Park City, UT – The managing partner of New York’s Windham Mountain Resort, J. Randall MacDonald has been named to the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Team Foundation’s Board of Trustees. The announcement was made yesterday by the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association’s (USSA) President and CEO Bill Marolt. MacDonald, a senior vice president of IBM, … Continue reading Windham Mountain’s MacDonald Named U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association Trustee→
Park City, UT – Vail Resorts Co-President John Garnsey, a longtime ski industry leader, has been named to the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Team Foundation’s Board of Trustees. Since starting at the Vail race department over 30 years ago, Garnsey’s influence on ski racing helped establish Vail Mountain and nearby Beaver Creek as one of … Continue reading Vail Resorts’ Garnsey Named USSA Trustee→
Burlington, VT – Burton Snowboarders founder Jake Burton Carpenter announced to staff via a company memo on Friday that he’s been diagnosed with testicular cancer. “The bad news is that I have cancer,” Burton began. “The good news is that it is as curable as it gets.” In his announcement Burton, 57, said that his … Continue reading Snowboard Pioneer Jake Burton Diagnosed with Cancer→
New York – Precisely fifty years ago there was the film “Breakfast at Tiffany’s.” Now there’s “skiing with Tiffany’s,” as a new a new Tiffany & Co.-produced USSA Gold Pass offers donors skiing or snowboarding at resorts across the USA. The prestigious new ski pass, only 400 of which are issued annually, was unveiled past … Continue reading Skiing White Gold→
Park City, UT – Park City Mountain Resort on Thursday announced the addition of Japanese halfpipe snowboarder Kazu Kokubo to the Park City All Star team. As part of the partnership, “Kazu” will call Park City Mountain Resort his home mountain and will primarily train in the resort’s Eagle Superpipe, as well as with a … Continue reading Park City Mountain Resort Welcomes Kazuhiro Kokubo to the PC All Star Team→
Squaw Valley, CA – Squaw Valley ski resort at Lake Tahoe, Calif., announced a trio of staffing changes on Thursday. Michael DeGroff will serve as the resort’s new vice president of resort services, while Todd Kelly has been brought on board as the resort’s newly appointed ski and snowboard team program director. Gretchen Kielas has been … Continue reading Squaw Hires New Execs→
Lausanne, Switzerland – The International Ski Federation (FIS) today named the FIS Athlete Role Models (ARMs) for the first edition of the Winter Youth Olympic Games, scheduled for January 13-22, 2012 at Innsbruck, Austria. The involvement of the Athlete Role Models to mentor the young athletes attending the Youth Olympic Games (YOG) at their first … Continue reading Ski Federation Names Role Models for Winter Youth Olympic Games at Innsbruck→
