USSA has announced the team of 16 moguls and aerials athletes that will represent the USA at the 2017 FIS Freestyle Ski & Snowboard World Championships
The FIS Freestyle World Cup closed out its stop in PyeongChang with an intense moguls competition under the lights where Jaelin Kauf and Troy Murphy placed fifth
Jaelin Kauf has been making her way up the ranks in mogul skiing since her first FIS competitions in 2010. She had a break out year on the World Cup tour in 2016, landing her first career podium and taking home the Rookie of the Year title. Jaelin's success continued in 2017 where she scored her first career win, a World Championships bronze medal and finished the season ranked seventh in the world.
Steamboat local Ryan Dyer started off in an alpine racing program, but he kept sneaking off to ski moguls. Dyer made the switch to freestyle at age 12, and decided to pursue his Olympic dreams full time after high school. Dyer made the U.S. Freestyle Ski Team in 2010, but fell back in the ranks in 2013 due to injury. After a lot of physical and mental work, Dyer dominated the NorAm tour in 2015, earning four first-place podiums and the overall title, landing him back on the national team. He complemented his success on the NorAm tour with two top-20 World Cup finishes.
Tess Johnson, who was the youngest moguls athlete to be named to the national team at 14 years old, is already making a name for herself on the freestyle moguls scene. The 2014-15 season was the first year Johnson was eligible for FIS competitions. In that first year, she skied to five top-10 finishes on the NorAm Tour, including two podiums, as well as two top-10 finishes at the FIS Junior World Ski Championships. The young skier continued to progress in 2016 with five NorAm podiums, including two wins to help her secure the Grand Prix title.
The competition was fierce as the best mogul skiers in the United States battled it out for the national title at the 2016 USANA U.S. Freestyle Championships.
Tom Rowley and Nessa Dziemian were the top U.S. Ski Team athletes in the field, finishing fourth and fifth respectively at the FIS Freestyle moguls World Cup tour stop in Calgary.
Earlier this month, four U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association athletes took time out of their busy training schedules to learn from some U.S. military veterans.
The U.S. Freestyle Moguls Ski Team will make its third stop on the FIS Freestyle World Cup this weekend at the Canada Olympic Park in Calgary, Alberta.
It was an intense three days of competition as moguls athletes from the U.S., Australia, Austria, China and Bermuda battled it out on the moguls course Dec. 18-21 at U.S. Selections in Winter Park, CO.
Mikaela Matthews put down seven clean runs on Ruka’s steep mogul course to claim her first career World Cup win at the 2016 FIS Freestyle dual moguls opener.
After a few years stacking up impresive finishes on the NorAm circuit, New Hampshire native Nessa Dziemian has a break out year in 2015, capturing the NorAm title and two podiums at U.S. Nationals, including the dual moguls title. She's continued to see success at the World Cup level with six top-10 finishes. Dziemian suffered a knee injury in February 2017, but is rehabbing and plans to come back strong for the 2018 Olympic season.
USSA has announced the team of 16 moguls and aerials athletes that will represent the USA at the 2017 FIS Freestyle Ski & Snowboard World Championships
The competition was fierce as the best mogul skiers in the United States battled it out for the national title at the 2016 USANA U.S. Freestyle Championships.
In the last event of the 2015 season, Tom Rowley and Nessa Dziemian were crowned dual mogul champions at the USANA U.S. Freestyle National Championships.
Hannah Kearney powered to a silver medal in moguls at World Championships behind winner Justine Dufour-Lapointe. Patrick Deneen just missed a medal in fourth.
Olympic champion Hannah Kearney bid farewell to the Champion moguls run, finishing second at the Visa Freestyle International. Dylan Walczyk was second in men's moguls.
The U.S. Freestyle Ski Team will send a strong team of 14 athletes to Kreischberg, Austria for the 2015 FIS Freestyle Ski & Snowboard World Championships.
