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…
Bolton, VT - While Presidents’ Week is the typical school vacation week for many in New England, Bolton Valley continues to remember those families and schools that enjoy winter vacation on alternative dates. To help families celebrate winter, Bolton Valley presents its new Family Week from this Monday through Friday, with magicians, dog sledding and…
Kaprun, Austria - Freeskiers Bobby Brown, TJ Schiller, Andreas Hatveit, Nick Goepper, and Gus Kenworthy have all been drawn to the 11th Austrian Freeski Open by Atomic (AFO), a slopestyle set to go off at Snowpark Kitzsteinhorn in Kaprun, Austria, from Feb. 27 through Mar. 3. A gold-level stop of the Association of Freeskiing Professionals’…
Queenstown, New Zealand - NZSki Ltd. has announced the appointment of Ross Copland as its new Ski Area Manager for the Coronet Peak ski area in Queenstown. Copland will take over his new role on Apr. 22, replacing Hamish McCrostie who recently left the business after 32 years with the company. His appointment has come…
Collingwood (ON), Canada - Athletes from across Canada have convened upon the Badlands Terrain Park in Ontario’s Blue Mountain Resort for the Canadian Shield ski and snowboard slopestyle series title. In conjunction with the competition, Finger Eleven will be performing in celebration of the Coors Light College and University week. The contest is open to…
Killington, VT - The 3rd Annual Downhill for Diabetes Ski and Snowboard Event will be held this Sunday at Pico Mountain Resort in Killington. Participants will raise money to ski or snowboard, similar to a donation walk, but in Vermont style. The purpose of this event is to raise money to continue funding research and…
Pittsfield, MA - A 10-year-old boy fell from a chairlift at Bousquet ski area in Pittsfield on Wednesday morning. The boy from Framingham, Mass., whose name was not released, had just loaded the lift by himself when the incident occurred at around 10 a.m. on Wednesday,according to a story in the Berkshire Eagle. He was…
Kirkwood, CA - The fourth stop of the Swatch Freeride World Tour by The North Face 2013 (FWT) lands stateside at Kirkwood ski resort in California next Wednesday, Feb. 27. “It comes as no surprise that Kirkwood has been having a very snowy first half of the season. Conditions are setting up the mountain to…
Albuquerque, NM - It may be only mid-February, but it’s hard to keep going when you’ve received less than three feet of snowfall. Officials at New Mexico’s Sandia Peak ski area, high above Albuquerque, have already thrown in the towel on the 2012-13 ski and snowboard season. Although the closing is taking place a month…
Snowmass, CO - Black skiers and snowboarders from across the nation will converge in Snowmass to attend the National Brotherhood of Skiers, Inc. (NBS) biennial event and celebrate the 40th anniversary of the organization. This event, known as the “Black Ski Summit”, will be held for a week beginning this Saturday and will bring together…
Sochi, Russia - Canada controlled the podium at the ski cross Olympic test event in Sochi, Russia, on Tuesday, winning one gold and two silver medals as Kelsey Serwa and Marielle Thompson finished 1-2 in the women’s final and Chris Del Bosco capped a remarkable comeback from injury with second place in the men’s race…
La Molina, Spain - The 2013 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships opened on Tuesday in the Sports Centre of Alp, a small village near La Molina, Spain, Through next Wednesday, 118 skiers from 29 countries will battle it out for gold medals in six events. With just over a year to go before the next…
Salt Lake City, UT - Black Diamond, Inc., a Utah-based supplier of high performance outdoor, action sport and ski equipment, is expected to appoint Aaron Kuehne to interim chief financial officer, effective March 15, 2013, serving as the company’s principal financial officer and principal accounting officer. Kuehne, the company’s current vice president of finance, will…
Park City, UT - Park City Mountain Resort is preparing for a big spring season with a host of events, concerts and specialized instruction camps over the ski and snowboard season’s final two months. A loaded spring event schedule includes the return of the Helly Hansen Big Mountain Battle on March 2; Snowasis in the…
Moscow, Russia - It was an action packed weekend in downtown Moscow, with a massive Big Air setup at the VV Central Exhibition Center square. For the first time in TTR Pro Snowboarding’s history a 4Star Big Air competition was held in the capital city, and it was a huge success — especially for American…
Henniker, NH - Are you already jonesing for the mountain biking season? Southern New Hampshire’s Pats Peak ski area has Brenter Snowbike rentals available. The Snowbike Introductory Price to Learn to Snowbike is $26 for a two-hour session with lesson and licensing. Lift tickets are required and sold separately. Snowbiking began in Europe in 1949…
Montpelier, VT - The Vermont Dept. of Tourism and Marketing, Vermont’s Chief Marketing Office, Ski Vermont, Vermont Maple Sugar Makers, Cabot Creamery and Long Trail Brewery have joined together with Amtrak to showcase Vermont’s spring skiing and maple sugaring season – aboard Amtrak trains for five Fridays in a row. On board ambassadors are providing…
Collingwood (ON), Canada - Ontario’s largest ski resort is about to get even bigger. Blue Mountain is investing C$10 million to expand its ski and snowboard terrain and add new trails for winter 2013-14. The expansion includes an additional 64 acres of ski and snowboard terrain, a new high-speed six-person chairlift and six new trails.…
