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	Top 10 Reasons Why Lindsey Vonn is the Tiger Woods of Skiing Top 10 Reasons Why Lindsey Vonn is the Tiger Woods of Skiing. 8. Press relationship. Vonn is always super candid and real in interviews. Her personality shines through. Woods gives bland, Bill Belichick type answers. Read This Article »
	Vermont logs more than 4 million skier visits for 2008 2009 season The Vermont Ski Areas Association announced earlier this month that the state's ski resorts recorded 4,068,696 skier visits for the 2008-09 season. Compared to the 2007-08 total of 4,354,621 skier visits, Vermont saw a 6.6 percent decline. Read This Article »
	Swain Ski Resort shuts Updated: Thursday, 02 Apr 2009, 2:09 PM EDT Published : Thursday, 02 Apr 2009, 2:08 PM EDT The resort website states: Read This Article »
	Great Britain's Alain Baxter announces international ski retirement Known as the "Highlander" by his army of fans, the decision is predominantly based on a series of back injuries Baxter has struggled with since injuring in mid-January. Still haunted by the bitter-sweet chapter, Baxter said: "I probably made history in both ways. Read This Article »
	Tahoe Ski Resorts Receive Three Feet of New Snow Tahoe City, CA - Lake Tahoe-area ski resorts straddling the California/Nevada border have received up to three feet of new snow in 48 hours, capping a total of 11 feet received thus far in March. Read This Article »
	British Land National Ski Championships: Chemmy Alcott looks to retain title Chemmy Alcott and a host of British skiers are descending on Meribel, France this week ahead of the 2009 British Land National Ski Championships (BLNSC). A complicated system, FIS points essentially: Are a measure of how the racer compares to the rest of the world. Read This Article »
	Courageous Kildow returns with a flourish San Sicario Fraiteve, Italy (Sports Network) - There wasn't a medal waiting for American ski racer Lindsey Kildow when her run in the women's downhill was completed Wednesday afternoon, but it must have been a satisfying moment nonetheless. She should have been. Read This Article »
	Skiing: Suter stars in Bansko Swiss skier Fabienne Suter claimed her first ever victory in a World Cup downhill race at the Bulgarian resort of Bansko. The 24-year-old, who had only previously managed one top 10 finish in the discipline before, came home in a time of one minute and 45.68 seconds. World Cup downhill, Bansko Read This Article »
	Vonn and Miller taking divergent trails When the top two ski racers in the world, who just happened to be Americans, started their season last fall, hopes were riding high for both. Both ended the season in good health and were in their prime as the 2010 Vancouver Olympics were coming into view. Read This Article »
	Switzerland's Suter wins first downhill race in Bansko Swiss skier Fabienne Suter won the first women's World Cup downhill race in Bansko on February 27, her third career win and the first this season, which propelled her to sixth place in the World Cup standings. Final results are as follows: 5. Lara Gut (SUI) - 1:47.10 6. Tina Maze (SLO) - 1:47.15 Read This Article »
	Vonn hopeful of skiing in women's slalom American Lindsey Vonn said she is hopeful of competing in the women's slalom here at the world championships Saturday despite a laceration of a tendon in her right thumb. Vonn spent Thursday skiing, but not in the women's giant slalom, from which she withdrew. Read This Article »
	Freestyler evolving into speed demon ASPEN — There likely were a few drinks on the table last summer when Swedish freeskier Jon Olsson pondered a career switch to World Cup giant slalom ski racing. "He was quick to tell me I would never be able to race," Olsson said. Read This Article »
	Feisty Version of Ski Racing Elbows Into Mainstream WILMINGTON, N.Y. — The edgy appeal of ski racing has not changed in 100 years. There is the ageless thirst for speed, the enduring dance with danger and the zeal to be first to the bottom of a mountain. "We kind of frown on that," Puckett said. "Well," he said, "we used to be anti-establishment." Read This Article »
	Lindsey Vonn Back on Top of World Cup Standings After Big Weeekend The women now head to Cortina for four races, including two downhills, beginning this Thursday. Read This Article »
	Bronze medal at cross-country World Cup shows Canadians can win at Olympics WHISTLER, B.C. — Alex Harvey and George Grey won a bronze medal in Sunday's cross-country World Cup race, showing Canadian athletes have a chance at reaching the podium when the 2010 Winter Games come to Whistler Olympic Park. Having his father on hand was special for Alex Harvey. Read This Article »
	Area ski teams compete at giant slalom event "It was awesome. This was really for more individual pride and glory," said West Catholic coach Scott Inman. "It let's all the new kids that haven't raced before get a great start, and it let's us get prepared for the first race. Read This Article »
	Ski runs a guide to the world's toughest If you've gorged to excess over the holiday now is the time to ski off those mince pies and Christmas pudding with a mighty mountain workout that will leave those superfluous calories blazing in your wake. The Champagne Run, Vaujany, France Ventina (no.7 on the local piste map), Cervinia, Italy OK, Val d'Isere, France Read This Article »
	NCAA ski racing provides new path for Steamboat athletes Steamboat Springs — They're not Olympians, but that hasn't stopped former Steamboat Springs ski racers Marsh Gooding, Lisa Perricone, Emily Colin and Tina Roberts from taking skiing to a new level. Leadership roles It's an opportunity she's taken full advantage of while pursuing her degree at Colby. Read This Article »
	Sierra snow season debuts on a budget Truckee -- America is on the doorstep of a recession, but the crowd enjoying the first weekend of skiing at Boreal Mountain Resort - one of two ski areas to open this week - couldn't care less. And the conditions today? "Bare," Urrutia said. "But that's OK. It's open." Read This Article »
	Going in search of the best snow SUMMIT COUNTY, Colo. \| Outside my window the snow has piled up past the top of the split-rail fence. A few lingering flurries sparkle in the early morning light, but looking to the west, I can see the clouds are clearing. Copper Mountain Breckenridge A-Basin Keystone Read This Article »
	Crews race against time to finish ski resort facelift WINTER PARK - After 11 years heading up Winter Park, CEO Gary DeFrange is overseeing the biggest project he's ever witnessed at the ski area. "These are the big changes. This is the commercial village," said DeFrange. "It's basically a gondola but its open air," said DeFrange. Read This Article »
	City cross-country skier eyes 2010 Winter Olympics As a Canadian cross-country skier on the international stage, Drew Goldsack faces overwhelming odds in his efforts to excel in a sport dominated by Europeans. Still, Goldsack harbours no doubts that he'll be a member of the Canadian team in Vancouver. Read This Article »
	7 Springs bidding to reopen Laurel Mountain ski area Seven Springs Mountain Resort has entered an agreement with Somerset Trust Co. that, if finalized in conjunction with the state, would lead to reopening of the Laurel Mountain Ski Area, possibly for the upcoming season. Read This Article »
	Ski officials: Don't worry be happy about coming season ASPEN, Colorado — Despite a gloomy economy, ski executives are upbeat about the upcoming season and the future of the industry. "I'm not that worried," Kaplan said, citing the strength of the Aspen/Snowmass brand and the strong commitment from the community. Read This Article »
	Middlefield Outbid For Ski Area - Deal Still Possible The town lost in the bidding to acquire the former Powder Ridge ski area Saturday, but all may not be lost. The high bidder in the foreclosure auction was Middlefield Holding LLC, which holds the mortgage on the property. Its bid was $2.75 million. Lowry said he was surprised there were no other bidders. Read This Article »
