News Articles
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Victor inspires youth to grow
by Lindsey Sine - Tue Nov 10 18:47:32 -0500 2009
A Paralympic gold medalist, World Champion and World Cup overall titlist, Stephani Victor (sit-ski; Park City, UT) is the perfect example of what it means to overcome and achieve. read more
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U.S. Ski Team Honored at Monday Night Football
by Doug Haney - Mon Nov 09 00:00:00 -0500 2009
Tune into Monday Night Football as U.S. Ski Team athletes Marco Sullivan, Casey Puckett and Johnny Spillane are honored prior to tonight's NFL matchup of the Denver Broncos and Pittsburgh Steelers. read more
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Race to the Cup Begins Nov. 12
by Derek DeGrenier - Fri Nov 06 17:04:01 -0500 2009
With winter fast approaching, alpine snowboarders across the map are looking to kickoff the season with the start of the Race to the Cup tour. read more
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Ski Hall Of Fame Names Inductees
by US Ski and Snowboard - Fri Nov 06 17:00:35 -0500 2009
Paralympic champions Chris Waddell and Sarah Will highlight a group of eight athletes and sport builders named for induction to the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame. read more
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How to Make the Olympic Team
by US Ski and Snowboard - Fri Nov 06 16:59:30 -0500 2009
The eyes of the world will be on Vancouver this February for the Olympic Winter Games. But ski and snowboarding athletes who hope to be Vancouver Bound already began scrapping and fighting their way to Olympic Team spots beginning in September. read more
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Pearce 12th in Saas-Fee World Cup
by Lindsey Sine - Fri Nov 06 16:57:50 -0500 2009
Halfpipers dropped into their first World Cup competition of the season Thursday and none other than Australian Torah Bright and Kazuhiro Kokubo of Japan took the wins in Switzerland. read more
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Going for the Gold: Gretchen Bleiler
by Christie Succop - Fri Nov 06 10:29:13 -0500 2009
At the Torino 2006 Olympic Winter Games, snowboarder Gretchen Bleiler captured a silver medal in the halfpipe. Four years later, she's hoping to make her second Winter Games appearance in Vancouver and will be searching for gold. read more
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Making Team USA: Meet Michelle Roark
by By Peggy Shinn - Thu Nov 05 10:46:58 -0500 2009
Olympic moguls skier Michelle Roark is a chemical engineer and entrepreneur with her own line of perfume. Will her Confidence blend carry her to a 2010 Olympic medal? read more
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Athletes Mark 100 Days To Vancouver Games
by Lindsey Sine - Thu Nov 05 10:21:18 -0500 2009
The culmination of four years of determination, training, competing, successes and trials is now a mere 100 days away for Vancouver Bound U.S. Ski Team and U.S. Snowboarding athletes. read more
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Adaptive Alpine Goes One-on-One at Copper
by Elizabeth Karam - Thu Nov 05 10:16:51 -0500 2009
The U.S. Adaptive Alpine Ski Team athletes have pitched tent at Copper Mountain, CO for training to find great early season snow after an earlier camp at Mt. Hood, OR was cancelled. read more
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Ligety featured on NBC's Last Call Wednesday
by Doug Haney - Tue Nov 03 18:29:45 -0500 2009
Direct from a podium at the Audi FIS Alpine World Cup opener in Soelden, Austria, Olympic gold medalist Ted Ligety (Park City, UT) will be featured Wednesday on NBC's Last Call with Carson Daly. read more
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50 Years to an Olympic Medal
by Tom Kelly - Tue Nov 03 18:27:49 -0500 2009
It was 1974, a full 50 years after the first Olympic Winter Games. Lake Tahoe resident Anders Haugen was 85, with a lifetime of memories. read more
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Ted Ligety: Vancouver Bound
by Lindsey Sine - Tue Nov 03 12:05:24 -0500 2009
A champion after only his first trip to the Olympics, being Vancouver Bound means something special to the U.S. Alpine Ski Team's Ted Ligety (Park City, UT). read more
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Snow Flies on Birds of Prey
by Doug Haney - Thu Oct 29 16:22:45 -0400 2009
Well before the recent snow storm hit the Colorado Rockies, the race crew at Beaver Creek had the guns blasting the Audi Birds of Prey slope ensuring incredible conditions for the Dec. 4-6 Audi FIS Alpine World Cup event. read more
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Vonn on Tonight Show with Conan Wednesday
by Doug Haney - Tue Oct 27 15:33:38 -0400 2009
Two-time Audi FIS Alpine World Cup overall champion Lindsey Vonn (Vail, CO) joins actor Chris O'Donnell and musical guest Uncle Kracker Wednesday to highlight NBC's The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien. read more