Olivia Giaccio Wins Moguls World Cup in Deer Valley, UT, with Cork 1080 On Thursday, February 1, the first day of FIS Freestyle World Cup competitions at Deer Valley, UT, was held, which was the Moguls World Cup. U.S. athlete Olivia Giaccio came home with the victory, while teammate Jaelin Kauf finished in second. Giaccio stomped a fantastic Cork 1080, sealing the victory for the 23-year-old. Moguls competitions are […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | February 3, 2024 0 Comments
[VIDEO] Swiss Ski Racer Shares Emotional Insight into her Rehab Switzerland’s Corinne Suter has shared a brutally honest video of the realities of dealing with rehab. The Swiss skier had injured her knee on Friday, January 26, after the same jump that saw Mikaela Shiffrin fly into the nets at Cortina d’Ampezzo. About 10 minutes after Shiffrin’s shocking crash during the Downhill race, Suter landed hard after the Delta jump […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | February 2, 2024 1 Comment
Injuries of Canadian Ski Racer Valerie Grenier Worse Than Initially Believed Canadian Alpine skier Valerie Grenier was just one of many female ski racers who crashed during the Alpine World Cup events in Cortina d’Ampezzo in Italy last weekend. In total 35 female athletes did not finish the ski races over the course of the three days of events, consisting of two Downhill races and one Super-G race. While some had […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | February 1, 2024 0 Comments
Top 7 Snowiest Ski Resorts in Europe — Week 5, 2024 Warm temperatures across Europe have compressed snowdepth across the Alps. Our top 7 list of resorts has changed very little from last week as new new snow fell. French resorts are still dominating the list, but two Swiss resorts have made the top 7. Which resorts have the most snow right now? Here is the top 7 for the European […] Julia Schneemann | February 1, 2024 0 Comments
One of the Steepest Slopes in the World Closes Due to Giant Cracks in Snowpack Glacier 3000 in Switzerland was forced to close its most famous run, the Black Wall. The Black Wall is considered one of the steepest slopes in the world and is the steepest black run in Switzerland. The slope had developed massive cracks, making skiing on the Black Wall extremely dangerous. The slope was opened in the 2022/2023 season and runs […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | February 1, 2024 0 Comments
Aleksander Aamodt Kilde Shares Update & Shocking Pictures After Lauberhorn Crash Norwegian speed specialist Aleksander Aamodt Kilde has given an update on his health following his high-speed crash on the Lauberhorn racecourse on January 13, 2024. The Norwegian ski racer had shot into the nets at full speed during the Downhill at Wengen, Switzerland, cutting his calf, dislocating his shoulder, and severing tendons in the shoulder. In a press conference today, […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | February 1, 2024 0 Comments
Switzerland’s Lara Gut-Behrami Wins Giant Slalom World Cup at Kronplatz, Italy Today, January 30, saw a stunning day at Kronplatz, Italy, for the Women’s Giant Slalom event. Last year at Kronplatz, Mikaela Shiffrin famously eclipsed Lindsey Vonn for most World Cup victories by a female Alpine skier, but today’s race was going to be held without the American ski racer, as she is still recovering from an injury she sustained at […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | January 30, 2024 0 Comments
Jessie Diggins Wins 19th Cross Country World Cup at Goms, Switzerland U.S. cross country skier Jessie Diggins has secured her 19th World Cup in the 20km skating discipline at the World Cup in Goms, Switzerland. Diggins beat Sweden’s Frida Karlsson by 0.6 seconds in a breathtaking sprint on the last few meters of the 20km race. Third place went to Switzerland’s Nadine Fähndrich, while Diggins’ teammates Sophia Laukli and Rosie Brennan finished […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | January 30, 2024 0 Comments
Slew of Podiums for U.S. Mogul Skiers at World Cup in Waterville Valley, NH Moguls events returned to the home of Freestyle, with the first-ever FIS Freestyle World Cup event held at Waterville Valley, New Hampshire, on Friday and Saturday, January 26 and 27, 2024. More than 50 years ago, Waterville Valley was the birthplace of modern freestyle skiing, when Tom Corcoran, Olympic alpine skier and founder of Waterville Valley Resort, and Doug Pfeiffer, […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | January 30, 2024 0 Comments
FIS Cancels Women’s Speed World Cup Events at Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, Due to Warm Weather The International Ski & Snowboard Federation (‘FIS’) announced today, January 29, 2024, that the Women’s speed events, scheduled for February 3-4, will be canceled due to warm weather. In a press release shared on social media, FIS stated that the event on the Kandahar race course was called off due to safety reasons. The organization worked on finding a potential […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | January 29, 2024 0 Comments
