Dan Stripp Returns to Lead SSCV Ladies’s NorAm Program
One of the vital revered coaches in American ski racing is again at Ski & Snowboard Membership Vail. Dan Stripp has returned to the membership as lead ladies’s NorAm coach, bringing many years of expertise and a repute for growing athletes at each degree.
Stripp has labored with a number of the finest, together with six-time World Cup winner Kristina Koznick and present Stifel U.S. Ski Group standout Paula Moltzan. A former SSCV athlete herself, Moltzan claimed six World Cup podiums throughout two disciplines and helped the U.S. win gold within the Group Parallel on the 2023 World Championships. She additionally earned bronze in big slalom on the 2025 World Championships.
Whereas the total record of elite athletes Stripp has coached is just too lengthy to call, his influence goes past outcomes. He’s recognized all through the teaching group for his capability to maneuver skiers ahead—quicker—by means of each stage of growth.
“This position is the right match for the place I’m in my teaching journey,” Stripp stated. “Over the previous six or seven years, I’ve actually centered on serving to athletes break by means of the NorAm degree. This place permits me to maintain doing that in an ideal setting.”
Resnick on Stripp’s Lasting Influence
Dan Stripp’s influence extends nicely past the coaching hill. Simply ask Allie Resnick, who not too long ago retired after a standout profession that included begins on the Europa Cup and World Cup circuits, years on the Stifel U.S. Ski Group, and NorAm titles in each big slalom (2022) and slalom (2023). She was additionally an All-American at Dartmouth School.
For over a decade, Stripp coached Resnick and her sister, Emma, serving to information their rise from younger racers to elite worldwide rivals.
“Over the past 10+ years, Dan has fully reworked my snowboarding and life,” Resnick stated. “I might not be the skier or individual I’m right this moment with out his optimistic affect on and off the mountain. Dan has a particular reward for explaining difficult ideas in an easy method. He works exhausting and cares deeply about each athlete he works with. I’m so excited for the athletes at Ski Membership Vail to be taught from him subsequent season!”
Wall: “The Stars Aligned”
Alpine Director Brad Wall has been ready a very long time for Dan Stripp to return to Ski & Snowboard Membership Vail.
“Ever since I began working at SSCV 4 years in the past and obtained to know Dan higher, I hoped we’d have the possibility to work collectively,” stated Wall, a former Australian Nationwide Group member, Olympian, and All-American at Dartmouth School. “Each spring, I half-jokingly requested if he was able to rejoin SSCV. This spring, the celebrities aligned.”
When SSCV started the seek for a brand new ladies’s lead NorAm coach, Wall prioritized discovering somebody with integrity, expertise, and a deep understanding of athlete growth.
“At the start, we’re on the lookout for good people to hitch our employees,” Wall stated. “Nobody in U.S. snowboarding has extra persistently superior athletes by means of the essential levels of growth than Dan. He understands what it takes to succeed—from age-class racing to the World Cup and Olympic Video games.”
Wall believes Stripp’s return affords fast worth to the athletes and the broader teaching workforce.
“On the high of the record is the unbelievable alternative forward for the athletes working with Dan,” Wall stated. “He brings a wealth of information and a brand new perspective that may make all of us higher as a membership.”
Trusted, Purposeful, Passionate
Wall highlighted Stripp’s calm, centered method and the mutual belief he builds with athletes.
“Dan has a relaxing presence and a long-term outlook that athletes and coworkers will respect,” Wall stated. “Ski racing is his ardour, and that exhibits each day he’s on the hill. He’s purposeful in constructing belief with the athletes and their households—and that belief is crucial for long-term success.”
Trusted, Purposeful, Passionate
Wall highlighted Stripp’s calm, centered method and the mutual belief he builds with athletes.
“Dan has a relaxing presence and a long-term outlook that athletes and coworkers will respect,” Wall stated. “Ski racing is his ardour, and that exhibits each day he’s on the hill. He’s purposeful in constructing belief with the athletes and their households—and that belief is crucial for long-term success.”
Deep Roots within the Vail Valley
Stripp’s return to SSCV is greater than a rent—it’s a homecoming.
“He is aware of our Gold Peak venue just like the again of his hand,” Wall stated. “He understands the challenges and alternatives we face as a membership. However most significantly, he cares deeply about SSCV’s mission and the position we play in U.S. snowboarding and on this group.”
For the athletes, which means a coach who received’t want time to rise up to hurry.
“Dan will hit the bottom operating,” Wall stated. “Everybody on employees who is aware of him is happy for his return.”
Stripp on His Philosophy and the Path Forward
Stripp’s philosophy facilities on educating the talent of racing—not simply ways and method, but in addition tips on how to navigate the event system as athletes enhance.
“Too usually, there’s a bent to run a variety of gates with out actual goal,” he stated. “You begin to repeat the identical errors time and again. The aim needs to be getting higher quicker than different packages, not simply snowboarding extra.”
Having beforehand served as SSCV’s head ladies’s coach, Stripp already understands this system’s tradition. He has adopted the membership’s high ladies in recent times and sees potential for fast progress.
“I’ve stored an eye fixed on the main athletes, and I do know there’s a powerful core group right here. I’d love to assist transfer them rapidly towards being college-ready—and even U.S. Ski Group-ready,” Stripp stated.
Though he hasn’t intently tracked the incoming U16 athletes, he’s desirous to be taught extra about the entire group and get to work. “I’ve by no means felt like I’ve stopped studying about ski racing,” he stated. “That’s a part of what excites me most—persevering with to be taught and sharing that data with this workforce.”
