Madonna di Campiglio, Italy – The 2007 FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships open after a six-week postponement because of poor snow in January. The championships were to have been held in late January, but the snow drought, which has plagued central Europe this winter, meant such a lack of snow that organizers postponed the championships … Continue reading U.S. Freestyle Ski Team Ready for World Champs in Madonna →

Ludlow, VT – Slopestyle capped the final winter stop of the Chevrolet Revolution Tour Sunday with Sam Hulbert (Peterborough, NH) and Coco Cook (Wayzata, MN) stomping wins at Vermont’s Okemo Mountain Resort. The tour will now take a three-month hiatus before firing back up June 21-22 at Mt. Hood, OR, where the tour champs will … Continue reading Slopestyle Wraps U.S. Snowboarding Revolution Tour at Okemo →

Innsbruck, Austria – Swiss skier Ueli Kestenholz and snowboarder Lukas Brucic from Mils, Austria are the winners of the freeride and freestyle “Check The Ripper” event that climaxed Innsbruck’s Snickers Nordpark Sessions 2007. Kathrin Gappmayr from Bad Dürrnberg (AUT) won the contest of the field of female snowboarders.nDespite capricious weather that included heavy snowfall and … Continue reading Kestenholz and Brucic Rip in 2007 →

Madonna di Campiglio, Italy – Tomas Kraus of the Czech Republic succeeded in defending his ski cross World Champion title today at the FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships in Madonna di Campiglio as the titles were awarded for the second time in history. Kraus’s teammate Stanley Hayer took the silver medal before Enak Gavaggio of … Continue reading David, Kraus Capture Ski Cross Championship Titles →

Plymouth, VT – Central Vermont’s Bear Creek Mountain Club is currently the state’s only private skiing and snowboarding country club. With permits in place to begin construction this spring on the first condominiums in the base area village, four units already are sold and the remaining 10 of the first block are available starting at … Continue reading Private Vermont Ski Resort to Break Ground on First Condos →

Lincoln, NH – White Mountain Adaptive Snowsports School (WMASS), a non-profit program at Loon Mountain that provides ski and snowboard instruction to people with disabilities, hosts its 18th annual Kostick Kup fundraising event this Saturday at the New Hampshire ski and snowboard resort. The crowning event of the winter season for the hundreds of … … Continue reading Charity Race at Loon Mountain Saturday to Raise Funds for Disabled Skiing →

Vail, CO – Vail Resorts, Inc. yesterday proposed one of the most ambitious “green” development projects in the North American ski resort industry to date, to be called “Ever Vail.” The $1 billion project will transform the 9.5-acre site, currently known as West LionsHead, into an environmentally-friendly multi-use resort village consisting of residences, a hotel, … Continue reading North America’s Largest “Green” Ski Resort Village Proposed at Vail →