Alpine Skiing News Archives

MIDWAY, Utah - While the enormity of two devastating Asian disasters settles in death tolls climbed to 130,000 following Myanmar ' s cyclone; 41,000 after China ' s massive earthquake the international ...

Namco Bandai Games America, $29.99 When it comes to the new Wii balance-board controller, all roads seem to point to the highly hyped and already hard-to-find Wii Fit exercise game.

Carlsberg A/S is moving its sponsorships away from golf and skiing and over to soccer, a company official said Friday.

ALL WHITE: Markus Pfeifer of Italian company Techno Alpin, watches Coronet Peak's new snow guns in action.

Ski industry executives are giving thanks for a banner year as heavy snowfall and a surge in international tourists outweighed the impact of a sluggish economy.

Thanks to its innovative wireless controls, family friendly games and relatively inexpensive price tag, the Nintendo Wii is hotter than the dancing flames in Donkey Kong.

TIGNES, France : France can call on some top-quality reserves in case of injury at the European Championship.

Finnish Nordic combined skiing star Hannu Manninen on Thursday announced his retirement after a dozen years in the sport twinning cross-country skiing and ski-jumping. Manninen, 30, won a record 45 World Cup ...

The Austrian resort of Schladming won an election Thursday to host the 2013 World Ski Championships, beating out Vail-Beaver Creek.

A Spokane man has been booked into jail after he ran over his wife at Newman Lake and severed her arm with a boat propeller.

KELLOGG, Idaho - Condos and a gondola have replaced giant smokestacks and piles of mine waste that used to greet visitors in this northern Idaho town as it turned to the ski industry for survival.

Indoor Fun A planned indoor water park would be set amid the bucolic pine barrens and farms on eastern Long Island.

Vail Resorts has pulled out of Colorado Ski Country USA, saying the trade group focuses too much on marketing and not enough on public policy.

Mountain goats are just one wildlife species you might see in the Mount Revelstoke and Glacier National park areas.

France coach Raymond Domenech dropped Marseille striker Djibril Cisse in favor of Bafetimbi Gomis for his 23-man squad for the European Championship on Wednesday.

By Madhusree Chatterjee, New Delhi, May 28 : As the weather swings between blistering sunshine and sporadic showers in India, super rich parents are packing off their wards to the cooler climes of Swiss Alps ...

The Ski Channel secured the rights to a number of mountain- and winter-sports events and tours as it prepares for a late-summer launch.

Earl Eaton, considered the finder of Vail Mountain, died Sunday. He was 85. Eaton, of Eagle had been battling cancer for the last year.

If you've been out and about during the past few weekends, you've seen them. Hauled behind trucks, campers and SUVs, boats are on their way back to Wisconsin's waters.

Testimonials Unknown/For MT The Radisson Lazurnaya Peak Hotel, located near the Krasnaya Polyana ski resort, is currently one of only a handful of international-standard hotels serving the sites for the 2014 ...

PLAN DE CORONES, Italy : Franco Pellizotti won a mountain time trial at the Giro d'Italia on Monday, and Alberto Contador extended his overall lead.

HAVERSTRAW Memorial Day weekend traditionally marks the start of the boating season but record fuel prices are forcing boat owners to reconsider how they'll spend their summer on the water.

Picture this: Strong gusts of wind are blowing in another storm and snow is dumping on the highest peaks in Tahoe.

A Concord Hospital emergency room doctor was killed Wednesday evening in a motorcycle accident in Hooksett.

The owner of the Mt. Bachelor ski area has fired General Manager Matt Janney and three other officials, saying it hopes to mend what Janney acknowledged was a disconnect with customers.

Hilton Hotels Corp. said Thursday it will open a refurbished hotel July 1 in the Hokkaido resort area of Niseko, a location recently popular with skiers from abroad, to make it a year-round resort for families, ...

Spending quality time with her father, Joe, pushed Emily Darwin to unprecedented heights for a local water skier.

Austria fans underwhelmed by the form of the joints hosts of Euro 2008 can now make their point with a range of clothing and underwear in the national colours bearing the slogan "hosted by losers". Produced by ...

