Salt Lake City, UT – Let’s get a few things straight here: ladies, we’ve already got a closet full of ties that we never wear, anyway. And guys, we’ll enjoy our turns more on women-specific ski and snowboard gear that’s more valuable to us than baubles and beads. Are you shopping for a skier or … Continue reading Santa Is A Skier: FTO’s 2005 Holiday Ski & Snowboard Gift Guide
Lenzerheide, Switzerland – Austrian Nicole Hosp won her second World Cup race in 24 hours Sunday, capturing the last giant slalom to clinch her first World Cup overall alpine ski racing title while Olympic GS champion Julia Mancuso (Olympic Valley, CA) was 11th, finishing third in the overall for the best U.S. women’s result since … Continue reading Mancuso 3rd in World Cup Alpine Skiing Overall, Best U.S. Since ’84
Lenzerheide, Switzerland – Norway’s Aksel Lund Svindal skied just fast enough Sunday in the ski racing season’s last slalom to clinch the World Cup overall title. Svindal, needing to finish no worse than 15th if Austrian Benjamin Raich were to win, was 15th while Raich won but fell 13 points shy of defending his title. … Continue reading Svindal Holds Off Raich for Overall World Cup Ski Racing Title
Airolo, Switzerland – Kim Sharp (Park City, UT/Park City Ski Education Foundation) earned the gold medal Saturday in ski halfpipe at the 2007 FIS Freestyle Junior World Championships and Sophia Schwartz (Ketchum, ID/Waterville Valley Black&Blue Trail Smashers) was silver medalist. nSharp received 27.80 points on her first halfpipe run and it was enough for the … Continue reading Freestyle Skiing JWCs: Halfpipe Gold for Sharp, Silver for Schwartz
Airolo, Switzerland – Swiss men swept the medals in ski cross Friday as the 2007 FIS Freestyle Junior World Championships opened. French women took the top two spots in their event. No Americans competed. nRenato Trummer of Switzerland won the men’s gold medal followed by teammates Gregor Vinzens and Armin Niederer. Alizee Boulangeat won the … Continue reading Freestyle Skiing JWCs: Four SX Medals for Swiss on Day One
Story by Marc Guido and Michael Bernstein Photos by Marc Guido Bozeman, MT – “One if by land, two if by sea.” The code for the light signals emanating from Boston’s Old North Church during the American Revolutionary War was clear enough. Equally clear is the signal cast by Bozeman, Montana’s call to arms, a … Continue reading Blue Light Extra Special
If you’re new to snowboarding and trying to decide whether to go with traditional strap bindings or a step-in system like the K2-Clicker, Switch, Rossignol or Ride/Device System, what should you consider? Asides from cost, understanding some performance, comfort and ease-of-adjustment issues can help you make your decision. n Traditional (Oxygen) Strap bindings K2 … Continue reading Snowboard Step-in Systems vs. Strap Bindings