World Cup Ski Racer Returns to Site of His Devastating Crash at Copper Mountain, CO Nearly three years after a training crash at Copper Mountain, Coloardo, left him with catastrophic injuries, Austrian ski racer Max Franz has returned to the site that changed his life. Once a rising star on the World Cup downhill circuit, Franz is now making a bid to rejoin elite ski racing, revisiting Copper this summer as part of a documentary […] Crash Julia Schneemann | July 8, 2025 0 Comments
FIS Approves Prize Money Increase Across All World Cup Disciplines for 2025–26 Season The International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS) voted to increase prize money across all FIS World Cup disciplines for the 2025-26 season. During the 56th FIS Council Meeting held in Geneva on June 12–13, council members approved a boost of up to 20% in athlete prize money—10% guaranteed by FIS, with an additional 10% to be voluntarily contributed by each […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | June 14, 2025 0 Comments
Sofia Goggia Wins Downhill FIS World Cup at Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy, While Team USA Posts Strong Results The Downhill race at Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy, is always a highlight on the FIS calendar. Known as one of the toughest courses on the women’s circuit, last year’s slew of crashes caused concern leading into Saturday’s race. However, the day ended with only two DNFs, neither resulting from crashes, and it was a showcase of thrilling competition. Local favorite Sofia […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | January 19, 2025 0 Comments
Meet Zrinka Ljutić, the Rising Star in Slalom Skiing from Croatia—An Exclusive Interview with the Semmering World Cup Winner Last weekend, Zrinka Ljutić won her first World Cup race, the Slalom in Semmering, Austria. Ljutić won in dominant fashion, besting Lena Dürr of Germany by 1.75 seconds. Ljutić posted the fastest times for both runs of the race and her victory was the first by a Croatian woman since the legendary Janica Kostelic last won 18 years ago in […] Industry News David Michael | December 30, 2024 0 Comments
Inside the World Cup: The White Circus Visits Killington, VT Close to 2 p.m. on a dark, cold, late November afternoon, Mikaela Shiffrin waited in the Start House to take her second run in Killington’s annual International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS) World Cup Giant Slalom race. Close to 21,000 people stood, peering up at the hill, stomping the bleachers, clapping, ringing cowbells, and cheering. They had been making noise […] David Michael | December 9, 2024 0 Comments
Italian Speed Specialist Sofia Goggia Skips Argentina Training Camp for Surgery The Italian ski racer Sofia Goggia has decided to skip the camp in Ushuaia, Argentina, in order to remove the plate from her leg. The Italian speed specialist has been struggling during her first training sessions with pain in her shin and, despite several efforts to pad the ski boots differently, was resigned to removing the plate seven months after […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | September 10, 2024 0 Comments
Austrian Ski Racer Announces Comeback Under Hungarian Flag Austrian ski racer Richard Leitgeb announced his comeback plans on social media this weekend. The 30-year-old has not been competing for the last three years but intends to compete at the 2024-25 World Cup as well as the World Championships in Saalbach, Austria, under the Hungarian flag. The International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS) approved Leitgeb’s change of nation in […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | August 26, 2024 0 Comments
Aleksander Aamodt Kilde Suffers Yet Another Setback to His Return to FIS Alpine World Cup Norwegian speed specialist Aleksander Aamodt Kilde has suffered yet another setback to his comeback, with the infection in his shoulder not clearing up and the athlete finding himself back in hospital. Kilde crashed in January 2024 during the Lauberhorn race in Wengen, Switzerland, which resulted in a serious cut to his leg and dislocation of his left shoulder. The dislocation […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | August 20, 2024 2 Comments
Marcel Hirscher Updates from Training in New Zealand Dutch-Austrian ski racer Marcel Hirscher announced his surprise comeback to competitive skiing in April this year and a change of FIS country from native Austria to his mother’s home country, the Netherlands. In August, Hirscher and his team headed to New Zealand’s South Island to train and to compete in FIS Open races. The athlete has now shared an update from […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | August 14, 2024 0 Comments
35-Year-Old Marcel Hirscher Planning Comeback to FIS Alpine World Cup Under Dutch Flag [Updated with Ski Austria Press Conference] The Austrian rumor mill is in overdrive as retired Austrian ski legend Marcel Hirscher is allegedly planning a comeback to the FIS Alpine World Cup circuit. The news was first reported by Tiroler Tageszeitung and quickly picked up by other Austrian newspapers and were later confirmed by the Austrian Ski Association (ÖSV) in a […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | April 23, 2024 0 Comments