	Moelgg Takes World Cup Slalom Ski Racing Title Daniel Albrecht of Switzerland finished second in the race and Marcel Hirscher of Austria was third. There was heavy attrition on the first run with over a third of the 29-skier start list going out. Ligety was the top American in the slalom standings, finishing ninth. OFFICIAL RESULTS Audi FIS Alpine World Cup Men's Slalom Read This Article »
	Nordic Skiing: Diggins nets more gold, chosen MVP for Midwest Team ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Stillwater sophomore Jessie Diggins added to her gold medal collection on Saturday at the U.S. Junior Olympic Cross Country Ski Championships at Kincaid Park. Diggins wasn't the only current or former Stillwater Pony competing in Alaska last week. Area results Classic sprints 5-kilometer freestyle 10-kilometer classic 3x5-kilometer relay Read This Article »
	Finals were an anti-climax for champion Bode Miller Bode Miller said he felt deflated after Alpine skiing's World Cup finals, even though he was happy about a season that brought him his second overall trophy. "Obviously I'm excited about going on my own, breaking away, doing new things and having success with that," he said. Read This Article »
	Gunstock Ski Club racers excel at State Championships Waterville Valley won the overall team event, while Gunstock took third behind Loon Race Team. The GSC boys team came in second place calculated separately. Read This Article »
	WITNESS: Paralyzed but skiing at speed in Sweden ARE, Sweden (Reuters) - When I told people I was headed for a week's skiing in northern Sweden, they looked at me as if I was mad. SAUNA, NIGHTCLUB At times, it simply felt like I'd found something else I wasn't able to do alongside feeding myself, washing and walking. DIFFERENT STORIES Read This Article »
	Secrets to nordic skiing at iconic Louise A UNESCO World Heritage Site, Lake Louise is more than just a postcard-perfect, famous vacation spot—it's an iconic place that is now a kind of meta-tourist attraction and spectacle, almost as much about the hoards of bus tourists as the stunning vistas. Read This Article »
	Cuche wins downhill World Cup Switzerland's Didier Cuche won the men's World Cup downhill title after Wednesday's final race of the season was cancelled. Training was not possible on Tuesday because of soft snow so the race could not go ahead, organisers said. Reuters Read This Article »
	Skiing with Solitude's 'Grizzly Adams' To say Jim Engle is a huge fan of Solitude Mountain Resort in Utah's Big Cottonwood Canyon would be more than an understatement. And the snow? Well, Solitude has gotten more than 450 inches and counting this year. And hey, it's Utah. Now wouldn't that have been great to experience with Engle? Read This Article »
	Cuche wins downhill title over Miller BORMIO, Italy -- Didier Cuche clinched his second straight World Cup downhill title Tuesday, beating out Bode Miller by five points when the final race of the season was cancelled. Read This Article »
	American Demong Makes History Bill Demong set an American milestone in finishing third overall in the Nordic combined World Cup after placing 21st in the season finale yesterday in Oslo. No American had finished higher than fourth overall. Tande had taken fifth in the opening ski jump. Raich plans to focus on winning the giant slalom title. Read This Article »
	Miller sits out slalom Bode Miller sat out the slalom and Manfred Moelgg of Italy won the World Cup event in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia, on Sunday. Moelgg won in a combined time of 1 minute, 42.29 seconds, edging Ivica Kostelic of Croatia by 0.41. Marcel Hirscher of Austria finished third. Read This Article »
	Bowen racing in Junior Olympics Kathryn Bowen, 13, a Tucumcari Middle School student, will be competing next week for the third consecutive year in the Junior Olympics in Vail, Colo. Only 35 girls from a field of more than 100 girls are eligible to compete in the Junior Olympics. Read This Article »
	Skiing 'safer than rugby or football' Despite a spate of recent accidents, research suggests that fear of the sport is misplaced, says Peter Hardy. Data from the United States showed that 22 skiers and snowboarders died last year, which equates to one death for every 2.5 million days skied. Read This Article »
	Bespoke traveller: skiing for beginners in Lech Johnny Morris reviews special interest holidays and tailor-made trips. This week, he reports on luxury skiing for beginners in Lech, Austria. The novice "You have never skied before?" Anja, the woman behind the hotel desk, looked puzzled. "Ah, you mean you've never skied in Austria?" The big idea The resort The hotel The tuition Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 The verdict Essentials Read This Article »
	Back tearing it up Dream dashed, but Prep rebounds to capture title Program at Loon Mountain focuses on teaching the disabled to ski Cook enjoys taste of first World Cup victory Big Green's Randall takes Nordic title BC's Murphy is ACC Rookie of the Year "As long as he stays healthy, making the US Ski Team is well within his grasp." Bursting onto scene more stories like this Getting back up to speed Read This Article »
	Backcountry skiing 101 Backcountry skiing is becoming increasingly popular in the Tahoe Region. The area offers an abundant amount of snowfall, relatively warm temperatures and easy trail access to some of the most beautiful terrain in the country. Read This Article »
	Austrian skier has leg amputated Lanzinger loses lower leg after World Cup crash OSLO, Norway (AP) -- Austrian skier Matthias Lanzinger's lower left leg was amputated Tuesday because of complications from two broken bones in a crash at a World Cup race. Read This Article »
	Woodstock skiers take alpine title BURKE - In ski racing the one rule that never bends is this: racer vs. the clock, fastest to the bottom wins, no questions asked. But when a team result is the end result, smart racing and tactical attacks matter far more than individual glory. Read This Article »
	How Extreme Can Ski Racing Get Oddly enough, the men liked the course because it had a jump with a 50-foot gap and the landing area 24 feet higher than the takeoff. In the middle of all of the carnage, Daron Rhalves, who has won 12 World Cup races, won this race by almost half of a ski length. Read This Article »
	Miller wins his third downhill race of the season KVITFJELL, Norway (Reuters) - American Bode Miller produced a storming run to win his third downhill of the season and extend his lead in the overall World Cup on Saturday. "Today more than yesterday, I felt confident. In some sections I skied as good as I can." (Editing by Trevor Huggins) Read This Article »
	Russian Downhill When new 36.6 CEO Jere Calmes was preparing to start university in 1988, his father's one piece of advice was to study Russian or Chinese. Calmes did what any intelligent teenager would. He decided to study Russian since "Chinese classes were early in the morning." Read This Article »
	Masters Moments: Special Saturday slalom honors Brett Pendleton Intermountain: Brett Pendleton Memorial "Saturday" Slalom Pendleton would have liked the slalom ski race on Saturday at Park City Mountain Resort. Brett Pendleton, the 49-year-old Masters racer who crashed and died while training for a race last winter, would have liked it a whole lot. New England Masters —Barb Brumbaugh New York Masters — Barb Brumbaugh Pacific Northwest Masters — Richard Zimmerman — Jennifer Kaufman Read This Article »
	Canadian Alex Harvey finishes fourth at Nordic world junior ski championships MALLES, Italy - Canadian Alex Harvey finished fourth in a 20-kilometre skate-skiing race at the Nordic world junior championship ski event Wednesday. Norway's Therese Johaug won the women's 10-kilometre skate-skiing race in 25:24.7. Read This Article »
	Ski outing of the week: More Deer Valley glade skiing * Pearl: Best way down for beginners, a bit narrow at points but has enough slope and turns to provide an enjoyable ride for youngsters. * Magnet: Nice pitch off the top and plenty wide, with extra space to work with among some of the aspen along the side. - Mike Gorrell Read This Article »
