McLean, VA – The snow sports equipment and apparel retail market reached $1 billion in sales August through November, 14% above last season according to data released this week by the trade group SnowSports Industries America (SIA), setting a new benchmark for early season sales.nEquipment sales are leading the charge with a 22% increase in … Continue reading Ski and Snowboard Gear Sales Surge
Lake Placid, NY – Olympic medalist Andrew Weibrecht of Lake Placid will miss the remainder of the 2011 Audi FIS Alpine World Cup ski tour with a season-ending shoulder injury, U.S. Ski Team Medical Director Kyle Wilkens announced on Friday. Weibrecht suffered a dislocated left shoulder while training slalom in Hinterreit, Austria prior to the … Continue reading USA’s Weibrecht Out for Ski Season
McLean, VA – Winter Trails is scheduled for this Saturday at over 80 locations across the U.S., offering children and adults new to snow sports a chance to try snowshoeing and/or cross country skiing for free. There is no charge for the use of equipment or trails. Most locations offer snowshoeing and cross country skiing, … Continue reading Ski Free This Weekend at Winter Trails Events Across the U.S.
Rockville, MD – Disabled Sports USA (DSUSA), one of the nation’s largest multi-sport, multi-disability organizations, today announced the schedule for its national SkiTour winter snow sports series. From January through April 2011 the DSUSA SkiTour will include more than 80 events hosted by 40 DSUSA chapters and affiliates in 18 states. Events include … Continue … Continue reading 2011 National SkiTour Series for Athletes with Disabilities
Toblach, Italy – World Championship silver medalist Kikkan Randall, of Anchorage, Alaska, finished fifth in Wednesday’s Tour de Ski stage five free technique cross country sprint in Toblach. Slovenia’s Petra Madjic won the stage in a photo finish with Italy’s Arianna Follis, while Canada’s Devon Kershaw won the men’s race. Shaftsbury, Vt.’s Andy Newell, and … Continue reading Randall 5th in Stage 5 of Tour de Ski
Revelstoke (BC), Canada – On New Year’s Day 2010, ski mountaineer Greg Hill set his altimeter watch to zero and set off on his mission to log two million vertical ski-touring feet — all self-propelled, counting only the up — by Dec. 31. After 266 days of climbing and skiing backcountry terrain in Canada, Chile … Continue reading Greg Hill Completes Quest to Climb and Ski 2 Million Verts in 2010
Newry, ME – In collaboration with New England’s OutRyders GLBT ski and snowboard club, Sunday River Ski Resort will host White Out Weekend, Feb. 10–13, three days dedicated to the gay and lesbian community.nThe weekend features “drag” races where skiers and riders can showcase their divine selves, après rendezvous get-togethers, an ’80s dance party, and … Continue reading Maine’s Sunday River Ski Resort To Host Gay/Lesbian Weekend