Park City, UT – Olympic champions Ted Ligety (Park City, UT) and Julia Mancuso (Olympic Valley, CA) plus reigning downhill and super G world champion and former World Cup overall ski champion Bode Miller (Bretton Woods, NH) headline the 2007 U.S. Alpine Ski Team, team leaders announced this afternoon. n
Toronto, Canada – Throughout the upcoming Toronto Ski, Snowboard & Travel Show, some of snowboarding’s biggest names will be on hand to meet, greet and sign autographs at the Snowboard Canada Magazine booth.nThe Forum snowboard team will travel to the show, with appearances by J. P. Walker, Joni Malmi and Lauri Heiskari. They’ll be joined … Continue reading Top Snowboarding Stars Head toToronto Ski, Snowboard & Travel Show
Carrabassett Valley, ME – Sugarloaf/USA will introduce a new marquee terrain park in time for the 2006-07 ski and snowboard season that promises bigger, better and more features than have ever been offered at the Maine resort. The new terrain park is part of nearly $1 million spent this summer to complete improvement projects … … Continue reading Terrain Park Goes Big at Sugarloaf/USA Ski Resort
Waterville Valley, NH – Tom Corcoran, founder of Waterville Valley ski and snowboard resort, was honored by the New England Ski Museum with its first Spirit of Skiing award on Saturday evening in Waterville Valley. The occasion was the organization’s 29th annual meeting, where about 140 museum members and friends, including Olympians Bill Beck and … Continue reading Ski Museum Honors Waterville Valley Founder
Chicago, IL – It shouldn’t come as much of a surprise, but a Norwegian study published in JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association, concludes that alpine skiers and snowboarders who wear a helmet have a reduced risk of head injury.n
Mt. Ruapehu, New Zealand – Geoff Small (NZ) and Janina Kuzma (Australia) won the second Marmot Extreme Skiing and Snowboarding Competition at Whakapapa Ski Area on New Zealand’s Mt. Ruapehu this weekend, adding yet another top-of-the-podium showing to their already impressive resumes. Robbie Walsh (USA) and Maria Kuzma (Australia) were the winners in the snowboard … Continue reading Geoff Small, Janina Kuzma On Top at Marmot Extreme Skiing and Snowboarding Comp
Essex Junction, VT – The annual Smugglers’ Notch Ski & Snowboard Club sale will be held the weekend of Oct. 14-15 at the Robert E. Miller Expo Center at the Champlain Valley Fairgrounds.nFeaturing new gear and equipment from vendors and used ski and snowboard equipment sold on consignment, swaps are a way to gear up … Continue reading Smugglers’ Notch Ski and Snowboard Club to Hold Swap