Grand Teton National Park, WY – A team of Grand Teton National Park rangers, Teton Interagency personnel, Teton County Search and Rescue members and the Teton County contract helicopter on Thursday recovered the bodies of two backcountry skiers who died in an avalanche within the park. Chris Onufer, 42, of Teton Village, Wyo. and Steve … Continue reading Two Backcountry Skiers Die in Teton Avalanche
Drammen, Norway – Anchorage, Alaska’s Kikkan Randall put the exclamation mark on a day of historic benchmarks for the U.S. Ski Team on Wednesday, clinching the FIS Cross Country World Cup sprint title while finishing 11th in a classic sprint in Drammen. It’s the first U.S. World Cup cross country skiing title since Bill Koch … Continue reading Randall Takes World Cup Sprint Title
Snowmass Village, CO – In April 2006, while traveling to Iraq on a mission, the plane Lt. Col Ted Moorman was traveling on crashed and the next thing he knew he was being airlifted to a trauma center in Delaware. With life threatening injuries, much like Humpty Dumpty he was put back together again and … Continue reading Wounded Veterans Use Winter Sports to Find Life After War
Park City, UT – World Cup moguls skier Bradley Wilson and NorAm bumps ace Ali Kariotis, along with aerials standouts Kiley McKinnon and Mike Rossi headline a team of 19 American athletes bound for the 2012 FIS Freestyle Junior World Ski Championships set for March 20-24 in Valmalenco, Italy. U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association officials … Continue reading U.S. Names Freestyle Junior Worlds Team
Zao, Japan –A season which began with an historic debut World Cup win by Sarah Hendrickson, of Park City, Utah, reached its pinnacle on Saturday as the American teen clinched the overall title in the inaugural World Cup season for women’s ski jumping. Hendrickson, 17, opened the day with a win then hung on to … Continue reading Utah Teen Sarah Hendrickson Clinches Women’s World Cup Ski Jumping Title
Crans Montana, Switzerland – After further evaluation of an injured left knee, Olympic champion Bode Miller will miss the remainder of the 2012 Audi FIS Alpine World Cup season. Miller, of Franconia, N.H., originally aggravated his left knee in Sochi, Russia, where he missed the downhill podium by a mere .02 seconds. He attempted to … Continue reading Bode Miller Confirmed Out for Remainder of World Cup Ski Season
Innsbruck, Austria –As he lies in a hospital bed in Innsbruck, doctors indicate that Prince Johan Friso van Oranje of The Netherlands may never regain consciousness following his burial in an avalanche in the Austrian ski resort of Lech a week ago. Oxygen deprivation led to severe brain damage and nearly an hour of subsequent … Continue reading Dutch Prince May Never Recover from Avalanche Injuries
