Furano, Japan – After successfully organizing the finals of the NOKIA Snowboard FIS World Cup in last winter, the Japanese ski and snowboard resort of Furano will once again host contests in the 2006/2007 World Cup snowboarding season. On Friday, the carving aces open the weekend with a Parallel Giant Slalom. On Saturday, the first … Continue reading First Snowboard Cross of World Cup Season Saturday in Japan →

Burlington, VT – It says it right on the front door of Burton’s Global Headquarters in Burlington, Vermont: “We are closed if two feet falls in 24 hours.” And that’s exactly what the world’s leading snowboard company will do on Thursday, thanks to a blizzard that’s currently blanketing Vermont with several feet of fresh snow.n”Nothing … Continue reading Burton Snowboards Tells Employees to Skip Work and Ride After Blizzard →

Lake Placid, NY – The most powerful winter storm to hit the Northeastern United States and Quebec in recent years is currently resurrecting snow bases at ski and snowboard resorts throughout the region that have suffered through a dismal first half of the ski season.n

Åre, Sweden – A year ago Ted Ligety (Park City, UT) celebrated Valentine’s Day by winning gold in the Olympic combined event in Italy; Wednesday, he produced the third-fastest final run but was bumped off the giant slalom podium by the last racer in the top 30 to finish fourth at the 2007 FIS Alpine … Continue reading Ligety 4th in Ski Worlds GS with Scorching 2nd Run →

Colorado Springs, CO – Alpine ski racer Julia Mancuso (Olympic Valley, CA), who strung together a U.S.-record five consecutive World Cup top-3s, and Jeret “Speedy” Peterson (Boise, ID), who set two aerials records in winning a World Cup contest, have been selected as the U.S. Olympic Committee’s male and female Athlete of the Month for … Continue reading U.S. Ski Team’s Peterson, Mancuso USOC Athletes of Month →

Åre, Sweden – Olympic skiing champion Julia Mancuso (Olympic Valley, CA) led the first run of giant slalom Tuesday at the 2007 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships, but had problems on her second run to finish fifth in the first night GS in Worlds history. Nicole Hosp won the first gold medal of the championships … Continue reading Mancuso 5th in Ski Worlds Night Giant Slalom →

West Dover, VT – Ronnie Mills of Mexico, Maine, a 28-year veteran groomer at Maine’s Sunday River Ski Resort, took home top honors in the National Ski Areas Association’s (NSAA) third annual “PhaTcat Challenge” grooming competition. NSAA bills the PhaTcat Challenge as a true test of grooming operator skill and efficiency to determine the industry’s … Continue reading Sunday River Groomer Wins National Ski Areas Association Contest →