Lincoln, NH – New England Disabled Sports (NEDS) has announced that founding member Dr. Robert A. Harney was recently inducted in the National Disabled Ski Hall of Fame. To bestow this honor, the Executive Director of Disabled Sports USA, , Kirk Bauer, JD, made the induction presentation. Dr. Harney, an orthopedic surgeon based in the … Continue reading Dr. Robert A. Harney Inducted into National Disabled Ski Hall of Fame
Jackson Hole, WY – A 24-year-old woman is reportedly in a coma after falling several hundred feet down a chute while skiing in the Teton Mountains adjacent to Jackson Hole Mountain Resort (JHMR) on Saturday. Sally Francklyn, a public relations account executive with Denny, Ink. in Jackson Hole, was skiing the Once Is Enough couloir … Continue reading Woman in Coma Following Tumble While Skiing Teton Chute
Stockholm, Sweden – Two veterans of the Audi FIS Alpine World Cup ski racing circuit separately on Monday announced their retirement for related, yet very different reasons. Sweden’s Anja Paerson, a gold medal veteran of the 2006 Olympic Winter Games and seven-time World Champion in all five disciplines who has five other Olympic medals and … Continue reading Skiers Paerson, Scheiber to Retire from World Cup Circuit
Grindelwald, Switzerland – Fans and the World Cup community are mourning the loss of Nic Zoricic, who died in a finish line crash during a World Cup ski cross competition on Saturday in Grindelwald. Zoricic, 29, of Toronto, Ontario, began his career in alpine ski racing but transferred to ski cross. He crashed in the … Continue reading Canadian Ski Cross Athlete Nic Zoricic Dies in World Cup Crash in Switzerland
Park City, UT – Youth Olympic Games halfpipe gold medalist Ben Ferguson, silver medalist Arielle Gold and Sprint U.S. Grand Prix slopestyle silver medalist Indigo Monk headline a group of 25 athletes named on Friday to the 2012 FIS Snowboard Junior World Championships Team for U.S. Snowboarding. The Junior Worlds take place March 24–31 in … Continue reading U.S. Snowboarding Junior Worlds Team Named
Park City, UT – X Games silver medalist Devin Logan, World Cup skicross standout Brant Crossan and Youth Olympic Games skicross athlete Lesley Wilson headline a group of 11 athletes named to the 2012 FIS Freestyle Junior World Championships Team for U.S. Freeskiing. The Junior Worlds take place March 20–25 in Valmalenco, Italy. Logan has … Continue reading U.S. Names Junior Worlds Freeskiing Team
Are, Sweden – Olympic gold medalist Lindsey Vonn produced an inspired wire-to-wire giant slalom victory in Are on Friday to mathematically secure an American record fourth Audi FIS Alpine World Cup overall alpine ski racing title. “I don’t know what to say, I just wanted to have two really aggressive runs today. I had nothing … Continue reading Vonn Locks 4th Overall World Cup Ski Racing Title with GS Win
