Oslo, Norway – Austria and Germany battled right down to a photo finish, before Austria took gold in the large hill nordic combined team event at the 2011 Nordic World Ski Championships at Holmenkollen in Oslo Friday. The USA, which had set itself up for a medals battle after the jump, dropped to sixth. Norway … Continue reading USA 6th in Final Combined Team Event of Nordic World Ski Championships
Oslo, Norway – Norway continued its dominance at the 2011 Nordic World Ski Championships Friday winning the men’s 4x10k relay. The U.S. squad of Andy Newell, Kris Freeman, Noah Hoffman and Tad Elliott finished 14th.nIn a spellbinding race that saw five teams separated by less than three seconds on the third lap, the lead swapped … Continue reading USA 14th in Worlds XC Relay
Tarvisio, Italy – Olympic champion Lindsey Vonn secured the 10th Audi FIS Alpine World Cup title of her career Friday by holding off a surging Tina Maze of Slovenia to snatch her second straight super combined title. Maze won the race, yet missed the crystal globe by a narrow eight points as Riesch finished third … Continue reading Vonn Clinches Career 10th World Cup Title
Oslo, Norway – American teen Peter Frenette qualified into the Championship round of big hill ski jumping under the lights Thursday at the FIS World Nordic Skiing Championships in Oslo. The 19-year old Olympian, from Saranac Lake, N.Y. and skiing in his first World Championships, finished 35th.nThe event proved to be another showcase for the … Continue reading Frenette Jumps Into World Championships
Oslo, Norway – In a sparkling day that saw the persistent fog come and go at Holmenkollen, rookie Jessie Diggins, of Afton, Minn., skied a strong anchor leg to move the USA into ninth. The Norwegian women proved to be the class of the field, with Marit Bjoergen earning her fourth gold anchoring Norway to … Continue reading Diggins Lifts USA to 9th at World Nordic Ski Championships
Editor’s Note: This is a weekly column written by Meteorologist Joel Gratz that will take you “behind the scenes” of the typical weather forecast. Joel is the founder of ColoradoPowderForecast.com, where you can sign up for his email alerts. Boulder, CO – It’s impossible to sum up an entire season with one generalization because every … Continue reading Warmer Smoke
Teton Village, WY – Ski and snowboard film producers Teton Gravity Research (TGR) have announced the production of Further, the second installment in the Jeremy Jones trilogy, Deeper, Further, Higher presented by O’Neill. Further will explore some of the world’s most remote terrain while continuing Jones’ mission to camp deep in the backcountry and on … Continue reading TGR Announces The Sequel To Jeremy Jones’ ‘Deeper’