World Cup Report: Giant Slalom Update – Mikaela Shiffrin Made Another World Cup Podium Watching the giant slalom is never boring but yesterday it was a quite dramatic fight! Italian Marta Bassino took the first place in the first run surprisingly after disappointing 12th in Solden, finishing in just 49.05 s. She was 0.23 s ahead of Petra Vlhova (she was 14th in previous GS in Austria) and 0.29 s faster than Michelle Gisin (she was […] Industry News Claire Weiss | December 2, 2019 0 Comments
Mikaela Shiffrin Wins World Cup Slalom City Event in Stockholm, Sweden Mikaela Shiffrin finished her preparations for next month’s world championships by winning Stockholm’s World Cup slalom city event on Tuesday. Shiffrin’s victory saw her consolidate her lead atop the overall World Cup standings and has now amassed 1,203 points, with Lara Gut second on 1,023. City event slaloms are like a slug-fest on snow as racers punch through the gates. But […] Industry News SnowBrains | February 21, 2019 0 Comments
Ester Ledecka Snowboards Faster Than You. She Skis Faster Than You Too! When we think of multi-sport athletes, our minds tend to go directly towards biathletes or triathletes. Most compete in events with closely related skill sets, such as running and biking or ones that involve a less physically demanding counterpart, such as shooting would be to nordic skiing. From time-to-time, we see individuals who are talented in more than one physically […] Featured Article Jon Roubik | January 11, 2019 0 Comments
‘Snow Queen’ Mikaela Shiffrin Claims 7th Straight Slalom Victory For the fourth time in her career, Mikaela Shiffrin was crowned the “Snow Queen” following her FIS Ski World Cup slalom win in Zagreb, Croatia, Saturday. This was also her seventh-straight World Cup slalom win and her 37th career slalom victory. Shiffrin’s huge 1.25-second margin of victory is her largest since she defeated Holdener by 1.58 seconds on March 17, […] Industry News SnowBrains | January 8, 2019 0 Comments
Mikaela Shiffrin is Winningest Female World Cup Slalom Skier Ever Mikaela Shiffrin, 23 finished the best year of her career by breaking yet another record, overtaking one of her childhood heroes to become the most successful female slalom skier in World Cup history. In the final race of 2018, she added her 36th slalom victory, having previously shared the record with Austria’s Marlies Raich (Schild), who won 35 times before retiring […] Industry News SnowBrains | January 3, 2019 0 Comments
German Slalom Skier Stripped of World Cup Victory for Using an Oxygen Mask Between Runs Stefan Luitz of Germany picked up what should have been the biggest victory of his career on Dec. 2 when he finished first in a giant slalom race at the World Cup in Beaver Creek, CO. However, it has emerged that the International Skiing Federation intends to strip him of his first career win for using an oxygen mask between […] Industry News SnowBrains | December 17, 2018 0 Comments
#BeastWorldCup at Killington, VT – Beyond the Races Michael Nocek | November 30, 2018 20 Likes 1 Tweet 0 Comments
Mikaela Shiffrin Claims 34th World Cup Slalom Win | Needs One More to Equal Women’s All-Time Record Mikaela Shiffrin completed a hat-trick of Killington Cup slalom wins on Sunday to delight a passionate home crowd in Vermont. Having just missed out on the podium in Saturday’s giant slalom, Shiffrin responded magnificently with a near-flawless second run to secure victory by over half a second from Petra Vlhova of Slovakia. Killington in Vermont has adopted Shiffrin as one […] Industry News SnowBrains | November 26, 2018 0 Comments
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