Park City, UT – Three-time Olympian Bill Demong (Vermontville, NY) and 12-time U.S. champion Lindsey Van (Park City, UT) will look to extend their winning streaks March 15-16 when the U.S. Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined Championships return to Utah’s Olympic sites for the first time since 2001, Nordic Director Luke Bodensteiner announced Tuesday. nThe … Continue reading Utah to Host 2008 U.S. Ski Jumping, Nordic Combined Championships →

Arapahoe Basin, CO – Arapahoe Basin’s Montezuma Bowl expansion, which will increase the ski area’s terrain by 80 percent this coming ski season, is nearly complete. The 400-acre Montezuma Bowl, located on the backside of Arapahoe Basin, will be the nation’s largest terrain expansion for the 2007-2008 ski season. The bowl is scheduled to open … Continue reading Arapahoe Basin’s Montezuma Bowl Ski Area Expansion Nearly Complete →

Whitefish, MT – A $7.5 million chairlift expansion of two new high speed quads is continuing on schedule at Whitefish Mountain Resort, formerly known as Big Mountain Resort, with load testing to begin in October and both lifts ready for the 2007-08 ski and snowboard season. The chairlift work is being completed by Salt Lake … Continue reading Chairlift Construction On Schedule to Greet Ski Season at Whitefish →

Bennington, NH – New Hampshire’s Crotched Mountain ski area and Zimmermanns have set the dates for the 4th Annual Ski & Board Sale, taking place September 22nd and 23rd from 9a.m. to 4p.m. at the Crotched Mountain base lodge. nThe sale features all types of clothing and equipment ranging from gloves to hats to jackets … Continue reading Ski and Snowboard Sale at Crotched Mountain →

Perisher Valley (NSW), Australia – U.S. Snowboarding pro Louie Vito (Sandy, UT) rallied from a first run fall to land second in halfpipe Saturday at the Australian Open, while U.S. Snowboarding Rookie Team member Lizzy Beerman (Weston, VT) also took the second slot, rocketing into first place in the Burton Global Open standings. nThe Burton … Continue reading U.S. Snowboarding’s Vito, Beerman Second at Australian Open Halfpipe →

Big Bear Lake, CA – Southern California’s summer snowboard contest, Hot Dawgz & Hand Rails (HD&HR), is taking place at Bear Mountain ski resort on Saturday, September 15. This week Big Bear Mountain Resort (BBMR) is releasing the names of the pro riders who will compete in this year’s event, with $12,000 in cash prizes … Continue reading Countdown On to September Snowboard Rail Jam at California’s Bear Mountain →

Kennelbach, Austria – Ski equipment manufacturer HEAD N.V. announced Monday an alliance with the global environmental charity, Cool Earth, in a worldwide environmental program, the first of its kind for a sporting goods company. nCool Earth’s mission is to fight climate change head-on by protecting endangered rainforest, which plays a vital role in the global … Continue reading Ski Maker HEAD Embarks Upon Corporate Carbon Responsibility →