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 2 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

3x US National Champion , Giant Slalom & Combined: 2009, Giant Slalom: 2008 World Rank end of 2008-09 Season : GS- 29, SL- 42 5th: World Cup Giant Slalom, Sestriere 2009 15th: World Cup Slalom, Alta Badia Italy 2009 Overall Nor-Am Giant Slalom Champion, 2007 Many Nor-Am/Europa Cup/F.I.S  wins and podiums over the years 2009 World Championships - 22nd in SL, 26th in GS 2007 World Championships - 18th in GS, 25th in SL Gold, Combined- World Junior Championships: 2005 Sprint/Ski Racing Junior Skier of the Year, 2005

Tim has recently 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. This year Grand Sierra chipped an amazing $5,000 to support Tim and his efforts to raise awareness bring his total to just under $10,000. 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, Grand Sierra Resort and Casino, and Susan G. Komen in the future.

GIRDWOOD, Alaska (AP) — The podium for the giant slalom at the 2009 U.S. Alpine Championships looked a lot like it did last year. Tim Jitloff blazed down the course at Alyeska Resort with the two fastest times of the day and won his second straight giant slalom championship. Tommy Ford of Bend, Ore., was second and Warner Nickerson of Gilford, N.H., was third, to repeat last year’s finish at Sugarloaf, Maine. “To go back-to-back is pretty special,” said Jitloff, 24, of Reno, Nevada. “I was thinking about it last night and I was thinking, ‘Man, I don’t want to go down without a fight.’” Jitloff, starting fourth, completed his first run in 1 minute, 10.38 seconds. “It snowed over a hundred inches here so it’s definitely soft and a little bit challenging to ski the way you normally want to,” he said after taking the lead. He just completed his first full season on the World Cup circuit, where courses are injected with water and racers are on smooth, fast, icy tracks. The top 30 finishers start in reverse order for the second run. “In the first run, I started really early, so we were just making that track. If you got into any trouble, you didn’t really have anything to push off. “I knew this run coming in, because I’ve raced it a couple of times, there would be a good track and something to really work with, push, develop speed, and that’s all I was focusing on that run. I wasn’t trying to be too aggressive, because the snow is soft.” He did the second run more than three seconds faster in 1:07.35, for a combined time of 2:17.73 seconds. Jitloff said he didn’t watch the women’s giant slalom Monday to see how they came down the mountain. “I was sleeping yesterday,” he said, laughing. “I was getting some rest. I’m at the end of the season here. I’m pretty much out of gas.” Ford was fourth after the first run but beat Nickerson by 0.38 seconds in the second to finish in 2:18.48. Nickerson’s total time was 2:18.67. “The course was pretty turny for the conditions,” Ford said. “You turn across the hill a lot longer than normal courses. It’s a lot slower, kind of painful and brutal. It’s a lot more tiring. You have slower, longer turns instead of quick, sharp turns.” It was the last race of the year for Ford, 20, who will start his second semester at Dartmouth College next week. Local race fans had a moment of excitement when University of Alaska Anchorage skier Halfdan Falkum-Hansen posted the second fastest time in the first run, just 0.14 seconds behind Jitloff. The 22-year-old native of Oslo, Norway, a freshman, was a part of an Alaska Anchorage team that finished fourth in the NCAA Championships. The team trains on the lower half of the course, but if he had a home course advantage, Falkum-Hansen said, it was in knowing the snow rather than the mountain. In the second run, Falkum-Hansen skied aggressively but touched his hip on the seventh gate and lost time. He finished in fifth place, behind Will Gregorak of Longmont, Colo. Jitloff also earned the combined championship by virtue of finishing with the best overall times in the downhill and slalom Saturday and Sunday. He said he plans to fly home for five days, do his taxes, then travel to Costa Rica for two weeks on a surfing trip before starting training for next season, with an eye toward the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia. The World Cup circuit was eye-opening, he said, not just for how taxing it was, but for what it will take to reach the top of the sport. “Every time you’re out there, you learn something new,” Jitloff said. “The best guys in the world, they’re grown men, they’re 30 years old, they’ve been doing it a long time.” He’s optimistic the U.S. men will do well next year and beyond. “We have a good chunk of guys who have been progressing together over the years. They’re all right around my age, 24, 25, right in there. “If our team and our management stays patient, and stays with us, I think we can have great success not only next year at both the World Cup level and the Olympics, but even more so in the coming years after that, at the next Olympics.” Article from http://www.universalsports.com

One in 8 American women will be diagnosed with breast cancer this year. My mom, Pam was diagnosed in December 2007. I’m taking part in the 11th Anniversary Komen Northern Nevada Race for the Cure on October 4, 2009 to support her! Who would you like to support in the fight against breast cancer…your mom, sister, grandmother, friend, co-worker? Whether you can participate in the race, or donate $1, $10, $25, $50 or more, your donation will provide vital medical services for underserved breast cancer patients right here in northern Nevada.

