Park City, UT –Audi FIS World Cup champion Lindsey Vonn was honored by the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association with the Beck International Award, the organization’s highest athlete honor. The USSA also recognized longtime race official John Garnsey of Vail/Beaver Creek, Colo., with its Julius Blegen Award for three decades of service to the sport. … Continue reading Vonn Headlines USSA Award Winners
Great Barrington, MA –Ski Butternut’s operations manager, Reuel Sheldon, is retiring after 30 years of service at the ski resort in the Berkshire Mountains of western Massachusetts. Sheldon is stepping own after seeing the mountain through many great years and some challenging times, including a life altering injury to the resort’s iconic owner, Channing Murdock, … Continue reading Ski Butternut Operations Manager Retires After 30 Years
Calgary (AB), Canada –Twenty-nine athletes were named to the Canadian Alpine Ski Team on Thursday as Alpine Canada continues its preparations for the 2012-13 World Cup season and the 2013 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships. The squad of 19 men and 10 women features three new additions and nine racers who have recorded World Cup … Continue reading Canada’s 2012-13 Alpine Ski Team Named
Heber, UT – Steven Nyman, born and bred in Utah, was skiing at age two (Dad ran the ski school at Sundance) and was a discretionary pick for the 2002 Junior Worlds squad where he landed two medals. Coaches were so impressed, they entered him in a World Cup slalom six days later and he … Continue reading Athlete Spotlight: Steven Nyman
Calgary (AB), Canada –Brian Bennett, a World Cup veteran and pillar of the Canadian ski cross team, has announced his retirement from ski racing. “Big Bad” Bennett – a nickname that seems a bit ironic for an athlete widely regarded as one of the nicest guys on the circuit – is hanging up his skis … Continue reading Brian Bennett Retires from Ski Cross
Vancouver (BC), Canada – On the heels of one of its most successful competitive seasons, the Canadian Freestyle Ski Association (CFSA) on Thursday revealed its lineup for 2013. The mogul, aerial, slopestyle and halfpipe national teams won a total of 42 FIS World Cup medals and 13 podiums at Association of Freesking Professionals platinum events … Continue reading 2013 Canadian National Freestyle Ski Team Named
Sandpoint, ID – John Pucci, the Patrol Director at Idaho’s Schweitzer Mountain Resort, has retired after 45 years on the patrol and 38 years as Patrol Director. Pucci was honored last week by both the Pacific Northwest Ski Areas Association (PNSAA) with that organization’s “Tower of Excellence” award, and by the Association of Professional Patrollers (APP) with … Continue reading Schweitzer’s Ski Patrol Director Retires After 45 Years
