St. Moritz, Switzerland – The hometown crowd had reason to celebrate on Friday as Switzerland swept the top two positions in women’s super combined at the 2017 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships, with Wendy Holdener taking the gold, and Michelle Gisin the silver – both first time World Championship medalists. Their joy, however, was short-lived as teammate Lara … Continue reading Switzerland Wins Worlds Super Combined, but Gut Is Out for the Season→
Hunter, NY – Tomorrow, Empire Parks at Hunter Mountain will present the inaugural Kaatskillz, a freestyle on-snow terrain park event themed after an urban skate park. Freestyle skiers and riders near and far are invited to compete in Saturday’s Kaatskillz pro-am event, located on the main face of the mountain on Park Ave West. The event build is … Continue reading “Kaatskillz: A Skate Park On Snow” at Hunter This Weekend→
St. Moritz, Switzerland – The ladies were able to execute their second successful downhill training run at the St. Moritz Alpine Ski World Championships after waiting out the fog, revealing blue skies above their course. World Cup downhill standings leader Ilka Stuhec of Slovenia clocked the fastest time for the second day in a row. The … Continue reading Fog in St. Moritz Scrubs Men’s Downhill Training→
Killington, VT – More than 30 blind and visually impaired athletes from across the country will learn to ski or learn to race with Vermont Adaptive Ski and Sports this weekend at the 10th anniversary of the United States Association of Blind Athletes (USABA) Winter Ski Festival at Pico Mountain in Vermont. For 10 years, USABA … Continue reading Visually Impaired Skiers Descend Upon Pico Mountain→
Midway, UT – This is a story about the dream of four teenaged girls. It’s a story about best friends who came from different backgrounds in sport from across America. It’s a story about inspiration and the power of sport heroes. In a way, it reads a bit like a fairytale. Except that it really did … Continue reading Behind the Gold: Achieving a Dream→
St. Moritz, Switzerland – Canada’s Erik Guay became the oldest World Champion in alpine skiing history on Wednesday, winning the men’s super G at the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships in St. Moritz. For Guay – the 35-year-old veteran of the Canadian Ski Team and one of only three athletes competing at these World Championships who also … Continue reading Canada’s Erik Guay Now the Oldest World Champion→
St. Moritz, Switzerland – After two days of snowfall canceled both men’s and women’s downhill training, the Salastrains course at the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships in St. Moritz was picture perfect on Tuesday. Twenty-seven-year-old Nicole Schmidhofer of Austria won today’s women’s super G, the opening race of the 2017 Championships. Tina Weirather of Lichtenstein was second … Continue reading Schmidhofer Wins Worlds Opening Super G as Vonn Skis Out→
