Team USA took to the trick course today at the World University Championships in Akita, Japan with two skiers in the men’s trick finals, Dylan Schaffer and Sam Greenwood. The top Team USA contender was Dylan Schaffer who is also the current NCWSA men’s trick record holder. Dylan started his NCWSA skiing career at the […]
Author: Adam Koehler
I am Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of Illinois Chicago. I earned my Ph.D. from the University of California, Riverside and Bachelor's and Masters from Marquette University. I skied collegiately at Marquette and in 2009 I received the NCWSA Outstanding Leader Award. I was NCWSA Operations Committee Chair for 7 years, and the NCWSA Secretary for 8 years.
Giannina Bonnemann of Team Germany Wins Gold in 2016 WUC Women’s Trick
Giannina Bonnemann is skiing for Team Germany in Akita, Japan at the 2016 World University Championships, but we know her best as a member of the current NCWSA national champion team from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. After posting the best women’s trick score in the preliminary round (8880 points), she bested everyone in […]
Dane Mechler of Team USA Wins Gold in 2016 WUC Men’s Slalom
Dane Mechler skis for University of Lousiana at Lafayette within the NCWSA, but this weekend he is skiing in Akita, Japan as one of the six skiers on Team USA. Dane skied into a tie for first in the final round of slalom with 2.5 buoys at 58 kmph / 10.75 meters, he was the […]
Team USA Leads Going Into Finals at 2016 World University Championships
The finals for each event will be held on Saturday & Sunday in Akita, Japan. After finishing the preliminary round, Team USA was atop the leaderboard.
Upcoming Tournaments: 9/10/2016 – 9/11/2016
The Eastern region has had two tournaments thus far this season, last weekend was a Florida Southern College – Rollins College two team tournament where FSC prevailed. Outside of those schools, many schools spent the past week recruiting and are now in the process of unifying veterans and new recruits as the tournament season opens […]
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