Wilmington, NY – The first event of the big Putnam Investment Freestyle Cup weekend at Lake Placid took place on the famed Wilderness moguls pitch at Whiteface Mountain on Friday in frigid conditions with icy snow. Australia’s Britteny Cox and Dmitriy Reiherd of Kazakhstan both scored their second career World Cup victories, albeit under drastically different circumstances, as the U.S. … Continue reading Schild and Wilson Reach Moguls Podium on Home Turf→
Lake Placid, NY – FIS Freestyle moguls and aerials athletes return to competition in the new year this week at the Putnam Investments Freestyle Cup in Lake Placid. The moguls competition will take place Friday at Whiteface Mountain Ski Center in nearby Wilmington, while aerial athletes will compete at a night event on Saturday at the Olympic … Continue reading Freestyle World Cup Starts 2017 in Lake Placid→
Park City, UT – Aspiring ski and snowboard athletes will have expanded opportunities as a result of collaborative partnerships between the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association and its leading clubs, academy programs, resorts and sport performance facilities. The USSA has announced a four-level program to provide both regional and training opportunities through co-branding with those programs. … Continue reading USSA Formalizes Training Partnership Programs→
Salt Lake City, UT – With their first competitions just weeks away, a few U.S. Ski Team, U.S. Snowboarding, and U.S. Freeskiing athletes took a break from their pre-season preparations to spend a day with patients at Primary Children’s Hospital in Salt Lake City. Kira Tanghe (aerials – U.S. Ski Team), Megan Nick (aerials – U.S. Ski Team), … Continue reading Ski and Snowboard Athletes Give Back at Utah’s Primary Children’s Hospital→
Tignes, France – In many ways, Donna Weinbrecht was an unlikely hero. An Olympic ski champion from West Milford, New Jersey? But on a snowy day high in the mountains above the Tarentaise Valley in the French Savoie, she became her sport’s first gold medalist. After a demonstration sport introduction in Calgary four years earlier, freestyle moguls … Continue reading Donna Weinbrecht: Unlikely Hero→
New York, NY – Since Gretchen Fraser’s historic slalom gold at St. Moritz in 1948, U.S. ski and snowboard athletes have taken home an impressive 35 Olympic gold medals. This October, all 31 of the Olympic champions or their descendants have been invited to New York City to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the U.S. Ski and Snowboard … Continue reading U.S. Ski and Snowboard Foundation’s New York Gala Turns 50→
Big Cottonwood Canyon, UT – The U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association (USSA) has confirmed that Solitude Mountain Resort will host the snowboardcross and ski cross events for the 2019 FIS Freestyle and Snowboard World Championships to be held in Utah. In preparation for the World Championships, Solitude will host a test event, featuring a snowboardcross FIS World … Continue reading Solitude Joins Venue Line Up for 2019 World Championships→
