By MICHAEL WARREN Associated Press Jan. 24, 2012 BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — This has been the busiest summer in history for Antarctic expeditions, with dozens of skiers reaching the end of the Earth to mark the centennial of man's first journey to the South...
The 2011-12 ski season marks a half century for Sun Peaks Resort (formerly Tod Mountain), which once offered some of British Columbia's most challenging inbounds skiing. The 3,678-acre ski area, 30 miles to the northeast of Kamloops, B.C., will commemorate the golden anniversary...
BY JANICE KURBJUN Photo: Trygve Berge was ready to catch first chair at the base of Peak 8 much like he did 50 years ago when he helped start Breckenridge Ski Resort. A celebration was held Friday in honor of the 50th anniversary of skiing at Breckenridge. Summit Daily /...
At the end of November, when Lindsey Vonn and her husband-and-coach Thomas Vonn mutually filed for divorce, it was the most recent example of a U.S. Ski Team marriage ending badly. In 1950, during tryouts for the World Championships, 17-year-old Andrea Mead...
A Celebration of Northwest Skiing with a Special Tribute to K2 Sports presented by the International Skiing History Association and the U.S. National Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame Click here to register now! To: Friends of ISHA, the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Hall of...
Eight skiing greats will have their names added to the Hall of Fame’s Honor Roll in the coming year. The U.S. Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame announced today the inductees who will make up its Class of 2011. The class is made up of a broad spectrum of elite skiers, writers,...
The historic McNichols Building in Civic Center Park across from the Denver Art Museum is the planned home of a new International Center for Snowsport History and Art. Bernie Weichsel, chairman of the U.S. National Ski & Snowboard Hall of Fame and a director of the...
From Danny Hundert: The World Pro Skiing Foundation has been started this fall under the leadership of Bob Beattie, Jim Lillstrom, Mike Hunter, Greg Lewis, Franz Weber, and Ritchie Woodworth. There will be an event starting March 29th - 31st in Aspen, Colorado honoring Bob...
SOELDEN, Austria (Oct. 22) - Lindsey Vonn (Vail, CO) picked the toughest giant slalom course on the Audi FIS Alpine World Cup to pick up her first career win to open the 2011-12 season on the Rettenbach Glacier in Soelden. The victory completed a sweep of wins in all five World...
Yvan Pierre Taché passed away peacefully, at his home in Carbondale, Colorado, on October 11th, surrounded by his loving wife and five children. He was 86 years old. Born April 16th, 1925, in the village of St. Jovite, in Quebec’s Laurentian Mountains, with nearby Mont...
VAIL SKI & SNOWBOARD SCHOOL IS HOLDING A 49TH YEAR REUNION. The event will be on Sunday, December 11,2011. The day will consist of skiing/riding and a celebration afterwards. This event is open to all Vail Ski & Snowboard School current staff and alumni in...
Georg Capaul, the well-regarded Swiss ski coach who has influenced American ski athletes for more than three decades, will be honored with the Spirit of Skiing Award at the New England Ski Museum's 34th Annual Meeting and dinner on November 5, 2011 at the Waterville Valley...
On July 19, the Australian post office issued three skiing and snowboarding stamps honoring the 150th anniversary of skiing in theSnowyMountains. The 1859 Australian gold rush drew thousands of miners and would-be miners to New South Wales. They came from all over the world,...
FIS mandates 35-meter minimum radius for men, 30-meter for women. Despite protests by many racers, the International Ski Federation (FIS) is on track to require longer, straighter giant slalom skis in World Cup and Olympic competition beginning next season. Early last...
It’s been an historic year for ski jumping. Ski Flying Record On Feb. 11, Johan Remen Evensen took advantage of the newly-enlarged Vikersund 225-meter ski-flying hill in Norway, to set a new world record of 246.5 meters. That surpassed the previous record of 239m, set...
By Seth Masia On Tuesday, Jan. 25, a group of top freestyle skiers will inaugurate a new jumping hill in the center of Downtown Denver. The following day the U.S. will get its first look at a new FIS competition, Snowboard Big Air, on the same hill. The athletes will fly about...
By Seth Masia In November, when the Squaw Valley Development Co. was sold to KSL Capital Partners, it marked the end of 61 years of control by the Cushing family of California’s winter Olympic venue. Squaw Valley was the brainchild of Reno's Wayne Poulsen (photo right, with...
Entries are now being accepted for the 2011 ISHA Awards, which honors the year’s best books, films and videos about skiing’s history and heritage. To be considered for judging, the work must be published or produced in 2011. To enter, submit three copies by December 15 to...
Network reverses policy on delay of events until prime time For $4.38 billion, NBC retains the right to telecast the next four Olympics. The big news for skiing: The network will show all events in real time. Mark Lazarus, head of sports programming for NBC, announced plans to...
By John Fry The overall World Cup championship was to have been determined by a single giant slalom race, to be held on Saturday, March 19th in the 4,921-foot high Swiss ski resort of Lenzerheide. On the eve of the race, Germany’s Maria Riesch led America’s Lindsey Vonn by...
