Mont-Tremblant (QC), Canada - Two-time Olympian Brigitte Acton of Mont-Tremblant is retiring from the Canadian Alpine Ski Team, team officials announced this week.nActon, who made her national team debut in 2003, was GMC Canadian slalom champion that same year and a medalist in super G in 2003 and giant slalom in 2005 at the FIS…
Snowbird, UT - Snowbird Ski and Summer Resort President Bob Bonar has named Mark Erekson the Utah resort’s new Director of Group Sales.nWith more than 35 years of service in the sales, marketing, management and destination travel industry, Erekson will oversee the Group Sales team responsible for booking meetings and conventions in the Snowbird Conference…
Ludlow, VT - Okemo Mountain School’s (OMS) Wendy Neal has been head of the ski and snowboard academy since its inception at the winter of 1991-92. She has been affiliated with Okemo Mountain Resort for more than 20 years. Neal recently tendered her resignation to the OMS board of directors but plans to stay on…
Aspen, CO - A member of the University of Colorado’s top-ranked alpine ski team died Saturday in a freak climbing accident near Aspen, the Pitkin County Sheriff’s Office has reported.nSpencer James Nelson, 20, of Winter Park, Colo., was downclimbing the Maroon Bells in a group that included his father when he was struck in the…
Methven, New Zealand - It’s been a deadly ski season for skiing on New Zealand’s South Island this winter, as the fifth death this season occurred Thursday in a Dunedin, New Zealand hospital.nThe unnamed male 80-year-old Japanese citizen fell on Tuesday while training in Coronet Peak ski area’s Rocky Gully race arena. He hooked a…
Killington, VT - Killington/Pico Ski Resort Partners, LLC President and General Manager Chris Nyberg announced on Wednesday that Dave Beckwith has been named Director of Snow Sports for Killington Resort and Pico Mountain ski areas.n“Dave has a wealth of managerial experience from both within and outside of the snow sports industry and a proven track…
Christchurch, New Zealand - A young snowboarder is in intensive care in a Christchurch hospital after suffering serious head injuries in a freak snowboarding accident Wednesday at Mt. Hutt ski area near Methven, New Zealand.nThe boy, whose name and age were not released, was snowboarding with his father and brothers when he tumbled off an…
Jackson, WY - Ski and snowboard film producer Teton Gravity Research (TGR) on Monday announced that Jon “J.K.” Klaczkiewicz, who most recently supervised post-production of TGR’s snowboard film “Deeper”, has officially joined TGR as Head of Production. His expanded role will include overall production management as well as new business development.n”As we went about restructuring…
Kamas, UT - Searchers from Summit County Search and Rescue on Monday afternoon located Deer Valley Resort president and general manager, Bob Wheaton, in the Uinta Mountains east of Kamas, Utah.nWheaton, 52, was reported missing when he failed to report to work on Monday morning. Searchers located Wheaton’s truck and horse trailer at the Highline…
Steamboat Springs, CO - 2010 Olympic moguls gold medalist, Vermonter Hannah Kearney, changed up the scenery this summer, leaving her traditional summer training home of Lake Placid, N.Y. and heading to Steamboat Springs, Colo. Kearney spent her summer months enjoying all that Steamboat has to offer while preparing for the 2011 World Cup season.nAlthough the…
