St. Moritz, Switzerland – The Swiss had another amazing day at the 2017 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships after Luca Aerni earned the alpine combined gold medal, winning his first major event in front of the roaring home-country crowd. His teammate Mauro Caviezel took home the bronze medal, bringing the medal tally for the host nation … Continue reading Worlds Men’s Combined a Swiss Surprise
Feldberg, Germany – The Czech Republic’s Eva Samkova, and Alex Pullin of Australia have claimed victory in this season’s fifth snowboard cross race which was staged as second event of the Feldberg double Snowboard World Cup on Sunday. American rider Lindsey Jacobellis landed on the women’s podium in second place. While it was this season’s second triumph … Continue reading Samkova and Pullin Win Second Feldberg SBX with Jacobellis on Podium
St. Moritz, Switzerland – After a rare mid-mountain fog bank scrubbed Saturday’s scheduled men’s downhill at the Audi FIS Alpine World Ski Championships in St. Moritz, Beat Feuz of Switzerland secured the gold medal in front of the hometown crowd on a make-up day on Sunday. Canadian Erik Guay continued his dominant week in St. Moritz to … Continue reading Feuz Wins World Champs Downhill
St. Moritz, Switzerland – Colorado’s Lindsey Vonn landed on the podium, taking the bronze medal, to lead all four Americans into the top 15 in Sunday’s downhill at the 2017 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships. Slovenia’s Ilka Stuhec continued her dominant season to take the gold ahead of Austria’s Stephanie Venier, who grabbed the silver. Stuhec, … Continue reading Vonn Grabs World Championships Downhill Bronze
PyeongChang, South Korea – Russia’s Alena Zavarzina and Andreas Prommegger of Austria claimed victory in the official parallel giant slalom test event for the upcoming 2018 Olympic Winter Games in PyeongChang, South Korea which was staged in the re-run format on Sunday. With perfect conditions on the 560-meter course complete with steeps, natural rollers and flats, and … Continue reading Zavarzina and Prommegger Win Olympic PGS Test Event
Feldberg, Germany – Italy’s Michela Moioli, and Pierre Vaultier of France each claimed victory in the first of back-to-back snowboard cross World Cup races staged in Feldberg, Germany over the weekend. Moioli defeated World Cup leader Belle Brockhoff of Australia start-to-finish in the women’s final. It was Moili’s fourth World Cup win, while Meryeta Odine of Canada took her career’s first podium by finishing third. After crashing after … Continue reading Moioli and Vaultier Win First SBX at Feldberg
Park City, UT – U.S. Snowboarding will be sending a strong team of athletes to compete in the 2017 FIS Snowboard Junior World Championships to be held in Klinovec, Czech Republic. The event will feature snowboardcross and parallel racing for athletes 19 and under (as of Dec. 31). The event runs from February 18-21. Junior Worlds … Continue reading U.S. Snowboarding Names Junior Worlds Team
