Brighton, MI - Vail Resorts has named Taylor Ogilvie as general manager of Mt. Brighton ski area in Michigan, where he will oversee ski area operations. He will begin his new position on June 10. Ogilvie is originally from the Chicago suburbs and grew up skiing Midwest ski areas. After attending college at the University…
Queenstown, New Zealand - New Zealand ski area operator NZSki Ltd. has appointed Paul Anderson, currently General Manager of Corporate Services at Christchurch City Council (CCC), as its new CEO. Anderson, 42, will replace James Coddington who has been at the helm of NZSki for six years. NZSki Ltd owns and operates Coronet Peak, Mt.…
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…
