National brotherhood of skiers
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The National Brotherhood of Skiers, Inc. (NBS) was founded in February 1973 in Aspen, Colorado
, USA and incorporated in 1975.
NBS mission is to identify, develop, and support athletes of color who will win international and Olympic
winter sports competitions representing the United States
.
The current national president is Haymon T. Jahi.
Team NBS was formed to meet this mission. It is a national team under the direction of a coach and competition director, Andre Horton. Athletes are selected from the four regions: West, Rocky Mountain, MidWest, and East. Athletes receive training and support on a year to year basis through national, regional and local fundraisers which raise money for the Olympic Scholarship Fund.
Past athletes sponsored by the NBS who have gone on to compete internationally include:
Aspen, Colorado
The City of Aspen is a Home Rule Municipality that is the county seat and the most populous city of Pitkin County, Colorado, United States. The United States Census Bureau estimates that the city population was 5,804 in 2005...
, USA and incorporated in 1975.
NBS mission is to identify, develop, and support athletes of color who will win international and Olympic
Winter Olympic Games
The Winter Olympic Games is a sporting event, which occurs every four years. The first celebration of the Winter Olympics was held in Chamonix, France, in 1924. The original sports were alpine and cross-country skiing, figure skating, ice hockey, Nordic combined, ski jumping and speed skating...
winter sports competitions representing the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
.
The current national president is Haymon T. Jahi.
Team NBS was formed to meet this mission. It is a national team under the direction of a coach and competition director, Andre Horton. Athletes are selected from the four regions: West, Rocky Mountain, MidWest, and East. Athletes receive training and support on a year to year basis through national, regional and local fundraisers which raise money for the Olympic Scholarship Fund.
Past athletes sponsored by the NBS who have gone on to compete internationally include:
- Ralph Green
- Bonnie St. JohnBonnie St. JohnBonnie St. John is the first African-American to win medals in Winter Paralympic competition as a ski racer. In the 1984 Winter Paralympics in Innsbruck, Austria, St...
- Andre Horton
- Andreana "Suki" Horton
- Errol KerrErrol KerrErrol Kerr is a downhill skier formerly with the U.S. Ski Team. Kerr is the son of a Jamaican father and an American mother. Kerr started skiing at age 4 and started racing competitively at age 11, and as a child he also raced BMX and motocross. The multi-disciplined Kerr eventually found his...
- Gabrielle Govan
- Jahi Rhoer