Marcel Hirscher Updates from Training in New Zealand Dutch-Austrian ski racer Marcel Hirscher announced his surprise comeback to competitive skiing in April this year and a change of FIS country from native Austria to his mother’s home country, the Netherlands. In August, Hirscher and his team headed to New Zealand’s South Island to train and to compete in FIS Open races. The athlete has now shared an update from […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | August 14, 2024 0 Comments
FIS Wildcard Considered ‘Unfair’ by Several Elite Ski Racers & Coaches At the end of last month, the International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS) snuck in a little Easter egg into its World Cup rule book: the introduction of a wildcard for retired athletes. The new rule directly benefits Dutch-Austrian ski racing legend Marcel Hirscher, who retired from competitive skiing in 2019, and some allege the rule was introduced specifically to […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | August 2, 2024 0 Comments
FIS Introduces Wildcard for Alpine World Cup Races for 24/25 Season The International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS) has published its new rule book for the 24/25 World Cup season and has included a ‘wildcard’ option for retired athletes. In its latest version from July 29, 2024, the FIS included the surprise entry option for retired champion skiers. A wildcard is an entry for a competitor to a tournament that they […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | July 30, 2024 0 Comments
Tanner Hall Pulls Out of the Freeride World Tour Finale in Verbier this Weekend, Says His Agent Tanner Hall, 34 the freeski legend that shaped slopestyle and halfpipe skiing in the early 2000s, competed as a wildcard entry alongside the planet’s top freeriders on the five-stop international tour in this season’s FWT. Related: CONFIRMED: Tanner Hall Granted a Season Wildcard to Compete in Next Year’s FWT Tour Currently sitting in 7th on the leaderboard, Tanner has pulled out […] Industry News SnowBrains | March 20, 2019 0 Comments
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