	Bode Miller: Downhill hellraiser "If Bode makes one screw-up, he could let the others in. He's normally as visible in the bars as on the slopes, but he's shut himself right down to focus. No alcohol. Solitary confinement. He's up for this is a big way." 'I can't see anything. This is going to be dangerous' www.skispace.com/media.aspx Bode on the web Read This Article »
	Reichelt claims Whistler GS Austria's Hannes Reichelt posted his first career World Cup giant slalom win at Whistler, completing a productive weekend on the courses that will be used for the 2010 Olympics. Miller, who split from the U.S. squad before Reuters Read This Article »
	Thrilled to be in top 10 Published: Monday, February 25, 2008 WHISTLER -- Emily Brydon says she just isn't a slalom skier any more. Only trained the toughest technical discipline four days in the last two months. The last time she raced slalom in Chile in the summer, she severely bruised a tibia. gkingston@png.canwest.com Read This Article »
	Skiing Horizontal and/or Vertical A Seven Springs Update by Iwan Fuchs Read This Article »
	Vonn likes look of Olympic downhill layout WHISTLER, British Columbia (Reuters) - American Lindsey Vonn clocked the fastest time in training on Tuesday for this week's World Cup downhill as skiers got their first look at the course that will be used for the 2010 Vancouver Olympics. (Editing by Alison Wildey) Read This Article »
	Vonn rocketing up standings Despite her second-place World Cup standing, Lindsey Vonn is flying under the radar. more stories like thisBut make no mistake, she is flying. Vonn's victory was her third in five downhills this season. And yet, she acknowledges, ski racing news seems to keep Miller in the spotlight. Read This Article »
	The Rahlves Identity Olympic Downhill and Super G may be over for Daron Rahlves, but that doesn't stop him from charging after his psychotic new sport, Skiercross If Daron Rahlves were designing next month's Skiercross race at Squaw Valley, it would go like this: "It was my life," he says. Read This Article »
	10 reasons to ski Jackson Hole, USA How about 302" of snow since Dec 1 for a starter? The resort is a mecca for powder hounds says Isabella Tree Read This Article »
	Skiing at Whistler Perfect powder at a price We gladly paid about $45 each to blissfully ski on the softest, freshest snow in the Northwest — which usually provides wet cement. On the way home we stopped at McDonald's. You couldn't pull that off today. RESORT PROFILE: Whistler/Blackcomb Mountain But those qualities don't come cheap. Read This Article »
	Having a fun ski vacation People in China are starting to catch on to the exhilarating sport of downhill skiing. On the slopes in China, professionals practice their death defying high-speed maneuvres. Beginners stick to the "bunny hills' to learn the basics. Read This Article »
	Half term skiing at Jackson Hole The downside of half-term ski trips is the endless lift queues. Unless you go to Jackson Hole, says Adam Ruck. "Jackson Hole," I replied, matching unimpressed with deadpan. "Yeah, right," said Tom. Like anyone would seriously invite him to the coolest ski resort on the planet. Essentials Getting there Read This Article »
	Snow Means Big Business For Some For many of us, 35 inches of snow in December meant a lot of shoveling. For businesses dependent on winter, the snow means "shovel loads" of money...after a long dry spell. Dave Anderson has the story. Skiers know this man as Potter. He's run the Ski Hut in Duluth for 25 years. Before him, his dad had it since 1955. Read This Article »
	Mixing a Spirit of Adventure Into World Cup Competition Resi Stiegler, one of the most promising young ski racers in the United States, is an easygoing 22-year-old from Wyoming with an Olympic pedigree and an irrepressible fondness for powder skiing. Read This Article »
	Rick Darling of Marshall Summit Whistler, 7,164 feet; Blackcomb, 7,494 feet. Vertical Drop 5,280 feet. Terrain 8,171 acres. Trails More than 200. Lifts 38: 3 high-speed gondolas, 13 high-speed quads, 5 triple chairs, 1 double chair, 16 surface lifts. Price 81 Canadian dollars for a full day (about $80, at 99 Canadian cents to the U.S. dollar). DINING NIGHT LIFE LODGING Share your review of Whistler Blackcomb. Read This Article »
	Club Med goes upmarket for family skiing The company is replacing old-style communal holidays with a new generation of sophisticated resort-hotels Peisey-Vallandry certainly looks the part. The perfect family ski hotel? Well, almost. Still, this is a quibble. Peisey-Vallandry is, as we say in our family, way cool. Skiing: fun for all the family Read This Article »
	Mens giant slalom LIVE Bode Miller suffered a broken ski halfway down having looked on course for a good time while Switzerland's Didier Cuche hit a gate and fell before picking himself back up to record a slow time. "I'm not feeling 100 percent," he told Rai television. Read This Article »
	Ski racing more popular in Europe ASPEN — Sure, the Winter X Games dwarf World Cup ski racing in popularity in the U.S. But in Europe, World Cup still reigns. And that, in a nutshell, is a major reason why the Aspen Skiing Co. sinks an unspecified amount of funds into hosting the World Cup ski races. Read This Article »
	Jit's Journal: The sweet and sour in ski racing IF YOU TEND to presume that the life a professional ski racer is a dream come true, then you may want to re-assess your train of thought. More times than not, being a ski racer is the equivalent of being a student in the art of dealing with failure. Read This Article »
	Waxing on and on about skiing I went waxing with some Winona athletes on Wednesday. OK, wait, that sounds bad. Let me clarify: I went and watched the Winona Senior High School Nordic ski team during a ski-waxing session. Nordic skiing isn't a lot like other sports. But in Nordic skiing, there's practice, there are meets and there are waxing sessions. I did, thank goodness. See solem, page 2B that bad." It was to be expected. Read This Article »
	Easy-to-Reach Skiing: Deer Valley We really like skiing and boarding. But that doesn't mean we want to spend our whole vacation just getting to the mountain. Our Ski Areas Near Airports Map will help you maximize your time on the slopes. Read This Article »
	Olympic downhill champion Antoine Deneriaz retires Olympic downhill champion Antoine Deneriaz of France announced his retirement Wednesday, a week after withdrawing from an event in Colorado. Read This Article »
	Albrecht wins second race in Colorado BEAVER CREEK, Colorado (Reuters) - Switzerland's Daniel Albrecht won his second World Cup race of the week, triumphing in Sunday's giant slalom. Another Swiss skier Didier Cuche, who had led after the first leg, was third -- as he was in Friday's downhill. (Editing by Clare Fallon) Read This Article »
	Alpine skiing: Alpine racers feel the heat from global warming LAKE LOUISE, Canada (AFP) — Global warming's threat to some of alpine skiing's renowned races - and what can be done to remedy the problem - has become a hot topic among the sport's elite. "Every body says we need to do more but nobody does. That is the problem," Schild said. Read This Article »
	Family fun on the slopes Steven Threndyle, For CanWest News Service Published: 14 hours ago Venture into the Thompson-Okanagan, though, and you'll see that families are the visible majority at the four major ski resorts -- Sun Peaks, Silver Star, Big White and Apex Resort. "There's so much for the kids to do after skiing." Read This Article »
	Counting pennies or spending big time Mont Tremblant has a reputation as both an engaging family mountain and a glamorous getaway, where prices for a slope-side vacation can ricochet from about $100 a day to $1,000 a day. On a budget Livin' large Read This Article »
	Salt Lake City Writer Takes an Inside Look at Extreme Skiing Read This Article »
	Speed queen Goetschl opens downhill season World Cup speed queen Renate Goetschl is used to pointing her skies straight ahead and charging down the slope with reckless abandon. But after two off-season knee surgeries, the reigning Alpine Ski World Cup downhill champion isn't about to do anything haste. Read This Article »
