River Radamus & Ryan Cochran-Siegle with Top 10 Finishes at World Cup in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany The U.S. Ski Team had a successful race weekend at the World Cup in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. River Radamus and Ryan Cochran-Siegle finished in the top 10 and three further athletes, Sam Morse, Bryce Bennett, and Jared Goldberg, finished in the top 30. The race weekend on the Kandahar course consisted of two Super-G races. Saturdayโs Super-G was comparably slow due […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | January 29, 2024 0 Comments
U.S. Ski Racer Ryan Cochran-Siegle Misses Out on Downhill World Cup Podium by 0.01 Seconds in Kitzbรผhel, Austria, as Cyprien Sarazzin Wins The much anticipated Hahnenkamm race in Kitzbรผhel, Austria, saw the first of three events on Friday, January 19.ย The Downhill on the famous โStreifโ is considered the worldโs most challenging Downhill ski race. More than 100,000 people come to Kitzbรผhel every year to watch the spectacle live and millions tune in on TV as the worldโs best alpine skiers race down […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | January 19, 2024 0 Comments
FIS Alpine World Cup Course in Aspen, CO, Not Ready โ Menโs Downhill Training Canceled for Wednesday March 1, 2023 Just hours before the scheduled training sessions today in Aspen, CO, the Local Organization Committee (LOC) announcedย that the training was canceled. The first of two Downhill races is scheduled for this Friday, March 3, 2023, but the course is currently not finished. The International Ski Federation โFISโ decided that the race course needed more prep work, therefore training could not […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | March 1, 2023 0 Comments
Alexis Pinturault Wins 2023 World Championships in Combined โ 4th Place for US Skier River Radamus Alexis Pinturault smashed the Combined on Tuesday, February 7, 2023, at the 2023 FIS Alpine World Championships in Courchevel and Mรฉribรฉl, France.ย Much like Federica Brignone yesterday, the French native was in the lead after the first run โ the Super-G race โ meaning he was first to start the Slalom run, which arguably gives you an advantage as the course […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | February 7, 2023 1 Comment
Crashes, Trophies, and Dรฉjร Vus โ FIS World Cup Recap It was an eventful week for the FIS World Cup circuit, both in Alpine as well as Snowboarding. We have recapped the highlights for SnowBrains readers. At the beginning of the week, all eyes were on the Womenโs Slalom event in Flachau, Austria. After Mikaela Shiffrin had won her 82nd World Cup in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia, the week prior, everyone […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | January 17, 2023 0 Comments
[OLYMPICS] Men’s Super-G Race Recap: USA’s Ryan Cochran-Siegle Captures First Men’s Skiing Medal Since Sochi Ryan Cochran-Siegle is an Olympic Medallist.ย The 29-year-old from Vermont started 14th in the Men’s Super-G on February 8th and came to the bottom 0.04s behind Austrian super-star Matthias Mayer. Stefan Rogentin from Switzerland kicked off the second men’s alpine event of the 2022 Olympic Winter Games in Beijing.ย Rogentin took top honors in the training of the men’s Downhill but ended […] Phil Tremblay | February 8, 2022 0 Comments
[OLYMPICS] Men’s Downhill Race Recap: Beat Fuez Wins First Swiss Downhill Olympic Title In 12-Years Forty control gates, two training runs, nearly a kilometer of vertical descent (2933ft), no test event, and a postponed race day. This was the story of the buildup to the first Alpine Skiing event of the 2022 Olympic Winter Games in Beijing, China. The Men’s Downhill is one of the most popular events in the Winter Olympics, and this year’s […] Olympics Phil Tremblay | February 7, 2022 0 Comments
Race Report: Odermatt Opens Beaver Creek Race Weekend With 6th World Cup Win With the cancellations of two races in Lake Louise, the race program at Beaver Creek, Colorado was expanded to add an extra Super-G race.ย A four-race weekend got underway yesterday, with the first Men’s Super-G of the season. Marco Odermatt from Switzerland pulled off the fastest time (a 1:08.61), to take his sixth World Cup win. This win is Odermatt’s third […] Olympics Phil Tremblay | December 3, 2021 0 Comments