Park City, UT – American ski racer of Park City announced on Monday that he will have surgery on his back, which will cause him to miss the rest of the 2016-17 World Cup ski season. The two-time Olympic gold medalist will instead focus on the 2018 Olympics in PyeongChang, intending to come back strong as … Continue reading Ligety to Undergo Back Surgery
Copper Mountain, CO – For U.S. Ski Team athletes, it was just like any other day at Copper Mountain, Colorado, training at the U.S. Ski Team Speed Center: wake up, warm up, breakfast, super G session, NASTAR Pacesetting Trials, giant slalom session, lunch, dryland, video, autograph signings, dinner, bedtime. Repeat. But for Hedda, Saturday, November 19 … Continue reading Hedda: What Makes a Champ
Altenmarkt-Zauchensee, Austria – Lindsey Vonn plans to return to the Audi FIS Ski World Cup circuit this weekend, racing in the Altenmarkt-Zauchensee downhill. Vonn has been recovering from a fracture in her upper right arm, which she suffered after a training crash at Copper Mountain, Colo. in November. She has been out of the World Cup … Continue reading Vonn Returns to World Cup This Weekend
Vail, CO – American ski racing star Lindsey Vonn is back training on snow in Colorado for the first time after suffering a badly fractured upper arm while training at Copper Mountain in Colorado in November. “I’m back on snow!! So happy!!” Vonn tweeted yesterday. “Taking it day by day and I’ll see how I feel.” … Continue reading Vonn Cleared to Ski
White Pass, WA – A Bellingham, Wash. man died last week in an avalanche in the sidecountry of White Pass ski area, south of Mt. Rainier. Adam Roberts, 31, was found by members of White Pass Ski Patrol on Tuesday, buried under five to six feet of snow. Two feet of snow had fallen in … Continue reading Skier Dies in Out-of-Bounds Avalanche at White Pass
Park City, UT – Six-year- old Anna Hoffman sat on the bar atop of the 20-meter jump at the Utah Olympic Park in Park City. Next to her was one of the leading ski jumpers in America, Lindsey Van, offering words of encouragement. Young Anna was calm and collected, helmet and goggles on her head and … Continue reading Behind the Gold: Fly Girl Comes of Age
Sestriere, Italy – The Giovanni Agnelli race course in Sestriere is steeped in history. Named for the founder of Fiat and developer of the resort in the 1930s, this was the piste that sent 21-year- olds Julia Mancuso and Ted Ligety on to Olympic gold in 2006. It was here that the legendary Janica Kostelic of … Continue reading Behind the Gold: Becoming a Part of History
