Penticton (BC), Canada – Aspiring Olympic mogul skiers from across Canada have convened at Apex Mountain Resort for the Canada Post Freestyle Frenzy Canadian Selection Event that gets underway today. This is the second year the Canadian Freestyle Ski Association has held the talent identification camp and competitions for its National C Team and provincial-level … Continue reading Canadian Selection Camp Identifies Mogul Talent
Newry, ME – Ski by day. Party by night. That’s the mantra for the annual college week festivities at Maine’s Sunday River ski resort, scheduled this year for January 2-6, 2012. New this year, the College Week lineup features completely new live entertainment including Bruce Jacques, DJ BrekOne, OnCue, Dean’s List, and Lazerdisk Party Sex. By … Continue reading Ski By Day, Party By Night During Sunday River’s College Week
West Dover, VT – Mount Snow ski resort in southern Vermont kicked off its 2011-12 winter season in style on Saturday, with festivities surrounding the grand opening of North America’s only high-speed detachable six passenger bubble lift, the Bluebird Express. [caption id=”attachment_19279″ align=”alignright” width=”300″ caption=”Crowds gather Sunday at Mount Snow's new Bluebird Express, North America's … Continue reading Mount Snow Launches Ski Season with Debut of Vermont’s First Six Seat Chairlift
Courchevel, France – Despite winter’s tardy arrival in the French Alps, the International Ski Federation (FIS) confirmed over the weekend that conditions are ready for women’s World Cup technical ski races this weekend. Courchevel 1850 (file photo: Alain Caraco)
Telluride, CO – While the world’s best race boarders will be gathering this week in this Colorado resort town, their halfpipe compatriots will be assembling in Europe for halfpipe contests in Ruka, Finland. A total of three events of the running 2012 LG Snowboard FIS World Cup season are scheduled this week in Telluride. After … Continue reading Snowboard World Cup Events Take Place This Week on Two Continents
Davos, Switzerland – The U.S. Ski Team’s Kikkan Randall turned on the afterburners in the back stretch and left the field stranded as she won her second straight FIS Cross Country World Cup sprint in the Swiss ski resort of Davos on Sunday. Randall, who qualified first, swept every heat by large margins as she won … Continue reading Alaska’s Kikkan Randall Wins Second Consecutive Cross Country Skiing World Cup
Ruka, Finland – Olympic champion Hannah Kearney, of Norwich, Vt., opened her defense of the FIS Freestyle World Cup title with a strong win in Finland as three Americans made it to the podium on a cold and windy Saturday in Ruka. Eliza Outtrim was second behind Kearney while Sho Kashima, of S. Lake Tahoe, … Continue reading Kearney, Kingsbury Win World Cup Moguls in Ruka
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