Salt Lake City, UT – Utah will remain one of the nation’s leading states for winter action sports with an announcement of five major on-snow events leading up to the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, Russia. Utah Governor Gary R. Herbert, Utah Sports Commission President and CEO Jeff Robbins, and U.S. Ski and Snowboard … Continue reading Utah Announces Winter Action Sports Series
Calgary (AB), Canada – Reigning aerial World Champion Warren Shouldice has decided to hang up his skis after a decade on the Canadian National Freestyle Ski Team. The 29-year-old from Calgary is a two-time Olympian. He finished sixth at the Torino Games in 2006 and 10th in Vancouver in 2010. Over his prestigious career, Shouldice … Continue reading Aerials World Champion Warren Shouldice Announces Retirement
Vancouver (BC), Canada – Whether it’s commentating for the media or getting first time Games experience, many Canadian freestyle ski athletes and staff are gearing up for the London 2012 Olympics. Mogul skier Alex Bilodeau, who won Canada’s first gold medal on home soil at the 2010 Vancouver Games, has a prominent role in London. … Continue reading Canadian Freestyle Skiers and Coaches Get Into Swing of Summer Games
Queenstown, New Zealand – The women’s U.S. Alpine Ski Team, including Olympic gold medalists Lindsey Vonn and Julia Mancuso, will begin their first on-snow camp since May this week at Coronet Peak ski area in New Zealand. The annual multi-week summer session is heavily focused on technique with gate training almost exclusively locked on giant … Continue reading U.S. Alpine Women Train in New Zealand
Vancouver (BC), Canada – Two-time Olympic mogul skier Kristi Richards announced her retirement from the Canadian Freestyle Ski Team today. After 11 years on the National Team, the 2007 World Champion in single moguls holds an impressive record of 82 FIS World Cup starts, with 12 podium appearances. She competed in four World Championships events, … Continue reading World Cup Mogul Skier Kristi Richards Announces Retirement
Calgary (AB), Canada – Canadian Olympian and World Cup speed skier Kelly VanderBeek is heading to the London 2012 Olympics – to spend two weeks working as a broadcaster. The 29-year-old from Kitchener, Ontario, has spent the summer working hard in the gym as she continues her comeback from a long-term knee injury. And with … Continue reading Canadian Ski Racer Kelly VanderBeek to Broadcast from London 2012 Olympics
Whistler (BC), Canada – While many young shredders have traded their skis for summer activities and their schoolwork for leisure pastimes, their grownup coaches are fully immersed in an intense freestyle training program in Canada known as the Super Coach Academy. Seven candidates from across the British Columbia are in Whistler for three jam-packed weeks … Continue reading Super Coaches Convene in Whistler
