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| New Zealand Skiing Masters Titles Decided at Coronet Peak | 10/08, 16:10 |
| Queenstown, New Zealand - Former Olympian Kate Rattray, 45, of Christchurch successfully defended her New Zealand Skiing Masters title at Coronet Peak this week by winning the combined trophy for downhill, giant slalom and slalom. The men's under-55 combined title was won by John Wardrop, 50, of Auckland and the over-55 combined trophy was awarded to Christchurch's Mike Unger, 55.
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| Q&A: U.S. Freestyle Ski Team Mogulist Shannon Bahrke | 10/08, 15:57 |
| Tahoe City, CA - Shannon Bahrke of Tahoe City is by no means your average moguls skier. The Olympic silver medalist may seem like she runs bumps all day long, but with a passion for things like coffee, race cars, music and the color pink, Bahrke turns the ordinary into the extraordinary.
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| 2009 Schedule for U.S. Snowboarding's Grand Prix Announced | 09/08, 16:17 |
| Park City, UT - The U.S. Snowboarding Grand Prix returns for its 13th season as America's top snowboarding competition tour. The Grand Prix will feature new stops at Copper Mountain in Colorado's Summit County, Boreal Mountain Resort in the North Lake Tahoe region near Truckee, California and a return to Vermont's Killington Resort for the final stop of the tour.
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| Giant Outdoor Retailer Trade Show Opens in Salt Lake City | 09/08, 16:10 |
| Salt Lake City, UT - Despite a challenging economy, the Outdoor Retailer Summer Market (ORSM) opened Friday at the Salt Palace Convention Center in Salt Lake City with the largest number of exhibitors in the history of the show for the $46 billion outdoor industry, with over 100 new exhibitors.
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| Appeals Court Sides with Arizona Ski Area | 09/08, 4:44 |
| San Francisco, CA - The U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco has decided that snowmaking and other long-awaited improvements at the 71 year-old Arizona Snowbowl ski resort high above Flagstaff on Humphrey's Peak in northern Arizona's San Francisco Peaks will happen after all.
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| Horseshoe Valley Ski Resort Sold for CAN $37 Million | 08/08, 21:09 |
| Toronto, Canada - Skyline International Development Inc., a privately held corporation with extensive commercial, residential, hotel, recreational and media holdings in Ontario and Quebec, in July completed its acquisition of Horseshoe Valley Resort, one of Ontario's largest year-round recreation properties. The Ontario ski resort located an hour north of Toronto was purchased by Skyline for CAN $37 million.
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| Cat Skiing: Women Only Need Apply | 08/08, 20:56 |
| Fernie (BC), Canada - With the growing demand for women-specific recreational opportunities within the ski and snowboard industry, the Island Lake Resort Group is again offering their popular Girlski Tours at both Island Lake Lodge and Powder Cowboy Cat skiing this winter season.
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| U.S. Ski Team's Stacey Cook Raises Money For Children | 08/08, 20:48 |
| Scofield, UT - For the U.S. Ski Team's Stacey Cook (Mammoth, CA), running in the Scofield Triathlon on July 18 was about more than triumphing over physical goals, it was also about giving back to organizations that helped her become the ski racer she is today.
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| Mt. Washington Valley Ski Resorts Team Up for Joint Season Pass | 08/08, 6:20 |
| North Conway, NH - For the first time ever, the Mt. Washington Valley Chamber of Commerce will make a limited offering of twenty Presidential Passes for the 2008-09 ski and snowboard season. Offered on a first-come, first-served basis to the first twenty to reserve, the Presidential Pass means unlimited access to all of Mt. Washington Valley’s ski resorts and XC Centers throughout the season for $1,500.
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