Penticton (BC), Canada – The battle for the 2007 Freestyle FIS World Cup overall men’s aerials skiing title came down to a battle at the season’s final aerials event at British Columbia’s Apex Ski Area Sunday. The question was who would have a better day, Steve Omischl of Kelowna, BC, Canada, or Jeret “Speedy” Peterson … Continue reading Omischl, Cooper Cement World Cup Aerials Skiing Titles →

Donnelly, ID – Callan Chythlook-Sifsof (Girdwood, AK) and Nick Baumgartner (Iron River, MI) ripped through the heats of the VISA U.S. Snowboardcross Championships Sunday at Idaho’s new Tamarack ski and snowboard resort to capture their first U.S. titles in blizzard-like conditions. The victory caps a successful two weeks for Chythlook-Sifsof, a Yupik/Inupiaq Eskimo, who earned … Continue reading Chythlook-Sifsof, Baumgartner U.S. Snowboard Cross Champs →

Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany – Newly crowned slalom world champion Mario Matt of Austria led the first run of a World Cup slalom Sunday and made it stand for his first slalom skiing win in two years. Canadian Michael Janyk (Whistler, BC) just missed the podium and finished fourth. No American qualified for the final run.nMatt, who … Continue reading New Slalom World Champ Wins Garmisch World Cup SL →

Sierra Nevada, Spain – Austrian Marlies Schild clinched the World Cup slalom title and took the overall points lead Sunday, winning a slalom in which, moments before, the U.S. Ski Team’s Resi Stiegler (Jackson Hole, WY) was leading when she straddled a gate. Julia Mancuso (Olympic Valley, CA), looking to become the overall World Cup … Continue reading Schild Secures World Cup Slalom Skiing Title →

Sapporo, Japan – Russian Olga Savialova edged Czech Katerina Neumannova by a half-second Sunday in the women’s 15K (7.5K CL+7.5K FR) pursuit at the 2007 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships. For U.S. skiers, Kikkan Randall (Anchorage, AK) was 41st and Lindsey Weier (Mahtomedi, MN) 52nd.nSavialova’s winning time was 41.27.5 with Neumannova taking the silver medal … Continue reading Savialova Wins Nordic Ski Worlds Pursuit →

Sapporo, Japan – Finland picked up its second gold medal in nordic combined at the 2007 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships when it won the team event Sunday by nearly a half-minute. U.S. skiers were ninth.nWorld Cup leader and newly crowned sprint world champion Hannu Manninen’s powerful breakaway from Germany’s Bjoern Kircheisen in the final … Continue reading U.S. 9th in Nordic Combined Team Event →

Ohlsdorf, Austria – Due to the fixed non-releasable bindings on snow blades, snow skates and ski boards, more and more injuries are being reported. An Austrian company has now introduced a releasable binding for ski boards to minimize the risk of injury to users.n