Salt Lake City, UT – The long-debated vision of connecting seven of Utah’s ski resorts with one another got a boost this week in the Utah State Senate. Utah State Sen. Wayne Niederhauser (R-Sandy) on Tuesday introduced a resolution in the Senate that argues that connecting the resorts via lifts, old mine tunnels or other … Continue reading Resolution in Utah State Senate Backs Ski Resort Interconnect
Innsbruck, Austria -As he lies in a hospital bed in Innsbruck, doctors indicate that Prince Johan Friso van Oranje of The Netherlands may never regain consciousness following his burial in an avalanche in the Austrian ski resort of Lech a week ago. Oxygen deprivation led … Continue Reading ››
Crans-Montana, Switzerland – At age 37 Swiss skier Didier Cuche, the oldest alpine ski racer on the World Cup Tour, has already announced his retirement. But that didn’t stop him from appearing on top the World Cup podium again today following the circuit’s super G race in … Continue Reading ››
Stoneham (QC), Canada – China’s Xuetong Cai, and and Janne Korpi of Finland are the 2012 Halfpipe World Cup Title winners. Cai, 18, secured her career’s third consecutive Crystal Globe by claiming victory in the last halfpipe contest of the 2012 LG Snowboard FIS World Cup season, held on Thursday at Stoneham Mountain Resort in … Continue reading Cai and Korpi Crowned 2012 Halfpipe Snowboard World Cup Champions in Stoneham
Erzurum, Turkey -The U.S. Ski Team’s Noah Hoffman battled his way to a silver medal in the 15k classic cross country ski race at the U23 World Championships in Turkey on Thursday. Hoffman, of Aspen, Colo., fought with Germany’s Hannes Dotzler for most of the race before pulling ahead in the final kilometers to take … Continue reading Hoffman Takes U23 Silver
Erzurum, Turkey – Park City, Utah’s Sarah Hendrickson added another title to her long list of ski jumping accomplishments on Thursday, a silver medal in the 2012 Nordic Junior World Ski Championships. In 2010 the 17-year-old won the bronze as the only American, male or female, to ever medal in a Junior World Championship. She … Continue reading Hendrickson Soars to Silver Medal at Junior World Championships Ski Jump
Stoneham (QC), Canada – Ekaterina Tudegesheva of Russia, and Austria’s Andreas Prommegger have clinched the 2012 season’s eighth parallel event of the LG Snowboard FIS World Cup held in Stoneham, Quebec, Canada on Wednesday, and in doing so each has taken over the tour lead. In Wednesday’s fog-enshrouded final Tudegesheva, the 24-year-old reigning World Cup … Continue reading Tudegesheva and Prommegger Win Parallel Giant Slalom World Cup at Stoneham
