Telluride, CO – Colorado’s Telluride Ski Resort has announced the appearance of the Drew Emmitt Band at Gorrono Ranch on Easter Sunday, Apr. 4 at 2 p.m. to close out the winter season. Following a decade of success with Leftover Salmon, Emmitt is revered as one of the most energetic and innovative mandolin players on … Continue reading Drew Emmitt Headlines Ski Season’s Final Day at Telluride
Park City, UT – A parade and celebration on Park City’s Historic Main Street will be held on Tuesday in honor of the Utah Olympic and Paralympic athletes who competed in the 2010 Winter Games.nJunior athletes from the Utah ski resort town’s local winter sports clubs will accompany the Olympic and Paralympic athletes from their … Continue reading Park City to Honor Utah Olympic Athletes with Community Celebration
Calgary (AB), Canada – Canadian national skiing titles were awarded in halfpipe and slopestyle Thursday as the the 2010 Canada Post National Freestyle Ski Championships got underway at Canada Olympic Park in Calgary.nIn women’s slopestyle, Cassandra Sharpe, of Comox, British Columbia, won the gold medal with 31.9 points for her first career national crown after … Continue reading Slopestyle, Halfpipe Events Kick Off 2010 Canada Post National Freestyle Ski Championships
Comox Valley (BC), Canada – Lauren Woolstencroft, the five time 2010 Paralympic Winter Games gold medalist from North Vancouver, British Columbia, continued her impressive ski racing season by winning the giant slalom in the women’s standing category as the TELUS Canadian Para-Alpine Ski Championships got underway Thursday at Mount Washington Alpine Resort on Vancouver Island.nWoolstencroft … Continue reading Woolstencroft Adds Canadian Championship to Dream Ski Season
Kananaskis Valley (AB), Canada – A dominant second run in Thursday’s GMC Canadian Championships men’s giant slalom boosted Brad Spence, of Calgary, Alberta, to the first national alpine ski racing title of his career.nSpence, who has battled back from a crash in a Bormio, Italy World Cup downhill in 2005 that at one time threatened … Continue reading Calgary’s Brad Spence Earns First GMC Canadian Championships Ski Racing Title
Kananaskis Valley (AB), Canada – Emily Brydon, who announced earlier this month her retirement from elite level ski racing, won Thursday’s GMC Canadian Championships super G at Nakiska Ski Area in Alberta by just 0.07 seconds to capture the tenth national title of her career.nBritt Janyk, of Whistler, British Columbia, a two-time winner of this … Continue reading Retiring Emily Brydon Wins Canadian Championships Super G Ski Race
Kananaskis Valley (AB), Canada – Erik Guay, of Mont-Tremblant, Quebec, continued his run of spectacular super G performances to end the 2009-10 season, winning Tuesday’s GMC Canadian Championships men’s super G at Nakiska Ski Area west of Calgary. On the women’s side, it was Marie-Michèle Gagnon, of Lac-Etchemin, Quebec, successfully defending her super combined title … Continue reading Quebec Ski Racers Gagnon and Guay Win Canadian National Titles