Park City, UT -Audi FIS World Cup champion Lindsey Vonn was honored by the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association with the Beck International Award, the organization’s highest athlete honor. The USSA also recognized longtime race official John Garnsey of Vail/Beaver Creek, Colo., with its Julius Blegen Award for three decades of service to the sport. … Continue reading Vonn Headlines USSA Award Winners
Park City, UT – America’s most coveted ski and snowboarding lift ticket, the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association’s (USSA) Gold Pass, is going high tech to celebrate its 40th anniversary this coming 2012-13 season. The Gold Pass first started in the 1972-73 winter season as a fundraiser for the U.S. Ski Team in a unique … Continue reading Ultimate Ski Pass Goes High Tech
Calgary (AB), Canada -Twenty-nine athletes were named to the Canadian Alpine Ski Team on Thursday as Alpine Canada continues its preparations for the 2012-13 World Cup season and the 2013 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships. The squad of 19 men and 10 women features three new additions and nine racers who have recorded World Cup … Continue reading Canada’s 2012-13 Alpine Ski Team Named
Mammoth Lakes, CA – U.S. Ski Team coaches and the Mammoth Mountain Race Department have constructed terrain mimicking World Cup race hills for specialized training at the California ski resort. “It took a lot of work to get the slopes to this point, but the crew at Mammoth has been incredibly energetic and supportive in … Continue reading U.S. Ski Team Trains at Mammoth
Heber, UT – Steven Nyman, born and bred in Utah, was skiing at age two (Dad ran the ski school at Sundance) and was a discretionary pick for the 2002 Junior Worlds squad where he landed two medals. Coaches were so impressed, they entered him in a World Cup slalom six days later and he … Continue reading Athlete Spotlight: Steven Nyman
Calgary (AB), Canada -Brian Bennett, a World Cup veteran and pillar of the Canadian ski cross team, has announced his retirement from ski racing. “Big Bad” Bennett – a nickname that seems a bit ironic for an athlete widely regarded as one of the nicest guys on the circuit – is hanging up his skis … Continue reading Brian Bennett Retires from Ski Cross
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