Aspen, CO – The ski and snowboard season at Aspen Highlands has been extended for one week – the mountain will close on April 8 instead of the scheduled April 1 closure. Strong bookings for the first week of April and a base of more than six feet in Highland Bowl prompted Aspen Skiing … … Continue reading New Snow, Strong Bookings Prompt Aspen Highlands Officials to Extend Ski Season →

Verbier, Switzerland – The 12th edition of the O’Neill Xtreme by Powerade unfolded on the magnificent north-facing Bec des Rosses peak on Sunday morning, high up above the Swiss ski and snowboard resort of Verbier. nWith weather forecasters warning of the imminent arrival of cloudy weather, all competitors were on their way up the mountain … Continue reading Verbier Xtreme Concludes →

Steamboat Springs, CO – Completing a gold-medal sweep of the weekend, nordic combined Olympian Bill Demong (Vermontville, NY) cruised to his third national title by winning the normal hill Sunday at the Nature Valley Ski Jumping Championships. nDemong, who is a skiing ambassador for the Olympic Regional Development Autority in Lake Placid, won the large … Continue reading Demong Sweeps Nature Valley U.S. Ski Jumping Championships →

Banff (AB), Canada – Jasey-Jay Anderson of Mont-Tremblant, Quebec made it a double-play Sunday as he finished up the 2006-07 snowboard season by winning the Parallel Slalom race at the Honda Canadian National Snowboard Championships, presented by TELUS, at Sunshine Village ski and snowboard resort above Banff. Anderson, who is a long-time veteran of the … Continue reading Anderson Wraps 2007 Honda Canadian National Snowboard Championships with Win →

Killington, VT – Shelly Robertson (Reno, NV) picked off her third U.S. dual moguls skiing title Sunday and Sho Kashima (Zephyr Cove, NV) successfully defended his crown in the Nature Valley Freestyle Challenge, which concluded the Sprint U.S. Freestyle Championships at Killington ski and snowboard resort in central Vermont. nAfter nighttime snow left about four … Continue reading U.S. Duals Titles to Robertson, Kashima →

Calgary, Canada – Michael Henitiuk, 17, of Spruce Grove, Alta., pulled off the biggest upset of his young ski career to win the men’s dual moguls at the Canada Post National Freestyle Championships Sunday, at Calgary’s Canada Olympic Park. Henitiuk’s victory made it a sweep for the community located just outside Edmonton, as the women’s … Continue reading Spruce Grove, Alberta Skiers Rule the Day in Dual Moguls →

Whistler (BC), Canada – Shona Rubens (Canmore, AB) didn’t take long to earn her second Canadian national ski racing title, winning Sunday’s Women’s Super G race by over half a second at the Pontiac GMC Canadian Championships in Whistler. Rubens became the national Women’s Slalom champion last Tuesday. The men’s race was extremely close, with … Continue reading Rubens, Frisch Win Super G at Canadian Ski Championships →