Lake Tahoe, CA – Longtime Elan Skis athlete and ski industry legend, Glen Plake, is officially bringing the Down Home Tour back to small ski areas across the U.S. this 2018-19 winter season. Unlike other tours, the Glen Plake Down Home Tour is intentionally unplanned. There is no set schedule or official way to sign up. … Continue reading Glen Plake Revives Down Home Ski Tour
Breckenridge, CO – Mountain Dew and TEN: The Enthusiast Network have announced the initial schedule for the annual winter Dew Tour ski and snowboard competition and festival to be held in Breckenridge December 14-17. This year’s winter Dew Tour will serve as a U.S. Ski & Snowboard Olympic qualifying event for men’s and women’s halfpipe and … Continue reading Dew Tour Announces Breckenridge Schedule
Changbaichan, China – On a groundbreaking exploratory trip to the world’s most populous country, Freeride World Tour (FWT) organizers and athletes set off on a five-day trip to investigate the potential for a future FWT competition in Changbaichan, located in the Changbai Mountains on the border of China and North Korea. The objective of the trip … Continue reading Freeride World Tour Eyes China
Teton Village, WY – With 536 inches of snow thus far, the 2016-17 winter season marks one of the deepest winters in the history of Wyoming’s Jackson Hole Mountain Resort (JHMR). This weekend, JHMR will present the 4th Annual Jackson Hole Rendezvous, March 17th-19th. Rendezvous is a spring lifestyle and music festival that presents concerts on multiple … Continue reading 4th Annual Jackson Hole Rendezvous Kicks Off This Week
Sierra Nevada, Spain – Due to stormy weather in Sierra Nevada with wind speeds around 60 m.p.h., the 2017 Freestyle Ski and Snowboard World Championships parallel giant slalom event originally scheduled for today has been re-scheduled to Thursday. Qualifiers will then kick off at 9 a.m. CET, followed by the finals at 1 p.m. CET. With the weather not expected to subside until … Continue reading World Championships PGS and PSL Rescheduled
Hafjell, Norway – The third day of X Games Norway competition entertained a crowd of nearly 4,000 with the Men’s and Women’s Snowboard Slopestyle finals on a beautiful bluebird day at Hafjell Ski Resort. European riders ruled the top podium spots, with Austrian Anna Gasser and Swede Sven Thorgren taking gold. After winning her first X … Continue reading Thorgren, Gasser Win X Games Norway Snowboard Slopestyle
Hafjell, Norway – Norwegian Øystein Braaten took the gold in front of the home crowd on Thursday at the X Games Norway ski slopestyle. Indiana native Nick Goepper earned a silver medal, while James Woods of Great Britain rounded out the podium men’s podium with bronze. In Thursday’s women’s comp, Johanne Killi also took home her fourth X … Continue reading Braaten, Killi Grab X Games Ski Slopestyle Golds at Home
