Terrace (BC), Canada – When you’re blessed with over 100 feet of the fluffy white stuff each ski season, there are bound to be a few days when it’s just too socked in to fly. At powder-packed Northern Escape Heli-Skiing, near Terrace in Northern British Columbia’s Skeena Mountains, days carving new tracks are not wholly … Continue reading Northern Escape Heli-Skiing Adds Snowcat for Weather Day Backup
Newry, ME – If the rule “he knows when you’ve been bad or good” applies to the skiers and riders taking to the slopes of Sunday River, then guests should prepare to be on their best behavior tomorrow as the resort celebrates its 11th annual Santa Sunday with 250 pre-registered skiing and snowboarding Santas.nThe popularity … Continue reading 11th Annual Santa Sunday Tomorrow at Sunday River
Aspen, CO – Aspen resident Kiera Tongish, 22, died in a skiing accident Thursday at Snowmass ski area near Aspen in which she lost control struck a tree on the edge of resort’s intermediate Grey Wolf run. She was an employee of Buttermilk Ski Area, which like Snowmass is also owned by Aspen Skiing Co., … Continue reading Accident Kills Aspen Skiing Co. Employee
Beijing, China – Canadian rider Sebastien Toutant was crowned the winner of the inaugural Oakley Shaun White Air & Style Beijing snowboard competition Saturday night in China, a 6Star Swatch TTR event. He walked away with a large share of the $100,000 USD prize purse, the coveted Air & Style Ring of Glory and 1,000 … Continue reading Canadian Snowboarder ‘Seb Toots’ Wins 6star Oakley Shaun White Air&Style in Beijing
Lillehammer, Norway – The USA was off the pace again Saturday as Mikko Kokslien of Norway picked up his first FIS Nordic Combined World Cup skiing win, knocking off defending World Cup champion Jason Lamy-Chappuis of France on the Olympic venue of Lillehammer. Olympic silver medalist Brett Camerota, of Park City, Utah, was 22nd in … Continue reading USA Off the Pace in Lillehammer
Dusseldorf, Germany – The U.S. Ski Team’s Kikkan Randall attacked hard Saturday in the women’s freestyle individual sprints, taking second in the first of two days of racing in this centuries old city along the Rhine. The Anchorage, Alaska resident was just four-tenths behind winner Italian Arrianna Follis, who finished the cross country ski race … Continue reading Alaska’s Randall 2nd in World Cup Sprint in Germany
Lake Louise (AB), Canada – Olympic champion Lindsey Vonn made a spectacular athletic recovery Saturday to finish second in downhill for the second day in a row at Lake Louise, leading a pack of seven Americans into the top 25 in Downhill #2 of the Lake Louise Winterstart World Cup. World Cup leader Maria Riesch … Continue reading Riesch, Vonn 1-2 for Second Day in a Row at Lake Louise