Olympian, 3x National Champion, and Former World Junior Champion Tim Jitloff was born January 11th, 1985 in San Jose, California. He is the youngest of three sons (Erik &Brian). Growing up in the mountain town of Truckee, California, his Mom and Dad (Pam & Alex) saw their son advance quickly with his passion for skiing. The Lake Tahoe area is known for its skiing, so it is little surprise that Tim started learning to ski when he was just three years old. By age five he was part of the local ski club at Alpine Meadows and partaking in races around the area. Over the course of the next fifteen years he travelled the world racing until he developed into a US Ski Team caliber athlete, making the squad at the age of 19. Since that time has had the opportunity to take part in 3 World Championships and can be seen competing week in and week out on the FIS Audi World Cup Tour. FUN FACTS ABOUT TIM:

• Calls Home: Reno, Nevada
• Hobbies: Surfing, Golf, Kite-Boarding, Hockey, Road Biking, Scuba Diving
• Favorite Food: Mexican
• Favorite World Cup Race: Alta Badia, Italy
• Favorite World Cup Ski Racer as a kid: Daron Rahlves
• Always: Loses his sunglasses
• Never: Travels without his i-Pod & a good book
• Speaks: English & German
• Looks up to: His older brothers
• Wishes: He could teleport himself and his ski bags everywhere
• Enjoys: Learning something new every day

Current World Rank Giant Slalom-27th 3x US National Champion- Giant Slalom & Combined: 2009, Giant Slalom: 2008 Named to 2010 Olympic Squad 3x Member World Championships Team Many top 30 World Cup finishes 2009, 2010, 2011 & 2012 Highest World Cup finishes (In the Specified Event) to date- 5th: World Cup Giant Slalom Sestriere, Italy 2009 15th: World Cup Slalom Alta Badia, Italy 2009 8th: World Cup Super Combined Bansko, Bulgaria 2011 Overall Nor-Am Giant Slalom Champion, 2007 Many Nor-Am/Europa Cup/F.I.S  wins and podiums over the years 2011 World Championships Garmisch, Germany- 14th SC 2009 World Championships Val D ‘Isere, France - 22nd in SL, 26th in GS 2007 World Championships Are, Sweden - 18th in GS, 25th in SL Gold, Combined- World Junior Championships: 2005 Sprint/Ski Racing Junior Skier of the Year, 2005

In 2009 & 2010  Tim joined forces with Susan G. Komen and Grand Sierra Resort and Casino to “Race for the Cure”; Trading in his skis for sneakers to run in his local “Race for the Cure”. Over  those 2 years the  Grand Sierra Resort chipped in an amazing $10,000 ($5,000 each year)  to support Tim and his efforts to raise awareness. In 2009 Tim was able to raise just under $10,000. In 2010, Tim’s goal was to surpass $10,000 and continue to build a strong following of supporters inside his community for the Susan G. Komen Foundation. That goal was surpassed as almost  $15,000 was raised!!! This brings the 2 year total to just under $25,000.  After his mother was diagnosed in 2007 (currently in Remission) Tim decided to get involved. Says Tim, “I felt that there wasn’t any better way for me to get involved with my community”.  “This cause is something I have a personal connection to and that I am passionate about”. “I look forward to continuing to build on my efforts with Susan G. Komen here in Reno (NV) and in Europe” Look for more projects from Tim Jitloff and Susan G. Komen in the future!

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So here we are again! Been a long time coming for an update from me. I think I left off in January and here we are, it’s pretty much May now. I could go through each individual race and talk about how things went, but I’d rather take it by month. January was a fight indeed for me. I made some great progress finding my race form again. For those unaware, I have been struggling for about 2 years to get back to the form I was in GS 2 years ago. I feel like things started to turn again in January. I had some great results, some bad, but I was fighting like hell, and trying to get better everyday. The last 2 years felt like I was going through the motions a little bit and I finally felt like I was interested in getting better every day I was in training; and racing for that matter. I was getting stale just skiing GS, so I branched out into the Super Combined and my positive results there slowly gave me confidence that was certainly lacking. Unfortunately, even after having solid results in GS throughout January, the selection to race GS at World Champs ended up coming down to one race at Hinterstoder. 2 Spots for 3 guys. I crashed. Gameover. I did however have results in the combined, so I ended up racing that in Garmisch. Initially I wasn’t a huge fan of Super Combined because it is really a lot of work, but it has allowed me to freshen up my skiing and give me something fun to do since there are only 6 GS World Cups in a year. My Slalom is still good enough to compete with the best, and I love haulling ass in Downhill. As I said earlier, sometimes just having a good race in anything helps the confidence level rise, and that happened for me in Super Combined. My confidence grew with a 14th place in the SC at the WSC, where I survived damn near crashing face first into the net in the DH portion (blowing all my speed). I then threw down the 2nd fastest slalom run of the day to move from 29th to 14th. I was pleased I had done a good job, and honestly happy it was over because that  DH was super intense. After the WSC in   mid February, I headed to Bansko, Bulgaria for the WC SC there. I ended up  in 8th place. I had a slalom run 1.2 seconds off the fastest SL skier in the world (JB Grange). Not bad for a guy that trained a wopping 3 days of SL since the beginning of the new year. I might have to bring SL back, we’ll see. Either way it was my first top 10 in 2 years so I was pleased. It was also the final SC race so I ended up 22nd in the world rankings for the year! Not bad. That good result gave me tons of confidence and I took it with me into Kranjska Gora GS in early March. I ended up 23rd there, with a not so good 2nd run. Nothing special but, again more confidence to be  back scoring points in GS after some time. The interesting thing is that all the training and hard work was beginning to build and pay off. The “better every day” metallity was working for me. In Kranjska I scored points, but that wasn’t what was important. What was important is that my GS at that point was about half way there, in terms of quality, compared to where I ended the season at. I was still figuring things out in Kranjska, but when I got back home in the US for some Nor-Ams things started getting back to feeling easy and natural. I needed FIS points and I got them in Whistler. I won my first Nor-Am in who knows how many years by a healthy margin to get a 6. The 2nd day I tried a repeat but I was against some odds on the 1st run with some bad light and weather, so I ended up having to make up a deficit on the 2nd run.  I  almost pulled it off, but missed the win by something like .04 hundies. Oh well, I got what I needed. Things came to an end at US Nationals, I again just missed winning the GS title  there by a couple .08 hundies. I actually fell down on the 1st run, so I was still happy with 2nd. The rest of the races there were very much a “where you started is where you finished” scenario and I didn’t exactly nail good start numbers, so suffice it to say I was there for the ride. The season came to a close, and I bailed for vacation time. All in all, I was pleased with the season. It wasn’t great by any stretch of the the imagination, but I am again making progress and building on my hard work. Next stop, summer. Laters!

