Founded in 1905, the organization provides leadership and direction for skiers and snowboarders from over 400 member clubs.

It is responsible for all aspects of competitive skiing and snowboarding from grassroots programs through elite international teams, including training and fielding the annual U.S.

Ski & Snowboard is composed of nearly 40,000 athletes, officials and coaches, with a network of over 100,000 parents, volunteers and supporters.

Ski & Snowboard Foundation, which is represented by a board composed of athletes and American business leaders.

Ski & Snowboard sanctions over 4,000 local competitions each year across all sports, with each event conducted by a U.S.

Within those regions are divisions including Eastern, Southern, Central, Rocky Mountain, Intermountain, Far West and Alaska.

Competition programs are held within each region or division leading up to national and international events.

In 1905, the association was formally organized during a meeting attended by officers from the Ishpeming, Michigan; the Minneapolis, Red Wing and Stillwater, Minnesota; and the Eau Claire, Wisconsin ski clubs.

The USSA continued to control the rules and governance of the sport, as well as the coordination of travel programs for recreational skiers, while the U.S.

Ski Team merged again under the direction of Thomas Weisel, who proposed the creation of a 15-person "super board" responsible for governing both organizations.

In May 2009, U.S Ski & Snowboard moved into its new national training and education facility, the Center of Excellence.

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.

[14] On August 8, 2023, after an 18-month investigation, SafeSport suspended Foley for ten years for sexual misconduct.