BIOGRAPHY
Growing up in Berkeley, California, Keith Moffat headed to Squaw Valley with his family on weekends where skiing with the Mighty Mites turned into a ski racing career. Using skiing icon Shane McConkey and Squaw hero and World Cup winner Marco Sullivan as role models, Moffat made the U.S. Development Team in 2009 and continues to charge up the pipeline.

The 2011 season was looking to be an extremely positive one. Moffat was No. 2 in downhill for his age group and had barely missed the Junior World Championships downhill podium with fourth on his 20th birthday. Then while warming up for the Junior Worlds super G he crashed trying to avoid a recreational skier. The result was a long flight home, then surgery for a broken elbow and fractured left leg – his second season-ending injury in two years.

It wasn't the ideal way to go, but knowing he can be among the best young racers in the world was extra motivation for recovery.

KEITH SAYS:
It was an unfortunate event. I was injured last year. I feel with this one it is a lot easier to cope with because I know I can recover from this. Broken bones are pretty cut and dry, ACL injuries are a bit more tricky.

FIRST TRACKS:
On skis at 2, Moffat grew up driving to Tahoe on weekends with his family. By the time he was 6, he was one of Squaw’s indomitable Mighty Mites, where he competed with fellow U.S. Ski Team member Nick Daniels to be the first up the KT-22 chair on a powder day. By the time he was 8, he was charging as a J5 with the Squaw Valley Ski Team, chasing Marco Sullivan. "Marco was the guy and still is. It was cool being around him at Squaw."

OFF THE SNOW:
Moffat is big into soccer and even though his commitment to ski racing prevented him from ever playing for his high school during its winter season, he was recruited to play at Dartmouth. Older brother Corey was a ski patroller at the Middlebury Snow Bowl in Vermont and younger brother Kye is a J2 racer at Squaw Valley.