Olympic Valley, CA – At 6’7”, Squaw Valley’s Bryce Bennett towers over his competition. In fact, he’s the tallest guy on the World Cup circuit, and looks a little bit like a yeti when charging down mountains at 90 mph. But don’t let that height fool you—he’s not good at basketball (self-proclaimed) and he is a gentle … Continue reading Bryce Bennett: U.S. Ski Team Yeti
Big Cottonwood Canyon, UT – Solitude Mountain Resort, now a Deer Valley Resort, has appointed Nate Lee as its new director of mountain operations effective October 19. Lee is currently entering his twenty-first year of employment at Solitude, and has held the positions of lift operator, lift maintenance mechanic, lift maintenance manager and most recently, the senior … Continue reading Utah’s Solitude Appoints New Director of Mountain Ops
Erzurum, Turkey – The ex-president of Turkey’s ski federation has avoided a prison sentence, but has been ordered to pay a hefty fine over the death of ski racer Aslı Nemutlu in 2012. Nemutlu, 18, was killed in a crash while training for the Turkey Youth Ski Championship at the Konaklı ski resort near the city of Erzurum … Continue reading Former President of Turkish Ski Federation Sentenced Over Skier’s Death
Ishpeming, MI – The U.S. Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame announced on Friday the names of seven people elected to the Hall of Fame Class of 2015. Those who will be inducted in the coming year are: freestyle skiing world champions Genia Fuller and Bob Salerno; longtime ski industry leader David Ingemie, veteran magazine publisher … Continue reading U.S. Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame Announces the Class of 2015
Glenwood Springs, CO – Colorado’s Sunlight Mountain Resort has named Troy Hawks, former communications manager at the National Ski Areas Association (NSAA), as its new marketing and sales director. Most recently Hawks worked two years at Colorado Ski Country USA (CSCUSA) in the areas of marketing communications and managing the passport department that processes and distributes … Continue reading Former NSAA Communications Chief Settles In at Sunlight
Telluride, CO – Telluride native and professional freeskier Gus Kenworthy chose a pair of interviews published on Thursday to come out as gay. Kenworthy, 24, told the Associated Press and ESPN that he would have preferred to reveal his sexuality by embracing his boyfriend after winning the silver medal in a U.S. sweep of the first Olympic slopestyle in 2014 … Continue reading Pro Freeskier Gus Kenworthy Tells the World He’s Gay
Soelden, Austria – Just a day before the World Cup season opening women’s giant slalom in Austria, American ski racer Lindsey Vonn has confirmed that she won’t be in the starting gate. Vonn, of Vail, Colo., is still recovering from an ankle fracture while training in New Zealand in August. She traveled to Soelden to … Continue reading Lindsey Vonn Confirms She’s a Scratch for Soelden
