Hey North Tahoe athletes and parents! We are one month out from our first North Tahoe Series competition event of the season....Rail Jam at Sugar Bowl on Saturday, December 20th.

Make sure you are registered for this first event of what's lining up to be an epic competition season! More details including the event schedule, start list and ticket information will be shared the week before the event.

Don’t forget, your USASA membership must be current in order to register for events. Membership can be completed at usasa.org, and competition registration is available via Live Heats: https://liveheats.com/usasanlt

Also, a quick reminder: all participating athletes age 18 and over need to complete their USSA membership along with the necessary requirements.

There have been important updates to the Official 2026 USASA Rulebook and we want to point out some of them here.

AGE GROUP CATEGORIES - Rule 102.03
(bold denotes an update)
Rascals (5-6) *
Ruggie (7-8)
Grommet (9-10)
Menehune (11-12)
Breakers (13-14)
Youth (15-16)
Juniors (17-18)
Senior (19-29)
Master (30-49)
Legend (50 & Over)
Open (FIS Age Eligible)
Kekoa Jr (5-17)
Kekoa Sr (18 & Over)
Para Jr (5-17)
Para Sr (18 & Over)

The minimum competition age is 5 years old. Rascals competitors are not eligible compete at the USASA Nationals


RAIL JAM AGE GROUP CATEGORIES - Rule 102.03
Rail Jam competition age groups will be the same as all other disciplines, as outlined above.

NATIONALS OVERALL CHAMPIONS - Rule 103.11
New this year, there will be two Snowboard Overall Champions:
1. Snowboard Overall Freestyle National Champion - Rule 103.11
The competitor with the most points combined from Halfpipe, Slopestyle & Rail Jam in their competition class
2. Snowboard Overall Racing National Champion - Rule 103.12
The competitor with the most points combined from Slalom, Giant Slalom & Boardercross in their competition class

Freeski Overall Freestyle National Champion - Rule 103.13
The competitor with the most points combined from Halfpipe, Slopestyle & Rail Jam in their competition class will be the declared the FK Overall Freestyle National Champion

The complete Official 2026 Rulebook can be found at https://www.usasa.org/resources/rulebook/

USASA and Team App have partnered up as your one stop shop for all events day information. Pre-event riders meeting information, day of event information, start lists, live result updates and everything you need to be informed real time for the event(s) you have registered for is available via the link below. If you or someone you know — a family member, athlete, or parent— hasn’t created a TeamApp account yet, please share this link:
https://usasanorthtahoeseries.teamapp.com

Please reach out with any questions. We look forward to seeing you all on December 20th!

Simon Haskell ~ shaskell@usasa.org
Lori Clemente ~ lclemente@usasa.org
Ryan Swenson ~ rswenson@usasa.org