Ronald W. Kipp

Ron Kipp is the alpine sport education manager for the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association (USSA). He did his PhD work in motor control at the University of Utah before working with the U.S. ski team’s sport science department as director of athlete preparation. He has also coached and was the head physiologist with the U.S. ski team’s men’s alpine world cup team and was assistant director of coaches education for the USSA. He has worked with the Norwegian men’s alpine national team as an on-hill coach and sport science consultant. He has been an examiner for PSIA (Professional Ski Instructors of America) for over 30 years, and for 5 years he was the education manager for PSIA Intermountain. Ron has written one other book on skiing and has authored or coauthored more than 50 scientific published papers on skiing. He has also given over 100 presentations nationally and internationally on skiing. He is the proud father of Olympian Shalaya Kipp.