She is Back — Mikaela Shiffrin Returns to World Cup & Wins Slalom Race at Åre, Sweden After a 44-day hiatus due to injury, U.S. ski racer Mikaela Shiffrin returned to the World Cup circuit and took a smashing victory in the Slalom at Åre, Sweden. The American ski racer won the Slalom race by 1.24 seconds ahead of Croatia’s Zrinka Ljucic, and 1.34 seconds ahead of Michelle Gisin from Switzerland. Related: [VIDEO] Mikaela Shiffrin Injured after […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | March 10, 2024 0 Comments
[PHOTOS] Norwegian Ski Racer Aleksander Aamodt Kilde Shares Update on Recovery Not to be outdone by his mom, Norwegian ski racer Aleksander Aamodt Kilde shared an update on his recovery on his own Instagram account. His mother Kristin had shared an emotional update on her social media channels just days before. Related: Update on Aleksander Aamodt Kilde’s Recovery Process Following his Lauberhorn Crash Aleksander Aamodt Kilde had crashed during the Downhill […] Julia Schneemann | March 9, 2024 0 Comments
Italy’s Federica Brignone Wins Giant Slalom in Åre, Sweden It was a day of two halves today, Saturday, March 9, at Åre, Sweden, with wind and fog for run 1 in the morning and sunshine for run 2 in the afternoon. It was an exciting day of FIS World Cup racing with plenty of action, which unfortunately also saw several DNFs by top skiers like Alice Robinson or Kajsa […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | March 9, 2024 0 Comments
Coming Back From Traumatic Brain Injury — An Interview With Jamie and Jeanee Crane-Mauzy About the #MoCrazyStrong Documentary Jamie Crane-Mauzy was at the peak of her skiing career. She had competed across various Freestyle disciplines, from Aerials to Moguls to Slopestyle to Halfpipe and Big Air. It seemed there was nothing the young skier couldn’t do and wouldn’t give a crack, giving her the nickname Jamie MoCrazy. The young Freestyle skier had successfully competed on a national and […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | March 8, 2024 0 Comments
FIS Gives Green Light for Alpine World Cup Finals at Saalbach, Austria, After Positive ‘Snow Control’ Ski Austria (‘ÖSV’), the Austrian federal skiing body, has confirmed that after the positive ‘snow control’ today, March 7, 2024, the International Ski & Snowboard Federation (‘FIS’) has given the green light for the FIS Alpine World Cup Finals at Saalbach in Austria. Snow control for FIS races is an inspection of the conditions on a World Cup race course […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | March 7, 2024 0 Comments
Lucas Braathen Will Ski for Brazil in the 2024/2025 FIS Alpine World Cup Season This morning, March 7, Lucas Braathen confirmed his comeback to FIS Alpine World Cup racing in a press conference at the Red Bull hangar in Innsbruck, Austria. The 23-year-old athlete opened the conference by speaking in Portuguese and then switched to English, declaring proudly, “I am returning to the sport of Alpine racing and I am doing that in the […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | March 7, 2024 0 Comments
Update on Aleksander Aamodt Kilde’s Recovery Process Following his Lauberhorn Crash Seven weeks after Aleksander Aamodt Kilde’s horrific accident at the Lauberhorn in Wengen, Switzerland, Kristin Aamodt Kilde, Aleksander’s mother, shared an update on her son’s recovery on social media. Aleksander Aamodt Kilde had lost control during the Downhill race of the FIS Alpine World Cup at Wengen on January 13, crashing at full speed into the B-nets. The Norwegian athlete […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | March 6, 2024 0 Comments
Ski Racer Lucas Braathen to Announce Comeback in Press Conference on Thursday, March 7 The FIS Alpine circuit became a lot paler last year when colorful ski racer Lucas Braathen from Norway announced his immediate retirement in October 2023. The announcement came one day before the FIS Alpine Ski World Cup opener in Sölden, Austria, and sent shockwaves through the Alpine racing community. Now it looks like Braathen is poised to officially announce his […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | March 6, 2024 0 Comments
Tunnel-Burying Avalanche and Snowfall Cuts Off Several Villages in the Aosta Valley, Italy On March 3 and 4, several villages in the Aosta Valley in Italy were cut off from civilization after an avalanche covered the entrance to a road tunnel at Gaby. In addition, several regional roads had to be closed out of precaution. The avalanche danger has been elevated for several days as the area received between 3-5 feet of snow. […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | March 6, 2024 0 Comments
Perisher Resort, Australia, Shares Update on Mt. Perisher 6-Chair Construction And Confirms Double Chair Closure for 2024 Today, March 6, Perisher Resort, Australia, shared an update on the construction of the new six-chair on Mount Perisher, which is slated to open for the 2025 ski season. As part of the construction work that started over the summer, Nathan Butterworth, Perisher Vice President and General Manager, confirmed that the old Mount Perisher Double Chair will be decommissioned ahead […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | March 6, 2024 0 Comments
