Kvitfjell, Norway – On a day of strange weather Saturday, Didier Cuche of Switzerland won a World Cup downhill ahead of second place finisher, Canadian Erik Guay (Mont-Tremblant, QC), and in doing so clinched the World Cup DH skiing title. Eleven skiers from No. 40 start and beyond broke into the top 30. Bode Miller … Continue reading Cuche Wins World Cup Ski Race, Takes Downhill Title →

Madonna di Campiglio, Italy – Canada celebrated two moguls skiing victories Friday at the 2007 FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships in Madonna. Twenty five year-old Kristi Richards (Summerland, BC) and 27-year-old Pierre-Alexandre Rousseau (Drummondville, QC) took surprise victories at the nighttime title competition on the famous Canalone Miramonti course.nThe 2006 Olympic Champions and 2007 FIS … Continue reading Canadians Sweep Moguls Skiing Gold →

Altenmarkt-Zauchensee, Austria – Leanne Smith (Conway, NH; Mount Washington Valley Ski Team/U.S. Development Team) produced the top U.S. results Friday at the 2007 FIS Alpine Junior World Ski Championships, finishing 10th in the women’s super G.nIn a repeat of Thursday’s super G podium, Austrian Nicole Schmidhofer took the gold medal, this time in 1:19.34, with … Continue reading Smith Leads U.S. at Alpine Junior Ski Worlds Super G →

Lahti, Finland – World Championships silver medalist Bill Demong (Vermontville, NY) took the lead at the 8K mark Friday and went on to the second World Cup nordic combined victory of his career, winning by 6.6 seconds at the Lahti Ski Games.n”I’m psyched to put another result back to back, just for my own confidence, … Continue reading Demong Wins Lahti Nordic Combined Skiing World Cup →

Mt. Hood, OR – Mt. Hood Meadows will present its first ever banked slalom event March 17 and 18, sponsored by Full Sail Brewing. A banked slalom is a series of high banked curves with a few jumps mixed in for fun. The faster a rider goes down the course, the bigger the course becomes … Continue reading Ski and Snowboard Banked Slalom This Weekend at Mt. Hood Meadows →

Squaw Valley, CA – After 350 hours of construction Squaw Valley’s superpipe is bigger than ever and ready for action just in time for the 2007 Suzuki Halfpipe Jams. In its second season, the Suzuki Halfpipe Jams hosted competitions at five resorts around the country. The top finishers from each stop won a trip to … Continue reading 2007 Suzuki Halfpipe Jams Qualifier & Finals at Squaw Valley →

Copper Mountain, CO – Copper will be sizzling when the 7th annual Sunsation end-of-season celebration comes to the Colorado ski and snowboard resort March 31-April 15. The John Popper Project and Hometown Heroes Contest are the newest additions to the Sunsation lineup and join an overflowing schedule which already includes Michael Franti & Spearhead, De … Continue reading Copper Mountain Will Again Celebrate End of Ski Season with Sunsation →