A new round of stormy weather Friday sent mud oozing down some Sierra Madre streets and covered some mountain communities with blankets of snow.

Plans for the $50 million Snowy Owl Resort time-share project at the former Brodie Mountain ski area have been revamped.

After a severe skiing accident at age 17 she suffered a traumatic brain injury that left her with a seizure disorder, vision problems and learning disabilities.

Jonathan Holton of Carbondale has been in sticky situations before - climbing sheer rock faces, skiing the Alaskan backcountry, training as an alpine rescuer ... But nothing could really prepare him - and yet ...

Jay Haas made a crack about everyone being bundled up. Jeff Sluman kidded around, too, saying he bounced a shot off a snowbank.

Snow fell in the San Bernardino Mountains, thunderstorms unleashed downpours and hail, and heavy surf was building along the coast Thursday as Southern California moved from a spring heat wave into blustery, ...

Tokyo - A 75-year-old Japanese skier bidding to be the oldest person to climb Mount Everest has left base camp, aiming to reach the summit of the world's highest peak next week.

A forthcoming study has added to worries that the Alpine ski industry will be badly affected by global warming, the British weekly New Scientist reports.

The Utah-based Powdr Corp., owners of Mt. Bachelor ski area, fired four top officials at the Central Oregon resort after a disappointing number of people chose to visit the slopes despite a tremendous amount of ...

RockResorts and Vail Resorts Hospitality announced today that Russ Craney has been selected as the new general manager of The Osprey at Beaver Creek, A RockResort.

In an A-frame ski hire shop in Mansfield, beneath Mt Buller, Chris Pullin and his wife Sally are busy at work, preparing a thousand pieces of snow equipment for the start of the ski season, just over three ...

K2 Sports is recalling 2,500 pairs of its "Auto" Series snowboard bindings, produced last year, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced Tuesday.

MetService forecasters have issued a heavy snow warning for the hills of northern Southland, inland Otago, and south Canterbury.

“Why do we go to the NASCAR races? Why do we go to the Indy races? Why do we go to the downhill ski championships?”

Web produced by: Neil Relyea There might be a motorcycle jumping record set right here in the Tri-state next weekend. via WCPO-TV9 Cincinnati

ALL DOWNHILL: Wanaka residents are taking advantage of a student loophole to get cut-price passes to Treble Cone. via Manawatu Evening Standard

Two Belgian beer fans have launched a video game named 'Place to Pee', which allows players to slalom down ski slopes or kill aliens while relieving themselves at urinals. via Reuters

“This race has an amazing history behind it in the Hawaiian culture and it's intriguing to go there and be involved in this thing”

Georgetown resident Wayne MacDonald gets in some training in preparation for the Queen Liliuokalani race in Hawaii at the end of August. via The Independent and Free Press

Canada's first online travel television network - Vacations Canada TV - Canada's Vacation Station - is on the air and broadcasting high-quality, travel television to a worldwide audience. via Earth Times

“It depends on if it's summer or winter, and it depends on if you have money or not”

When individuals think of Lake Tahoe, a plethora of activities comes to mind: skiing, kayaking, hiking, camping, mountaineering, gambling and sailing, just to name a few. via Nevada Appeal

“There's no doubt in my mind that this kayaker saved his life”

A Highland Falls man who injured his head and broke several bones when his personal watercraft crashed into rocks in the Hudson River off Jones Point today yelled for help for about an hour until a passing ... via The Journal News

“It's going to be hot. Sun screen is going to be a must. It's going to be slushy. But it will be fun”

It's hard to imagine, but even with this hot weather many will spend the weekend skiing. via KOMOradio

“We're very pleased. We've been a development program here for about 10 years and the program has really been growing in strength. "We've had a fantastic season, so to receive the award at the end of the year is terrific.”