• Over the next 25 years, an estimated 25 million women around the world will be diagnosed with breast cancer—and 10 million could die from the disease.
• Every three minutes in the United States a woman is diagnosed with breast cancer.
• An estimated 1,300 Nevadans will be diagnosed with breast cancer this year, and approximately one in every 100 cases are in men.
• When you make a donation, you join me in the Komen promise to save lives and end breast cancer forever!

A Personal Note My name is Tim Jitloff and welcome to my page at Komen Race for the Cure. I am a member of the US Ski Team, and I compete all across the world in the FIS Audi World Cup, World Championships, and I’m a Vancouver 2010 Olympic hopeful. I grew up here in the Reno/Tahoe area skiing and living an outdoor lifestyle. I started skiing when I was 2 years old; began racing at age 5 and now at the age of 24 ski racing is my life. I’m starting my team to Race for the Cure because it is a cause that hits close to home for me. My own mom was diagnosed with breast cancer 2 years ago and is a survivor. It was her struggle to win the fight against breast cancer that motivates me to make sure that those who need medical assistance and access to breast cancer education can get it. To hear the words “your mom has breast cancer” was heart wrenching. My mom is the rock in my family; and the idea of losing her to a disease that we can either prevent, or treat would have been devastating for me. For a long time I knew I wanted to give back to my community in a way that really meant something to me. I’m now doing this by becoming part of the Komen promise. So come join me in the Komen Race for the Cure. It will be a great day while benefitting an awesome cause. I look forward to seeing you out there. Warmest Regards, Tim Jitloff Article from http://nnv2009rftc.kintera.org

One of the newest U. S. Ski Team athletes to join Bode Miller on the  ‘A’ team loves the color blue, playing Rockband and the Swedish band, Kent. He’s also involved with his local Reno, Nevada community, and is running the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure next weekend in honor of his mother. Tim Jitloff, or ‘Jit’ as he is known amongst friends is already one of the USA’s biggest ski stars, and he’s only just speeding his way up the ranks. The Ski Channel caught up with Jit to find out how he got started on the slopes, and what makes him tick. TSC: Tell us about when you started skiing. What’s the down low? TJ: I’m the youngest of three sons, so I started when I was three. It was not picturesque. I hated it and I believe I cried the entire time. I vividly remember telling my parents I hated it and that I didn’t want to do it ever again. At some point in the day I got a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, so I was happy. But I just wanted to play with my toys. Eventually, obviously I came around and apparently now I like skiing. TSC: Was skiing a family event? TJ: My oldest brother Erik tried to make the Ski Team. He tried for a long time and quit when he was 20 or 21. Now he’s a paramedic. We would travel together, though. It was good for me, because Erik led the way. He was the one I looked up to. My middle brother Brian is the mystery brother, because no one knows I have a middle brother. He and I would fight all the time. Full fisticuffs. We hated each other but now we get along just fine. TSC: What’s the first race you remember? TJ: There was this monumental race: I was five years old… I don’t remember this too vividly, but my parents remind me. When I kicked out of the start, instead of going around the gates, I went straight to the finish. And then at the bottom they told me I had to go around the gates. I just tucked straight down. TSC: So you’re a tech skier. Do you just like slalom and GS better than the speed events? TJ: When I first made the ski team, they said I needed to make a decision, and I said I wanted to ski all the events. But they said in order to realistically make it, I had to pick two events to start in, and then once I got those down, I could branch out. At the time, the mold for all the best guys doing all the events, like Bode, Benny Raich… They all started in tech and then branched out to speed. So that’s what we decided would be best for me. So I’m going to start branching out to combined and then super G and then downhill… TSC: Last season you had some of your best results, including a World Cup top 5 (in GS, Sestriere)! Tell us about your time on tour… TJ: Well my last two years skiing World Cup had been really tough. Honestly, sometimes you get guys who come on tour and do wonderful things. Like Jens Byggmark, and Ted Ligety. But for most guys it takes a couple years to find the flow. For me it took a couple years to figure out the hills on tour, the pressure situations, being in front of the camera, lots of people around… But I’m getting to the point, now, where I’m comfortable with all that. TSC: So what about that top 5? TJ: I’d been skiing a lot of slalom so it was the first GS race I got to do in about a month. I was so happy about that! I was completely comfortable, then. I did a Europa Cup before—and they’re often more difficult than World Cups because the conditions are more rugged. I ended up third in really tough conditions, so I felt confident. And then the World Cup in Sestriere, the conditions were similar, so I was like sweet! TSC: OK, so is there anyone on the World Cup Tour you especially look up to? TJ: I have a couple of really good friends, but I’d say, it’s a draw. Marco Buechel—he’s hands down the nicest guy. My first World Cup he skied up to me and introduced himself. He just said, “How’s it going? Welcome.” After Soelden the year before last, I didn’t do that well, and was super bummed. I went and stayed with friends in Switzerland who lived right near Marco. He invited me to his house for his birthday, in Liechtenstein. We went to his book signing, and then his birthday party. He just welcomed me into their home, with his wife, Doris, and a yellow lab. Everywhere in Europe, people have cats, but he had a dog. So I walk in the door and huge yellow lab tackles me. I just thought, “Yes, this is exactly what I need. Some dog love.” He showed me his office, his trophies and red bibs, from when he was leading in the World Cup. He said, “Hey, I’m 36, and I’ve been doing this a long time. It’s not easy and don’t worry, your time will come.” So I knew I was going to have to go through that period where it was really difficult, and he had to do it, too. That was definitely a treasured moment TSC: Switching gears. Do you have a favorite ski resort? TJ: Honestly, Alpine Meadows in California. It’s where I grew up skiing. I went back over Christmas, and I’m not kidding, it’s still the same. It’s still a local’s resort; it’s ridiculous. There were no lift lines, and there’s so much hiking stuff there that no one goes to, because no one wants to hike. I love Alyeska, Alaska, too. The tram there—the ride up—you have a view into the sound—the water comes in on high tide. It’s really something else. So beautiful. You get that sense of isolation and comfort. That’s a tram ride everyone should get to do. TSC: Speaking of doing stuff, what do you do for fun, especially on the Tour? TJ: Well, we’re not actually that cool, to be honest with you. The best times happen in the places you wouldn’t believe. We’ll go to Munich—the Moevenpick Hotel… Everyone knows the bar is open until 2am, and the guys from the US, Sweden and Canada are there, shooting the shit. That for me is enough. Maybe in Kitzbuehel we’ll go out. But it’s not as big or as often as people would think. Apparently, we’re professional athletes. Interview from http://www.theskichannel.com

