement 

Did you know that Olympic medalist Alex Deibold started his own podcast called “The Alex Deibold Show” which currently has a library of 11 episodes for your listening pleasure? Also, did you know that U.S Snowboardcross athlete Nick Baumgartner remodeled his kitchen with new concrete countertops or that U.S. halfpipe rider Toby Miller is finetuning his video editing skills during the quarantine? 

Although the COVID-19 pandemic has us all mixing up our daily routines, it is providing a chance for us to learn new things about the people, places, and things we love. After all, “It is what we know already that often prevents us from learning.” –Claude Bernard
 

The athletes that make up the U.S. Freeski Team share spots on competition start lists, they share a few of the same tricks, and some athletes even ski with a similar style, but their interests outside of skiing are definitely unique. With the contest season cut short due to COVID-19, athletes have been forced into their homes, away from their natural habitat, and are finding ways to stay entertained. 

Given they can’t interact with their fans on snow this Spring, members of the U.S. Freeski Team wanted to share some of their favorite media with their followers. Below you will find lists of movies, TV shows, books, and podcasts sent in from the team that are as diverse as each individual athlete. Although there are some things that everyone seems to agree on, mainly binge-watching The Office!

Toss on a podcast during your daily dog walk, put on a movie with your roommates, or find time to open a book, but either way, we hope that the U.S. Freeski Team’s top-picks can help get you through the quarantine with a smile on your face. 

MOVIES

1. Sandlot
2. Ford v Ferrari
3. The Hangover
4. Anchorman
5. Back to the Future
6. Top Gun
7. Devil Wears Prada
8. Billy Madison
9. Trainwreck
10. The Heat
11. Law Abiding Citizen
12. Mama Mia
13. Bad Boys
14. Southpaw
15. Interstellar
16. Pitch Perfect
17. Deadpool
18. Surfs Up
19. Pursuit of Happiness
20. Hook

TV SHOWS

1. Game of Thrones
2. The Office
3. Formula 1: Drive to Survive
4. Prison Break
5. McMillions
6. Brooklyn Nine-Nine
7. Law and Order (original and Special Victims Unit)
8. Schitt's Creek
9. Money Heist
10. Big Little Lies
11. The Voice
12. Chopped
13. Grey’s Anatomy 
14. Entourage
15. Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
16. Stranger Things
17. Curb Your Enthusiasm
18. Ozark
19. Euphoria
20. That 70’s Show

BOOKS

1. Percy Jackson Series by Rick Riordan
2. The Power of Habit by Charles Duhugg
3. Use of Force by Brad Thor
4. Wild by Cheryl Strayed
5. The Woman in the Window by A.J. Finn
6. Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
7. Dark Horse by Todd Rose & Ogi Ogas
8. Designing Your Life by Bill Burnett & Dave Evans
9. What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty
10. Breaking Trail by Arlene Blum 
11. Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand
12. Outsider by S. E. Hiinton
13. The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
14. Graceling by Kristen Cashore 
15. The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
16. The Martian by Andy Weir
17. Blood Sisters by Barbara Keating
18. All The Light We Cannot See  by Anthony Doerr
19. Becoming Supernatural by Joe Dispenza
20. The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls

PODCASTS

1. This American Life
2. S Town 
3. Serial
4. Amy Schumer’s 3 Girls 1 Keith
5. NPR Planet Money
6. Crime Junkies
7. Joe Rogan 
8. My Favorite Murder
9. The No Sleep Podcast
10. Meat Eater
11. Cutting the Distance with Remi Warren
12. TEDx - One Hour Summary
13. The Daily 
14. TMG
15. Powell Movement
16. 2 Dope Queens
17. Looking sideways
18. Low Pressure 
19. Wintry Mix
20. Pardon My Take 

Did you know that U.S. Freeski Rookie Team member Sammy Schuiling can walk his dog while riding a unicycle, or that rookie team member Hanna Faulhaber has been dialing in her ping pong skills during quarantine, or that Devin Logan is cooking up a storm on her dedicated Instagram channel called @DiningwDLO, where she shares all of her latest culinary adventures? On the other hand, some of our athletes are assuming new roles forced by the abrupt change to our societal norms, like David Wise taking on the role of school teacher for his three children alongside his wife Alexandra.