	Revelstoke: Canada's new resort Mat Loup reports on plans to open up a new ski resort in British Columbia. Roll over, Whistler; take a rest, Aspen. A new resort in British Columbia, Canada, plans to take over their position as the premier North American skiing destination within the next 15 years. Read This Article »
	Tahoe skiing: Family-friendly Northstar stays cozy while growing (11-25) 04:00 PST Northstar-At-Tahoe, Placer County -- Snowflakes piled up on our shoulders like comic-prop dandruff as half a dozen snowboarders and I toasted marshmallows for apres-ski s'mores over an outdoor fire in downtown Northstar. If you go GETTING THERE WHERE TO STAY WHERE TO EAT WHAT TO DO Read This Article »
	Early snows boost Alpine ski resorts Dozens of ski resorts across the Alps have begun running their lifts after unprecedented levels of snow this month. Some parts have had the most snow in November since 1956. But the ski industry is now breathing a collective sigh of relief as bookings are picking up for the all-important Christmas period. Huge snow storm Glaciers growing Tourist bookings up Read This Article »
	Insane fun Enter extreme skiing and snowboarding, a style intended only for experts and characterized by steep slopes — often steeper than 45 degrees — in rugged mountain environments. Don't kill yourself Northern Vermont backcountry Read This Article »
	Killington Resort to Open for the 2007-08 Ski and Snowboard Season Friday KILLINGTON, VT -- 11/14/07 -- Thanks to two weeks of optimal snowmaking temperatures, Killington Resort opens for the 2007-08 ski and snowboard season Friday at 9 a.m. with up to 19 trails served by three lifts off Killington Peak and Snowdon Mountain. Read This Article »
	Deer Valley named top resort by 'SKI' magazine Utah fared well in SKI magazine's annual Top 50 Resort Guide in the publication's October issue. Snowbird was voted as the "Best Skier's Mountain" and Alta as "Best Weekend Escape." Readers of the magazine vote for their favorite resorts to set the rankings. Free plug for Utah Sormer tribute Lake effect explained New corporate ski game Blue run heaven at Deer Valley Cisero's one of top 10 mountain bars Read This Article »
	Seeing Snow This weekend they did snow chants, dances, even prayers with one goal in mind: getting the white stuff. Some area ski resorts say it worked, many of them are reporting several inches of snow. And that has some snow enthusiasts anxiously waiting to hit the slopes. Read This Article »
	Start now to build fitness for snow sports You're planning a trip to the ski slopes for winter break. You've booked the flights, secured a condo, borrowed ski bibs, hats, goggles and gloves. You're set. What's left to do? Exactly how and where do you start? 4 key components to get fit for winter sports 2. Muscle strength 4. Flexibility Read This Article »
	Skiing on Sunday: An Eastern opening and links o' plenty Big kudos to Big Boulder in Pennsylvania, which opened this weekend. Yeah, the coverage is probably pretty sparse, but the good news is it's too warm for icy conditions! Seriously, you have to admire the passion. Read This Article »
	Ski clubs offer trips to snowy places NEW YORK—Last summer, 27 people from Northeast Ohio went skiing together in Valle Nevado, Chile, where the Southern Hemisphere resort was in the throes of winter. offers skiing in August. But Webber notes an important trend taking place. Ski clubs these days are doing less skiing. Read This Article »
	Telemarking, and Its Local Star, is Pining for Olympic Recognition Yet Poucel doesn't plan on retiring after her first year on the national team. Never mind that there won't be any tele races at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics: "I know I'm totally pushing it if it's 2014. But why not have that dream, really?" Read This Article »
	Renewal at Vermont's Middlebury College Snow Bowl Middlebury College Snow Bowl will once again this winter not only offset its own carbon emissions, but also those of skiers and snowboarders traveling to its slopes. (photo: FTO/Marc Guido) Read This Article »
	Vail snowboard instructor: This is the life VAIL — Mud still dots Charlie Clarke's shirt and he scratches sand out of his reddish-brown hair while polishing off a burger and fries. "That's my motivational view," Clarke says. "I love it early in the season when everybody comes in. It's just welcome, welcome, welcome," Clarke says. World renowned Connecting with kids 'Travel and random jobs' Later lifts Read This Article »
	Getting the right fit If your ski or snowboarding boots are keeping you from fully enjoying a day on the slopes, now is the time to either modify your old boots or get some new ones. With all the newfangled boot and foot-bed technology, there is no reason that your boots should be causing you strife. Read This Article »
	Skiing on Sunday: An Eastern opening and links o' plenty Big kudos to Big Boulder in Pennsylvania, which opened this weekend. Yeah, the coverage is probably pretty sparse, but the good news is it's too warm for icy conditions! Seriously, you have to admire the passion. Read This Article »
	Skiing in the Canadian Rockies In the Canadian Rockies, it isn't just children who benefit from having an instructor, finds Sophie Butler. Lake Louise is surrounded by stunning scenery of sharp, dramatic peaks, long, rocky ranges, glaciers and dense forest Essentials Getting there Read This Article »
	Win Co-naming Rights for the NZ Ski Team This month Ski Racing New Zealand is raffling off the 12 month secondary sponsorship for the New Zealand National Team It is short notice but a very inexpensive way to "win" a supporting sponsorship with the Team with only a $100.00 investment. Best regards, Ben Griffin NZ Ski Team www.bengriffin.co.nz Contact Ben to purchase tickets. Read This Article »
	Alta Lodge Gets Facelift In Time for Ski Season Owned and operated by the same family since 1959, the 57-room lodge is a traditional mountain lodge where guests can relax and unwind in the surrounding Wasatch Mountains. Read This Article »
	World Cup Ski Race Preparations Underway at Beaver Creek Beaver Creek opens for the winter ski and snowboard season on Nov. 21. Read This Article »
	JMA Ventures buys Montana ski resort JMA Ventures has bought Red Lodge Mountain Resort in Red Lodge, Mont., for an undisclosed price, according to an AP report. Read This Article »
	Vail Resorts CEO gets $1.9 million, including ski school privileges The chief executive of Vail Resorts Inc. received compensation valued at $1.9 million in fiscal 2007, including ski school and lodging privileges, according to a regulatory filing Friday. Read This Article »
	Canada's ski team hopes to improve on last year's performance with more wins Canada's alpine ski team is willing to take the risk to increase its rewards this World Cup season. But simply finishing in the top three isn't good enough for Manuel Osborne-Paradis. Paul Kristofic, head coach of the men's team, said his skiers gained confidence last year. Read This Article »
	Bode Miller could miss season-opening World Cup race with back injury Bode Miller could miss the season-opening World Cup race because of a back injury. Miller's coach, John McBride, said the 2005 overall World Cup champion hurt his back skiing earlier this month. Miller split with the U.S. ski team and went independent this season. Read This Article »
	Women-only ski packages If you are a mother who skis or snowboards, you know what a day on the slopes with children can be like: "Mom, where are my mitts?" "Mom, have you seen my goggles?" "Mom, I've lost my lift ticket." IF YOU GO Read This Article »
	Ski-Resort Operator Deserves a Flurry of Interest NEWS OF AN economic slowdown doesn't seem to have made it to Vail, Colo. That town's top ski-resort operator says season pass sales are up 4% in units and 16% in dollars. Read This Article »
	Snow gear, the flip side Have the board magicians over at Mervin Manufacturing in Sequim gone bananas? The K2 snowboard crew, too, over on Vashon Island? It seems as if the people who make skis and boards are slipping on peels and going head over heels. Head USA K2 also offers rockered skis -- the Seth and the Pontoon. SKIS AND BOARDS Lib Tec Skate Banana K2 Gyrator Burton X8 Black Diamond Verdict Head Monster 88 K2 Apache Coomba Read This Article »
