Salt Lake City, UT – 2010 Olympic nordic combined skiing gold and silver medalist Billy Demong will be spending time in the saddle as he competes on Team Cole Sport in the 2010 Tour of Utah bike race. After Tuesday’s prologue and Wednesday’s Stage 1, Demong sits eight minutes and 32 seconds behind the leader, … Continue reading Olympic Medalist Skier Bill Demong Among Tour of Utah Riders
Park City, UT – Olympian Dane Spencer of Boise, Idaho, a member of four Alpine World Championship ski teams dating back to 1997 has been added to the men’s U.S. Alpine Ski Team staff as a Europa Cup/World Cup coach.nSpencer retired from ski racing following the 2010 season after 13-year career with the U.S. Ski … Continue reading Olympic Athlete Dane Spencer Joins U.S. Ski Team Staff
Tahoe City, CA – Known for her dyed pink hair, glittery eyelids and bright smile, Shannon Bahrke of Tahoe City has announced her retirement from the U.S. Ski Team. Bahrke was a member of the freestyle moguls team for 12 years, earning Olympic and World Championships medals, World Cup titles and wins and U.S. Championship … Continue reading Olympic Medalist Bahrke Bids Adieu to U.S. Ski Team
Franconia, NH – More than 140 New Englanders have represented the U.S. in the Winter Olympics in skiing and snowboarding since winter events were first held in Chamonix, France in 1924. The New England Ski Museum recently opened a new exhibition at its home in Franconia, N.H. — Five Rings, Six States: New England Skiers … Continue reading Olympic Skiers of New England Featured in Exhibition
Lake Placid, NY – The Lake Placid 1932 and 1980 Winter Olympic Museum has added another piece to its collection of artifacts from last February’s 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver, Canada: Andrew Weibrecht’s men’s super G bronze medal.n“The medal was turned over for display and for safe keeping between appearances,” noted museum curator Liz … Continue reading Olympic Skier Andrew Weibrecht’s Bronze Medal On Display in Lake Placid
Antalya, Turkey – A U.S. and French proposal to submit ski halfpipe to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for consideration as early as 2014 was approved without dissent as the International Ski Federation concluded its biennial FIS Congress Friday in Antalya, Turkey. The Congress also unanimously passed proposals from the U.S.A. and other nations to … Continue reading Proposal Sends Ski Pipe to IOC for Possible Olympic Inclusion
Perisher Valley (NSW), Australia – Winter Olympic Gold Medalist Torah Bright has signed on to become Resort Ambassador at Australia’s Perisher ski resort.nAs part of her new ambassador role, Bright will become the face of Perisher in advertising and promotional campaigns, representing the resort where she first started snowboarding and where she developed as an … Continue reading Olympic Snowboarder Torah Bright Joins Perisher as Ambassador