30-Year Anniversary of Ski Racer Ulrike Maier’s Fatal Crash at Kandahar in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany 30 years ago today on January 29, 1994, Austrian ski racer Ulrike Maier died in a crash during the Downhill race at Garmisch-Partenkirchen. The 26-year-old ski racer was traveling at 104 kmh (65 mph) when her right ski caught an edge. The two-time Super-G World Champion spun out and crashed into a timing unit which was poorly secured with a […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | January 29, 2024 0 Comments
River Radamus & Ryan Cochran-Siegle with Top 10 Finishes at World Cup in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany The U.S. Ski Team had a successful race weekend at the World Cup in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. River Radamus and Ryan Cochran-Siegle finished in the top 10 and three further athletes, Sam Morse, Bryce Bennett, and Jared Goldberg, finished in the top 30. The race weekend on the Kandahar course consisted of two Super-G races. Saturday’s Super-G was comparably slow due […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | January 29, 2024 0 Comments
Deadly Cornice Avalanche at Gaiskogel North Couloir, Austria A 28-year-old German woman was killed on Saturday, January 27, in an avalanche near the Gaiskogel, a 2,820 meter (9,252 feet) peak near the ski area Kühtai in Tyrol. The woman had set out with her partner, a 26-year-old German man, and his 32-year-old German friend on a freeski/split-board tour to the Gaiskogel North Couloir. The trio had taken a […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | January 29, 2024 0 Comments
FIS Cancels Men’s Speed World Cup Events at Chamonix, France, Due to Warm Weather The International Ski & Snowboard Federation (‘FIS’) announced on Saturday, January 27, that the speed events scheduled for February 2 and 3 in Chamonix, France, will be canceled. The Slalom event, scheduled for Sunday, February 4, may still go ahead at this stage. The Kandahar Alpine Ski World Cup in the shadow of the Mont Blanc has been a staple […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | January 29, 2024 0 Comments
Podium for Team USA’s Jackie Wiles & More Crashes at the Downhill in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy While today’s Downhill, the second of two Downhill races at Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy, was equally eventful as yesterday’s, Team USA came away with a podium despite Mikaela Shiffrin missing from the team today. Yesterday, Friday, January 26, Shiffrin had crashed on the top-section of the Olympia delle Tofane course at the Italian ski resort. But it was Jackie Wiles today, […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | January 27, 2024 0 Comments
Dramatic Crashes & Overcrowded Podiums at the Downhill World Cup at Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy It was certainly an eventful day today, January 26, at Cortina d’Ampezzo in Italy at the World Cup Downhill race. Several top skiers crashed during the World Cup Downhill at Cortina d’Ampezzo in Italy, one of them being the world’s best alpine skier, Mikaela Shiffrin. As the eighth skier out of the gate, Shiffrin was definitely amongst the favorites for […] Julia Schneemann | January 26, 2024 0 Comments
[VIDEO] Mikaela Shiffrin Injured After Crashing at Downhill World Cup in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy Mikaela Shiffrin was competing at the Downhill World Cup in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy, today, Friday, January 26, when the American skier slid out and crashed at the top of the Downhill course. “Mikaela Shiffrin was taken by ambulance to the clinic in Cortina and is being evaluated for a left leg injury. Initial analysis shows the ACL and PCL seem […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | January 26, 2024 1 Comment
Woman Dies after 2 People Fall from Chairlift at Val Gardena/Gröden Ski Resort, Italy A fatal lift accident occurred in the Seiseralm/Alpe di Siusi area of the Val Gardena/Gröden ski area in Italy on Thursday, January 25. Two women fell from a chairlift around 11:40 a.m., shortly after boarding the four-seater Doppelmayr. For reasons unknown, the pair was unable to lower the safety bar, and as the detachable chairlift sped up out of the […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | January 26, 2024 0 Comments
Update on Colorado Wolves as CPW Announces Plans to Capture & Release Additional 15 Wolves Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) has released a “Collared Gray Wolf Activity Map” which will help inform the public, recreationists, and livestock producers on where wolves have been in the past month. This map will be updated with new information on a monthly basis, produced on the fourth Wednesday of every month, and will reflect data for the prior month, […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | January 25, 2024 0 Comments
Strong Performance by U.S. Women & Crazy Crashes at Moguls World Cup at Val Saint Côme, QC Val Saint Côme in Canada hosted two days of spectacular moguls skiing last Friday and Saturday, January 19-20. The FIS World Cup event at the Canadian resort consisted of a single and dual moguls event. Australia’s Jakara Anthony won both the moguls as well as the dual moguls event, leaving the competition far behind her, with being the only skier […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | January 24, 2024 0 Comments
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