Tag: Mikaela Shiffrin
The Star is Super, times five
Unless you live in a cave you certainly heard by now that Mikaela Shiffrin won her 5th straight slalom on the Superstar course at Killington yesterday, making a magnificent second run to edge Petra Vl... Read More
Weekend Wrap & Monday Chat
First up, tough news from the US Ski Team, superstar Mikaela Shiffrin is sitting out training right now due to an aching back. Shiff sez it’s not the same injury that sidelined her for a bit las... Read More
California Openings Moved Up; Shiffrin Notches #70
Bomb cyclone wreaking havoc throughout the Pacific Northwest, certainly the only positive we can see is that a number of resorts will be spinning lifts a lot sooner than expected. Photo above taken th... Read More
Boyne Grabs Another Mainer
Was planning to preview the pending FIS World Cup season opener, but news broke this morning that Boyne Resorts has agreed to purchase Shawnee Peak in Bridgton, Maine. Shawnee — not to be confus... Read More
First Tracks & Killington in the Books
Yesss! Photo above taken this morning in one of the great ski regions in the eastern USA, better known as suburban New Jersey, where my buddy Chris clicked into his old 200 cm K2s for a quick lap of f... Read More
News Round Up — Openings Galore, Timberline to Reopen, Tribute to Snowboard Pioneer
Cold temps and early season snowstorms have led to a plethora of early openings east, west, north and south…Utah faves and neighbors Alta and Snowbird have announced they’ll be opening on ... Read More
Early Openings Continue
“Our earliest ever” seems to be a theme this season, at least on the east coast where plunging temps have enabled the snowmakers to accumulate a massive amount of snow in short order. Phot... Read More
White Circus Underway This Weekend
Hard to believe we’re kicking off already, as usual on the glacier in Soelden, Austria. On the women’s side, France’s Tessa Worley is your defending champ; her hard charging style is... Read More