Ste.-Adele (QC), Canada – Aerialist Steve Omischl of Kelowna, B.C., Canada is back doing what he grew accustomed to doing – winning.n The defending World Cup men’s aerials skiing overall champion hadn’t reached the podium in his first two starts this season, but figured his time would come after winning five times last season. Omischl, … Continue reading World Cup Freestyle Skiing: Omischl On Top in Quebec →

Aspen, CO – After taking the silver last year, the U.S. Ski Team’s Tyler Walker (sit-ski; Franconia, NH), who helped pioneer adaptive mono ski cross in the X Games in 2007, crushed the competition to win his second X Games gold on Sunday in Aspen.n Walker won his qualifying heats with room to spare before … Continue reading Winter X Games 13: Walker Wins Gold in Mono Skier X →

Aspen, CO – TJ Schiller came to the Skiing Slopestyle Men’s event at Winter X Games 13 as an alternate and left Aspen as the gold medal winner on Sunday.n Schiller claimed the title on his first run that included a technically sound 270 on and off the rail, a switch 900, an alley-oop right … Continue reading Winter X Games 13: Schiller Takes Top Honor in Men’s Skiing Slopestyle →

Aspen, CO – The gates dropped and out quickly was the bright green outfit of Stanley Hayer, taking control of Sunday’s Men’s Skier X race at Winter X Games 13 in Aspen. At the end of the race, the bright green was still out in front, giving Hayer his first Winter X Games gold … … Continue reading Winter X Games 13: Hayer Wins First Winter X Games Gold in Skier X Men’s Final →

Aspen, CO – France’s Ophelie David and Magdalena Jonsson of Sweden were neck and neck heading into the final jump in the Skier X Women’s final Sunday at Winter X Games 13 in Aspen. As both landed, David squeezed ahead of Jonsson and captured her third consecutive gold medal in the event.n David and Jonsson … Continue reading Winter X Games 13: David Wins Third Consecutive Skier X Women’s Gold →

Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy – The U.S. Ski Team’s Lindsey Vonn (Vail, CO) expanded her overall lead in the Audi FIS World Cup Sunday, finishing 10th in a giant slalom in Cortina d’Ampezzo. Kathrin Zettel picked up the win leading an all-Austrian top three.n Vonn was fifth out of the first run, but some contact with … Continue reading World Cup Alpine Skiing: Vonn 10th in Italian GS →

Otepaae, Estonia – Norway’s Ola Vigen Hattestad and Petra Majdic of Slovenia won classic World Cup sprint races Sunday to maintain overall leads in the World Cup cross country ski season’s sprint standings.n Andy Newell (Shaftsbury, VT) and Torin Koos (Leavenworth, WA) easily qualified for the finals, but did not make it past the quarterfinal … Continue reading World Cup Cross Country Skiing: Hattestad, Majdic Win Otepaae Sprints →