New Hampton, NH – New Hampton School (NHS) and Waterville Valley Academy (WVA) are teaming up to provide a new joint alpine ski racing program run by the WVA alpine coaching staff with NHS Head J1/J2 Alpine Coach Jason Guilbert serving as NHS Joint Alpine Program director. In contrast with most other prep school … … Continue reading New Hampton School and Waterville Valley Academy Partner on Alpine Ski Racing
Salt Lake City, UT – It may be hard to think about frostbite and hypothermia as summer chugs onward, but winter isn’t far off and brushig up now on how to deal with hypothermia and frostbite could make all the difference once the snow starts flying. Hypothermia, the result of the inability to overcome heat … Continue reading Dealing with Hypothermia and Frostbite
Mt. Crested Butte, CO – Crested Butte Mountain Resort (CBMR) has named a new Mountain Sports Manager, Andrew Cesati, to create and manage the Colorado ski and snowboard resort’s Mountain Sports Team and program offerings, as well as head the Mountain Sports Division. Both are new this year to CBMR. nCesati comes from the Crested … Continue reading Crested Butte Announces New Mountain Sports Division and Manager, Team Programs
Whistler (BC), Canada – With the Olympic flame extinguished in Beijing, the eyes of the world will now turn to Vancouver and Whistler as the Host Mountain Resort of the 2010 Winter Games, less than 18 months away. n
La Parva, Chile – Canadian national development team ski racer Georgia Simmerling of West Vancouver, B.C. is off to a fast start during summer training in South America. Simmerling, participating in her first competitive ski races since the end of last season, won back-to-back South American Cup downhill races yesterday and today. nReigning Pontiac GMC … Continue reading Canadian Ski Racer Simmerling Wins Training Race in South America
Calgary, Canada – Para-alpine sit skier Brad Lennea (Whistler, BC) and guide Emily Glossop (Ottawa, ON), who guided Kathleen Forestell (Ottawa, ON) to a World Cup medal in 2006, have announced that they will not be competing with the Canadian Para-Alpine Ski Team this season. nLennea, a 36 year-old Canadian para-alpine slalom champion, admitted his … Continue reading Lennea and Glossop Leaving Canada’s Para-Alpine Ski Team
Falls Creek, Australia – The 4Star Oakley Stylewars had a major impact on the 08/09 Swatch TTR World Snowboard Tour Rankings with tour veterans, young guns, and Southern Hemisphere up-and-comers staking their claims for the title early on. American Chas Guldemond, who recently lost the tour lead in New Zealand, took back the World No. … Continue reading Guldemond Returns to TTR World Leader Position Following Stylewars