It’s been a while since my last update, so here’s a little catch up! The World Cup Giant Slalom  season got underway in Beaver Creek in early December at the Birds of Prey course. I had a solid day, finishing 23rd overall. I was happy to get back on the horse a little bit with that one, as it is always good to get some World Cup points. After the race I headed over to Europe to race two more World Cup GS races before Christmas break. The first was in  Val D ‘Isere, France. The hill has never been my favorite, so I knew I was going to have to battle. I ended 32nd on the 1st run. missed the cut off by a few hundreths. Definately a tough pill to swallow when you miss the flip by a narrow margin, but I have also been on the other side of that coin. In Val D “Isere it is very helpful to have a early start number, and I did not.  After France we headed to Italy to prepare for Alta Badia. Alta Badia and I have an interesting track record. It is my favorite hill to ski on, but we can’t find a way to make music together. Last year I caught an edge at the final gate, straddled it and crashed throught he finsh into 8th.  I was later disqualified. This year I was sure that I would redeem myself, unfortunately the hill was so icey I had serious issues getting any grip. I trained on ice leasding into the race but something in the set up wasn’t the same.  By the 5th gate I was almost sliding out of the course. I was super  frustrated because my skiing is in a  really good place and that hill suits my style. Spending the entire  run  just trying  to stand upright and not even attack or arc a ski was not what  I had in mind going in there. By the time I reached the bottom of the cousre I was so physically  tired from survival skiing, that when  I caught an edge before a roller my body said no more  and I  blew out. I flew back to the US the next day to get a short break with the family, and I am now soon to be heading back over to Europe for some training before Adelboden. Adelboden is the last GS race for World Champs qualification. I am exciting to get in there and fight. Best, Tim

The usual season opener in Soelden ended up being cancelled due to bad weather after the first run back at the tail end of October. I wasn’t too disappointed as not only were the snow conditions dangerous for the boys in the back, but also the visibilty was so bad you couldn’t see anything until you hit it. The guys who got some sun,  used it and got in there. Guy’s who missed it were SOL.  To say I was uncomfortable would be an understatement. So when it was cancelled I was more than okay with it. I did do as I promised however! I unveiled the ”Race For The Cure Helmet” in honor of breast  cancer awareness month (October). The helmet is now on its way to The folks at Susan G. Komen to eventually go for auction!  After Solden we had a brief break before re-grouping for the slalom in Levi, Finland. I literally flew out of Denver International Airport on the 11th, arrived in Levi the night if the 12Th, trained the 13Th, raced the 14Th, flew the night of the 14th to Helsinki, stayed the night and finally travelled all the way back to the west coast of the US the by the late evening of the 15th. I think I lost about 6 months off my life after that one. I didn’t finish in Levi, I got snagged on the same gate as about 30 other guys. The reality for me,  is that Slalom is taking a back seat this season to my focusing on Giant Slalom. So I’m not terribly distraught over the result. I am still skiing very good Slalom and I have been skiing really well in training  before Levi, but it is a difficult event  to stay in the upper ranks unless it is your sole focus. I hope to one day bring it back, but I want it more in GS at this point. I’m now on my way to Colorado to continue training for the upcoming World Cup in Beaver Creek. I will do some Nor-Am cups, and Downhill training runs to prepare for the GS at Beaver Creek. I am looking forward to it!

I just wanted to let everyone know that the “Tim Jitloff/Grand Sierra Resort” team surpassed its goal to raise $10,000 this year, raising just under $15,000!!! Not only were we the the top findraiser for the second year in a row but we continued with our goal to get people around Reno to the race. Thanks to the Reno Gazzette Journal, and local TV stations. Also thank you to all those who donated, and or gave their time to make it happen!! Look for me to be wearing a custom painted helmet for the World Cup opener in Soelden, Austria. The helmet will be designed to honor October as Breast Cancer awarness month, and later go for auction! Cheers, Tim