High Sierra Sport Company (HSSC) recently announced an agreement with the United States Ski & Snowboard Association to become an official supplier to the U.S. Ski Team. The two-year agreement, calls for HSSC to produce customized backpacks, boot bags and wheeled duffels for the athletes, whose rigorous travel schedule requires durable, efficient and easy to use luggage.

" We are excited to have High Sierra as the official supplier and licensee to the U.S. Ski Team," said Juliann Fritz, U.S. Ski Team Public Relations Director. The partnership will help the athletes by supplying them with reliable bags for traveling as well as generating funds for the Team through retail sales that support the training and competition programs of U.S. Ski Team especially as we strive for gold."

HSSC is producing a limited quantity of these bags for consumers, which will be available at ski shops this fall. In addition, all HSSC bags will carry a hang tag stating that HSSC is the official bag supplier to the U.S. Ski Team.

About USSA
The U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association (USSA) is the national governing body for Olympic skiing and snowboarding, managing competition and athletic programs coast-to-coast. The vision of USSA is to make the United States of America the best in world in Olympic skiing and snowboarding, providing development and elite racing programs. USSA coordinates nationwide programs in six distinctly different disciplines - alpine skiing, cross country, disabled alpine and cross-country, freestyle, ski jumping and nordic combined and snowboard. The federation was founded in 1904 and the national office has been based in Park City, Utah since 1974.

For more information, visit www.usskiteam.com.