	Snowstar holding ski swap Nov. 3 For more information call 309-798-2666 or visit the website at www.skisnowstar.com Read This Article »
	Group raising money for ski jump, but no competition this winter Organizers of the community's famous ski jumping competition say they've raised about half the $300,000 they need to renovate the jump so it can be used in competition. The Harris Hill Ski Jump is the only 90 meter jump in New England. The jumps began in 1922. Read This Article »
	Line X-Fly and Line Pro Ski Boards There has been one reported fall. The Pro model is a twin-tip ski which is turned up at both ends. "Pro 90" or "Pro 98" is printed on the tail. The X-Fly is a unidirectional ski which is turned up on one end. "Fly 90" or "Fly 99" is printed on the tail. Read This Article »
	Mount Norquay proposes to log 175 trees from existing Excalibur ski run Ski Banff @ Norquay has proposed to remove 175 trees on an existing ski run citing safety reasons as the concern. The request was put forward to Mount Norquay by Alpine Canada in order for them to continue to host ski racing events at the venue on the Excalibur ski run. Read This Article »
	Canadian ski team reaches $600,000-deal with Finning, Caterpillar Canada's ski team has agreed to a $600,000, three-year partnership with Finning (Canada) and Caterpillar Canada Inc., Alpine Canada said Monday. Jon Carman, president of Caterpillar of Canada Ltd., said the agreement will help all levels of skiing. Read This Article »
	Waitsfield's 28th Annual Ski & Skate Sale Nov. 10-11 Less than a month before the doors open at the annual Waitsfield Ski & Skate Sale, locals throughout the heart of Vermont's premier ski country start combing last year's 'quiver' to make room for the new gear of 2008. Read This Article »
	Elite lessons, everyday skiers Four years ago, longtime skier Craig Foley could make his way down some advanced black diamond ski runs, but he struggled in powder. Then he heard about Vail Mountain's MasterCamps, an intense 15-day program aimed at turning intermediate skiers into experts—fast. They're not for everyone. ——— If You Go... Read This Article »
	LAKE LOUISE MOUNTAIN RESORT NAMED AMONG NORTH AMERICA'S BEST SKI RESORTS The top ranking resorts on the list were chosen and ranked by readers of SKI Magazine. Lake Louise was one of only 2 Canadian Resorts featured in the top 30 western ski resorts. Snow Settles at Lake Louise Mountain Resort - October 19, 2007 Photo by Danielle Sherman, Lake Louise Mountain Resort Read This Article »
	Valhalla Avy Classes, Northwest Ski Site, Stone-Core Ski & Much More Valhalla Adventures will be providing educational courses for the coming 2007/2008 ski season. The backcountry cat company operates out of the Stillwater State Forest near the ski town of Whitefish, MT. Introduction to backcountry Teen Introduction to backcountry Women's Introduction to backcountry Avalanche Level I Avalanche Level II BORDZ-UP Site is Up Sean Leslie Joins Hayter New Ski Has Stone Core Read This Article »
	Dobson ski swap this weekend Ski & Snowboard Club Vail's used ski gear sale — the 38th annual Ski & Snowboard Swap — is Friday and Saturday at Dobson Ice Arena in Vail. Early bird shopping runs from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., Friday. The sale continues that night until 11 p.m., and from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday. Read This Article »
	Appeals to ski-resort expansion rejected The U.S. Forest Service on Friday rejected four appeals of a decision to allow the White Pass Ski Resort to expand into a roadless area long defended by conservationists. Read This Article »
	Paralympic Ski Racer and Comedian to Appear at UNCC Self-professed one-legged stand-up comedian, Josh Sundquist, is the headlining event during UNC Charlotte's Disability Awareness Week. His appearance will be Wednesday, Oct. 24, at 7 p.m. in Storrs Auditorium. The event is free and open to the public. Read This Article »
	RockResorts Welcomes One Ski Hill Place at the Breckenridge Peaks to Its Portfolio Featuring high ceilings, natural wood and stone materials, stunning living rooms with fireplaces and large windows with breathtaking alpine views, One Ski Hill Place will be among the most deluxe accommodations in Breckenridge. About RockResorts Read This Article »
	U.S. names 2008 Disabled Ski Team "We have so many solid athletes returning this season like Victor, Stephens, and Klebl," said Metzger. "It's encouraging to see such a talented pack of athletes. No doubt we'll be challenging at every level again this season." Read This Article »
	Coleman Natural Foods hits the ski slopes Tapping its Colorado base, Coleman Natural Foods has scored a major deal. The company will supply natural meats to Vail Resort, the nation's largest ski operator, for the 2007/2008 ski season. Read This Article »
	Loveland Ski Area to open Tuesday Loveland Ski Area says it will open Tuesday morning after a weekend storm left a foot of snow. The resort has also been making its own snow. Arapahoe Basin was the first in the state to open, last Wednesday. A-Basin was also the first to open last year, on October 13th. Read This Article »
	Maine's Sunday River ski area announces $4.8 million in capital improvements Maine's Sunday River ski resort said it is spending $4.8 million to expand snowmaking capacity, install a new "magic carpet lift" on its beginner slope, refurbish its lodgings and upgrade other facilities. Read This Article »
	Ski conditioning key to success A basketball player wouldn't step on the court for a game without first jacking up a few shots from beyond the free-throw line. A golfer wouldn't tee off in the spring without first hitting a few on the range. They each agree that winter sports athletes absolutely need pre-season conditioning. Dryland Workout: “The lateral jump” “The tuck” Horizontal shuffle “The lunge” Read This Article »
	Win tickets to the 2007 Ski and Snowboard Show TREAT the family and keep the kids entertained and active this-half term by heading to this year's Metro Ski and Snowboard Show. advertisement Read This Article »
	Enjoying the ski areas before they open Arapahoe Basin hasn't opened yet, but that hasn't stopped two families from out of state from stopping by and having a little fun at the ski area. The Smiths and Milanos, both vacationing in Colorado, are clearly new to the snow thing. "We get it maybe once or twice a year," said Smith. "It's cool," he said. Read This Article »
	Breckenridge, Colorado Journey into the heart and soul of skiing and snowboarding with Breckenridge Ski & Ride School's Mountains of Discovery. Read This Article »
	Group looks to put ski jumping hill back on the map by going high tech Year-round ski jumping will be coming to the Suicide Bowl in Ishpeming, a move that's expected to make area youth programs much more competitive at the national level. “We'll be paying for it over a long time,” he said. “We'll be out soliciting a little from people and businesses. Read This Article »
	Race gathers pace to ski world's highest mountains KATHMANDU (AFP) — Climbing all 14 of the world's 8,000-metre peaks is old hat, so a new generation of adventurers is gearing up for what could be mountaineering's next great challenge -- getting down them on skis. "I'll get back down in around five hours," Ericsson said. Read This Article »
	Scott MacPherson Named New Ski Coach CHESTNUT HILL, MA - Boston College has named Scott MacPherson the head coach for the men's and women's skiing programs. A native of Marshfield, MA, MacPherson is also an Alpine Ski coach and weekend program assistant at the Waterville Valley race program. Read This Article »
	Ski Channel To Take Us On A Ride Guide Read This Article »
	Ski-pass cost comparison softens lift whines Increased prices on popular ski passes, now on sale for the season, reflect millions of dollars in capital improvements and additional benefits, according to the large ski companies setting the prices. Competitive region Not much resistance Read This Article »
