Calgary (AB), Canada – Team Canada has unveiled its squad for the 2012 Whistler Cup, which will be held from April 6 to 8 in Whistler, British Columbia, Canada. The annual event for 11- to 14-year-old alpine skiers, which is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year, features boys and girls kombi, super-G, slalom and giant … Continue reading Team Canada Unveiled for 20th Whistler Cup
Ste.-Anne-de-Beaupré (QC), Canada – Trevor Philp, a talented young racer and university student, beat out some veteran World Cup skiers on Monday to become the Canadian champion in men’s slalom in Mont-Sainte-Anne ski resort in Quebec. Philp, of Calgary, Alberta, who is still considered a junior racer, was second in the first slalom run and … Continue reading Philp Crowned Canadian Slalom Champion
Highmount, NY – A budget deal proposed by New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo and now approved by the New York State Legislature will transfer operation of Belleayre Mountain Ski Center in the Catskills from the state Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) to the Olympic Regional Development Authority (ORDA). ORDA already operates both Whiteface Mountain … Continue reading ORDA Gets Control of Belleayre
Val d’Isere, France – A British skier employed by tour operator Crystal Ski died last week after colliding with a snowmaking gun lining a ski run in Val d’Isere. (file photo: Val d'Isere) Thomas Lynch, 22, of Leicestershire … Continue Reading ››
Government Camp, OR – A 37-year-old Portland, Ore. man died last Wednesday evening after he struck a tree while skiing with friends at Skibowl on Mount Hood. (file photo: Mt. Hood Skibowl) The Clackamas County Sheriff’s … Continue Reading ››
Stratton Mountain, VT – World Cup Rookie of the Year K.C. Oakley won her second medal of the weekend with a top dual moguls finish at the Sprint U.S. Freestyle Championships after five solid runs at Stratton Mountain in Vermont on Saturday. Cody Tempel took everyone by surprise when he defeated Friday’s champion Jeremy Cota … Continue reading Oakley, Tempel Win U.S. National Dual Moguls Titles
Val St.-Côme (QC), Canada – Canadian National Freestyle Team members Audrey Robichaud and Mikael Kingsbury took the Canada Post National Mogul Championships held at Val St.-Côme on Friday in an event that was hampered by unseasonably warm and wet weather in Quebec. Despite heroic measures by event organizers and volunteers, rain and temperatures well above … Continue reading Kingsbury and Robichaud Crowned Canadian National Mogul Champions
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