Park City, UT – Khombu, a provider of waterproof footwear, has renewed a nearly decade long licensing partnership with the U.S. Ski Team for another four years. As a part of the partnership, Khombu provides branded footwear to retail using the U.S. Ski Team logo, another step in the U.S. Ski Team’s building of a … Continue reading Khombu Renews U.S. Ski Team Partnership
Sun Valley, ID – Amidst the 2010-11 U.S. Cross Country Ski Team announcement in September, the cross country athletes were working hard during a two-week roller-ski camp in Sun Valley.nAttending campers included Vermont Olympians Andy Newell, of Shaftsbury, and Liz Stephen of East Montpelier. “It was a pretty high intensity camp,” said Stephen. “We did … Continue reading U.S. Cross Country Ski Team Completes Intensive Training Camp in Sun Valley
Park City, UT – The next generation of U.S. Ski Team aerialists will get to learn from the best. Olympic gold medalist Eric Bergoust was named at the end of September as Freestyle Elite Aerials Assistant Coach, bringing ample amounts of experience as a coach and an elite athlete to the Team, having competed as … Continue reading Freestyle Skiing Olympic Champ Eric Bergoust Shifts Focus to Coaching
Queenstown, New Zealand – Last month, before the close of the ski season in and around Queenstown, the U.S. Snowboardcross Team took a different approach with their New Zealand and Fiji camp this summer.nRiders participating in the “Rad Camp 2” (the first “Rad Camp” took place the summer after the Torino Games in 2006) included … Continue reading U.S. Snowboardcross Participates in ‘Rad Camp 2’
Saranac Lake, NY – There are two significant road signs along the winding highway leading from Lake Champlain to the Adirondack Mountains. The first is stark green and marks Fletcher Farm road in Vermontville, population 853. It reads “Home of Billy Demong, Olympic gold and silver champion.” Roughly 10 miles later is another welcoming travelers … Continue reading Demong Supports Adirondack Skiing
Central Europe – Bikes, beaches and skiing, oh my! Billy Demong led the U.S. Nordic Combined Ski Team around central Europe for a three stop adventure this fall. On the journey the crew crossed paths with heaps of bikers, a lack of sand and of course some time on the ski jumping hill and roller … Continue reading Euro Road Trip for U.S. Nordic Combined Ski Team
Landgraaf, The Netherlands – Russia’s Ekaterina Tudegesheva and Austrian rider Andreas Prommegger have each claimed victory in Sunday’s season opener of the 2011 LG Snowboard FIS World Cup.nHeld indoors at SnowWorld Landgraaf, Tudegesheva, 27, clinched her career’s fourth World Cup win in Sunday’s parallel slalom by edging out Austria’s Heidi Neururer. In the battle for … Continue reading Tudegesheva and Prommegger Top Podium at 2011 Snowboard World Cup Season Opener