	New Ski Lift on Kitzsteinhorn Kaprun, Austria - The Gletscherbahnen Kaprun AG lift company is busy wrapping up construction of the new Kristallbahn ski lift in time for the 2007-08 ski and snowboard season. Read This Article »
	Miller, Bridgwater Win NZ National Slalom Ski Racing Titles Miller, who was defending her 2006 title, was second overall behind Austria's Stefanie Klocker who clocked 1.57.59. Miller finished in 1.59.13 pushing Simona Candrian of Switzerland into third place in 1.59.68. Read This Article »
	Another Idaho Ski Resort at Risk While the renowned slopes and ski lifts of Sun Valley appear no longer at risk from the Castle Rock Fire, another Idaho ski resort is now facing the threat of advancing flames. "This fire is still a high priority," Alexandrou said. Alexandrou said fire crews were aided Wednesday by two-thirds of an inch of rainfall. Read This Article »
	6 Colorado Resorts Among Ski Magazine's Top 10 Six of the top 10 ski resorts in SKI Magazine's annual "Top 50 Resort Guide" are in Colorado, according to the October issue which hits newsstands on Sept. 25. Vail, came in at No. 2, leading the group of six Colorado resorts in the top ten, more then any other state. 1. Deer Valley, Utah 2. Vail, Colo. 3. Whistler/Blackcomb, B.C. 4. Aspen, Colo. 5. Snowmass, Colo. 6. Park City, Utah. 7. Breckenridge, Colo. 8. Beaver Creek, Colo. 9. Steamboat, Colo. 10. Sun Valley, Idaho Read This Article »
	Switzerland role model Bruno Kernen retires Bruno Kernen, one of the glorious veterans of the Swiss Ski Team, announced today its decision to retire after a twenty-year-long international career on the junior and World Cups tours. Read This Article »
	A busy springtime for Bode Miller Six weeks after the end of past season which brought him a few strong satisfactions such as another Super-G Crystal cup, Bode Miller already began to prepare the next one – his 11th on the World Cup circuit. Read This Article »
	Julia Mancuso on the big podium "I'm very proud to have won so many races and reached so often the podium. These results will certainly help me to be very motivated this summer when we will be training again." Read This Article »
	A great hat-trick for Nicole Hosp Hosp, the reigning World Champion in that event, clocked the best times in both legs and beat by impressive 1,42 seconds Germany's promising Kathrin Hölzl and by 1,53 Michaela Kirchgasser, the winner at Sierra Nevada last month. Read This Article »
	Hat-trick for Aksel Lund Svindal Aksel Lund Svindal has never been so close to become the third Norwegian to clinch the Overall World Cup title after today's dramatic giant slalom which he won ahead of Italy's Massmiliano Blardone and USA's Bode Miller. Read This Article »
	Austria's clinched World Cup Team event Italy performed well in the slaloms with Chiara Costazza's win in the third heat keeping the competition alive until the final run. Her team-mates Manfred Moelgg and Christian Deville were 3rd on their side in slalom. Read This Article »
	35th World Cup win for Anja Paerson Marlies Schild moved much closer to her first triumph in the Overall World Cup standings today after finishing a surprising 3rd behind Sweden's Anja Paerson and her team-mate Andrea Fischbacher in the final Super-G race of the season. Read This Article »
	Another triumph for Aksel Lund Svindal Aksel Lund Svindal achieved another stunning performance today in Lenzerheide winning the last Super-G race of the season held in the early morning by excellent weather conditions. A win on Saturday would be enough for him to remain definitely out of reach for Svindal. Read This Article »
	Another big win for Aksel Lund Svindal Aksel Lund Svindal put himself back in position to clinch the Overall World Cup title with a narrow yet crucial victory in an incident-packed final men's downhill of the Alpine ski season on Wednesday. Read This Article »
	Marlies Schild and Marco Buechel win last training run Schild, foremost a slalom specialist, surprised everybody except herself with her outstanding training performance which boosts her confidence for tomorrow's race. Svindal came in 3rd at 17/100 back and Canada's Erik Guay, the winner in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, was 4th at 61/100. Read This Article »
	Renate Goetschl fastest in training Austria's Renate Goetschl set the fastest training time this morning on the "Silvano Beltrametti" run in Lenzerheide where the last speed events of the 2007 World Cup season are scheduled this week. Read This Article »
	Another milestone win for Marlies Schild Marlies Schild celebrated another milestone victory today in Zwiesel where she won her seventh slalom of the season with the impressive margin of 2,23 seconds - one of the biggest in recent years. Read This Article »
	Hans Grugger back at the top Austria's Hans Grugger achieved an impressive comeback today in Kvitfjell where he dominated the last Super-G race prior the Finals at Lenzerheide. Michael Walchhofer, 4th in the downhill on Saturday, finished again 4th ahead of his team-mate Hermann Maier, 5th at 95/100. Read This Article »
	Victory and the cup for Didier Cuche Switzerland's gutsy veteran Didier Cuche captured his first race of the season to wrap-up the downhill World Cup title in Kvitfjell where the last downhill prior the Finals at Lenzerheide took place by gruelling weather conditions. Read This Article »
	Tanja Poutiainen back at the top After a two-year-long-wait, Tanja Poutiainen finally celebrated another World Cup win today in Zwiesel, Bavaria, where she dominated all her rivals in the last giant slalom prior the Finals at Lenzerheide organized by difficult weather conditions. Read This Article »
	Julia Mancuso in the lead USA's Julia Mancuso made the best out of her start-number 1 to clock the fastest time in the opening leg of a giant slalom organized on the slope of the "Grosser Arber" mountains located in the "Bayerischer Wald" above Zwiesel. The second run should start at 1.30 PM (CET) Read This Article »
	Ambrosi Hoffmann set fastest training time at Kvitfjell A Super-combined, a downhill and a super-G are planned on that slope which hosted some of the 1994 Olympics competitions. Slovenia's Andrej Jerman, the surprising winner in the first downhill at Garmisch-Partenkirchen, lost 1,37 seconds on Hoffmann and was a far 16th. Read This Article »
	The women's World Cup battle goes on at Zwiesel Each of the four contenders battling for supremacy in the Overall World Cup standings celebrated an important victory in the last races hold in recent weeks in Sierra Nevada, Spain, and Tarvisio, Italy. Read This Article »
	Julia Mancuso fighting for more "It has again been an awesome weekend for me, I really enjoy reaching the podium again today in that Super-G because I made a series of little mistakes en my way down and I didn't expect to finish among the top-3," she said afterwards. Read This Article »
	Jean Baptiste Grange close to first World Cup podium Two weeks after clinching slalom bronze at Are, France's Jean-Baptiste Grange came very close to his first podium in a World Cup slalom. He finished 4th in Kranjska Gora, only a few tenths of a second away from it! Read This Article »
	7th season win for Renate Goetschl The 31-year-old champion beat by 1.10 seconds her team-mate Nicole Hosp and by 1.22 USA's Julia Mancuso while former World Cup champion Alexandra Meissnitzer was 4th and Slovenia's Tina Maze 5th. Read This Article »
	Another win for Mario Matt Mario Matt honoured his second slalom gold medal won recently at Are with a second consecutive World Cup win today in Kranjska Gora where he captured the last slalom race prior the Finals at Lenzerheide, Switzerland. Read This Article »
	Another win for Benjamin Raich in Kranjska Gora Benjamin Raich achieved an impressive hat-trick today in Kranjska Gora in winning his third consecutive giant slalom in the nice Slovenian resort located near the Austrian and Italian boarders. Read This Article »
