Kranjska Gora, Slovenia – Austrian Mario Matt won his second straight slalom since winning the SL gold medal at the 2007 World Championships while teammate and defending overall champion Benjamin Raich reclaimed the overall Alpine Skiing World Cup points lead Sunday as he finished second. Italian Manfred Moelgg finished in third position. For the U.S. … Continue reading Matt Wins SL, Raich Reclaims World Cup Alpine Skiing Overall Lead →

Tarvisio, Italy – In an improbable scenario, the U.S. Ski Team’s Julia Mancuso (Olympic Valley, CA) finished third Sunday in a super G behind World Cup SG champion Renate Goetschl of Austria – pushing the two into a tie for the overall points lead.nGoetschl, who was handed the super G title when Lindsey Kildow (Vail, … Continue reading Mancuso 3rd in SG, Ties for Overall World Cup Skiing Points Lead →

Sapporo, Japan – Kris Freeman (Andover, NH) ignored shoulder pain and muscled his way through softening snow Sunday to finish 12th in a 50K mass start classic technique “slushfest,” the final race of the 2007 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships. It was the the fifth top 20 of the season for Freeman, who injects himself … Continue reading Freeman Powers to 12th in Nordic Ski Worlds 50K Classic →

Calgary, Canada – It was deja vu all over again. On Saturday, Switzerland’s Manuela Laura Pesko and Ryoh Aono of Japan repeated Friday’s results to take home the titles in the sixth halfpipe contest of the NOKIA Snowboard FIS World Cup 2006/2007. In Canada Olympic Park, the World Champion from Switzerland grabbed gold in the … Continue reading Pesko, Aono Repeat World Cup Snowboarding Halfpipe Victories →

Ludlow, VT – Elizabeth Beerman (Weston, VT) won her second U.S. Snowboarding Chevrolet Revolution Tour halfpipe of the season Saturday at Vermont’s Okemo ski and snowboard resort, leading two previous tour winners onto the podium as Brooke Shaw (Bantam, CT) and Kaitlyn Farrington (Bellevue, ID) finished 2-3.nBeerman was also the halfpipe winner at Mt. Bachelor, … Continue reading Beerman Wins 2nd Chevrolet Revolution Tour Halfpipe →

Sun Peaks (BC), Canada – Fog and wind delayed the start of the Saturday’s RE/MAX FIS World Cup Speed Skiing Race at Sun Peaks until noon, when the skies broke clear and the fastest skiers in the world readied themselves for another chance at World Cup glory. While the speeds were lower than Friday’s … … Continue reading Canada Takes First-Ever Gold in World Cup Speed Skiing →

Telluride, CO – Though the pair may be categorized as “rookies” in their first-ever Jeep King of the Mountain campaign, Canada’s Drew Neilson and Stratton Mountain, Vt.’s Lindsey Jacobellis looked anything but novice in masterfully capturing World Professional Champion honors Saturday at Telluride Ski Resort in Colorado. nThe scene in Telluride was a far cry … Continue reading Neilson, Jacobellis Crowned World Professional Snowboarding Champions →