There’s no doubt that COVID-19 has brought about significant change in our daily lives, but we hope that the U.S. Freeski Team can offer a little enjoyment with their entertainment favorites. 
 

The FIS Ski World Cup circuit typically sees Land Rover U.S. Alpine Ski Team athletes traveling the world, often in new countries every few days. While traveling, athletes share countless hours spent traveling from point A to B. They're roommates who share their hotel rooms, dinner table conversations, and memories...but they also share their favorite movies, TV shows, books, podcasts, etc. with each other as a means to occupy their time off the mountain. For them, it’s a bit of a mental break where they can get their mind off skiing and find an escape in a movie or a TV show. 

Since the athletes returned from Europe with their seasons cut short due to the COVID-19 outbreak, they’ve been spending more time than ever in one place, filling their time with home workouts to stay fit, learning new things—like baking, mask-making, and beyond, taking on new art projects, and more. On top of that, there’s been more time than ever to entertain themselves by binge-watching Tiger King or Formula 1: Drive to Survive, listening to the Joe Rogan Experience, diving into Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari, or grabbing the extra buttered popcorn and cozying up to bae while watching a classic like Top Gun. 

Behold the Land Rover U.S. Alpine Ski Team’s list of favorite movies, TV shows (+TV show binges), books, and podcasts. Hopefully, these give you some ideas while you’re hunkering down and staying safe at home with your family or roommates.  

MOVIES 

1. Top Gun
2. JoJo Rabbit
3. Dodgeball
4. Forrest Gump
5. Caddy Shack
6. Ford vs. Ferrari 
7. Star Wars
8. Blades of Glory 
9. Remember the Titans
10. The Sun is Also A Star 
11. The Hangover 
12. Harry Potter
13. Miracle on Ice
14. Inception
15. The Big Lebowski
16. Pulp Fiction
17. Lord of the Rings
18. Fight Club
19. Mean Girls 
20. Inglourious Basterds

TV SHOWS

1. Formula 1: Drive to Survive 
2. Ballers
3. The Good Place 
4. Stranger Things 
5. Narcos 
6. Game of Thrones
7. Schitt’s Creek
8. Friends
9. All American
10. How I Met Your Mother
11. Tiger King 
12. Hunters 
13. Westworld
14. Better Call Saul
15. Parks and Recreation
16. Poldark
17. The Office 
18. It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia
19. Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey
20. New Girl

BOOKS

1. Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari
2. Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage by Alfred Lansing
3. Relentless: From Good to Great to Unstoppable by Tim S. Grover
4. Educated by Tara Westover
5. The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein
6. Taxes for Dummies
7. The Undoing Project by Michael Lewis
8. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
9. Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand
10. Stillness is the Key by Ryan Holiday
11. The Stench of Honolulu: A Tropical Adventure by Jack Handey
12. Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
13. Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling 
14. Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut
15. 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami
16. Wooden: A Lifetime of Observations and Reflections On and Off the Court by Steve Jamison
17. Fall on Your Knees by Ann-Marie Macdonald
18. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics by Daniel James Brown
19. The Rise of Superman: Decoding the Science of Ultimate Human Performance by Steven Kotler
20. The MindBody Self: How Longevity Is Culturally Learned and the Causes of Health Are Inherited by Mario Martinez

PODCASTS

1. The Joe Rogan Experience
2. This American Life
3. Ski Racing this Week
4. Reply All
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Did you know that two-time Olympic Champion Mikaela Shiffrin is currently binge-watching Schitt’s Creek, or that 6’7” downhiller Bryce Bennett prefers Hunters to the recent hit Tiger King (no contest!), or that Alpine Development Coordinator Michael “Bing” Bingaman is a book fiend (he could have a list of 20 to himself)? Or how about the fact that two-time Olympian Alice McKennis loves F1: Drive to Survive and Keely Cashman, Emma Resnick, and Keely’s coach Katie Twible could sit and watch Friends all day long.

