Telluride, CO - Telluride has decided to end its run of World Cup ski and snowboard cross competitions that have been held annually in December since 2009 at the Colorado resort. Telluride officials indicate that the annual competition created a strain on resources to build and maintain the course on the resort’s Misty Maiden run…
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…
Sierra Nevada, Spain - Norwich, Vt.’s Hannah Kearney won her fourth World Cup moguls title on Friday at the FIS Freestyle World Cup Finals in Sierra Nevada. “This globe means a lot to me,” said Kearney, who missed the first part of the season recovering from a knee injury. “It’s my fourth globe but I’ve…
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…
Voss, Norway - Powerhouse Hannah Kearney, of Norwich, Vt., executed near-perfect runs on Wednesday to earn her second career World Championship title at the the 2013 Voss FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships as Mikael Kingsbury of Canada took the men’s title. “In this sport you have to be on top of your game all the…
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…
Moscow, Russia - The third parallel slalom of the 2013 FIS Snowboard World Cup season will be staged in Moscow on Saturday. As it’s still unsure if the cancelled PSL event of the 2014 Sochi rehearsal can be run this season, the race in the Russian capital is most likely the last parallel slalom of…
