Pitztal, Austria – On the same day that a severe knee injury ended Austrian racer Anna Fenninger’s season, another crash has closed the door on the World Cup winter for a second racer even before it began. Canadian Dustin Cook, 26, crashed on Wednesday in the Austrian resort of Pitztal during training for the World Cup … Continue reading Soelden Training Ends Season for Second Skier
Soelden, Austria – Just three days before the opening of the World Cup Alpine ski racing season, Austrian athlete Anna Fenninger is out for the entire winter after suffering a severe knee injury in a training crash on the Rettenbach Glacier on Wednesday. Following the injury, Fenninger was airlifted to a hospital in nearby Innsbruck, where she … Continue reading Fenninger Crashes Out of World Cup Season
Bethel, ME – If you’re standing at the bottom of a moguls course, and Troy Murphy is in the starting gate, you’re in for a real treat. Watching an athlete barrel through massive mounds of snow at top speed is intense, but it’s Murphy’s airs that really catch the attention of the spectators. In every run, … Continue reading Troy Murphy: What Makes a Champion
Holyoke, MA – Cal Conniff will be the recipient of the New England Ski Museum’s 10th annual Spirit of Skiing Award, and the event venue in Holyoke with a view of Mount Tom was selected by the Museum in tribute to Conniff’s years of managing the now-closed ski area. Under Conniff’s leadership, Mount Tom was a … Continue reading Cal Conniff, from Ski Bum to National Ski Executive
Park City, UT – After five years as the head slopestyle coach for the U.S. Snowboarding team, Bill Enos is set to retire from his coaching role. Enos led the slopestyle team to numerous World Cup wins, X Games medals and most notably coached Sage Kotsenburg and Jamie Anderson on their way to making history at … Continue reading U.S. Snowboarding Coach Bill Enos Retires
Soelden, Austria – When the World Cup ski racing season kicks off next week on the Rettenbach Glacier in this Austrian resort, it will do so without Squaw Valley’s Julia Mancuso. Mancuso, 31, posted to Instagram on Wednesday that she will sit out Soelden to continue recovering from a hip injury that abbreviated her 2014-15 … Continue reading Mancuso to Skip Soelden
San Diego, CA – U.S. ski racer Bode Miller said this week that he’s going to skip this World Cup ski season, focusing instead on raising his family and racing his horses. That could well translate into a retirement announcement for Miller, who’s now 38. Miller’s wife, pro volleyball player Morgan Beck, gave birth to … Continue reading Bode Miller to Sit Out Ski Season