Reno’s Tim Jitloff will join his fellow U.S. Ski Team members a few days late for the start of this season but for good reason. The alpine skier is running Sunday in the 2009 Susan G. Komen Northern Nevada Race for the Cure at the University of Nevada, Reno. Jitloff’s mother, Pam, is a breast cancer survivor diagnosed in 2007 and now is in remission. “It was something that I had discussed with my mom for a little while with regards to wanting to get involved with the Komen Foundation and the community here in Reno and be passionate about it and give it my all,” the 24-year-old Olympic hopeful said. He’ll run the 5-kilometer race with his mother, father and a few other family members. The next day, he’ll catch a plane to Austria for a final pre-season training camp with teammates ahead of the Oct. 24 first race of the FIS Audi World Cup season, in Soelden, Austria. Jitloff has raised about $3,000 on his own but also persuaded the Grand Sierra Resort and Casino to sign on. The resort has pledged $5,000 toward Team Jitloff. “We are very excited to sponsor Tim in the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure,” said Mary Beth Olson, Grand Sierra vice president of marketing. “Not only is he an extraordinary athlete, but he is a perfect example of the strong supporters we have in our community.” The skier said he’s shooting for $10,000. As of Tuesday, he was the race’s top fundraiser. “Especially in sports, any chance that you have, if you’re in a position where you’ve been given a lot, and you have an opportunity to give that back, you definitely have an outlet to do that,” Jitloff said. Susan Hill, public relations manager for the organization in Reno, said she hopes Jitloff’s support opens the doors to a younger audience. “This is a great example of a young athlete standing up and saying, ‘Be aware. Get your breast check-ups,’” Hill said. “We know that athletes are great role models. And Tim is certainly well-respected.” His goal is to take the Susan G. Komen breast cancer awareness campaign with him during the season. “They’re trying to make a push into Central Europe,” Jitloff said. “They don’t have as good a setup as we do, as far as getting information out. And my sport is popular in Central Europe, so I have an audience.” Jitloff had a career-best fifth-place finish in the giant slalom at Sestriere, Italy, last winter. He is shooting for a spot on the U.S. Olympic team but remains a relative unknown unlike Americans such as Bode Miller and Lindsey Vonn — to those who don’t follow the sport closely. He has his sights set on Vancouver in February but first is focusing on improving on last year’s encouraging results. “In order to be effective, you need to focus on one race at a time,” Jitloff said. “I don’t think about the World Cups until I’m there in the start house. I’m not going to be thinking about it until I’m there.” Quoted from http://www.rgj.com/article/20090930/NEWS/909300427