Denver, CO – Big air was back in a big way in downtown Denver Wednesday night as Rocco Van Straten of the Netherlands took giant leap after giant leap to win the Denver Big Air presented by Sprint at the LG Snowboard FIS World Cup. The event marked the first city-based World Cup big air … Continue reading Van Straten Wins Denver Big Air
Denver, CO – Giant snowflakes weren’t the only things descending from the sky in downtown Denver Tuesday night as team Armada’s Spencer Milbocker, Alex Bellemare and Ben Moxham topped the world’s best freeskiing athletes at the the Nature Valley Big Air Challenge Battle of the Brands. A crowd of around 10,000 packed Denver’s Civic … … Continue reading Team Armada Wins Battle of the Brands at Denver Big Air
Innsbruck, Austria – The Austrian Ski Federation (OeSV) has confirmed that doctors in Innsbruck have begun to awaken ski racer Hans Grugger from a drug induced coma he’s been in since a horrific training crash in Kitzbuehel last Thursday that resulted in a severe head injury.n”The results of the latest tests are so positive that … Continue reading Grugger Awakened from Induced Coma
Park City, UT – The U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association (USSA), the national governing body for Olympic skiing and snowboarding, on Tuesday announced the formation of a new sport program, U.S. Freeskiing. The new athletic program, parallel to the organization’s well-established U.S. Ski Team and U.S. Snowboarding brands, will encompass the potential new Olympic events … Continue reading USSA Announces U.S. Freeskiing Brand
Colorado Springs, CO – Olympic champion Lindsey Vonn has been named the U.S. Olympic Committee’s (USOC) SportsWoman of the Year for 2010, marking the second consecutive year Vonn has earned the USOC’s most prestigious honor. The award has been presented annually to the top overall male and female athletes from within the USOC member organizations … Continue reading U.S. Olympic Committee Names Lindsey Vonn SportsWoman of the Year
Davos, Switzerland – The North Caucasus Resorts Company (NCRC), the newly-incorporated state enterprise charged by the Russian Federal Government with implementing a $15 billion program called Peak 5642 to develop ski and snowboard resorts in the Caucasus, will tonight present the first phase of its plans to investors in Davos.nAt an event taking place at … Continue reading Russian Government in Davos Looking for Investors to Develop Ski Resorts in Caucasus
Otepaa, Estonia – Central Cross Country Skiing’s Jessica Diggins, of Afton, Minn., led the U.S. in the women’s 5k free technique race in seventh as the 2011 FIS Junior World Nordic Championships opened in Otepaa, Estonia on Wednesday.nSitting just east of the Baltic Sea, the air was brisk and the snow temperature was cold in … Continue reading Diggins Leads U.S. in Junior Worlds 5k Free