U.S. Snowboarding

*The first U.S. Snowboarding Team was officially named in 1994, prior to the 1994–95 season in order to prepare for the 1998 Winter Olympic Games in Nagano, Japan, where the sport would make its Olympic debut, however the United States had participated in snowboarding World Cup competitions since the tour was created in 1988.

Snowboarding was born in 1965 when Sherman Poppen created the "Snurfer" by bracing a pair of skis together and riding sideways down his backyard hill in Muskegon, Michigan.

Hosted at "Blockhouse Hill" in Muskegon State Park, the event draws between 200 and 300 spectators, and becomes an annual affair.

[4] 1981 – Modern competitive snowboarding begins with a small contest held in April at Ski Cooper in Leadville, Colorado.

Following the collapse of the National Association of Professional Snowboarders, Ted Martin, Kazuo Ogura, and Christian Savioz create the ISF as the sanctioning body for international competition.

The FIS votes to recognize snowboarding and plans several events in 1994 with a full-fledged World Cup Tour to start in 1995.

Ski & Snowboard had been interfering with a United States Center for SafeSport investigation into charges by three former American athletes and a former U.S.

Ski & Snowboard President and CEO Sophie Goldschmidt pushed back on the claims the organization had interfered in the probe.

[11][12][13] The pipeline to making the U.S. Snowboarding Team begins with young riders competing at regional competitions across the country.

From local series events, freestyle riders make the jump to the Revolution Tour for halfpipe, snowboard cross and slopestyle.

Based on results from these and other national competitions, riders earn points through a specified criteria[14] toward qualifying for the U.S. Snowboarding Team.

Additionally, top riders from both the Revolution Tour and Race to the Cup series receive invitations to train with U.S. Snowboarding as part of the Project Gold[17]