Kirkwood, CA -It takes a lot of snow to cover rocky, steep slopes like those used in The North Face Masters of Snowboarding competition series, and the winter thus far has not been overly kind to resorts across much of the western U.S. Looking to provide the best competition conditions possible for its athletes, organizers … Continue reading Officials Postpone The North Face Masters of Snowboarding at Kirkwood
Stoneham (QC), Canada -Canada’s Maelle Ricker and Pierre Vaultier of France each secured victory in the season’s fifth snowboard cross race of the 2012 LG Snowboard FIS World Cup tour which took place on Tuesday in Stoneham, Quebec, Canada. While the fastest women’s qualifier relegated French rivals Nelly Moenne Loccoz and Deborah Anthonioz to second … Continue reading Ricker, Vaultier Win World Cup Snowboard Cross at Stoneham
Moscow, Russia – Squaw Valley, Calif.’s Julia Mancuso ripped through the head-to-head style parallel slalom to win under the lights in Moscow on Tuesday night for her second Audi FIS Alpine World Cup win this season. Teammate Lindsey Vonn, of Vail, Colo., tacked another 60 points to her immense overall World Cup lead with third … Continue reading Mancuso Wins Moscow Night Slalom
Collingwood (ON), Canada – A skiing accident at Craigleith Ski Club near Collingwood on Monday has claimed the life of a 15-year-old Ontario boy. (file photo: Craigleith Ski Club) Nick Seguin, a 10th grade student in … Continue Reading ››
Park City, UT – A late afternoon avalanche claimed the life of a 24-year-old snowboarder on Thursday in the same out-of-bounds terrain at Utah’s Canyons Resort that killed another rider seven years earlier. Timothy Robert Baker, of nearby Salt Lake City, had left the patrolled and controlled terrain within the boundaries of Canyons via an … Continue reading Snowboarder Dies in Avalanche in Canyons Sidecountry
Middlebury, VT – A St. Johnsbury Academy student and ski team member from China is in a Burlington, Vt. hospital in critical condition with a head injury following a ski accident this past weekend. Middlebury College Snow Bowl
Kirkwood, CA – Vail Resorts continues to snatch up ski resorts surrounding Lake Tahoe, and this time it’s Kirkwood Mountain Resort 35 miles southwest of the lake. Vail Resorts, based in the Denver suburb of Broomfield, Colo., announced this morning that the company is purchasing the ski resort as well as the undeveloped sites at … Continue reading Vail Resorts Buys Kirkwood
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