Newry, ME – Employees at Maine’s Sunday River ski and snowboard resort are working feverishly to repair ski lifts, trails and buildings after floods from July storms left extensive damage in their wake. n
Zermatt, Switzerland – Workers are busy this fall at Zermatt, preparing the Swiss ski resort for the coming season with new lifts, trails and snowmaking facilities. n
Wilmington, NY – A unique group of partners, including The Adirondack Community Trust (ACT) at New York State’s Whiteface Mountain Ski Center, have created a new fund to protect the Bicknell’s Thrush – a rare migratory songbird that flies each year from the Dominican Republic and Haiti to summer in the Adirondacks and was at … Continue reading Whiteface Mountain Ski Center Partners to Fund Bicknell’s Thrush Protection
Methven, New Zealand – Volkswagen National Team members 21-year-old Janelle Miller (Queenstown) and 20-year-old Ben Griffin (Ohakune) have won the 2007 National Super G ski racing titles at the Volkswagen Alpine National Championships at Mt. Hutt ski area today. n
Los Angeles, CA – The Ski Channel has announced a multi-faceted partnership with Calgary-based Ride Guide TV. The deal includes premiere windows for the Ride Guide’s entire library of Ski and Mountain Bike shows, use of the Ride Guide’s extensive clip library that has tens of thousands of hours of footage from all over the … Continue reading The Ski Channel and Ride Guide TV Form Long-term Licensing Deal
Vernon (BC), Canada – Calling herself a “heliskier’s concierge,” British Columbia entrepreneur Nina Kaufman has carved out a unique position for her company in the exclusive world of helicopter-served skiing and snowboarding. n
Zurich, Switzerland – The start field for freestyle.ch 2007 is impressive. From September 21 to 23, top stars in snowboarding, freeski, FMX and skateboarding like Nicolas Müller (SUI), TJ Schiller (CAN), Andrè Villa (NOR) and Renton Millar (AUS) will fight it out to the bitter end for the event’s “freestyle.champ” and “crossover.champ” titles in Zurich.