Aspen, CO - Snowboarding sensation Shaun White opted Friday to drop out of the Snowboard Slopestyle at Winter X Games in Aspen following an injury received during training on Thursday. White, 25, of Carlsbad, Calif., took some practice runs on Friday morning, but determined that his sprained ankle was too tender for competition in...
McLean, VA - SnowSports Industries America (SIA) and The Leisure Trends Group on Thursday released the most recent numbers for December 2011, collected from the point of sale systems of more than 1,200 snow sports retailers across the U.S. According to the report, December's...
Park City, UT - The Park City community has joined together in celebration of the 10th anniversary of the 2002 Olympic Winter Games. A variety of Olympic-related activities are scheduled in February beginning with a February 1 event on Main Street in Park City. ...
Courmayeur, Italy - Richard Amacker won the men's ski contest and Ralph Backstrom won the men's snowboard contest on the Mont-Fortin Thursday as the 2012 Swatch Freeride World Tour...
St. Moritz, Switzerland - American ski racer Lindsey Vonn pushed her Audi FIS Alpine World Cup points total to 1,070 with a super combined victory on Friday in bluebird...
Taos Ski Valley, NM - New Mexico authorities have identified a man killed Tuesday in a ski accident at Taos. Dan Bauhs, 60, was well known to the Taos...
Aspen, CO -Montreal, Canada's Kaya Turski came from behind to win her third-straight gold medal at the X Games on Buttermilk Mountain in Aspen on Thursday, and she did...
Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany - Canada’s Robbie Dixon won’t compete in this weekend’s alpine World Cup ski races in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, after suffering an injury during training. The 27-year-old from Whistler,...
Vail, CO -Maine snowboardcross rider Seth Wescott is at the X Games in Aspen, Colo. again. But this time, instead of watching the event from the snowboardcross course he's...
Calgary (AB), Canada - The Canada Post Grand Prix Freestyle ski World Cup lands at Winsport Canada’s Canada Olympic Park in Calgary this week, and with it comes the...
Steamboat Springs, CO - A snowboarder died in a Denver hospital on Tuesday of injuries sustained on the slopes of Steamboat on Monday. Aaron Easter, 32, a Colorado resident,...
Chamonix, France - On Saturday Markus Murmann, appointed by the International Ski Federation (FIS), visited the Verte des Houches course in Chamonix to verify that snow and course conditions...
Great Barrington, MA - Ski Butternut in the Berkshire Mountains of western Massachusetts will host the Mountain Dew Vertical Challenge this Sunday, where speed is king for skiers and...
Aspen, CO - Winter X Games Gold Medal Snowboardcross (SBX) champion Nick Baumgartner arrives in Aspen this week looking for a repeat in the six-man riding action on Buttermilk...
Schladming, Austria - Ted Ligety, of Park City, Utah, battled huge ruts and continuous snowfall to finish sixth Tuesday in the Schladming night slalom in front of 45,000 raucous...
Tannersville, PA -Camelback Mountain Resort in the Pocono Mountains of eastern Pennsylvania has partnered with the SkiDUCKS (Skiing and Snowboarding for Disabled and Underprivileged Children and older Kids) for...
Stowe, VT - All active, full-time Vermont military personnel, Guard and Reserve members along with their spouses and dependent children will receive complimentary single-day lift tickets at Vermont's Stowe...
Salt Lake City, UT - With few exceptions, winter made a late debut to most of the western U.S. this ski season. It took until the third week of...
