Vail, CO – After being evaluated following a downhill training crash at Copper Mountain on Tuesday, Lindsey Vonn’s physicians have confirmed that the ski racer has again partially torn the anterior cruciate ligament in her right knee, setting back her quest to return to ski racing in time to compete in the 2014 Olympic Winter … Continue reading Vonn’s Right ACL is Re-Torn
Copper Mountain, CO – U.S. ski racer Lindsey Vonn was evacuated from the U.S. Ski Team’s Speed Center at Copper Mountain, Colo., by toboggan on Tuesday, following a crash in downhill training. Vonn, 29, is attempting to return to ski racing following a crash during the World Championships in February that injured her right knee, … Continue reading Vonn Crashes in Training
Pagosa Springs, CO –Members of the Gray Wolves Ski Club and fellow ski enthusiasts showed up at Wolf Creek Ski Area in Colorado on Tuesday to celebrate Charles Elliott’s 100th birthday. As usual, Charles spent his birthday by going skiing. But this time he had over 150 fellow skiers cheering him on. Elliott is credited … Continue reading American Ski Pioneer Turns 100
Washington, DC – National Geographic on Thursday announced its 2014 Adventurers of the Year, whose extraordinary achievements in exploration, adventure sports, conservation or humanitarianism have distinguished them in the past year. Among the 13 honorees are snowboarder Kevin Pearce and skier JP Auclair. Pearce, of Vermont, was nominated after surviving a traumatic brain injury and launching the … Continue reading National Geographic 2014 Adventurers of the Year Include Snowboarder Kevin Pearce, Skier JP Auclair
Lake Louise (AB), Canada – Former world downhill champion Erik Guay is set to make his return from injury at the Lake Louise Alpine Ski World Cup later this month as Canadian racers try to make the most of home snow advantage and punch their tickets to the 2014 Sochi Olympic Winter Games. Guay, of … Continue reading Guay Set to Return
Los Angeles, CA – Universal Sports Network will present Lindsey Vonn: The Return, an exclusive, in-depth personal interview with the most decorated skier in U.S. history this Friday, at 7 p.m. ET. A sneak-peak of Friday’s special will air on this week’s Countdown to Sochi at 8 p.m. ET on Wednesday. In the 30-minute special, … Continue reading Exclusive Interview with Lindsey Vonn to Air Friday
Ishpeming, MI – Six athletes and sport builders have been elected to the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame in Ishpeming, the birthplace in 1905 of the National Ski Association (now U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association), for their contributions to the sport. Honorees for 2013 include big mountain skier Scot Schmidt, freestyle pioneer and world … Continue reading U.S. Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame Names Class of 2013
