[UPDATED] Lindsey Vonn vs Mikaela Shiffrin: Who Is The Best Female Ski Racer? *Originally published in March 2020. Updated Jan 10, 2023. Two of the biggest names in ski racing history, Lindsey Vonn and Mikaela Shiffrin are constantly compared to see who really is the best female ski racer of the 21st century. In the light of Lindsey Vonn’s retirement a year ago, today we’re comparing their careers to decide once and for […] Industry News Lucy Ferneyhough | January 10, 2023 15 Comments
The International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS) Has Acquired the Freeride World Tour (FWT) [arve url="https://youtu.be/cIKwP0gldlk"] SnowBrains | December 8, 2022 Likes Tweets 0 Comments
Canadian Football Stadium Transformed Into Snowboard Big Air World Cup Stop The Style Experience, Canada’s first-ever Snowboard FIS World Cup Stadium Big Air event is heading to Edmonton’s Commonwealth Stadium this weekend. Part of Canada’s Shred the North Series, it will be the first North American stop on the 2022/2023 FIS World Tour. A crucial, competition, training, and qualification for the Olympics, the event will attract some of the biggest names […] Industry News Nick DeRiso | December 6, 2022 0 Comments
Dual Moguls: The Newest and Fastest Paced Olympic Discipline Explained On June 24 2022 the International Olympic Committee ‘IOC’ announced the addition of two new disciplines to the Winter Olympics. These disciplines are dual moguls and women’s large hill ski jumping. The addition of women’s large hill jumping leaves Nordic Combined as the last men-only Winter Olympic event. Related: [OLYMPICS] Grand Targhee’s Jaelin Kauf Takes Silver in Moguls at Beijing […] Brains Julia Schneemann | September 22, 2022 0 Comments
FIS Postpones Fluoro Wax Ban—Again For the third time, the International Ski Federation ‘FIS’ has had to postpone the proposed fluorinated (or fluoro) wax ban. This ban cannot be implemented for the coming 22/23 FIS season because the technology to reliably detect the use of fluoro wax has still not been perfected. As far back as November 2019, FIS decided to ban fluoro waxes and […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | August 15, 2022 0 Comments
FIS Changes Name to Finally Include Snowboarding The FIS Congress was held last Friday in Milan, Italy, and many important decisions were made, including, after nearly 99 years of existence, the world’s preeminent governing body for snowsports has a new name. Related: FIS Cancels All Forthcoming 2022 World Cup Events in Russia, Including Ski Cross and Aerial Events In a groundbreaking decision, the General Assembly voted to […] Industry News SnowBrains | June 6, 2022 0 Comments
Race Report: World Cup Ski Cross Kicks Off in Secret Garden, China Ski Cross has been a spectator favorite in the Olympics since its first appearance in the Vancouver 2010 games. The sport pits four athletes head to head down a wide track with banked corners, technical features, and large jumps. This season is highlighted by the event’s fourth Olympic appearance, in the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics in February. The test event for […] Olympics Phil Tremblay | November 29, 2021 1 Comment
How Your Favorite Ski Race Athletes Stack Up After the Season Opener in Soelden, Austria The summer has come to an end and the FIS World Cup season has kicked off where it has for the last 14 years; the treacherous, up to 65% inclined pitch of Soelden, Austria. Now rejoined with the sound of spectators, the best alpine skiers in the world competed under a blue sky with the Women competing on October 23rd […] Olympics Phil Tremblay | November 9, 2021 0 Comments
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