Athletes

River Radamus

Two-Time Junior World Champion

Hometown: Edwards, CO
Years on Team: 8
Discipline: Giant Slalom

River is a three-time Youth Olympic Games (YOG) gold medalist – the first to achieve this feat. River won two Junior World Championship gold medals (super-G and giant slalom) and one silver medal (team event) in 2019, and was an integral part of the best men’s alpine junior team in the world.

Tommy Ford

Nine-Time National Champion

Hometown: Bend, Oregon
Years on Team: 15
Discipline: Giant Slalom

At the 2019 Birds of Prey giant slalom, Tommy won by a margin of .80. He became the first American male to win a World Cup since teammate Travis Ganong won a downhill on Jan. 27, 2017, and the first American male podium finisher since Ted in January of 2018 in Garmisch, Germany. This result ended the longest drought for the Land Rover U.S. Alpine Ski Team since the late 1990s.

Bridger Gile

2020 NorAm Overall, GS and AC Winner

Hometown: Aspen, Colorado
Years on Team: 3
Discipline: Giant Slalom

Bridger has been skiing since the age of two. “My parents would take me out of preschool to go skiing. I liked the freedom of being on the mountain and being able to go anywhere. I was hooked.”

Isaiah Nelson

2022 World Junior Super-G Champion

Hometown: Wayzata, Minn
Years on team: 4
Discipline: Giant Slalom

Isaiah is the U16 National Champion in giant slalom and super-G, as well as the U19 NPS Overall Champion. Following in the footsteps of many accomplished U.S. Ski Team athletes before him, Isaiah hails from the mighty Buck Hill in Minnesota, where he worked with legendary coach Erich Sailer.

Brian McLaughlin

Two NorAm DH top 10’s, 2013

Hometown: Topsfield, MA

McLaughlin upgraded his NorAm performance resume to include a pair of downhill top 10s as well as some impressive results in super G early in the season. The finishes boosted him up to the C Team with the promise of starting his first Europa Cup races during the 2014 season.

Jett Seymour

2019 NCAA Slalom Champion

Hometown: Steamboat Springs, CO
Years on Team: 2
Discipline: Slalom

Jett’s top accomplishments are winning NCAA slalom, earning a slalom World Cup spot, and winning the NorAm parallel slalom in New Jersey.

Luke Winters

2019 Slalom and Alpine Combined National Champion

Hometown: Gresham, OR
Years on Team: 5
Discipline: Slalom

In 2019, Luke grabbed his first national championship title, landing on the top of the podium in alpine combined at Sugarloaf, Maine. He then followed that up with his second national title, in slalom at Waterville Valley, NH.

Ben Ritchie

2021 World Junior Slalom Champion

Hometown: Waitsfield, VT
Years on Team: 5
Discipline: Slalom

Ben had his first NorAm slalom victory, which earned him his first World Cup start – at Wengen, Switzerland – in 2019. His first World Cup points were at World Championships 2021.

Patrick Kenney