Aspen, CO – With the World Cup opener in Ruka, Finland less than two weeks away, the Canadian and U.S. Freestyle mogul teams are ready for action. The U.S. bumpers worked out in Colorado. The team arrived at Aspen Highlands prior to Thanksgiving, where athletes were able to train on a variety of features during this camp with enough snow … Continue reading U.S. and Canadian Mogul Teams Ready for Finland
Copper Mountain, CO – The Sprint U.S. Grand Prix returns to Colorado’s Copper Mountain this week with four back-to-back days of halfpipe action to kick off the 2015 season for both freeskiing and snowboarding. Copper Mountain and its 22-foot halfpipe have been a staple on the Grand Prix tour for the better part of two decades … Continue reading Sprint U.S. Grand Prix Kicks Off At Copper
Stoneham-et-Tewksbury (QC), Canada – Resorts of the Canadian Rockies (RCR), which owns Ski Stoneham north of Quebec City, closed the resort on Friday after locking out employees in a labor dispute. On-mountain employees comprising lift operations, snowmaking, ski patrol and grooming crews contend that they’re being paid 20 percent less than their counterparts at nearby … Continue reading Labor Dispute Closes the Ski Slopes at Stoneham
Lake Louise (AB), Canada – Norway’s Kjetil Jansrud, the Oympic super G champion, made it a clean sweep of Lake Louise on Sunday by winning the World Cup super G, a day after taking the downhill to clinch both season opening speed races.
Aspen, CO – Nicole Hosp of Austria defeated the world’s top female skiers on Sunday in Aspen, completing the 2014 Audi FIS Ski World Cup slalom course with a combined time of 1:44.90 to capture gold at the at the Nature Valley Aspen Winternational. Hosp was nineteen hundredths of a second faster than Frida Hansdotter of … Continue reading Hosp Wins Aspen World Cup Slalom
Wildwood, MO – Ski resort operator Peak Resorts today announced the closing of its initial public offering of 10,000,000 shares of its common stock at a price to the public of $9.00 per share. The offering raised net proceeds of approximately $82 million after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions … Continue Reading ››
Lake Louise (AB), Canada – Saturday was an exciting day for Canada as Alpine Canada Alpin veteran Manuel Osborne-Paradis tied for second place at the Audi FIS Ski World Cup, just 0.14 seconds from first-place finisher Kjetil Jansrud of Norway in downhill racing action in Lake Louise. It was the first victory at Lake Louise for Jansrud, who won … Continue reading Canada’s Manuel Osborne-Paradis Claims First World Cup Podium in 4 Years
