NASTAR

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National Standard Race (abbreviated NASTAR) is the world's largest recreational ski and snowboard race program.^[1][2] It was founded in 1968 by SKI magazine and is owned and operated by Outside Inc.^[3]

NASTAR has a scoring system for assigning scores to ski and snowboard racers of all ages and abilities, using a handicap system. Since the program's beginning in 1968, more than 6 million NASTAR racer-days have been recorded.^[4] It has been available at more than 100 ski resorts in North America and 1 in Australia. Many U.S. Ski Team stars got their start ski racing in NASTAR programs.