A minimum of 2% of US Snowboarding's budget shoud be irrevocably earmarked for an Alpine/Race Snowboarding Program and the organization should focus on training and supporting elite American snowboard racers so that they can bring home medals and glory to the country that invented the sport. Our sport is strong and not going away. Vic Wild proved what is possible and should be a call to arms! He won two well deserved gold medals in the 2014 Olympic games, but did so for Russia, while this was an incredible win that we support it should have been under a US flag. His friend Justin Reiter was the only other american racer comperting and he had to pay his own way and earn his own spot the hard way, through World Cup results and the out of pocket expenses it took. Justin never should have been treated so poorly and deserved full support. Vic proved that American racers can perform at the highest level if you give them the support they deserve. Tell USSA and US snowboarding to restore funding to Alpine athletes now so our talented riders never have to leave! It is what they deserve and what is fair!