Skiing news

Alpine Canada president Max Gartner issued the following statement Thursday regarding the death of freestyle skier, Sarah Burke.

Young Sarah Hendrickson (Park City, UT) soared to yet another hill record winning her fourth FIS Ski Jumping World Cup in five events in its inaugural season. photo US Ski Team

Lindsey Vonn (Vail, CO) dominated the Cortina super G to notch the 47th Audi FIS Alpine World Cup win of her career and launch ahead of Austrian great Renate Goetschl to stand alone at third on the women's all-time win list. Lindsey Vonn and the U.S. Ski Team coaching staff celebrate after winning the Cortina Trophy for the most successful nation over the two-race series (Doug Haney/U.S. Ski Team)

Canadian freestyle skier Sarah Burke remained comatose in critical condition at Salt Lake City’s University Hospital on Thursday, www.sltrib.com

Kikkan Randall (Anchorage) capped the 11-day, 9-stage Tour de Ski with a strong finish up the towering Alpe Cermis hillclimb to finish tenth in the Tour. photo Sarah Ely/U.S. Ski Team

A day after dropping to seventh in the Tour de Ski, Kikkan Randall (Anchorage) came roaring back with a hard fought second. photo Kikkan Randall

Despite competing with a nasty stomach illness, Lindsey Vonn (Vail, CO) finished ninth in the Zagreb night slalom as Austrian Marlies Schild produced her fifth straight victory this season.photo Kevin Prichard

Ski cross world champion Kelsey Serwa made the best possible start to the 2011-12 World Cup season on Friday as she won the women’s qualification round in Innichen, Italy.

The U.S. Ski Team's Kikkan Randall (Anchorage) turned on the afterburners in the backstretch and left the field stranded as she won her second straight FIS Cross Country World Cup sprint in the Swiss resort of Davos. Photo: Sarah Ely/U.S. Ski Team

Olympic champion Hannah Kearney (Norwich, VT) opened defense of her FIS Freestyle World Cup title with a strong win in Ruka as three Americans made it to the podium. photo Tom Kelly US Ski Team

Calling it the most memorable of her 46 career Audi FIS Alpine World Cup wins, Lindsey Vonn (Vail, CO) fulfilled the dream she had a child and won at home in the inaugural women's race on Beaver Creek's Birds of Prey.

The U.S. Ski Team's Kikkan Randall (Anchorage) and Sadie Bjornsen (Winthrop, WA) combined for an historic FIS World Cup podium Sunday in a sprint relay in Duesseldorf. photo Kikkan Randall

Teen Sarah Hendrickson (Park City, UT) soared with the pride of one of women's ski jumping's pioneering nations Saturday as she won the inaugural FIS World Cup ski jumping competition for women. photo US Ski Team

Swiss racer Dominique Gisin led the way Thursday at the third downhill training run in Lake Louise ahead of tomorrow’s opening World Cup women’s downhill. Gisin skied the 3,068-meter course in one minute, 53.04 seconds. (Pentaphoto/Mediaplan)

Tess Davies didn’t set her sights too high when she found herself standing in the start gate during Wednesday’s training run at the Lake Louise Winterstart World Cup. photo Alpine Canada

Saturday, December 3rd, 2011 will be a memorable day in the history of Ski Jumping and FIS. For the first time, female ski jumpers will compete in a World Cup event in Lillehammer, Norway as the new World Cup series commences. by Egon Theiner

After a racing hiatus of over a month, the Audi FIS Ski World Cup continued in North-America with a sunny ladies' technical weekend in Aspen, Colorado.

The 2012 women's U.S. Alpine Ski Team at First Tracks - The Alpine Team Announcement - presented by Nature Valley in Vail, CO (Eric Schramm/U.S. Ski Team)

The winners of the overall FIS Roller Skiing World Cup standings remained unclear until the very last race of the season last weekend in Oroslavje (CRO). Contributed by Michal Lamplot. photo FIS

Olympic and World Champion Lindsey Vonn (Vail, CO) of the U.S. Ski Team captured the Best Female Athlete ESPY for a second straight year Wednesday edging X Games halfpipe champion Kelly Clark (Mt. Snow, VT) and a pair of WNBA standouts.

Olympic champion Hannah Kearney (Norwich, VT) and cross country star Kikkan Randall (Anchorage) headlined the list of honorees as the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association announced its annual awards. Photo - Don Cooke

The Carving Cup season has just ended, now in its twelfth edition...all of the cup events were carried out at a high technical level. Read More

After a successful three days of races at the Whistler Cup earning a total of seven medals, the U.S. clinched the K2 Nation's Cup. The USA went head-to-head with 25 nations in six events to earn the coveted title.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has announced that Olympic champion Lindsey Vonn (Vail, CO) will take a leading role in mentoring athletes at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympic Games in Innsbruck, Austria. Vonn will become the first ever Winter Youth Olympic Games Ambassador.

British Freestyle Skiing will be holding a Women's talent ID camp in Saas Fee , Switzerland between 23rd and 30th April for Halfpipe skiing.

A second and a half inter-run gap wasn’t big enough to keep Julia Mancuso from claiming her third consecutive U.S. giant slalom title today at the Putnam Investments U.S. Alpine Championships in Winter Park. photo (Doug Haney/U.S. Ski Team)