Ski Star Announces Retirement After Lack of Support From Swedish Ski Association Swedish ski racer Lisa Hörnblad announced her retirement on her Instagram page on April 10, stating, “I can’t continue like it has been last season because it’s impossible to be competitive against the best in the world without support, coach, and team.” The 28-year-old ski racer admits that she is sad to announce that she is quitting but feels that […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | April 14, 2024 0 Comments
Lindsey Vonn Undergoes Knee Replacement Surgery Retired American ski racer Lindsey Vonn has undergone yet another knee surgery. This time, the 39-year-old elected to undergo knee replacement surgery, after issues with her right knee resulting from several injuries during her career never really were fixed sufficiently by previous surgeries. During knee replacement surgery, parts of the damaged knee are replaced with implants, in Vonn’s case titanium […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | April 10, 2024 0 Comments
Hilarious Photoshop Fail of Cover Photo of Italian Ski Racer Sofia Goggia Italian ski racer Sofia Goggia, known as ‘The Queen of Speed’ (“La Regina della Velocita”), broke two bones in her right lower leg earlier this year. For a recent photo shoot her lower right leg was clearly not magazine-cover-ready, so the photo editor decided to photoshop in a different foot so as not to show the extensive scar on her […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | April 7, 2024 0 Comments
Jakara Anthony & Mikael Kingsbury Win 23/24 Season Overall Moguls Crystal Globe While Team USA Wins Nations Cup The Moguls World Cup season wrapped up with the Duals at Chiesa in Valmalenco, Italy, on Saturday, March 16. The women’s race was won by Australia’s Jakara Anthony who faced of U.S. mogul skier Jaelin Kauf in the Big Final. Third place went to Elizabeth Lemley who won in the Small Final against teammate Olivia Giaccio. The men’s race was […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | March 18, 2024 0 Comments
Switzerland’s Daniel Yule Goes from Zero to Hero at the Slalom World Cup in Chamonix, France Switzerland’s Daniel Yule wrote skiing history today, Sunday, February 4, 2024, when the Slalom skier skied from 30th place in run 1 to win the Slalom World Cup in Chamonix, France. A FIS Slalom race is held in two runs, with the combined time counting. Only the top 30 fastest skiers from run 1 qualify for run 2. Typically the […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | February 4, 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
Men’s & Women’s FIS Alpine World Cup Events in France & Switzerland Canceled Due To Too Much Snow The Men’s Slalom at Val d’Isere, France, as well as the Women’s Super-G in St. Moritz, Switzerland, were both canceled on Sunday, December 10, 2023, due to too much snow on the pistes. Val d’Isere had also seen some rain on Saturday evening before temperatures dropped below freezing and the precipitation turned to snow. The rain and soft snow damaged […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | December 11, 2023 0 Comments
Goggia Wins Super-G FIS World Cup in St. Moritz, Switzerland, While Shiffrin Narrowly Misses Out On Podium On Friday, December 8, 2023, Sofia Goggia from Italy won the first of two Super-G races at St. Moritz, Switzerland, almost a second ahead of the next best skier. It was the first speed event of the season, after cancellation of the FIS speed races at Matterhorn Ski Paradise at the Swiss-Italian border last month. Second place went to Austria’s […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | December 9, 2023 0 Comments
Private Canadian Ski Resort Craigleith to Host its First-Ever FIS Snowboard Parallel Giant-Slalom World Cup Event Craigleith Ski Club in Ontario, Canada, will host its first-ever FIS Snowboard Parallel Giant Slalom World Cup event. Last season the Canadian ski resort hosted the FIS Ski Cross World Cup Finals on March 16-18, 2023. Next year, from February 15-16, 2024, the resort will host a double World Cup event, featuring both a parallel giant slalom and a parallel […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | December 7, 2023 2 Comments
Successful FIS World Cup Cross-Country Weekend for Team USA in Gällivare, Sweden, with a 1st and 3rd Place for the American Women Team USA had a successful weekend at the FIS World Cup competitions at Gällivare, Sweden. The weekend of cross country events in Gällivare consisted of a men’s and a women’s 10km (6.25 miles) interval start race and a men’s and a women’s 4 x 7.5km (4.7 miles) relay race. Temperatures at the Swedish resort close to the arctic circle were […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | December 3, 2023 0 Comments
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