Newry, ME – The North American Wife Carrying Championship is returning to Sunday River in Maine for its 16th year as part of the ski resort’s annual Fall Festival, set for Oct. 9–11. This full weekend of parties, competitions, and activities, including the 2nd Annual New England Cornhole Championship, welcomes the cooler weather and ushers in another winter … Continue reading Wife Carrying Championship Returns to Maine
Lakewood, CO – On Friday, January 8, 2016 at 10 a.m. in your local time zone, something special is scheduled to happen. Something unique. Something that has never been done (okay, maybe once or twice). Ski and snowboard areas in the U.S. will be offering a beginner lesson for either ski or snowboard in an effort to set the … Continue reading Industry Groups Gun for Guinness Record for Largest Ski Lesson
Ludlow, VT – Okemo Mountain Resort will celebrate the changing of the seasons in southern Vermont with its annual Fall into Winter Festival on Saturday, October 10. The ski resort’s Jackson Gore area, in all of its fall foliage glory, will be the setting for enjoying live music, food and family activities. Okemo’s culinary team will be … Continue reading Okemo Celebrates Fall into Winter Oct. 10
Boston, MA – The U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association (USSA), along with Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh and Fenway Sports Management (FSM), today announced that Red Sox baseball’s Fenway Park will host a big air snowboarding and freeskiing U.S. Grand Prix tour event on February 11-12, 2016. The Big Air at Fenway will feature a 140-foot … Continue reading Ski and Snowboard Big Air Coming to Fenway
Mt. Gariwang, South Korea – South Korea’s Olympic organizing committee has drawn the ire of environmental groups for allegedly destroying tens of thousands of trees in a sensitive 500-year-old virgin forest to create ski runs to be used the 2018 Olympic Winter Games at PyeongChang. Games officials indicate that the Jeongseon Alpine Centre on Mt. Gariwang was the … Continue reading South Korea Generates Environmental Flap Over Olympic Ski Run Construction
Lincoln, NH – White Mountain Oktoberfest, the region’s largest celebration of German beer, food, and culture, will bring a taste of the Bavarian Alps to New Hampshire’s Loon Mountain Resort over Columbus Day Weekend, Oct. 10-11. Timed to coincide with New Hampshire’s vibrant foliage season, White Mountain Oktoberfest will give revelers an opportunity to enjoy seasonal … Continue reading Loon Mountain Resort Hosts White Mountain Oktoberfest
Lake Placid, NY – Lake Placid’s Olympic Ski Jumping Complex will be the site of the U.S. Ski Jumping Championships on Sunday, Oct. 11. The normal hill championship will take place on the HS100 meter hill in Lake Placid as part of a full weekend of ski jumping during the annual Flaming Leaves Festival, Oct. 10-11, … Continue reading U.S. Ski Jumping Championships Coming to Lake Placid
