Åre, Sweden – A year ago Ted Ligety (Park City, UT) celebrated Valentine’s Day by winning gold in the Olympic combined event in Italy; Wednesday, he produced the third-fastest final run but was bumped off the giant slalom podium by the last racer in the top 30 to finish fourth at the 2007 FIS Alpine … Continue reading Ligety 4th in Ski Worlds GS with Scorching 2nd Run →

Colorado Springs, CO – Alpine ski racer Julia Mancuso (Olympic Valley, CA), who strung together a U.S.-record five consecutive World Cup top-3s, and Jeret “Speedy” Peterson (Boise, ID), who set two aerials records in winning a World Cup contest, have been selected as the U.S. Olympic Committee’s male and female Athlete of the Month for … Continue reading U.S. Ski Team’s Peterson, Mancuso USOC Athletes of Month →

Åre, Sweden – Olympic skiing champion Julia Mancuso (Olympic Valley, CA) led the first run of giant slalom Tuesday at the 2007 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships, but had problems on her second run to finish fifth in the first night GS in Worlds history. Nicole Hosp won the first gold medal of the championships … Continue reading Mancuso 5th in Ski Worlds Night Giant Slalom →

West Dover, VT – Ronnie Mills of Mexico, Maine, a 28-year veteran groomer at Maine’s Sunday River Ski Resort, took home top honors in the National Ski Areas Association’s (NSAA) third annual “PhaTcat Challenge” grooming competition. NSAA bills the PhaTcat Challenge as a true test of grooming operator skill and efficiency to determine the industry’s … Continue reading Sunday River Groomer Wins National Ski Areas Association Contest →

Laax, Switzerland – With four weeks to go before the start of the Swatch O’Neill Big Mountain Pro 2007, contest organizers have finalized the competitor line-up for what will be the inaugural edition of this innovative mobile freeride snowboarding and skiing competition.nKicking off in the Swiss resort of Laax on March 1st and wrapping up … Continue reading Big Mountain Ski and Snowboard Comp Ready to Roll in Europe →

Bartlett, NH – The ATP Slopestyle and ATP Big Air events are both going big at Attitash in Bartlett over the February ski vacation week. These will be the second and third events in the four event ATP freeride series consisting of a Rail Jam, Slopestyle, Big Air and Skiercross/Ridercross taking place throughout the … … Continue reading Skiing and Snowboard Slopestyle, Big Air Mark Holiday at Attitash →

Steamboat Springs, CO – Snowboarder Jordan Sanford, now 14, of Shapleigh, Maine took top honors at the Next Snow All-Stars event held Feb. 2-3 in Steamboat, Colo. Sanford’s home resort is Sunday River and he is a participant in the Gould-Sunday River (GSR) Competition Program at the Maine ski and snowboard resort. The event will … Continue reading Sunday River Snowboarder Takes Top Honors at Next Snow All-Stars Competition →