Whistler (BC), Canada - Kris Freeman (Andover, NH) and Liz Stephen (East Montpelier, VT) led the U.S. in a World Cup cross country pursuit Saturday in Whistler at the site of the 2010 Olympics. Freeman was 18th and Stephen placed 24th. The races were won by Italy’s Pietro Piller Cottrer and Justyna Kowalczyk of Poland.n…
Whistler (BC), Canada - Billy Demong (Vermontville, NY) came from behind to take third Saturday in a DKB FIS Nordic Combined World Cup at the Whistler Olympic Park. A day earlier, the U.S. Ski Team veteran was the winner in the first of two Olympic test events at the 2010 venue. Norway’s Magnus Moan was…
Altenmarkt-Zauchensee, Austria - Reigning World Cup overall ski racing champion Lindsey Vonn (Vail, CO) picked up the second super combined win of her career after taking charge of a World Cup in Zauchensee Saturday. It was her 16th career win and third this season on the FIS Audi World Cup.n “Today was a great way…
Wengen, Switzerland - Though the three-year streak of Americans winning in Wengen was broken, the follow-up performance was far from shabby as Bode Miller (Franconia, NH) and Marco Sullivan (Squaw Valley, CA) were second and third, respectively, in the famed downhill Saturday. Swiss skier Didier Defago won the race, achieving his first downhill World Cup…
Copper Mountain, CO - The longest standing open freeskiing event in the world, the US Freeskiing Open (USFO), returns to Copper Mountain, Colorado, February 26-28, 2009, followed by a Junior Halfpipe Jam on March 1, 2009. Some of the world’s best professional and amateur skier halfpipe athletes from around the world will battle it out…
Gangwon, South Korea - The 2009 FIS Snowboard World Championships get underway today at the Hyundai Sungwoo Resort in Gangwon with the time trials for the Snowboard Cross, with more than 75 men including reigning title holder Xavier Delerue (FRA) and more than 45 ladies racing to qualify for Sunday’s finals. Over the competition week,…
Avon, CO - SKIDATA AG, a subsidiary of the Swiss Kudelski Group and provider of RFID access control solutions, has acquired 25% ownership in Resort Technology Partners, LLC (RTP), a provider of integrated point-of-sale software and interactive internet solutions to the resort, recreation, and attractions industries. This investment will further strengthen and expand the existing…
Sandpoint, ID - Schweitzer Mountain Resort is hosting a party and fundraiser on Saturday, January 24th for Sandpoint, Idaho natives Nate and Pat Holland as they compete in the X Games. The party will coincide with a viewing of the X Games live on ABC Sports.n Nate Holland will defend his Boardercross ’06 ’07 ’08…
Boulder, CO - In the wake of the deadliest starts to the avalanche season in North American history, avalanche awareness, safety, and rescue equipment is becoming a necessity for skiers, snowboarders and outdoor enthusiasts heading to the mountains across the continent. RECCO, a unique passive avalanche rescue system for ski and snowboard enthusiasts and rescue…
Lake Placid, NY - The FIS Freestyle Skiing World Cup Tour comes to Whiteface Mountain Ski Center and the nearby Olympic village of Lake Placid, N.Y. this holiday weekend. The Nature Valley Freestyle Cup features a nighttime aerials competition on Sunday evening at the Olympic Jumping Complex, and for the first time ever on the…
