River Radamus Claims First Career Podium While Marco Odermatt Secures Overall Crystal Globe With His Victory at Palisades Tahoe, CA Expectations were high this Saturday, February 24, in Palisades Tahoe, California, for American skier River Radamus. A massive crowd had turned out to cheer on the local favorite on home soil and they were not to be disappointed. Radamus claimed his first-ever career podium on the Red Dog course, much to the joy of the adoring crowds, finishing in third […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | February 25, 2024 0 Comments
Lara Gut-Behrami Wins FIS Downhill World Cup in Crans-Montana, Switzerland Switzerlandโs Lara Gut-Behrami claimed her fourth consecutive World Cup today, February 16, at Crans-Montana, Switzerland. Temperatures in Crans-Montana were fairly warm, causing the finish to be moved up the hill for safety reasons, as the snow down low was too soft. This did not keep Gut-Behrami from claiming her 44th career victory on home soil in only 1:19.11 minutes. Second […] Julia Schneemann | February 16, 2024 0 Comments
U.S. Ski Racer Paula Moltzan Claims Slalom Podium in Soldeu, Andorra Swedenโs Anna Swenn Larsson claimed her second career FIS World Cup Slalom victory in Soldeu, Andorra, on Sunday, February 11. She shared the podium with Croatiaโs Zrinka Ljutic, who finished 0.35 seconds behind Swenn Larsson, and Team USAโs Paula Moltzan, who finished 0.83 seconds behind the Swede. Run 1 The experienced Swedish skier had started the race strong, leading after run […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | February 12, 2024 0 Comments
Lara Gut-Behrami Eclipses Shiffrin & AJ Hurt Claims Podium in Soldeu, Andorra The small principality of Andorra was hosting the tech womenโs World Cup events this weekend. Saturday, February 10, saw the womenโs Giant Slalom, and expectations were high on Switzerlandโs Lara Gut-Behrami after Americaโs Mikaela Shiffrin had announced days prior that she would not be competing. Gut-Behrami was less than 100 points behind Shiffrin in the seasonโs overall standings and a […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | February 11, 2024 0 Comments
Italian Ski Racer Sofia Goggia Fractures Leg During Training in Italy Italian speed specialist Sofia Goggia broke her leg during training today, Monday, February 5, 2024, on the Casola Nera run in the Ponte di Legno Tonale ski area in Italy. La Regina della Velocita, The Queen of Speed, got her inside ski caught in a gate on a right turn while training for the World Cup in Soldeu, Andorra, sending […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | February 5, 2024 1 Comment
FIS Cancels Womenโs Speed World Cup Events at Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, Due to Warm Weather The International Ski & Snowboard Federation (โFISโ) announced today, January 29, 2024, that the Womenโs 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
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. Saturdayโs Super-G was comparably slow due […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | January 29, 2024 0 Comments
Podium for Team USAโs Jackie Wiles & More Crashes at the Downhill in Cortina dโAmpezzo, Italy While todayโs Downhill, the second of two Downhill races at Cortina dโAmpezzo, Italy, was equally eventful as yesterdayโs, 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