	Another win for Mancuso, another Cup for Goetschl There were two winners in today's dramatic downhill race also marked by the spectacular crash of Switzerland's Tamara World at the beginning of the competition. Elisabeth Goergl came in 4th ahead of another Canadian, Kelly Vanderbeek, 3rd in Super-G at Lake Louise in November. Read This Article »
	Raich leads first run Austria's Benjamin Raich is aiming for his first hat-trick in Kranjska Gora after clocking a clear best time in the first run after an aggressive yet controlled run down the treacherous "Podkoren" course covered with soft snow. Read This Article »
	A crucial weekend for Svindal and Austria There is much at stake for the Overall leader Aksel Lund Svindal and the best skier of the Austrian team who are fighting hard for various World Cup titles. It would be the first time since 1998 that Austria would not capture a single World Cup title on the men's tour. Read This Article »
	Italy's Daniela Merighetti fastest in second training run in Tarvisio Italy's Daniela Merighetti clocked the fastest time in Thursday's downhill training run marked by the crash of Austria's Renate Goetschl who lost control of her skis in the upper part of the "Prampero" course. Read This Article »
	Renate Goetschl injured after a training crash at Tarvisio Austria's veteran Renate Goetschl slightly injured both her knees during a crash at the beginning of her second training run after losing control of her skis in the upper part of the "Prampero" course. Read This Article »
	France's Marie Marchand Arvier set fastest training time in Tarvisio France's Marie Marchand Arvier clocked the fastest time in the first training run held this morning on Tarvisio's challenging downhill course which will host its first World Cup races this weekend. Read This Article »
	First win for Canada's Erik Guay It was again a tough day for the new downhill World Champion Aksel Lund Svindal, only 19th – he gained mere 22 points in the Overall standings. Two other Canadian also skied among the top-10 – Jan Hudec, the silver medal winner at Are, was 5th and Manuel Osborne-Paradis 7th. Read This Article »
	Another big win for Mario Matt Two-time-World Champion Mario Matt confirmed his great form today in winning his first World Cup slalom of the season a week after his great triumph at Are, Sweden. His father Christian Neureuther, was one of the greatest slalom specialists Read This Article »
	7th win and first Crystal globe for Marlies Schild A week after clinching gold in the team event at Are, Austria's Marlies Schild secured her first World Cup slalom title with a superb victory in Sierra Nevada where she celebrated her sixth slalom win of the season. Read This Article »
	Marlies Schild leads first run Austria's Marlies Schild made a huge step towards her first ever World Cup trophy this morning in clearly dominating the first slalom run at Sierra Nevada where the World Tour resumes this weekend following the Are World Championships. Read This Article »
	First win for Michaela Kirchgasser A week after capturing her first gold medal at Are in the Team-Event dominated by the Austrian Ski Teams, 21-year-old Michaela Kirchgasser celebrated her first World Cup triumph in Sierra Nevada where she beat some of the very best technical skiers on the tour. Read This Article »
	Tanja Poutiainen in the lead in first giant slalom run Finland's Tanja Poutiainen clocked the fastest time in the first giant slalom run at Sierra Navada where the women World Cup tour resumes this weekend with a pair of technical races. Read This Article »
	Julia Mancuso fights powerful Austrian team USA's recent Super-combined silver medallist Julia Mancuso faces a tough challenge in the last month of World Cup racing as she battles for her first Overall World Cup win against three of the best Austrian skiers of the current season. Read This Article »
	Last gold for Austria The powerful Austrian ski team dominated the last competition of the Are 2007 Alpine Ski World Championships, the team event, introduced at the end of the 2005 Worlds in Bormio. Germany, the surprising winner in 2005, was only 7th. Read This Article »
	Another gold for Mario Matt in slalom Six years after his first triumph at St Anton, Mario Matt captured a second slalom gold medal in Are where he crushed all his rivals in a dramatic competition attended by over 12 000 spectators. Read This Article »
	First Alpine gold medal for Czech Republic and Sarka Zahrobska Zahrobska, who turned 22 last week, beat Schild by mere 9/100 of a second while Paerson missed her fourth gold medal at Are by only 16/100. Croatia's Ana Jelusic, the fastest in the second run, came in 4th only 34/100 from the podium and Kathrin Zettel from Austria was 5th at 82/100. Zettel and Jelusic. Read This Article »
	Marlies Schild aiming for first gold medal While their colleagues from the men's team are having a tough time here in Are, the Austrian women already captured four medals so far in Sweden including a golden one in giant slalom thanks to Nicole Hosp. Read This Article »
	Second gold medal for Aksel Lund Svindal Less than a week after his first triumph in downhill, Aksel Lund Svindal won his second gold medal of the World Championships at Are thanks to his outstanding second run to capture the giant slalom crown ahead of the Swiss pair of Daniel Albrecht and Didier Cuche. Read This Article »
	Nicole Hosp wins first gold for Austrian in Are Simard, 2nd here last year at the World Cup finals, finished a disappointing 10th and Zahrobska, 4th in the combined event last week, in 12th. Read This Article »
	Can Anja do it again? The skier from Taernaby, who has dominated the previous women's events, felt tired yet also full of energy and happiness after her last triumph in downhill and she expects to fight for another podium in what used to be one of her best events. Read This Article »
	First gold medal for Svindal and Norway in downhill Overall World Cup leader Aksel Lund Svindal became the first Norwegian ever to clinch gold in downhill after an almost perfect run down the technically challenging "Olympiabakke" course in Are. Read This Article »
	Seventh world gold medal for Anja Paerson Anja Paerson has become the first champion to win world titles in all five alpine skiing events, completing the set with downhill victory on home snow in Are today. Read This Article »
	First world silver medal for Canadian downhiller Unheralded Jan Hudec became the first Canadian man to reach the podium at the World Alpine Skiing Championships in nearly three decades, capturing a surprising silver medal in the men's downhill Sunday in Are, Sweden. Read This Article »
	Women's Super-combined: 6th gold medal for Anja Paerson Anja Paerson captured an expected second gold medal at the Are World Championships with strong performances in both legs of a dramatic Super-combined that she clearly dominated in front of nearly ten thousand spectators. Read This Article »
	Anja Paerson fighting for first combined victory The Austrian favourites Nicole Hosp and Marlies Schild didn't lose too much time on the Swede in that technically demanding downhill - 1,22 seconds for Hosp and 1,91 seconds for Schild, the finest slalom specialist this season. Read This Article »
	First gold medal for Switzerland The Swiss team which didn't clinch any medal at the 2005 FIS World Championships in Bormio, achieved a remarkable performance today capturing gold and bronze medals at the end of the dramatic men's Super-combined raced by cold yet perfect weather. Read This Article »
	6th gold medal for Anja Paerson Anja Paerson proved once more than she belongs to the group of ski racing top-champions in today's spectacular Super-G race. Yet the Swede did much more than successfully defending her World Championship title in that specialty in front of her home-fans. Read This Article »
	Lindsey Kildow feels ready for more L.K. "I'm skiing so well right now. I have a lot of confidence from the races in San Sicario. I forgot about the past and what happened in the last races. I'm just having fun and I'm really excited about my season so far. Read This Article »
	Julia Mancuso enjoys being at Are "I'm so excited to have more challenging conditions here than on the World Cup and have some good races. Every result gets better and I'm feeling very comfortable on my skis. They are good, and I feel balanced with everything." Read This Article »
