Bardonecchia, Italy – Reigning Word Champions Holly Crawford and Nathan Johnstone, both of Australia, won the fifth halfpipe contests of the 2011 LG Snowboard FIS World Cup season Saturday in the Olympic halfpipe in Bardonecchia.nIn the women’s final, Crawford, who had earned 24.7 points for her winning run, relegated France’s Mirabelle Thovex (23.1) and Polish … Continue reading Crawford, Johnstone Claim Victory at Snowboard World Cup Halfpipe Contest in Bardonecchia→
Are, Sweden – Olympic gold medalist Hannah Kearney, of Norwich, Vt., clinched her second World Cup moguls title with a win Friday in Are, Sweden. It was Kearney’s seventh win of the season. Alexandre Bilodeau won the men’s event to lead a three-medal day for the Canadians.nKearney has become the definition of consistency this season, … Continue reading Vermont’s Kearney Clinches World Cup Moguls Title→
Spindleruv Mlyn, Czech Republic – Reigning Audi FIS Alpine World Cup overall champion Lindsey Vonn rocketed to the first World Cup giant slalom podium of her career Friday to make a bold move toward a fourth consecutive season-long title. Vonn, who wrapped up the super combined, downhill and super G titles last weekend, finished third … Continue reading First GS Podium for Vonn Narrows Riesch’s World Cup Lead→
Lahti, Finland – Olympic Champion Billy Demong, of Vermontville, N.Y., fronted the U.S. Saturday in 29th in a large hill nordic combined World Cup in Lahti, Finland. Germany’s Bjoern Kircheisen, who was shutout of the individual medals at World Championships, won the event.nContinuing to struggle with the jumping portion of the nordic combined, Demong sat … Continue reading Demong Heads Tough Day Saturday for USA in Lahti→
Kvitfjell, Norway – Swiss upstart Beat Feuz landed the first Audi FIS Alpine World Cup podium of his young career with a downhill victory in Kvitfjell. The Friday race was a make-up from the wind and fog scrapped Audi Birds of Prey downhill originally scheduled for December in Beaver Creek, Colo., home of the 2015 … Continue reading Walchhofer Closes World Cup Downhill Gap on Cuche→
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 – The weather pattern dominating the U.S. over the next week or so … … Continue reading Quick Storms→
Stratton Mountain, VT – American snowboarder Jamie Anderson made history on Wednesday by clinching her second Swatch TTR World Tour Champion title at the 6Star Burton U.S. Open at Stratton Mountain ski resort in vermont. She is the first woman to ever win two TTR World Tour titles.nAnderson qualified first in Wednesday’s slopestyle semi-finals … … Continue reading Anderson Clinches Second TTR World Snowboard Tour Title→
