Copper Mountain, CO – Colorado’s Copper Mountain acted as host to a day of festivities on Saturday, kicking off with the Putnam Investments NASTAR Pacesetting Trials followed by the annual Nature Valley First Tracks team naming announcement. With Olympic gold medalists Ted Ligety (Park City, UT), Lindsey Vonn (Vail, CO) and Mikaela Shiffrin (Eagle-Vail, CO) and … Continue reading U.S. Ski Team Names Alpine Squad
Copper Mountain, CO – When the 2016 U.S. Alpine Ski Team is formally named tomorrow at Copper Mountain Resort in Colorado, two members will be missed but not forgotten. The U.S. Ski Team has announced that it will name ski racers Bryce Astle (Sandy, Utah/Snowbird Sports Education Foundation) and Ronnie Berlack (Franconia, N.H. and Burke Mountain, … Continue reading U.S. Ski Team to Honor Athletes Killed in Avalanche
Shaftsbury, VT – Sitting back on his Delta flight bound for Europe, Andy Newell’s mind drifted to the friends and family he left behind. It would be nearly four months until he hung out with them again at Stratton. In the cargo hold was a lone U.S. Ski Team High Sierra duffel bag—his personal closet on … Continue reading Behind the Gold: Andy Newell’s Life on the Road
New York, NY – With the demise of Universal Sports Network, NBC Sports has acquired the U.S. television rights to World Cup skiing and other winter sports. The signal from Universal Sports shut down today, leaving many U.S. ski racing fans in the dark. NBC Sports Group announced today that it has formally acquired Universal Sports Network … Continue reading NBC Picks Up World Cup TV Coverage
Santa Monica, CA – “STREIF – One Hell of a Ride,” produced by Red Bull Media House in association with Planet Watch, takes viewers on the famed Hahnenkamm course in Kitzbuehel, Austria. The film, previously released in Europe, is now available exclusively on Vimeo On Demand to own and rent, and will be screened through a … Continue reading Ski Racing Documentary Glides Into the U.S.
Aspen, CO – Aspen Mountain’s post-Thanksgiving Winternational World Cup ski races got a boost today when the International Ski Federation (FIS) moved the slalom races originally scheduled for this weekend in Levi, Finland, to Aspen. A lack of snow and temperatures too warm to manufacture the white stuff forced FIS officials to cancel the races in … Continue reading Canceled Levi Slalom Moved to Aspen
Oberhofen, Switzerland – The International Ski Federation’s governing FIS Council this weekend confirmed the 2016-17 Audi FIS Ski World Cup calendar. The approval paves the way for Killington, Vt., to be added as an opening women’s event in November, followed by the men’s Birds of Prey World Cup at Beaver Creek and the World Cup Finals … Continue reading FIS Confirms Killington World Cup Stop