We hope you enjoyed this and snagged some ideas for your own quarantine entertainment list! 

U.S. Ski & Snowboard has announced nominations for the U.S. Snowboard Team halfpipe, slopestyle, big air, and snowboardcross disciplines for the 2020-2021 season. Nominations include those active athletes who qualified based on published selection criteria in the prior season.

2018 Olympic gold medalists Jamie Anderson, Red Gerard, and Chloe Kim will lead the way for the U.S. Snowboard Team along with a strong group of young riders ready to make their mark. U.S. riders had a strong 2019-20 season with 13 athletes earning elite-level podiums. The U.S. Snowboard Team earned 19 FIS World Cup podiums, as well as 12 podiums across X Games, Dew Tour, and the U.S. Open. Moving into the 2020-21 season, the U.S. Snowboard Team will field 33 pro-level and 17 rookie and development level riders.

Each athlete accepting their nomination to U.S. Snowboard Team receives world-class program support, along with access to the U.S. Ski & Snowboard Center of Excellence, as well as athletic benefits including expert coaching, sport science, sports medicine, and high-performance staff, and education opportunities.

An official U.S. Snowboard Team announcement will be made in the fall.

U.S. Snowboard Team
2020-21 Team Nominations
(Hometown; Club; USASA Series; Birthdate)

HALFPIPE
PRO TEAM
Men
Chase Josey (Hailey, Idaho; Sun Valley Ski Education Foundation; Big Mountain West Series; 3/31/95)
Jake Pates (Eagle, Colo.; Rocky Mountain Series; 7/30/98)
Toby Miller (Mammoth Lakes, Calif; Tahoe Select Snowboard Team; North Tahoe Series; 2/14/00)
Taylor Gold (Steamboat Springs, Colo.; Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club; Rocky Mountain Series; 11/17/93)
Chase Blackwell (Longmont, Colo.; Jim Smith Club; Rocky Mountain Series; 2/27/99)
Joey Okesson (Southbury, Conn.; Stratton Mountain School; Southern Vermont Series; 8/23/02)

Women
Chloe Kim (Torrance, Calif.; Mammoth Mountain Snowboard Team; Unbound Series; 4/23/00)
Maddie Mastro (Wrightwood, Calif.; Mammoth Mountain Snowboard Team; Unbound Series; 2/22/00)
Arielle Gold (Steamboat Springs, Colo.; Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club; Rocky Mountain Series; 5/4/96)
Sonora Alba (San Pedro, Calif.; Mammoth Mountain Snowboard Team; Unbound Series; 7/16/06)

ROOKIE
Men
Jack Coyne (Edwards, Colo.; Ski & Snowboard Club Vail; Rocky Mountain Series; 01/17/02)
Jason Wolle (Winter Park, Colo.; Jim Smith Club; Rocky Mountain Series; 11/30/99)
Lucas Foster (Telluride, Colo.; Telluride Ski and Snowboard Club; Rocky Mountain Series; 9/17/99)
Fynn Bullock-Womble (Mebane, N.C.; BK Pro; Rocky Mountain Series; 2/3/05)

Women
Tessa Maud (Carlsbad, Calif.; Mammoth Mountain Snowboard Team; Unbound Series; 10/10/03)
Alexandria Simsovits (Calabasas, Calif.; Mammoth Mountain Snowboard Team; Unbound Series; 9/30/04)