Published: May 16th, 2008 01:05 AM Last Modified: May 16th, 2008 03:31 AM Erik Flora, head coach at Alaska Pacific University's Nordic Ski Center, has been honored as the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association's ... via Anchorage Daily News

The utility's dams and 290,000 surrounding acres draw millions of visitors each year for water skiing, sailing, windsurfing, fishing, swimming, hiking, birdwatching and camping. via Fredericksburg.com

“Skiing in college really gave me a chance to keep improving with training”

Utah men's alpine skier Tague Thorson has been nominated for inclusion on the 2009 U.S. Ski Team, it was announced Friday by the United States Ski and Snowboard Association. via Utah Utes

“We have to build upon that growth and success”

CORY HURLEY The Western Star STEADY BROOK - What's promoted as "the best skiing east of the Rockies" is about to get better. via Western Star

This healthy and diverse forest protects the headwaters of three significant streams, provides endangered species habitat and holds high-elevation resources deemed by the state as exceptionally high-quality. So ... via UnionLeader.com

“Mario is so supportive of my decision”

Jacqui Cooper will attempt to become the first woman to make five Australian Olympic teams after deciding to extend her aerial skiing career to the 2010 Vancouver Winter Games. via The Age

“Does everybody pee in the sink?”

The lookout is stocked with a bed, books, games, a gas stove, some packaged food and stunning views. via TheNewsTribune.com

Olympic cross country skier Kikkan Randall is getting married. The first American woman to win a World Cup race will exchange vows with Canadian cross country skier Jeff Ellis in an outdoor ceremony Friday. via KTVA Anchorage

“What's in the product is not always what's on the label”

An Austrian skier who missed the 2006 Olympics after testing positive for a steroid settled a lawsuit against a company he claims sold him a tainted product, his attorney said Thursday. via The Boston Globe

We now have the opportunity to update our community in regards to the outcomes of the Whitetooth Legacy Fund. via Tacoma Daily Index

“That should be the last thing you give up on your income.”

Gov. Jon Huntsman announced an ambitious goal to increase the number of visitors to Utah by 25 percent in the next four years. via Daily Herald

“If you dig into them, you might find something untoward. You might not, but the fact is we don't have time to do that.”

A good farm bill wouldn't be complete without a little pork. Individual lawmakers, mostly senators, slipped several dozen "earmarks," or pet causes, into the $290 billion bill that have at best tentative ... via The Boston Globe

“I'm stoked. I'm over the moon.”

New Zealand's first gondola to service a ski resort has been given the green light. via Stuff

“Oh, they thought we were completely ready for the happy farm - particularly when we found our guide Eric Phillips on the internet that we were completely looney but we like to do this kind of thing so it made sense”

North Pole Published 1 hour ago Lindy Burdet and her husband Heinz Fischer didn't set out to make it into the Guinness Book of World Records on a recent trip to the North Pole, but that's what happened. via KOAA-TV Pueblo

When the U.S. Ski competes across the globe next winter, it may bring a whole lot of the Vail Valley with it. via The Summit County Journal

Another May snowstorm has dropped 7 inches in the Colorado mountains above Denver, and some areas are bracing for up to a foot of new snow. via Greeley Tribune

“I think he's going to relax here shortly and go on a tear is what I think”

Having completed the first quarter of the season, there is no question what has been the culprit for the Detroit Tigers' horrendous start. via Belleville News-Democrat

NEWRY, Maine - Two of Maine's largest ski areas, Sunday River and Sugarloaf, on Monday joined other northern New England ski areas in declaring the 2007-08 season a record breaker. via BurlingtonFreePress.com

“It's a shame he died doing something he loved to do -- being out on the water.”

Friends of the 19-year-old man killed in a jet ski crash over the weekend say George Rosborough -- known as Tyler -- loved the water and was an experienced boater. via WJXX

“The source of this heat is magma within the volcano conduit”

Vulcanologists say molten rock appears to be moving higher inside Mt Ruapehu, but it is unclear whether the mountain is about to erupt. via The New Zealand Herald

WAUSAU -- The snow was thick this winter, especially in places like Rib Mountain. via WisInfo

Testimonials Ed Pulford/For MT More Than Volcanoes Dangling out into the Pacific nine time zones ahead of Moscow and with a reputation as a land of fire and ice inhabited primarily by bears, the Kamchatka ... via The Moscow Times

“I'm not sure the boys knew what they were getting into.'”

