Vancouver (BC), Canada – The Canadian Freestyle Ski Association (CFSA) today announced the addition of new school skiing luminary JF Cusson to its coaching staff for the newly named National Slopestyle Ski Team. As a technical coach for one of the hottest new Olympic disciplines, Cusson brings myriad competitive experience to the newly created position. … Continue reading JF Cusson to Coach Canadian Slopestyle Skiers
Waterville Valley, NH – Georg Capaul, the well-regarded Swiss ski coach who has influenced American ski athletes for more than three decades, will be honored with the Spirit of Skiing Award at the New England Ski Museum’s 34th Annual Meeting and dinner on November 5, 2011 at the Waterville Valley Conference Center in Waterville Valley, … Continue reading New England Ski Museum to Honor Georg Capaul
Washington, DC – The Protect Our Winters coalition of skiers and snowboarders, including two-time Olympic snowboarder Gretchen Bleiler and the group’s founder, pro snowboarder Jeremy Jones, joined the Aspen Skiing Company, The Wilderness Society and other environmental groups this week to call on the U.S. Congress and the Obama Administration to help curb carbon emissions … Continue reading Skiers and Snowboarders Lobby Obama, Congress to Fight Climate Change
Boston, MA – Eight-time X Games medalist, 2014 Winter Olympic hopeful and world record holder skier, Simon Dumont, will get his chance to test his baseball skills as ceremonial pitcher before the Red Sox vs. Tampa Bay Rays in Boston on Friday, September 16. “I’m really looking forward to throwing the first pitch at Fenway,” … Continue reading Simon Dumont to Throw First Pitch at Red Sox Game
Vienna, Austria – A former Austrian cross country ski coach has been handed a 15-month prison sentence by a Vienna court on Thursday for supplying athletes with performance-enhancing blood doping materials. Walter Mayer, however, will serve only a fraction of that sentence after the court suspended 12 months of the sentence for three years and … Continue reading 15 Months in Jail for Former Austrian Ski Coach
Avon, CO – Many would argue that Bode Miller is the best American alpine ski racer of all time. He is an Olympic and World Championship gold medalist, and a two-time World Cup champion. Miller is only the fifth man to win World Cup races in all five disciplines, and in 2008 along with fellow … Continue reading Party in Beaver Creek with Bode Miller
Broomfield, CO – Vail Resorts, Inc. today announced a worldwide multi-year partnership agreement with two-time Olympic gold medalist, professional snowboarder and skateboarder Shaun White. White will represent all six of Vail Resorts’ ski areas: Vail, Beaver Creek, Breckenridge and Keystone in Colorado, and Heavenly and Northstar in California/Nevada. Northstar will become White’s home mountain and … Continue reading Snowboarder Shaun White Inks Deal with Vail Resorts
