Wanaka, New Zealand – The elite ski races held during New Zealand’s Adaptive Snow Sports Festival concluded at Cardrona Alpine Resort Wednesday with World number two Adam Hall securing gold yet again in slalom ski. Hall won the Super Giant Slalom (Super G) and the Giant Slalom (GS) earlier this week and returned today to … Continue reading Adam Hall Sweeps Alpine Skiing Events at New Zealand Disabled National Championships →
Salt Lake City, UT – It wasn’t the Olympic flame. Rather, the men’s U.S. Alpine Ski Team recently got a taste of the firefighting world after spending a day at the Salt Lake City Fire Department. A long day of strenuous firefighter training helped to build teamwork among the alpine skiers and provided a real … Continue reading U.S. Alpine Ski Team Men Fight the Flames with Salt Lake Firefighters →
Kimball Junction, UT – The 11th annual North American Springer Tournee wrapped up Saturday following four days of ski jumping and nordic combined skiing competition with wins from U.S. athletes Willy Graves (Putney, VT), Nina Lussi (Lake Placid, NY), Jessica Jerome and Anders Johnson (both Park City, UT). The competition took place at Utah Olympic … Continue reading Springer Tournee Wraps Up at Utah Olympic Park →
Castleford, UK – A new era in freeskiing competitions in the U.K. will arrive on Aug. 15, when the Summer Heat Railbattle will be staged indoors at SNO!Zone Castleford.n
Boulogne Billancourt, France – Compagnie des Alpes, which operates 16 of the most popular European ski and snowboard resorts across France, Switzerland and Italy, on Tuesday reported a record ski season in 2008-09.nThe company’s third-quarter report released Tuesday included an increase of three percent in combined sales for the first three business quarters (up 2.3 … Continue reading Ski Season Sets Record at Compagnie des Alpes →
Norden, CA – California’s Sugar Bowl Resort will continue the ski resort’s “Summer on the Summit” with a Western BBQ evening event at the picturesque Lake Mary this Saturday, from 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. Live music will be provided by the Richard Blair Band, with a special showing at 7:30 from renowned cowboy poet and … Continue reading Sugar Bowl Ski Resort Hosts Lake Mary Western BBQ this Saturday →
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