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  1. Join USSA - Join the USSA at the national and divisional level to gain access to competitions in your sport both in your home area and nationally.
  2. Join a Club - Join a USSA Competition Club to get the best professional coaching and logistical support.
  3. Compete - Pick the proper competition programs for your age and ability. You will find registration information on the divisional web sites. USSA’s divisional programs  (The EQS “B” level) offer introductory ‘non-scored’ competitions for youth beginning competitors. But for advancement in your sport, make sure to take part in USSA scored competitions, with your USSA Competitor membership, to improve your ranking.
  4. Eastern Ranking – Compete in EQS non-scored competitions to gain Eastern ranking on Eastern Points List. (EPL)
  5. USSA Ranking - Compete in USSA scored competitions to gain a USSA ranking, which will be used within your divisional program for advancement up the USSA Athlete Development Pipeline.
  6. FIS Registration - As you advance up the pipeline with your USSA ranking, you may be eligible for ranking on the International Ski Federation (FIS) ranking list. Check with your club coach or divisional contact for more information. FIS registration is simple and can be managed directly with USSA. You can monitor your FIS ranking or print a FIS registration form on the USSA website.
  7. Team Selection - As you continue to advance, your USSA ranking may qualify you for a divisional team - perhaps to the Junior Olympics or the U.S. National Championships, and eventually the U.S. Ski Team or Olympic Team!

Funniest Story from 08-09

I could NOT delete this one!!

Ultimate Monkey Challenge at Sunapee

It turned into a two team race.

It turns out that many humans can not eat bananas fast. Mount Sunapee had blatantly ripped off Killington's idea of holding a post race eating contest but instead of pies, the contestants ate bunches of bananas. It was called the Ultimate Monkey Challenge. Apparently bananas are harder to eat than you'd think, because only the Killington One squad and the giants on the Whaleback #2 team looked like they would ever even finish. Whaleback had a daunting squad of two M3 boys and an F2 girl who were all at least a foot taller than the three M5 boys from Killington, but the Killington team had heart, talent and a strategy. Their strategy was to eat bananas twice as fast as all the other teams. They finished so far ahead that they had been doing a victory dance for thirty seconds before the judges realized that there were not enough banana peels in front of them. It seems a spectator had hidden one of their bananas. In a panic, and with the Whaleback team bogged down half way through their last banana, the Killington anchorman tried to stuff his entire final banana into his mouth all at once. It was a risky move. Fit it all in there and you win, but not fit it all in, and you're chewing for ever with a tiny bite of banana still in your hand. Could they pull off a Michael Phelps type finish? It was heartbreaking. The Whaleback team beat Killington by seconds. The TD said something about spectator interference and re-runs but Killington had finished their race, crossed the finish line so to say, and besides, there were no more bananas. The whole incident brought up the issue of the lack of specs for post race eating contest venues in the USSA rulebook. What does the FIS say?

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