Switzerland’s Marco Odermatt Wins Both Giant Slalom Races in Aspen, CO The weather Gods were kind this weekend in Aspen Snowmass, Colorado, for the two Giant Slalom races of the FIS World Cup circuit on March 11 and 12. The Giant Slalom races are part of three tech events at the glamorous Colorado resort, with a Slalom race to follow on Sunday, March 13. Both Giant Slalom events were won by […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | March 6, 2024 0 Comments
Top 7 Snowiest Ski Resorts in Europe — Week 10, 2024 The European Alps have had more snow in the south, with many resorts forced to close due to high avalanche danger after seeing 1-1.5 meters (3-5 feet) of snow in just a couple of days. The most snowfall has been along the Italian-Swiss border, while French resorts barely saw any precipitation with just a couple of centimeters falling last week […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | March 5, 2024 0 Comments
Avalanche in Davos, Switzerland, Buries 2 Backcountry Skiers, Leaving 1 Dead & 1 Seriously Injured On Saturday, March 2, two backcountry skiers were swept away and buried by two separate avalanches in the Davos ski area in Switzerland. Both skiers were traveling on separate freeride areas in Davos Monstein, near the Rinerhorn ski area of the Davos Klosters resort. Local cantonal police received a message just before 2 p.m. that a skier was completely buried […] Avalanche Julia Schneemann | March 4, 2024 0 Comments
Inbounds Avalanche at Saas Fee, Switzerland, Kills Skier on Piste [updated March 10, 2024] A skier was buried by an avalanche in the Kreuzboden-Hohsaas area of Saas-Grund, which is part of the Saas-Fee ski area, Switzerland, on Saturday, March 2. According to the press release by the Valais Cantonal Police, an avalanche broke around 11:40 a.m. and slid onto the slope above the mountain restaurant in Hohsaas. The avalanche […] Avalanche Julia Schneemann | March 3, 2024 0 Comments
FIS World Cup Downhill Race at Kvitfjell, Norway, Replaced with Super-G Race Due to snowfall, rain, and fog, both Downhill training runs at Kvitfjell, Norway, in the lead-up to the World Cup race on Saturday, March 2, had to be canceled. The canceled Downhill race will be replaced with a Super-G event. Super-G events do not require training runs, so the decision was made to change the format. This decision was also […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | March 1, 2024 0 Comments
[VIDEO] Mikaela Shiffrin’s Return to Ski Racing Uncertain as Ski Racer Shares Updates on her Training Progress Last week, American ski racer Mikaela Shiffrin shared her intentions to return to the FIS Alpine World Cup for the technical races in Åre, Sweden, on March 9 and 10. Yesterday, however, the 28-year-old shared an update on her social media, where she admits that the comeback has been harder than she had anticipated. It is Shiffrin’s first knee injury […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | March 1, 2024 0 Comments
[VIDEO] Snow-Covered Yogi Meditating at -55°F in the Himalayas A Siddha yogi was captured meditating on a frozen peak in the Himalayas in a video that went viral across the internet. In the video, the snow-encrusted yogi is seated in a lotus seat, eyes closed, meditating, while the wind buffets him and the snow falls around him. The yogi seems entirely oblivious to the harsh conditions and while the […] Julia Schneemann | February 29, 2024 0 Comments
[PHOTOS] Italian Avalanche Buries 3 Backcountry Skiers, Leaving 1 Dead and 2 Severely Injured According to Mountain Rescue Vipiteno/Sterzing, three backcountry skiers from Germany were caught in an avalanche in South Tyrol, Italy, on Wednesday afternoon, February 28. The trio had traveled in a group of four with one skier turning around mid-way. Currently, two of the skiers are in critical condition, while a third was pronounced dead at the accident site. On Wednesday […] Avalanche Julia Schneemann | February 29, 2024 0 Comments
Mikaela Shiffrin Nominated for Sportswoman of the Year Award by Laureus World Sports Awards American ski racer Mikaela Shiffrin is one of only six nominees as Sportswoman of the year by the prestigious Laureus World Sports Awards. The Laureus World Sports Awards honors the world’s greatest and most inspirational sporting triumphs of the year. The Laureus World Sports Awards were first given out in 2000 and feature seven categories: Sportswoman, Sportsman, Team, Breakthrough, Comeback, Action, […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | February 28, 2024 0 Comments
Survivor’s Heartbreaking Testimony Sheds More Light on Deadly French Avalanche Gaëtan Rieutort testified on Tuesday, February 27, to help investigators understand the events that led to the death of four mountaineers in the Puy-de-Dôme in France on Sunday, February 25. Gaëtan Rieutort was one of the three survivors of the avalanche, which saw four mountaineers perish, including his cousin Éric Rieutort, an EMT. Gaëtan Rieutort, a keen mountaineer, skier, and […] Climbing Julia Schneemann | February 28, 2024 0 Comments
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