One disconcerting thing about sightseeing on the frozen Arctic islands at the edge of the polar ice pack: the biggest tourist attractions might be returning your stare. via Asbury Park Press Online

“We're seeing growth in our outstate markets and we believe we can attribute some of that to the Pure Michigan campaign”

If you get a little tingle whenever you see Michigan's lakes, waterfalls and beaches featured in a Pure Michigan ad, Travel Michigan head George Zimmermann knows just what you're feeling. via South Bend Tribune

“We had huge problems along the way, both financial and physical”

Two British adventurers, namely James Hooper and Rob Gauntlett, have become the first people ever to travel from the North Magnetic Pole to the South Magnetic Pole and onto Australia, a journey of 22,000 miles. via AndhraNews

“This is a collision of breakthrough technology, a demand for bamboo products and global warming. I didn't have the brilliant foresight to see it, but it's pretty common in business that where you wind up is not where you thought you'd be.”

If Jackie Heinricher's Chilean feather bamboo hadn't flowered in her Skagit County, Wash., garden 10 years ago, we might, this very moment, be snacking on the latest, greatest gourmet craze: crunchy chips made ... via Contra Costa Times

The pair were raising awareness about climate change Two young British explorers have sailed into Sydney Harbour, bringing an end to a natural-powered global adventure. via BBC

“Other than those, some were back pain. The ones with some type of head injury were those who did not have a helmet on.”

Wausau Daily Herald jberkhah@wdhprint.com RIB MOUNTAIN -- As the last remnants of snow melt from Granite Peak Ski Area, operators are celebrating one of the most successful winters on record. via WisInfo

Some nearby residents are worried about the lighting, noise and security concerns associated with having the resort stay open later. via The Citizen

“Doesn't that tell us that we have an identity”

An advertising campaign saturating the Los Angeles and San Francisco markets with glossy pictures of blue-bird skiing and panoramic shots of snowy mountains is planting strong and positive impressions of the ... via Nevada Appeal

“I was in the water for four minutes and then I was unconscious for four hours. I realised I could easily have lost my life”

They nearly froze to death in Greenland and almost drowned in Antarctic seas but two young British adventurers successfully completed a 22,000 mile journey between the earth's magnetic poles when they arrived ... via Telegraph.co.uk

“I asked, 'What does that mean?' He said, 'I'll help you get it off the ground. Let's do it.'”

Julie Kennedy was supposed to have been climbing in the Himalayas this past fall. via The Aspen Times

“Google is wealthy, you can buy a fancy office.”

ZURICH, Switzerland - It's the first question Google employees here must resolve when they want to go to the cafeteria or game room: Stairs, slide or fireman's pole? The next dilemma for so-called Zooglers: ... via The Post-Journal, Jamestown New York

“We got up to this one point, he grabbed a rock and it came loose”

A 23-year-old Michigan man was hurt Wednesday when he fell about 80 feet while climbing in Colorado, authorities said. via The Post Chronicle

“If there's justice in the world it will be stopped, if the government really means what it says about climate change it would not let this go ahead.”

An artist's impression of how SnOasis could look Plans to build one of the largest winter sports centres in Europe have been approved subject to certain terms and conditions. via BBC News

Daniel Justin Edwards has gone to be with the Lord, having died unexpectedly on May 1, 2008, at the age of 17. via The Gazette

Authorities say two people -- including a 10-year-old -- were injured in a personal watercraft crash in South Florida waters. via FOX30Online

The skiing and ridding fiends of North America, myself included, are left with a dilemma in May - where to find the goods? I will be the first to say that I have had killer days of corn and powder during fifth ... via Summit Daily News

“If we don't share what we do with our art, we lose our culture.”

TWO RIVERS - There's a story behind the painting of a skier that third-grader Romero Stokes has on display at Lester Public Library as part of the Two Rivers Public Schools' art show. via WisInfo