Calgary, Canada – The Canadian Open Snowboard Tour (COST) raced into Calgary this week as The Honda Snowboard Alpine Series featured two Parallel Slalom races at Canada Olympic Park, on Friday and Saturday, filled with top-rated athletes from Canada, the USA and around the world. n Friday’s women’s race was won by Repentigny, Québec resident, … Continue reading Canadian Women Sweep Podiums at Canadian Open Snowboard Tour Events →

Bardonecchia, Italy – Switzerland’s Manuela Laura Pesko and Peetu Piiroinen of Finland have won the second Halfpipe contest of the NOKIA Snowboard FIS World Cup 2006/2007 in the Olympic Halfpipe of Bardonecchia-Melezet, Italy. With their victories, both riders also took over the World Cup points lead. n Pesko secured her victory in the first run … Continue reading Pesko, Piiroinen Take World Cup Snowboarding Halfpipe Titles in Bardonecchia →

Davos, Switzerland – Kris Freeman (Andover, NH) turned-in his best result in nearly two years Saturday, finishing 15th in a 15K freestyle World Cup race as he began the final preparation period leading to the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships. n Vincent Vittoz of France, the 2005 World Championships pursuit gold medalist, and unheralded Swiss … Continue reading Best World Cup Cross Country Skiing Showing Since ’05 for Freeman →

Åre, Sweden – Two-time Olympian Scott Macartney (Redmond, WA) was named Sunday to replace Marco Sullivan (Squaw Valley, CA) in the men’s super G, which is scheduled to be the first race of the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships. American Bode Miller (Bretton Woods, NH) is the defending world champion. n The super G originally … Continue reading U.S. Ski Team Replaces Sullivan with Macartney in Worlds Super G →

Åre, Sweden – Olympic champion Julia Mancuso (Olympic Valley, CA) and Lindsey Kildow (Vail, CO) say their recent World Cup ski racing success, including three victories apiece, doesn’t increase pressure for similar success at the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships. And they feel one or more teammates could stage her own breakthrough at Worlds. n … Continue reading U.S. Ski Team’s Kildow, Mancuso Ask, “What Pressure?” →

Bischofswiesen, Germany – U.S. Olympian Resi Stiegler (Jackson Hole, WY) gave herself a nice tuneup for the FIS Alpine Ski World Championships in Sweden by winning a Europa Cup ski racing slalom with the fastest second run and finishing third the next day in soft snow. n Despite starting 27th on her second run Friday … Continue reading Stiegler Trains for Åre with Europa Cup Ski Racing Win →

Åre, Sweden – In an odd twist of irony after a World Cup ski racing season marred by cancellations due to low snow depths across much of Europe, high winds following soft snowfall have forced three consecutive days of postponed events at the 2007 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships in Åre. n The winds, which … Continue reading Winds, Wet Snow Wreak Havoc on World Alpine Ski Championships Schedule →