Saranac Lake, NY – This small Adirondack Mountain community gathered Saturday afternoon to present their hometown hero Billy Demong of neighboring Vermontville with a bronze plaque immortalizing the Olympic and World Champion as the first inductee into Saranac Lake’s Walk of Fame. “In a village with so much history and so many people having gone … Continue reading Upstate N.Y. Town Honors Nordic Combined Skiing Olympic Medalist
London, UK – In addition to women’s ski jumping, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced Wednesday afternoon that halfpipe skiing will be included in the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi. A decision for two other sports under consideration for Olympic inclusion, slopestyle skiing and snowboarding and the alpine team event, will be made in … Continue reading Halfpipe Skiing Gets Olympic Nod
London, UK – For the first time in Olympic Winter Games history, women will participate in ski jumping, beginning in Sochi, Russia in 2014.nThe International Olympic Committee made the announcement today during the IOC Executive Board’s press conference in London, site of the 2012 Summer Games. “We are elated and relieved,” said Deedee Corradini, Women’s … Continue reading Women’s Ski Jumping Approved for Sochi Olympics
Stratton Mountain, VT – As the U.S. Open Snowboarding finals take place this weekend at Stratton Mountain ski resort in Vermont, Olympic snowboarding champion Hannah Teter is teaming up with other professional athletes to fight child poverty through Children International, a U.S.-based humanitarian organization.nThe two-time medalist was joined by Burton Team Snowboarder Gabi Viteri and … Continue reading Olympic Snowboarder Helps Poor Children Worldwide
Colorado Springs, CO – Olympic champion Lindsey Vonn has been named the U.S. Olympic Committee’s (USOC) SportsWoman of the Year for 2010, marking the second consecutive year Vonn has earned the USOC’s most prestigious honor. The award has been presented annually to the top overall male and female athletes from within the USOC member organizations … Continue reading U.S. Olympic Committee Names Lindsey Vonn SportsWoman of the Year
Park City, UT – Olympic medalists and World Champions Johnny Spillane and Todd Lodwick of Steamboat Springs, Colo., and New York State’s Billy Demong will lead the decorated U.S. Nordic Combined World Championship Team to Holmenkollen in Oslo, Norway for the Championships Feb. 26-Mar. 4. The Team, whose members have achieved four World Championship titles … Continue reading Olympic Medalists Headline U.S. Nordic Combined World Championships Ski Team
By Bill Marolt, U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association President and CEO Park City, UT – There was an aura of excitement at Copper Mountain last month for the Visa U.S. Halfpipe Grand Prix. That excitement was echoed this week when organizers of the FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships at Deer Valley and Park City Mountain … Continue reading Youth Driving New Olympic Events