Kitzbuehel, Austria – The 77th edition of the Hahnenkamm race weekend — the Super Bowl of ski racing — officially kicked off in Kitzbuehel on Friday with a super G held on the legendary Streif course. Austrian Matthias Maier clocked the fastest time and whipped the home-country crowd into a celebratory frenzy, followed by Italy’s Christof Innerhorfer in … Continue reading Mayer Wins Hahnenkamm Super G
Kitzbuehel, Austria – The excitement here in Tirol is so palpable, it feels like Christmas Eve. The famous “Flying Bulls” whiz by overhead in their beautiful bombers, wispy smoke circles swirling in the air and leaving magic in their dust for all Kitzbuehel guests to marvel at, jaws dropping. Even more jaw-dropping are the athletes hurtling their … Continue reading American Downhillers vs. The Streif
Altenmarkt-Zauchensee, Austria – Oregon’s Jackie Wiles skied to her first career Audi FIS Ski World Cup podium on Sunday, finishing third in the much anticipated downhill in Altenmarkt. After three days of weather delays, the women ran an early morning downhill training run Sunday, and then headed back to the start for the real deal. The track at … Continue reading Wiles Earns First Career Podium In Altenmarkt Downhill
Kreischberg, Austria – Austria’s Anna Gasser and Mons Roisland of Norway each claimed victory at this season’s first slopestyle World Cup competition staged on the 2015 world championships slope at Kreischberg on Saturday. Gasser, the 25-year-old local favorite, lived up to expectations in dominant fashion by keeping the momentum from a second-rank finish at last weekend’s Moscow big … Continue reading Gasser and Roisland Win Slopestyle World Cup Opener
Wengen, Switzerland – Snow and wind wreaked havoc on Saturday’s scheduled Audi FIS Ski World Cup races, cancelling both the men and women’s downhill races in Switzerland and Altenmarkt- Zauchensee, Austria. The women were scheduled to have both a downhill training run and downhill race Saturday in Altenmarkt-Zauchensee, but due to heavy snowfall both had to … Continue reading Weather Cancels World Cup Downhills
Altenmarkt-Zauchensee, Austria – Too much new snowfall on the course forced the cancellation of Thursday’s downhill training run for the World Cup ladies at Altenmarkt-Zauchensee, and a similar fate befell the plan on Friday. Despite workers clearing the course in time for Friday’s training run, heavy snowfall picked up just before the racers’ inspection and continued throughout … Continue reading Snow Scraps Second Zauchensee Training
Altenmarkt-Zauchensee, Austria – Lindsey Vonn plans to return to the Audi FIS Ski World Cup circuit this weekend, racing in the Altenmarkt-Zauchensee downhill. Vonn has been recovering from a fracture in her upper right arm, which she suffered after a training crash at Copper Mountain, Colo. in November. She has been out of the World Cup … Continue reading Vonn Returns to World Cup This Weekend
