Hamilton, VA – Four years ago, gymnast Ashley Caldwell was sitting in front of her TV in Hamilton, Va., watching the 2006 Olympic Winter Games in Tornio. Now, she is not only a member of the U.S. Aerials Ski Team but also an Olympian, competing in the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver, and the … Continue reading Champion Q&A: Ashley Caldwell
Valle Nevado, Chile – With just over a month before the Audi FIS Alpine World Cup opening weekend in Soelden, Austria, Head Coach Trevor Wagner says it’s time for the U.S. Ski Team women’s technical program to start picking up the pace at Valle Nevado.n”This place is sweet because we have around six hills to … Continue reading U.S. Women’s Tech Squad Amping Up at Valle Nevado
Park City, UT – The leaves are changing colors, the nights are cool and frost is starting to appear on the car in the morning. U.S. Ski Team and U.S. Snowboarding athletes are wrapping up Southern Hemisphere on-snow camps. With summer coming to an endand winter only a couple months away, the U.S. Ski and … Continue reading U.S. Ski Team Fall Balls and Benefits Planned and Ready
Portillo, Chile – Tucked high in the Chilean Andes, there isn’t much in the world of metro comforts at the women’s U.S. Ski Team’s fall training home in Portillo. That’s just fine for three-time Olympic medalist Julia Mancuso. After ripping half a dozen downhill training runs, she kicked back to map her next run of … Continue reading Mancuso Hooked to Giving Back
Sun Valley, ID – World Championship medalist Kikkan Randall was among a group of seven athletes, including six Olympians, named to the 2011 U.S. Cross Country Ski Team. Aspiring future stars in Sun Valley got a chance for a sneak preview of the squad this past weekend when the U.S. Ski Team spent an afternoon … Continue reading Olympians Lead 2011 U.S. Cross Country Ski Team
Calgary (AB), Canada – Jean-Philippe Roy and François Bourque, both veterans of the FIS World Cup circuit who were injured prior to the 2010 Olympic Winter Games last season, continue rehab and are on track to start ski racing on the World Cup circuit before the end of the year.nEach sustained a torn anterior cruciate … Continue reading Injured Canadian Alpine Ski Racers Working Towards Return to Snow
Zermatt, Switzerland – Swiss ski racer Didier Defago, the reigning Olympic downhill champion, is out for the 2010-11 winter with a knee injury sustained during pre-season training in Zermatt.nThe 32-year-old was training super G in Zermatt when he crashed, tearing ligaments in his left knee. Swiss Ski Federation team doctor Hans Spring has confirmed that … Continue reading Defago Out for World Cup Ski Season with Knee Injury