Solitude, UT – The Czech Republic’s Eva Samkova and Alessandro Haemmerle of Austria each claimed victory in this season’s second World Cup snowboard cross event, which was staged at Solitude Mountain Resort in Utah on Saturday. The field of 24 women and 48 men battled not only each other, but also the weather on the Nick Roma-built course. … Continue reading Samkova and Haemmerle Prevail in Solitude SBX
Val Saint-Côme (QC), Canada – The second time round was just as sweet on Saturday for Freestyle Canada’s Women’s Moguls team, who were successful in defending their sweep of the podium in the first Canadian-hosted 2017 FIS Freestyle Ski World Cup in Val Saint-Côme, Quebec. With four Canadian skiers qualifying to the super final, top … Continue reading Canada’s Women’s Moguls Team Defends Podium Sweep at Val Saint-Côme
Laax, Switzerland – With perfect weather in a perfect halfpipe, American snowboarders dominated the Laax Open on Saturday, which also served as a stop on the FIS World Cup tour for the first time in 2017. Chloe Kim, of Torrance, Calif., and Idaho’s Chase Josey earned the wins for the women and men, respectively. Laax Open 2016 … Continue reading Kim and Josey Sweep Laax Open Halfpipe
Kitzbuehel, Austria – Italy’s Dominik Paris took the victory in the famed Hahnenkamm Audi FIS Ski World Cup downhill in Kitzbuehel on Saturday over two surprise Frenchmen, Valentin Giraud Moine in second and Johan Clarey in third. Bright sunshine allowed the race to be run in front of 50,000 fans from the very top of the … Continue reading Dominik Paris Wins Hahnenkamm
Laax, Switzerland – Finland’s Enni Rukajarvi and Canadian rider Max Parrot won Friday’s Laax Open 2017 slopestyle event, which was part of the FIS Snowboard Freestyle World Cup tour for the very first time this year. Facing superb conditions under bluebird skies on the creative 500-meter long course at Crap Sogn Gion, 26-year-old Rukajarvi, the 2014 Olympic … Continue reading Rukajarvi and Parrot Top Laax Open 2017 Slopestyle
Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany – Lindsey Vonn is back on top. In only her second race since returning from a pair of injuries that sidelined her for almost a year, Vonn won Saturday’s Audi FIS Ski World Cup downhill on the Kandahar course for the third time in her career. Saturday’s win marked her 77th career World Cup victory, … Continue reading Vonn Grabs 77th World Cup Win
Kitzbuehel, Austria – The 77th edition of the Hahnenkamm race weekend — the Super Bowl of ski racing — officially kicked off in Kitzbuehel on Friday with a super G held on the legendary Streif course. Austrian Matthias Maier clocked the fastest time and whipped the home-country crowd into a celebratory frenzy, followed by Italy’s Christof Innerhorfer in … Continue reading Mayer Wins Hahnenkamm Super G
