First FIS World Cup Downhill Race at Beaver Creek, CO, Canceled on Friday Due to Heavy Snow The FIS Alpine World Cup at Beaver Creek, Colorado, is being held this weekend, December 1-3, 2023, with two Downhill races and a Super-G race, but the first event, one of the two Downhill events, was canceled today, Friday, December 1, due to heavy snowfall and poor visibility. Unfortunately the men’s speed opening is not off to a good start […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | December 1, 2023 0 Comments
Beaver Creek, CO, Poised to Host Women’s Speed Event in 2024 According to SkiRacing Media, Beaver Creek, Colorado, could be hosting a women’s speed event as well as the men’s in 2024. After Lake Louise left the FIS calendar last season a void has opened up in the North American speed events for the women which Beaver Creek is seeking to fill. The resort has been in negotiations with the International […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | November 30, 2023 0 Comments
Positive Snow Control for Women’s FIS World Cup Giant Slalom Races at Tremblant, QC The first women’s FIS Alpine World Cup race at Tremblant, Quebec, in 40 years is officially a go. Following today’s “snow control,” the International Ski and Snowboard Federation (‘FIS’) has given the green light for the AUDI FIS Ski World Cup Women’s Giant Slalom races at Tremblant December 2 and 3, 2023. Snow control is a course quality test, which […] Industry News SnowBrains | November 23, 2023 0 Comments
Mikaela Shiffrin Claims Slalom Victory and 7th Reindeer at Levi, Finland U.S. ski racer Mikaela Shiffrin won the Slalom event today, November 12, 2023, at the FIS Alpine World Cup in Levi in Finland, making it her seventh victory in Levi and winning her seventh reindeer. Traditionally the victor in the Finnish resort wins a reindeer presented to her by Santa Claus because Levi is close to the Arctic Circle and […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | November 13, 2023 0 Comments
Petra Vlhova Ties with Mikaela Shiffrin for Most Reindeers at FIS World Cup in Levi, Finland Conditions in Levi, Finland, were perfect on Saturday, November 11, 2023. Fresh snow, a few clouds in the sky but great visibility and fast snow, as of course the course officials had treated the freshly fallen snow to make it fast for race conditions. Tradition in Levi has it, that the victor is given a reindeer as a prize by […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | November 12, 2023 0 Comments
Green Light for the First FIS Alpine Cross-Border World Cup Race at Zermatt, Switzerland, & Cervino, Italy The first-ever FIS Alpine cross-border World Cup race has been in the making for a while now. Last year the event had to be canceled due to a lack of snow. This year, the local organization committee used almost double the snowfarming to ensure the race would go ahead. Helped by some early season snowfalls across the European Alps, the […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | November 8, 2023 0 Comments
Retired Ski Racer Criticizes Early FIS Alpine Race Schedule and Summer Training on Glaciers Retired German ski racer Felix Neureuther, son of ski racers Rosi Mittermaier and Christian Neureuther, has shared a post on social media in which he criticizes the early FIS alpine race schedule as well as the wide-spread habit for athletes of all ages to train on Europe’s glaciers during the summer. Related: German Ski Legend Rosi Mittermaier Dies Aged 72 […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | October 31, 2023 2 Comments
First Fluoro Wax Disqualification at Sölden, Austria, Hits Team Norway’s Ragnhild Mowinckel This weekend, Norwegian ski racer Ragnhild Mowinckel became the first skier to be disqualifed following the implementation of the fluoro wax ban at the FIS Alpine Ski World Cup Giant Slalom race in Sölden, Austria. The International Ski & Snowboard Federation (‘FIS’) introduced the ban for this season, after many years of planning and testing. The ban was announced as […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | October 30, 2023 0 Comments