Face Down, 60 MPH: Inside a Skeleton Run at the Whistler, BC, Olympic Sliding Center Whistler Olympic Sliding Center, Whistler, BC I stood at the top of the Whistler Olympic Sliding Center, waiting my turn to climb onto a skeleton sled for the first of two runs down the icy track. As the cold air hung still and the starter checked the sled, my mind drifted—not to fear, but to how I’d ended up here […] Bob Witowski | January 21, 2026 1 Comment
The Top 9 Fastest Winter Olympic Events The Winter Olympic Games were first held in 1924 in Chamonix, France. At its inception, there were only 16 medal events; fast forward to the Milano Cortina 2026 Games, and there will be a record 116 medal events. The events of the Winter Olympic Games range from the elegance of figure skating to the high-stakes adrenaline of events such as […] Olympics Greg Wedow | January 20, 2026 0 Comments
Lake Placid, NY, Will Host 4 Major International Sliding Competitions in November and December IBSF World Cup in North America for the first time since 2019 Team USA athletes to begin the next Olympic cycle in North America The New York Olympic Regional Development Authority (ORDA) announces that Mt Van Hoevenberg will host athletes from around the world at four major International Bobsled and Skeleton Federation (IBSF) competitions in November and December 2022. The […] Industry News SnowBrains | November 9, 2022 0 Comments
Utah Olympic Park Expansion Enters Phase 2 The Utah Olympic Park is almost impossible to miss as you drive toward Park City, UT on your way from Salt Lake City. It sits perched on the hillside above Kimball Junction just off I-80, with its three ski jumps standing out as its most striking and noticeable feature. Related: Work Has Already Begun on New Billion-Dollar Ski Resort in Utah […] Industry News Taylor Stephan | August 28, 2020 0 Comments
43-Year-Old Team USA Winter Olympic Medalist Took His Own Life Last Week Olympic bobsledder Pavle Jovanovic took his life on Sunday, May 3 at the age of 43. The Toms River, N.J. native started the sport of bobsled in 1997. He went on to win a World Championship bronze medal in 2004, and to finish seventh in both the two-and four-man events at the 2006 Winter Olympics with Todd Hays. “The winter […] Industry News SnowBrains | May 11, 2020 0 Comments
Which Olympic Sport is the Fastest? Which Olympic sport is the fastest? Without thinking, most of us would assume luge or bobsled or skeleton. It make sense, right? If you’re going to travel at dangerous speeds, you’d want to be in some kind of vehicle or at least on sled you could bail off of. Alas, neither is true. Once again, skiers win. Johan Clarey of France once skied at 101mph in a World Cup race. Whoa. A downhill skier vs. a bobsled? A comically dressed curler vs. a brawny hockey player? Sure, each sport is di erent — some more graceful, others more death defying, […] SnowBrains | February 17, 2014 0 Comments
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