International Olympic Committee Postpones Decision on 2030 Winter Olympics Host City The International Olympic Committee has announced that its decision on a host city for the 2030 Winter Olympics and Paralympics will be delayed until at least September 2023. Candidate cities: Salt Lake City; Sapporo, Japan; and Vancouver, Canada, all of which have previously hosted a Winter Games, will have to wait until next fall for a final decision. The postponement […] Industry News Nick DeRiso | September 13, 2022 1 Comment
Trying to Beat the Heatwave: German Resort Oberstdorf Attempts Snow Farming for the First Time The German resort of Oberstdorf is experimenting for the first time this year with snow farming. Snow farming is the attempt to preserve the snow from the previous season for the next season by piling it together and covering it. In a way, it is ‘snow-recycling’. The advantages of snow farming are: guaranteed snow for events/opening days lower energy than […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | August 30, 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
United Kingdom Cuts Snowsports Funding After ‘Disappointing’ Performance in Beijing Winter Olympics The UK had its best start to the 21/22 season in decades with Dave Ryding famously winning the Kitzbühel FIS World Cup men’s slalom race in January of this year. It was the first time since 1931 that a Brit has won the famous race on the Hahnenkamm run, also known as the “Streif,” and, in fact, the first time […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | August 8, 2022 2 Comments
3 Brand New Skiing Events Added to the 2026 Winter Olympics The 2026 Winter Olympics in Milano Cortina, Italy, just got three new events. They are: Men’s Freestyle Skiing Dual Moguls Women’s Freestyle Skiing Dual Moguls Women’s Ski Jumping Large Hill The three new additions come after the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced last summer that ski mountaineering would debut at the 2026 Cortina Games, along with several new non-FIS events […] Industry News Martin Kuprianowicz | June 27, 2022 2 Comments
Olympians Lindsey Vonn and Ted Ligety Pushing for 2030 Olympics to Return to Salt Lake City, UT Round two? There’s a movement right now by some of history’s best skiers to have the Olympic Games return to Salt Lake City in 2030. Last Friday, Olympian Lindsey Vonn traveled to Lausanne, Switzerland with other representatives from the Salt Lake City-Utah Committee to talk with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) about the bid for the 2030 Games to be […] Industry News SnowBrains | June 23, 2022 0 Comments
One of the Oldest Winter Olympic Events Could Be Dropped Due to Gender Equality Nordic Combined is an Olympic event that has been around since 1924. It is a combination of ski jumping and cross-country skiing. Athletes have to be light and powerful to jump well and have the endurance for cross-country skiing. Despite being one of the oldest events, it is one of the least well-known in America. Nordic Combined is very popular […] Industry News Brent Thomas | June 21, 2022 5 Comments
Mixed-Emotions in China, U.S., After American-Born Freeskier Eileen Gu Confirms She Will be Ambassador for Salt Lake City Winter Olympic Bid They love her and they hate her. On Tuesday, American-born double gold medallist Eileen Gu, who competed for China in the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, announced that she’s going to be an ambassador for Salt Lake City’s Winter Olympic bid for the 2030 or 2034 Games. Chinese and American social media users alike shared both support and disgust for her […] Industry News Martin Kuprianowicz | June 13, 2022 3 Comments
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