Park City, UT – The “Flying Tomato,” Shaun White, and defending champion, Torah Bright, won the men’s and women’s snowboarding competition at the fifth annual World Superpipe Championships Saturday at Park City Mountain Resort (PCMR). White with a top score of 96.67 and Bright with a best run of 89.33, each won a $15,000 prize … Continue reading Snowboarding Comp at World Superpipe Championships is Bright White →

Wilmington, NY – Winter X Games champion Steve Fisher (Breckenridge, CO) led a U.S. podium sweep Saturday in men’s halfpipe at the State Farm U.S. Snowboard Cup at Whiteface Mountain Ski Center near Lake Placid, N.Y., while Olympic silver medalist Gretchen Bleiler (Aspen, CO) cruised to victory in the women’s event.nFisher clinched the victory on … Continue reading Bleiler Wins World Cup Snowboard Halfpipe at Whiteface, Fisher Leads Men’s Sweep →

Lahti, Finland – Bill Demong (Vermontville, NY) had a so-so lone jump Saturday and finished 11th in a World Cup nordic combined “Hurricane” sprint 24 hours after capturing the second win of his career at the Lahti Ski Games.n”To be 11th on a mediocre day still shows Billy’s skiing well. Hannu [Manninen, Finland’s defending World … Continue reading U.S. Ski Team’s Demong 11th in Hurricane Sprint →

Madonna di Campiglio, Italy – 2005 FIS World Champion Nina Li successfully defended her title Saturday at the 2007 FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships at Madonna di Campiglio. Ranked 4th after the first jump, she reclaimed the gold with a solid second jump as leading athletes made mistakes. Twenty-four year-old Assoli ‘Oly’ Slivets of Belarus … Continue reading Double Aerials Skiing Gold for China at Freestyle World Ski Championships →

Madonna di Campiglio, Italy – Former Olympic medalist and World Cup champion Shannon Bahrke (Tahoe City, CA) shook off the frustration of narrowly missing a medal 24 hours earlier and collected the silver medal Saturday night in dual moguls, the last event of the 2007 FIS Freestyle World ski Championships. nMoguls skiing favorites who narrowly … Continue reading Bahrke Wins Silver in Freestyle Ski Worlds Dual Moguls →

Lahti, Finland – Kikkan Randall (Anchorage, AK) finished seventh Saturday in a 1.2K freestyle World Cup sprint at the Lahti Ski Games while Andy Newell (Shaftsbury, VT) had the top U.S. men’s result, finishing 14th in their 1.4K sprint.nWorld Cup leader Virpi Kuitunen of Finland won the women’s sprint with teammate Riitta Liisa Roponen, also … Continue reading Randall 7th in FR Sprint at Lahti Ski Games →

Zwiesel, Germany – Olympic giant slalom champion Julia Mancuso (Olympic Valley, CA) finished fifth Saturday despite intermittent visibility because of fog in a World Cup GS, but held onto the No. 2 place in the overall ski racing circuit’s standings. Finn Tanja Poutiainen won in 1:50.12 with Austrian Nicole Hosp taking over the points leadership … Continue reading Mancuso 5th in GS, Drops to 2nd in World Cup Overall Skiing Title Chase →