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| Hot Link: Blevins & The Beetles | 19/12/2006 15:27 |
| There's One! Image: Canadian Forest Service Worldwide Web (Ski Press)-Jason Blevins of the Denver Post gets under the bark with Colorado's pine beetle infestation. With a possible 70 to 90 percent mortality rate for Ski Country conifers, some shredders see a future of wide open powder shots and boulevard wide glades while others see wind-swept faces with a dwindling... | |
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| Snowballs: Ski Tour, Wild West & Swiss Christmas | 19/12/2006 5:03 |
| Honda to Sponsor Ski Tour Wild West, Earliest Ever Swiss Jingle Bells Torrance, Calif. (Ski Press)-American Honda Motor Co., Inc. has signed on as title sponsor for The Honda Ski Tour, a winter sports tour featuring ski racing, freeride competitions, and live music, the company announced today. Honda's presence at each event will be highlighted with on-site displays of Honda vehicles as well as the presentation of 2007 Honda Elements to the... | |
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| ISPO Intros Boardsport Awards | 19/12/2006 4:36 |
| Munich (Ski Press)-With extensive knowledge in boardsports industry, a long list of experts at hand and all brands united at the most comprehensive tradeshow worldwide, board_ispo, SOURCE & EuroSIMA are joining forces to create an Industry Award for the boardsports segment. | |
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| Ligety Gives US 4th Straight Podium | 18/12/2006 18:14 |
| Alta Badia, Italy (Ski Press)-In an historic moment, Olympic champion Ted Ligety gave the U.S. men's alpine team a World Cup podium finish for the fourth consecutive day, finishing second in a slalom. Jimmy Cochran was 13th. Ligety's podium, his second of the season, marks the first time U.S. skiers have been on a World Cup... | |
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| Ligety Gives US 4th Straight Podium | 18/12/2006 17:47 |
| Alta Badia, Italy (Ski Press)-In an historic moment, Olympic champion Ted Ligety gave the U.S. men's alpine team a World Cup podium finish for the fourth consecutive day, finishing second in a slalom. Jimmy Cochran was 13th. Ligety's podium, his second of the season, marks the first time U.S. skiers have been on a World Cup... | |
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| Snowballs: New Chairs, New Reps & Urban Shredders | 18/12/2006 17:16 |
| Image: Northstar-at-Tahoe Whistler, Northstar's New Chairs Nordica Apparel Reps Munich's Street Shredders Whistler, BC (Ski Press)-Whistler Blackcomb opened their new Symphony Express high speed detachable quad Friday for scores of eager skiers and riders. The new lift, accessing 1,000 acres of pristine alpine bowls and gladed sub-alpine forest filled with thigh deep snow, began... | |
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| Bode 2nd in Alta Badia GS | 17/12/2006 17:34 |
| Alta Badia, Italy (Ski Press)-Kalle Palander of Finland took the first-run lead Sunday in a World Cup giant slalom and held off fast-closing Bode Miller for the 13th win of his career. Ted Ligety moved up 12 places with a sizzling second run to finish seventh on a day of bizarre weather conditions. Palander, who held a .32 seconds lead after the first run - with Miller in seventh place, finished with a... | |
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| Fisher Rocks Downtown Breckenridge | 17/12/2006 16:34 |
| Image of Tommy Czeschin by Tom Zikas Breckenridge, Colo. (Ski Press)-U.S. Snowboarding pro and Breckenridge local Steve Fisher owned the village downtown Saturday night to win the Paul Mitchell Progression Session quarterpipe and an automatic ticket to The Oakley Arctic Challenge (TAC). Fisher ruled the jam format session boosting a barrage of tricks including a big corked frontside 720, backside 540 and a pair of 900s for the $5,000 payday. "The quarterpipe was solid and... | |
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| Clark, Davis Win Grand Prix Opener | 17/12/2006 16:24 |
| Image of Scotty Lago by Tom Zikas Breckenridge, Colo. (Ski Press)-Olympic gold medalist Kelly Clark and Danny Davis, who narrowly missed the 2006 Olympic Team, captured halfpipe wins Saturday as the Chevrolet U.S. Snowboard Grand Prix officially opened for business at sunny Breckenridge. The event will air on NBC on Sunday Dec. 24 at... | |
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| USA Stays Hot! Nyman Gets 1st World Cup Win | 16/12/2006 19:08 |
| Image: Steve Nyman Val Gardena, Italy (Ski Press)-Olympian Steven Nyman, overcoming training troubles and riding "magic sticks," tore through the gnarly Saslong speed course Saturday to win the first World Cup of his career, edging Swiss veteran Didier Cuche by two-hundredths of a second. Marco Sullivan was fourth, just... | |
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