North Vancouver (BC), Canada – The Canadians used their familiarity with the 2010 Olympic ski cross course to their advantage on Friday, sweeping the men’s podium and taking the top two women’s spots in an FIS Freestyle World Cup ski cross race at Cypress Mountain outside Vancouver. Canadian Chris DelBosco, who also led qualifying, won … Continue reading World Cup Freestyle Skiing: Canadians Dominate on Olympic Ski Cross Course →

Val d’Isere, France – An apparent silver-medal finish for the U.S. Ski Team’s Lindsey Vonn (Vail, CO) in the super combined evaporated Friday as officials ruled that Vonn missed a slalom gate at the 2009 FIS Alpine Ski World Championships in Val d’Isere. Austria’s Kathrin Zettel, stuck in fifth after the opening downhill, poured it … Continue reading Alpine Ski World Championships: Zettel Victorious, Vonn DQ’d from Super Combi →

Killington, VT – Vermont’s Killington Resort today announced the sale of 3,000, $50 one-day lift tickets to ski or snowboard during Presidents Week.n “With more than 200 inches of natural snowfall already this season, plus continued snowmaking that has buried our most popular … Continue Reading ››

Park City, UT – Breckenridge, Colo. skier Angeli VanLaanen earned a big win last Friday in her first World Cup skiing competition, winning the Visa Freestyle International skier halfpipe competition by nearly two points over Canadian Megan Gunning. French skiers Kevin Rolland and Xavier Bertoni dominated the men’s pipe, with teenager Walter Wood (Evergreen, CO) … Continue reading World Cup Freestyle Skiing: VanLaanen Takes Park City Pipe →

New York, NY – New Jersey’s own Shayne Pospisil, who entered the Swatch TTR World Snowboard Tour’s 5-Star Red Bull Snowscrapers in Manhattan as an alternate after another competitor was unable to compete due to injury, ended up grabbing first place Thursday night in the contest staged in East River Park.n

Snowshoe, WV – This weekend, Snowshoe Mountain will host its annual Jose Cuervo Games of Winter. Now in its 21st season, this annual event is one of the West Virginia ski and snowboard resort’s biggest party weekends of the season. Featuring on-snow competition and nightclub games, Cuervo Weekend has become an infamous Snowshoe institution.n The … Continue reading W.V.’s Snowshoe Ski Resort Hosts Annual Cuervo Games of Winter →

Vail, CO – On Saturday, SOS Outreach will formally celebrate its 15th season of helping underserved youth participate in skiing, snowboarding and other outdoor sports by honoring Bob Hernreich and Vail Resorts with awards for their contributions.n Hernreich will receive the humanitarian award for an individual and Vail Resorts will receive the award for corporate … Continue reading SOS Outreach Celebrates 15 Years of Introducing Disadvantaged Youth to Skiing, Snowboarding →