	New Racing Program at Are World Championships Due to heavy snowfalls and strong winds during the night, the Are 2007 Organizing Committee and the race Jury had to cancel today's women's Super-G due to start at 12.30 and postpone it to Tuesday. The two downhill races are to be started over the next weekend. Read This Article »
	Anja Paerson back on track "I was part of the bidding committee in 2002 when Are got the Worlds from FIS at Portoroz, in Slovenia, I'm proud that we made it and that the party is finally starting here. It will be a big event for our country." Read This Article »
	Bode races in all events at Are Bode Miller faces a busy schedule after saying on Thursday he had decided to compete in all five events at the world championships. The 29-year-old all rounder had said a few days ago that he might skip the downhill because of a recurrent knee problem. Read This Article »
	4th victory for Benjamin Raich at Schladming It's the fourth time in his career that the skier from Pitztal, in Tyrol, enjoyed such a triumph in front of nearly fifty thousand people and it's also his 26th World Cup win since January 1999. Read This Article »
	An important victory for Lindsey Kildow Lindsey Kildow achieved a crucial comeback today in Sansicario where she dominated all her rivals in the last Super-G competition prior the Are World Championships which already begin next week. Read This Article »
	6th season win for Renate Goetschl in San Sicario It's the sixth season victory for the 1999 downhill World Champion who also took the lead in the Overall World Cup standings which she already captured in March 2000. She set the fastest intermediate time yesterday in the Super-G prior skiing out. Read This Article »
	5th season victory for Renate Goetschl Two Canadians, Britt Janyk and Kelly Vanderbeek came in 4th and 5th while Julia Mancuso, who reached five consecutive podiums in the last two weeks, has to be content this time with a more modest 8th place. Read This Article »
	A crucial week at San Sicario Dorfmeister gave-up ski racing last spring but her best Atomic skis, used now by her former team-mate Renate Goetschl, may well be the fastest ones again this weekend during the last World Cup races scheduled before the Are Alpine World Championships. Read This Article »
	An emotional goodbye for Kjetil Aamodt at Val d'Isère During a relaxed press conference, he explained at length the reason of his decision while commenting the video of his announcement on Norwegian Television during the "Athlete of the Year" award ceremony. Read This Article »
	A great comeback for Karen Putzer The tiny champion from the northern part of Italy, 2nd in the 2003 Overall World Cup standings after winning five events that winter, beat by 41/100 of a second USA's Olympic Champion Julia Mancuso and by 68/100 her team-mate Denise Karbon. Read This Article »
	First win for Pierre Emmanuel Dalcin In future seasons Val d'Isère will organize its major ski events on the Olympic "La Face" course used during the 1992 Winter Games. The 2009 FIS World Championships are also scheduled on that more demanding course. Read This Article »
	Mancuso wins first World Cup Super-G Mancuso, who doesn't mind skiing by bad weather, achieved a solid run down the "Olympia delle Tofane" course to beat by 33/100 of a second Austrian Nicole Hosp. "It's a great feeling to excel again here, it's such a big event here and I'm really proud of this victory." Read This Article »
	More victories on Renate Goetschl's agenda at Cortina d'Ampezzo The names of numerous past and actual top-stars can be found in the Golden Book of that World Cup "Classic" held for the eighteenth times since 1974, starting with Austrian ski legend Annemarie Moser-Proell, the six-time overall World Cup Champion from 1971 to 1979. Read This Article »
	Second World Cup triumph for Julia Mancuso Julia Mancuso led an American one-two in a women's World Cup Super-combined event on Sunday after favorite Anja Paerson of Sweden made a mistake in sight of the finish line. Nicole Hosp was 6th which allowed her to stay in the footsteps of Schild in the Overall standings. Read This Article »
	4th place for Ivica Kostelic in Wengen's Super-combined "I think I made the best out of the situation, the slalom course was already in bad shape when I started and it was not possible to make up more time on Matt," explained the skier from Zagreb who is now in 3rd place in the Super-combined standings after three events. Read This Article »
	First Super-Combined win for Mario Matt Austrian slalom specialist Mario Matt won his first World Cup Super-combined event on Sunday, overcoming an average performance in the downhill run with an impressive showing in the slalom leg. Read This Article »
	Another win for Renate Goetschl Renate Goetschl earned Austria's first World Cup downhill win of the season with a much awaited victory on home snow at Zauchensee, near Altenmarkt, on Saturday. Read This Article »
	First “Classic” win for Bode Miller He beat by 65/100 of a second Switzerland's home favourite Didier Cuche, the leader in the downhill standings, while Italy's Peter Fill came in 3rd at 1.47 seconds off of the winning time. Read This Article »
	Aksel Lund Svindal ready for more "If you say you're not thinking about it at all then I think you're trying to fool yourself," Svindal told reporters in Wengen where he is looking to extend his 68-point lead over Switzerland's Didier Cuche in the weekend's races. Read This Article »
	Austrian team aims for more wins in speed events The Austrian team which won all the world cup events so far this season except the four downhill races in Lake Louise, Canada and Val d'Isère, France and a slalom at Semmering, strongly aims to continue dominating the women's tour. Read This Article »
	Kjetil Aamodt leaves the scene of the White Circus Saturday night, four-time Olympic champion Kjetil Aamodt was one of the guest stars of a sports-gala presented on Norway's national TV station NRK which awarded him the "Sportsman of the Year" trophy. Read This Article »
	Fifth slalom win for Marlies Schild Slovak Veronika Zuzulova was 3rd, nearly a full second further back and just ahead of Finland's Tanja Poutiainen who achieved another strong performance in slalom after being 6th at Zagreb on Thursday night. Read This Article »
	Kjetil Aamodt gave up greatest dream Only a few hundredths of a second separated him twice from an incredible record comparable to the triple Olympic victories celebrated by Toni Sailer and Jean Claude Killy in 1956 and 1968! Born Sept.2nd - 1971 - Oslo / Monte Carlo 3rd: 2003 World Cup Victories: Total 21 - D/1, SG/5, G/6, S/1, K/8 Downhill: Chamonix 1994; Slalom: Wengen 2000 Read This Article »
	First win for Switzerland's Marc Berthod The 23-year-old from St Moritz had been a huge 2.76 seconds behind first-run leader Markus Larsson of Sweden but benefited from his early start in the afternoon to post a blistering time in the second run. Read This Article »
	Benjamin Raich is back at the top Defending Overall World Cup champion Benjamin Raich achieved an impressive comeback at the top today in Adelboden in winning the prestigious giant slalom for the second straight year. Read This Article »
	First season win for Nicole Hosp Nicole Hosp took advantage of falls from some of the top specialists Saturday to celebrated her first win this season in the third giant slalom race of the season held in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia. Read This Article »
	5th season win for Marlies Schild Despites another big mistake in the middle of her second run, Austrian Marlies Schild celebrated another huge win this night in the prestigious "Snow Queen Trophy" held by fine weather conditions on the crowded slopes of Sljeme, one hour drive outside Zagreb. Read This Article »
	Marlies Schild aims for revenge in Zagreb The women's World Cup tour resumes on Thursday afternoon nearby Zagreb, where a slalom is scheduled on the slopes of Sjleme, a small hill located just outside the capital of the Republic of Croatia. Read This Article »