Lake Wanaka, New Zealand – Snow Sports New Zealand (SSNZ) Chief Executive Ross Palmer announced today that after leading New Zealand’s governing organization for skiing and snowboarding through a period of rapid growth and change, including the completion of a complex integration process, he is moving on to pursue new career opportunities.nSnow Sports New Zealand … Continue reading CEO of Snow Sports New Zealand Stepping Down
Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany – On the eve of the 2011 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships, Olympic gold medalists Lindsey Vonn and Julia Mancuso took a few practice laps down the icy Kandahar speed track. It wasn’t easy.n”It will take a champion to win this race,” said U.S. Ski Team Head Coach Alex Hoedlmoser. The two-week chase … Continue reading U.S. Faces Challenging Worlds Super G
Updated: 6:25 p.m. Monday, Feb. 7, 2011 Originally Published: 5:15 p.m. Monday, Feb. 7, 2011 Nederland, CO – A 35-year-old Boulder, Colo. man struck a tree and was killed Sunday afternoon while snowboarding in a closed area at Eldora Mountain Resort in Nederland.nScott Richard Goodale was snowboarding with four friends when the incident occurred, according … Continue reading Snowboarder Dies After Hitting Tree at Eldora
Colden, NY – A 60-year-old skier slumped into a Kissing Bridge ski resort chairlift near Buffalo, N.Y., before falling and dying on Friday afternoon.nWitnesses described John Fuchs, a longtime Kissing Bridge skier from Wales, N.Y., suffering an apparent medical condition before falling approximately 25 feet from the chairlift. Kissing Bridge ski patrol transferred Fuchs to … Continue reading Skier Dies After Fall from Kissing Bridge Chairlift
Yongpyong, South Korea – LG Snowboard FIS World Cup officials canceled a snowboardcross event scheduled for this in Korea after athletes and coaches voiced safety concerns. A date for the possible rescheduling of the race has not yet been determined.nConcerns that the course was too steep and too turny were voiced at an emergency meeting … Continue reading World Cup Snowboard Cross Canceled in Korea Over Safety Concerns
Arber-Zwiesel, Germany – Defending Olympic giant slalom gold medalist Viktoria Rebensburg of Germany took the wire-to-wire victory in Sunday’s Audi FIS Alpine World Cup giant slalom delayed one day and nearly three additional hours by fog after lowering the start to the minimum.nRebensburg secured victory with a combined time of 1:36.96. Italy’s Federica Brignone was … Continue reading Rebensburg Wins Fog Delayed World Cup Giant Slalom in Germany
Hinterstoder, Austria – Austria’s Philipp Schoerghofer won Sunday’s World Cup giant slalom in Hinterstoder, the final Audi FIS Alpine World Cup prior to the start of the Alpine World Championships this week in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. Park City, Utah’s Ted Ligety, who captured the first three giant slalom victories of the season, finished 13th, yet retained … Continue reading Ligety Retains World Cup GS Lead Despite 13th at Hinterstoder