USASA Winter 2014

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Ritchie Date

The 2014 USASA National Championships Competition Director is well versed in living internationally. Raised in the United Kingdom and Australia, Ritchie Date grew up skiing from the young age of two in Chamonix, France. It was during these family trips to the French Alps that Ritchie fell in love with snow sports. His passion for skiing has led him to the Winter Olympics in Sochi where he will serve as the Technical Supervisor (TS) for SkierCross events. While in Russia, Mr. Date will be working with the Race Director and Technical Delegate (TD) to ensure the venue is built to standard, and offers safe and fair competition to all athletes. He will also be assisting with Snowboard Cross, and the Slopestyle competitions as these three events share the same arena. As a past employee of the Competition Department at the Copper Mountain Resort, Ritchie worked to ensure high quality

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Ritchi Date, Techincal Supervisor SkierCross


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