Stoneham (QC), Canada – With today’s last falfpipe contest in Stoneham, the 2006/2007 NOKIA Snowboard FIS World Cup season has ended. In the last competition, Manuela Laura Pesko (SUI) and Daniel Friberg (SUI) were able to grab gold before 1,000 spectators. nIn the ladies’ final, the reigning World Champion relegated Australia’s Holly Crawford (40.7) … … Continue reading Swiss Double Victory in Snowboard World Cup Finals Halfpipe →

Panorama (BC), Canada – Libby Ludlow (Bellevue, WA) and Tim Kelley (Starksboro, VT) won the final NorAm ski races of the season Saturday as Ludlow captured a giant slalom by nearly nine-tenths of a second and Kelley won a slalom by nearly a half-second. nKelley won with a two-run time of 1:32.21 and placed … … Continue reading Kelley, Ludlow Sweep Final NorAm Ski Races →

Oslo, Norway – World Championships silver medalist Bill Demong (Vermontville, NY) moved up four places in the 7.5K sprint Sunday to finish third, ending his best nordic combined World Cup ski season on the podium behind Jason Lamy Chappuis of France and Felix Gottwald of Austria. Eric Camerota (Park City, UT) was 27th. nDemong, … … Continue reading Demong 3rd in Final Nordic Combined Skiing Sprint →

Airolo, Switzerland – Dylan Ferguson (Amesbury, MA/Waterville Valley Black&Blue Trail Smashers/U.S. C Team) nailed two triple-twisting doubles Sunday night to claim the silver medal and lead three U.S. men into the top 10 in aerials at the 2007 FIS Freestyle Junior World Ski Championships. Top U.S. woman was Allison Lee (Manchester, CT/Waterville Valley B&BTS), who … Continue reading Skiing JWCs: Ferguson Collects Aerials Silver →

Airolo, Switzerland – NorAm moguls champion Bryon Wilson (South Taylorsville, UT/Wasatch Freestyle/U.S. C Team) laid down a powerful final moguls run Sunday and led U.S. sweep of the top four places at the 2007 FIS Freestyle Junior World Ski Championships. Kayla Snyderman (Winchester, MA/Waterville Valley Black&Blue Trail Smashers/U.S. C Team), the women’s NorAm moguls champion, … Continue reading Skiing JWCs: U.S. Men 1-2-3-4 in Moguls, Women 2-4-5 →

Airolo, Switzerland – Kim Sharp (Park City, UT/Park City Ski Education Foundation) earned the gold medal Saturday in ski halfpipe at the 2007 FIS Freestyle Junior World Championships and Sophia Schwartz (Ketchum, ID/Waterville Valley Black&Blue Trail Smashers) was silver medalist. nSharp received 27.80 points on her first halfpipe run and it was enough for the … Continue reading Skiing JWCs: Halfpipe Gold for Sharp, Silver for Schwartz →

Airolo, Switzerland – Swiss men swept the medals in ski cross Friday as the 2007 FIS Freestyle Junior World Championships opened. French women took the top two spots in their event. No Americans competed. nRenato Trummer of Switzerland won the men’s gold medal followed by teammates Gregor Vinzens and Armin Niederer. Alizee Boulangeat won the … Continue reading Skiing JWCs: Four SX Medals for Swiss on Day One →