Growing up in Long Beach, NY, Tom Rowley has spend a lot of time on the sand and the snow. After pursuing both football and skiing in high school, Rowley moved to Telluride, CO after graduation to pursue skiing full time and put all his efforts into making the U.S. Freestyle Ski Team. After two years in Telluride, that dream came true. 2015 was a break out season for Rowley, who made a last minute trip to Ruka, Finland to ski in the World Cup opener where he finished just off the podium in fourth.
USSA has announced the team of 16 moguls and aerials athletes that will represent the USA at the 2017 FIS Freestyle Ski & Snowboard World Championships
After a top 5 finish in Saturday’s mogul competition, Morgan Schild powered through four rounds of dual moguls to claim her first World Cup podium and win.
Young Morgan Schild has established herself as one of the stars of the U.S. Ski Team. After securing the 2014 overall NorAm tour title with five wins, Schild kicked things up a notch during her first year on the national team, taking home three top-10 World Cup finishes, including her first dual moguls World Cup win in Tazawako, Japan. Her performance on the World Cup circuit earned her the 2015 FIS World Cup Rookie of the Year title. After recovering from a knee injury in the 2015-16 season, Schild return to competition in 2017.
The U.S. Freestyle Ski Team will send a strong team of 14 athletes to Kreischberg, Austria for the 2015 FIS Freestyle Ski & Snowboard World Championships.
Olympians Bradley Wilson and Eliza Outtrim raced through heavy snow Sunday to pin down dual moguls titles at the USANA U.S. Freestyle Championships at Deer Valley. Here’s Wilson on the podium with Nick Hanscom and Joe Discoe.
Olympians Patrick Deneen and Eliza Outtrim (pictured, center) both put down solid runs to claim the men’s and women’s U.S. titles at Friday’s moguls competition, the opening event of the USANA U.S. Freestyle Championships at Deer Valley.
Olympic bronze medalist Hannah Kearney claimed her fourth-straight FIS Freestyle World Cup moguls title Friday with her gold-medal run under the lights at the World Cup Finals competition in La Plagne, France.
Olympian Bradley Wilson earned his second career World Cup victory Saturday in a strong return to World Cup moguls competition after the 2014 Sochi Olympic Winter Games.
Sophia Schwartz is no rookie to moguls skiing. All her hard work paid off in the form of a first-place finish at the 2013 U.S. Freestyle Championships in Heavenly, CA. She also racked up an impressive lineup of NorAm results, which included two wins. Schwartz took her NorAm success and translated it into World Cup success in the 2014 season. She secured a top-10 finish in every World Cup she started, including a fourth-place finish in Lake Placid, NY, and a pair of sixth-place finishes in La Plagne, France, and Val St. Come, QC.
USSA has announced the team of 16 moguls and aerials athletes that will represent the USA at the 2017 FIS Freestyle Ski & Snowboard World Championships
The FIS Freestyle World Cup closed out its stop in PyeongChang with an intense moguls competition under the lights where Jaelin Kauf and Troy Murphy placed fifth
Skiing on the home turf of the strong Canadian freestyle team, five American athletes finished in the top 10 at the FIS Freestyle World Cup in Val St. Come.
Hannah Kearney powered to a silver medal in moguls at World Championships behind winner Justine Dufour-Lapointe. Patrick Deneen just missed a medal in fourth.
Olympic champion Hannah Kearney bid farewell to the Champion moguls run, finishing second at the Visa Freestyle International. Dylan Walczyk was second in men's moguls.
In his rookie season on the World Cup in 2014, Troy Murphy had nine starts and earned two fifth-place finishes, which was enough to win the FIS Rookie of the Year award for 2014. He continued to excel in 2015 with four top-10 finishes, including a career-best fourth place in Val. St. Come, Canada. Murphy ended his season with a moguls national title. 2016 was challenging for Murphy as he battled through multiple injuries, but he was able to post two top 10 finished on the World Cup. Murphy continued to progress in 2017 with six top-10 finishes and a sixth in the world ranking.
