Calgary (AB), Canada - Twenty-three racers with “podium potential” were named to the Canadian Alpine Ski Team last week ahead of a crucial 2013-14 season that includes a busy World Cup schedule and the Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, Russia. Seventeen men and six women who are expected to contend for medals either now or…
Arapahoe Basin, CO - When she turned 90, Elsa Bailey celebrated her birthday schussing the slopes of Arapahoe Basin ski resort in Colorado. So, how could she top that when she turned 100? By going skiing, of course! Bailey, of Colorado Springs, began skiing 75 years ago in Stowe, Vt. Although now legally blind, she…
Steamboat Springs, CO - World Champion Johnny Spillane, who set the pace for the U.S. Nordic Combined Ski Team over more than a decade, is closing the chapter on an historic career that saw him win a World Championship and three Olympic silver medals. After 13 seasons, Spillane made the retirement decision this spring to…
Basel, Switzerland - Croatian ski racing star Ivica Kostelic, the 2011 World Cup overall champion, underwent another surgery to repair his chronically injured right knee in a clinic in this Swiss city today. Kostelic, 33, underwent the procedure — his 10th in the right knee — to repair the meniscus and remove bone growth. The…
Park City, UT - Park City Mountain Resort, in conjunction with the Park City Ski Team and U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association, will proudly welcome Park City native, U.S. Ski Team alpine racer and lifetime Park City Mountain Resort skier Ted Ligety home from an historic World Cup season on April 6. The homecoming, held…
Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany – German police today said that they have identified the man who they believe sent a threat to 2013 World Cup Overall Alpine winner Tina Maze of Slovenia during a World Cup stop in Garmisch on March 2. Police declined to identify by name the 35-year-old man who they believe sent an anonymous…
Vail, CO - When U.S. ski racing sensation Lindsey Vonn tore knee ligaments in a crash while racing super G at the FIS Alpine Ski World Championships in Schladming, Austria in February, she flew back to the U.S. in professional golfer Tiger Woods’ private jet, further fueling widespread speculation that they are in a dating…
Los Angeles, CA - Tonight’s episode of the CBS Television series “Undercover Boss” will feature California’s Squaw Valley ski resort, as Olympic gold medalist Jonny Moseley gets in on the ruse to protect the identity of CEO Andy Wirth as he goes undercover with a snowboarding instructor, a ski patrol, a lift mechanic and a…
Ishpeming, MI – Tom Kelly, the Vice President of Communications of the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association and the U.S. Ski Team, will take over as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame in Ishpeming in the spring of 2014. Kelly is currently the Hall’s Vice-Chairman…
Vienna, Austria - Austrian slalom sensation Marlies Schild has called an early end to her World Cup ski season, opting instead to rehabilitate an injured knee. The 31-year-old Schild explained, “Because of recurring problems with my right knee, I have to end my current season for good now. I will take some rest and have…
