Park City, UT – The Vermont teenager stood atop 150 tons of steel, 130 feet above the stadium floor last month in Istanbul, Turkey, contemplating her third and final jump. She had just crashed on her frontside 720 so this was it. A continent away in Beijing, China’s Bird’s Nest stadium, two of her classmates had … Continue reading Teens Mix Studies with Athletics
Park City, UT – Utah’s Deer Valley Resort will once once again host the 2015 FIS Freestyle Ski World Cup, January 7 through January 10. Aerials and mogul competitors from around the world will challenge each other and themselves on Deer Valley’s 2002 Olympic runs. All events are free to the public to spectate. “FIS Freestyle Ski … Continue reading Utah’s Deer Valley to Host Freestyle World Cup Next Week
Calgary (AB), Canada – There will be no shortage of exciting freestyle skiing competition to watch when the FIS World Cup stops at Calgary’s Olympic Park for its annual moguls event this Saturday. A total of 19 Canadians will be competing (10 men and nine women). Leading the way for the men will be Mikael Kingsbury, of Deux-Montagnes, … Continue reading Kingsbury and Dufour-Lapointe Ready to Defend Mogul Titles in Calgary
Ruka, Finland – Olympic champion Hannah Kearney and the rest of the U.S. Freestyle moguls team kick off the 2015 season on Saturday with the dual moguls World Cup opener in Ruka, Finland. The team has been in Finland since the beginning of the month for training, with only about three hours of daylight shining on the … Continue reading U.S. Mogul Skiers Ready for Ruka
Aspen, CO – With the World Cup opener in Ruka, Finland less than two weeks away, the Canadian and U.S. Freestyle mogul teams are ready for action. The U.S. bumpers worked out in Colorado. The team arrived at Aspen Highlands prior to Thanksgiving, where athletes were able to train on a variety of features during this camp with enough snow … Continue reading U.S. and Canadian Mogul Teams Ready for Finland
Bozeman, MT – U.S. Ski Team mogul specialist Heather McPhie has announced that she’ll take a pass on this year’s World Cup season to focus instead on her studies. McPhie, of Bozeman, Mont., confirmed this week that after finishing 13th at the Olympic Winter Games in Sochi last February she’s been left feeling uncertain about … Continue reading McPhie to Skip Ski Season
