Vail, CO – The Internal Revenue Service has slapped World Cup alpine skiing star Lindsey Vonn with a tax lien of more than $1.7 million. Lindsey Vonn (photo © ASP Red Bull/Red Bull Content Pool)
Montreal (QC), Canada – Dr. Gord Sleivert, a high performance advisor to the Canadian sport system who was instrumental to the success of the Canadian Freestyle Ski Team, including its 2010 Olympic Winter Games medals, passed away unexpectedly on April 2 in Montreal. He was 48. Dr. Gord Sleivert (photo: Camosun College)
Colorado Springs, CO – Audi FIS Alpine World Cup overall champion and Olympic gold medalist Lindsey Vonn has been voted the U.S. Olympic Committee (USOC) Female Athlete of the Month for March. [caption id=”attachment_21225″ align=”alignright” width=”200″ caption=”Vail, Colo.'s Lindsey Vonn with her crystal globe after wiining the womens downhill title at the FIS Alpine Skiing … Continue reading Vonn Named USOC March Athlete of the Month
La Parva, Chile -U.S.-based South American guided ski tour operator PowderQuest is partnering with Chile’s La Parva ski resort to offer the first ever Ingrid Backstrom signature camp for women. For those female skiers advanced intermediate and higher who are looking for a taste of endless winter, this ski camp will run from August 3-10 … Continue reading New Ingrid Backstrom Signature Women’s Ski Camp Scheduled for August in Chile
Drummondville (QC), Canada – He is an icon in the mogul world, an iron man who boasts 147 FIS World Cup starts with 23 podiums, a World Championship title and a fifth place finish at Winter Olympic Games. Now, after 15 years on the Canadian National Freestyle Ski Team, Pierre-Alexandre Rousseau has finally found something … Continue reading Canadian Moguls Skier PA Rousseau Retires to Pursue Career in Skydiving
Bend, OR – Oregon’s Mt. Bachelor ski resort has signed Sammy Carlson, one of the biggest names in freeskiing, to its team of sponsored athletes, and in so doing has launched a new invitational big air contest set for May. Carlson, an Oregon native from outside of Portland who turned pro at the age of … Continue reading Oregon’s Mt. Bachelor Sponsors Freeskier Sammy Carlson, Launches Invitational Event
Copper Mountain, CO – Copper Mountain ski resort in Colorado has renamed the “Super Hero” heat at this Saturday’s CopperMan adventure race as the “Super Hero Sally” heat to show support and love for Sally Francklyn, a long-standing member of the resort’s ski patrol who was critically injured in an accident two weeks ago while … Continue reading Copper to Hold Fundraiser for Skier Critically Injured in Teton Tumble
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