[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
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
Top 9 Most Expensive Ski Towns in the World Engel & Völkers has released its new rankings of the world’s most expensive ski towns. The list is based on two factors: top prices per square meter for freehold apartments and the highest asking prices for private residences. Related: Top 9 Most Expensive Season Passes in the USA What makes these places buyers’ top choices? Engel & Völkers says there […] Industry News Liam Abbott | October 10, 2022 1 Comment
Woman Breaks Uphill Ski World Record, Ascending 57,890’ in 24 Hours This past week ski mountaineer Martina Valmassoi broke the world record for most vertical feet ascended on skis by any female in a 24-hour period. Valmassoi broke this record by climbing 57,890’ feet (17,645m) in just one day. For reference, I don’t think most of us could even ski that much in a day, never mind going the other […] Industry News Liam Abbott | April 1, 2021 2 Comments
FIS Alpine Skiing World Championships Scheduled for Italy February 2021 The International Ski Federation (FIS) confirmed the Alpine Skiing World Championships will take place in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy February 9-21, 2021. There had been uncertainty the event would be scheduled after a meeting on May 25, when the Italian Winter Sports Federation had requested to postpone the event to 2022 due to the COVID-19 outbreak. “The last month of efforts […] Industry News Taylor Stephan | July 7, 2020 0 Comments
3 Positive COVID-19 Tests Interrupt Italian Ski Team Training After a race training session on June 28th, three members of the Italian women’s ski team tested positive for COVID-19. The Italian Winter Sports Federation reported positive tests for one racer and two coaches. While two members are asymptomatic and quarantining as a precaution, one coach has been hospitalized with a fever. Related: Alpine Skiing World Cup Finals in Italy […] Industry News Taylor Stephan | July 2, 2020 0 Comments
Brain Post: How CORONAVIRUS Spreads What is Coronavirus? This video above explains very well exactly what the Coronavirus is and how it spreads – please watch. This virus may have impacts on all of us and is already having big impacts on the ski industry. A World Cup skiing stop in China was already canceled due to the Coronavirus. The World Cup has announced that […] SnowBrains | March 1, 2020 0 Comments