SLOPESTYLE / BIG AIR
PRO TEAM
Men
Red Gerard (Silverthorne, Colo.; Rocky Mountain Series; 6/29/00)
Chris Corning (Silverthorne, Colo.; Aspen Valley Ski & Snowboard Club; Rocky Mountain Series; 9/7/99)
Dusty Henricksen (Mammoth Lakes, Calif; Mammoth Mountain Snowboard Team; Unbound Series; 2/2/03)
Kyle Mack (West Bloomfield, Mich.; Great Lakes Snow Series; 9/6/97)
Judd Henkes (La Jolla, Calif.; Mammoth Mountain Snowboard Team; Unbound Series; 4/3/01)
Brock Crouch (Mammoth Lakes, Calif.; Mammoth Mountain Snowboard Team; Unbound Series; 8/22/99)
Luke Winkelmann (Blowing Rock, N.C.; Kirk’s Camp; Rocky Mountain Series: 12/18/00)
Lyon Farrell (Haiku, Hawaii; Rocky Mountain Series; 11/22/98)
Sean FitzSimons (Hood River, Ore.; Mount Bachelor Sports Education Foundation; Central Oregon Series; 9/22/00)

Women
Jamie Anderson (S. Lake Tahoe, Calif.; South Tahoe Series; 9/13/90)
Julia Marino (Westport, Conn.; Southern Vermont Series; 9/11/97)
Hailey Langland (San Clemente, Calif.; Tahoe Select Snowboard Team; Tahoe Series; 8/2/00)
Ty Schnorrbusch (Monroe Township, N.J.; Tru Snowboarding, Rocky Mountain Series 5/15/02)

ROOKIE
Men
Jake Canter (Evergreen, Colo.; Aspen Valley Ski & Snowboard Club; Aspen Snowmass Series; 7/19/03)
Fynn Bullock-Womble (Mebane, N.C.; BK Pro; Rocky Mountain Series; 2/3/05)
Liam Johnson (Savage, Minn.; G Team; Upper Midwest Snow Series; 11/26/04)

Women
Courtney Rummel (West Bend, Wisc.; Midwest Best Series; 11/12/03)
Jade Thurgood (Salt Lake City, Utah; Park City Ski & Snowboard; Big Mountain West Series; 1/27/02)
Addie Gardner (Riegelsville, Penn.; Auburn Ski Club; Maine Mountain Series; 2/19/02)
Isabella Gomez (Issaquah, Wash.; Auburn Ski Club; Inland Northwest Series; 9/11/01)

SNOWBOARDCROSS
Men
Mick Dierdorff (Steamboat Springs, Colo.; Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club; Rocky Mountain Series; 4/30/91)
Jake Vedder (Pinckney, Mich.; International Snowboard Training Center; Rocky Mountain Series; 4/16/98)
Nick Baumgartner (Iron River, Mich.; Superior Series; 12/17/81)
Alex Deibold (Manchester, Vt.; Stratton Mountain School; Southern Vermont Series; 5/8/86)
Hagen Kearney (Norwood, Colo.; International Snowboard Training Center; Rocky Mountain Series; 11/6/91)
Senna Leith (Vail, Colo.; International Snowboard Training Center; Rocky Mountain Series; 4/8/97)
Mikey LaCroix (Shrewsbury, Mass.; Park City Ski & Snowboard; Maine Mountain Series; 7/12/98)

Women
Lindsey Jacobellis (Stratton Mountain, Vt.; Stratton Mountain School; Southern Vermont Series; 8/19/85)
Faye Gulini (Salt Lake City, Utah; Ski & Snowboard Club Vail; Rocky Mountain Series; 3/24/92)
Rosie Mancari (Anchorage, Alaska; Steamboat Spring Winter Sports Club; Big Alaska Series; 1/22/94)

DEVELOPMENT GROUP
Women
Meghan Tierney (Eagle, Colo.; Board Stars Race Team; Rocky Mountain Series; 1/15/97)
Livia Molodyh (Hubbard, Ore.; Park City Ski & Snowboard; Mt. Hood Series; 6/30/99)
Stacy Gaskill (Golden, Colo.; Winter Park Snowboard Team; Rocky Mountain Series; 5/21/00)
Anna Miller (Orem, Utah; International Snowboard Training Center; Rocky Mountain Series; 7/16/1996)

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