Park City, UT – Park City’s Erik Schlopy, a three-time Olympian and 2003 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships medalist, has joined the U.S. Ski Team men’s alpine technical staff as an assistant coach under Bernd Brunner. Schlopy was a member of the U.S. Ski Team for 14 seasons before retiring in Dec. 2008. Schlopy shared … Continue reading Erik Schlopy Joins U.S. Ski Team Men’s Alpine Staff
Wanaka, New Zealand – The 2014 FIS Snowboard World Cup season gets underway next week with a star-studded field in New Zealand competing in both slopestyle and halfpipe. The world’s best snowboarders will battle it out at Cardrona Alpine Resort near Lake Wanaka in one slopestyle and one halfpipe, with competitions taking place from August … Continue reading Snowboard World Cup Kicks Off New Season Next Week
Mammoth Lakes, CA – The U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association (USSA) national slopestyle, halfpipe and alpine teams spent time this month soaking up the California rays and training on Mammoth’s famous spring corn. Athletes including Ted Ligety, Simon Dumont, Scotty Lago and many others participated in one of the final team training sessions in North … Continue reading PHOTOS: U.S. Ski Team, U.S. Snowboarding Athletes Train at Mammoth
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 … Continue reading Canada Unveils Alpine Ski Team for 2013-14
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.
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 … Continue reading Johnny Spillane Retires
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. Ivica Kostelic (file photo: Croatian … Continue Reading ››
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