Snowbird, UT – More than 30 teams of highly-trained avalanche rescue dogs and their handlers from around the world have gathered in Utah’s Little Cottonwood Canyon southeast of Salt Lake City for avalanche victim search drills, beacon searches, helicopter training and classroom sessions conducted by Wasatch Backcountry Rescue (WBR). The weeklong training concludes this Saturday … Continue reading Avalanche Dog Rescue School Training in Utah’s Little Cottonwood Canyon →

Park City, UT – Ten Olympians, including World Championship medalists Lindsey Vonn (Vail, CO), Julia Mancuso (Olympic Valley, CA) and Bode Miller (Franconia, NH), will represent America at the 2009 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships. U.S. Alpine Program Director Jesse Hunt announced the Team following the last weekend of Audi FIS World Cup qualifying events.n … Continue reading U.S. Ski Team Names Alpine World Championships Roster →

Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy – The U.S. Ski Team’s Lindsey Vonn (Vail, CO) finished eighth at a World Cup super G in Italy on Monday. Sweden’s Jessica Lindell-Vikarby was first, marking her first World Cup ski racing victory.n Lindell-Vikarby of Sweden convincingly claimed her first career victory, setting the pace with a flawless run and a … Continue reading World Cup Alpine Skiing: Vonn Eighth in Cortina Super G →

Park City, UT – Billy Demong (Vermontville, NY) and Lindsey Van (Park City, UT) headline a team of six nordic combined skiers and six ski jumpers named by the U.S. Ski Team to compete in the upcoming FIS Nordic Ski World Championships in Liberec, Czech Republic. The team includes four women ski jumpers who will … Continue reading U.S. Ski Team to Send 12 to Nordic World Championships →

Aspen, CO – Shaun White (Carlsbad, CA) came through with a third-run miracle to beat Kevin Pearce (Norwich, VT) in the X Games men’s halfpipe finals Sunday to become the first man to win back to back gold medals in pipe.n After falling on his first two runs, White needed a huge final run to … Continue reading Winter X Games 13: Shaun White Repeats Snowboarding Halfpipe Gold →

Ste.-Adele (QC), Canada – Aerialist Steve Omischl of Kelowna, B.C., Canada is back doing what he grew accustomed to doing – winning.n The defending World Cup men’s aerials skiing overall champion hadn’t reached the podium in his first two starts this season, but figured his time would come after winning five times last season. Omischl, … Continue reading World Cup Freestyle Skiing: Omischl On Top in Quebec →

Aspen, CO – After taking the silver last year, the U.S. Ski Team’s Tyler Walker (sit-ski; Franconia, NH), who helped pioneer adaptive mono ski cross in the X Games in 2007, crushed the competition to win his second X Games gold on Sunday in Aspen.n Walker won his qualifying heats with room to spare before … Continue reading Winter X Games 13: Walker Wins Gold in Mono Skier X →