Salt Lake City, UT – A powerful winter storm blowing through the Pacific Northwest steals the headline for Monday’s ski and snowboard photo gallery. It’s heading for Utah, where one to two feet is forecast, before moving eastward into Colorado.n First Tracks!! Online Ski Magazine forum user Bobby Danger pauses Sunday while hiking Tombstone at … Continue reading Monday’s Ski and Snowboard Photo Gallery
Denver, CO – In a motion filed with Denver District Court last week, Broomfield, Colo.-based Vail Resorts indicated that it is no longer seeking control of The Canyons ski and snowboard resort near Park City, Utah.nVail Resorts filed suit in 2007 after the now-dissolved American Skiing Company agreed to sell the ski resort to Toronto’s … Continue reading Vail Resorts Abandons Effort to Acquire The Canyons in Utah
St. Louis, MO – Jeannie Thoren didn’t set out to revolutionize the skiing industry. She just wanted to ski better. Now, she has become a driving force behind women-specific models of skis and ski boots.nThis Friday, Thoren will visit Alpine Shop in Kirkwood to offer her expertise in fit and function to women skiers in … Continue reading Skiing Icon Helps Women Skiers Find Perfect Fit in St. Louis
Amnéville-les-Thermes, France – The newly formed European Ski Federation (ESF) will hold its first championships indoors next week in a snow dome in Amnéville-les-Thermes in northeastern France, near the border with Luxembourg.nThe group, formed by the ski federations of France, Switzerland, Austria and and Italy will hold slalom races for men and women Nov. 7. … Continue reading Ski Racing Splinter Group Holding Indoor Ski Championships
How I Came To View North Carolina As A Legitimate Ski Destination A ski and snowboard vacation in the mountains of the Kitty Hawk state can be summed up in a variation on one simple phrase: “We’re in North Carolina.” It can be used as an proclamation of surprise, the result of finding the type … Continue reading Yes Virginia, There Really Is Skiing And Boarding South Of Pennsylvania
Warren, MI – Two members of Canada’s Men’s alpine ski team used sophisticated training technology at the GM Aerodynamics Laboratory in Warren last week, seeking that critical aerodynamic edge just weeks away from the start of the World Cup speed season.nJan Hudec (Calgary, AB), winner of the Bombardier Lake Louise Winterstart downhill in 2007, was … Continue reading Canadian Ski Racers Perfect Form in Wind Tunnel