Park City, UT – The U.S. Grand Prix, the longest running winter action sports tour, has announced its 20th season schedule, with three stops including: Mammoth Mountain, Calif.; Park City, Utah; and the first-ever Grand Prix stadium big air in Boston’s legendary Fenway Park. The tour kicks off Jan. 21-24, 2016 at Mammoth Mountain. A longtime … Continue reading U.S. Grand Prix Announces 20th Season
Holyoke, MA – Cal Conniff will be the recipient of the New England Ski Museum’s 10th annual Spirit of Skiing Award, and the event venue in Holyoke with a view of Mount Tom was selected by the Museum in tribute to Conniff’s years of managing the now-closed ski area. Under Conniff’s leadership, Mount Tom was a … Continue reading Cal Conniff, from Ski Bum to National Ski Executive
Hancock, MA – “Bend ze knees, five dollars pleeze” was the mantra of the typical ski instructor of the 1950s and 60s, typically someone with hair like Stein Eriksen’s and a matching Norwegian accent. But today’s ski and snowboarding instructors range in age from 14 to 83 and don’t necessarily have to be black diamond level … Continue reading Bromley, Jiminy Peak and Cranmore Seek 100’s of Ski Instructors
Boston, MA – With last winter’s record-setting snowfall still filling the memories of many Bostonians, the city’s skiers are getting ready for the annual Boston.com Ski & Snowboard Expo, set for November 12-15 at the Seaport World Trade Center on Boston Harbor. A gigantic retail sale right in the Expo hall is a huge annual … Continue reading Boston Prepares for Annual Ski and Snowboard Expo
Hancock, MA – Eight years after installing North America’s first ski area wind turbine, Jiminy Peak in western Massachusetts’ Berkshire Mountains is adding solar to its renewable energy mix. The resort has teamed up with Massachusetts-based project developer and owner Nexamp to launch construction of a new 2.3 megawatt Community Solar facility in Hancock. Combined with Jiminy … Continue reading Jiminy Peak Enhances Its Own Wind Power with Solar
Boston, MA – The U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association (USSA), along with Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh and Fenway Sports Management (FSM), today announced that Red Sox baseball’s Fenway Park will host a big air snowboarding and freeskiing U.S. Grand Prix tour event on February 11-12, 2016. The Big Air at Fenway will feature a 140-foot … Continue reading Ski and Snowboard Big Air Coming to Fenway
Westford, MA – A local 13-year-old boy died on Saturday after striking a tree at Nashoba Valley ski area in Westford, in what is believed to be the first fatal skiing accident at this Massachusetts resort. Rajiv Paluri of Westford was found around 2:20 p.m. Saturday afternoon between Nashoba’s intermediate Tomahawk and black-diamond Lobo runs, where he … Continue reading 13-Year-Old Skier Hits Tree and Dies at Nashoba Valley
