Equal Distance, Equal TV Coverage? New Cross Country Skiing Proposal Equalizes Distances in Menโs and Womenโs World Cup Events For most of us in the Northern Hemisphere the month of May signals goodbye to the snow as we reluctantly stow our skis away for the season, unless of course you are Miles Clark and are killing it in Mammoth for the month of May: Related:ย Mammoth, CA Report: Bluebird Powder Day in May at 7:30 am Related: Sierra Nevada, […] Industry News Ryan Kime | May 24, 2022 0 Comments
World Cup Ski Racing Takes an Overdue Step in the Right Direction for Gender Equality Let this sink in. Alpine skiing’s World Cup circuit began in 1967. It took until *today* for a woman to be named head coach of a *women’s* national ski team. What a moment for Karin Harjo.@OnHerTurf | @AlpineCanada https://t.co/q67Gi6adNA โ Alex Azzi (@AlexAzziNBC) March 30, 2022 Karin Harjo makes history as the first woman to lead a World Cup ski […] Industry News Haleigh Hafner | April 4, 2022 2 Comments
Biggest Wave Of The Year Ridden By Woman Was Controversial The biggest wave surfed this year on the World Surfing League XXL Competition has been surfed by a woman. Maya Gabeira surfed a 73.5-foot wave on February 11 in Nazarรฉ, Portugal, winning the WSLโs 2020 womenโs XXL Biggest Wave Award. Although the award is split into gender categories, Gabeira surfed a bigger wave than all the men.ย The 2020 menโs […] Surf Rouchelle Gilmore | September 18, 2020 0 Comments
Archery The Original Sport For Gender Equality? When one thinks of sport and equality there are few sports that spring to mind, yet World Archery claims their sport was one of the pioneers to equality in sport. Archery, a sport that originated as a means of hunting and gathering food, dating back to the Ancient Greeks, became a sport that both men and women enjoyed in the […] Brains Rouchelle Gilmore | September 18, 2020 0 Comments