Airolo, Switzerland – Dylan Ferguson (Amesbury, MA/Waterville Valley Black&Blue Trail Smashers/U.S. C Team) nailed two triple-twisting doubles Sunday night to claim the silver medal and lead three U.S. men into the top 10 in aerials at the 2007 FIS Freestyle Junior World Ski Championships. Top U.S. woman was Allison Lee (Manchester, CT/Waterville Valley B&BTS), who … Continue reading Skiing JWCs: Ferguson Collects Aerials Silver →

Airolo, Switzerland – NorAm moguls champion Bryon Wilson (South Taylorsville, UT/Wasatch Freestyle/U.S. C Team) laid down a powerful final moguls run Sunday and led U.S. sweep of the top four places at the 2007 FIS Freestyle Junior World Ski Championships. Kayla Snyderman (Winchester, MA/Waterville Valley Black&Blue Trail Smashers/U.S. C Team), the women’s NorAm moguls champion, … Continue reading Skiing JWCs: U.S. Men 1-2-3-4 in Moguls, Women 2-4-5 →

Airolo, Switzerland – Kim Sharp (Park City, UT/Park City Ski Education Foundation) earned the gold medal Saturday in ski halfpipe at the 2007 FIS Freestyle Junior World Championships and Sophia Schwartz (Ketchum, ID/Waterville Valley Black&Blue Trail Smashers) was silver medalist. nSharp received 27.80 points on her first halfpipe run and it was enough for the … Continue reading Skiing JWCs: Halfpipe Gold for Sharp, Silver for Schwartz →

Airolo, Switzerland – Swiss men swept the medals in ski cross Friday as the 2007 FIS Freestyle Junior World Championships opened. French women took the top two spots in their event. No Americans competed. nRenato Trummer of Switzerland won the men’s gold medal followed by teammates Gregor Vinzens and Armin Niederer. Alizee Boulangeat won the … Continue reading Skiing JWCs: Four SX Medals for Swiss on Day One →

Lenzerheide, Switzerland – Austrian Nicole Hosp won her second World Cup ski race in 24 hours Sunday, capturing the last giant slalom to clinch her first World Cup overall title while American Olympic GS champion Julia Mancuso (Olympic Valley, CA) was 11th, finishing third in the overall for the best U.S. women’s result since 1984.

Lenzerheide, Switzerland – Norway’s Aksel Lund Svindal skied just fast enough Sunday in the ski season’s last slalom to clinch the World Cup overall title. Svindal, needing to finish no worse than 15th if Austrian Benjamin Raich were to win, was 15th while Raich won but fell 13 points shy of defending his title. The … Continue reading Svindal Holds Off Raich for Overall World Cup Ski Racing Title →

Mammoth Mountain, CA – Mammoth Mountain has announced the release of a very limited quantity of unrestricted 2007-08 Gold Passes to the California ski and snowboardresort for $749, more than 50% off the regular price. This one-time advance sale runs April 1-30, 2007, only while supplies last. nOnce the limited quantity of pre-sale passes are … Continue reading Limited Sale of Discounted Premium Mammoth Mountain Ski Pass Set to Begin →