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Lindsey Vonn Wins WC Super-G To Become Third Most Winning Woman
by Pretty Tough
posted January 16, 2012 at 12:26am

Image: Alessandro Trovati/AP Lindsey Vonn becomes the third most winning woman of all time on the World Cup, in Cortina d’Ampezzo, llanding her 47th victory in the super G as Maria Hoefl-Riesch and Tina Maze take second and third on 15 January, 2...more

Canadian freestyle skier Sarah Burke remains in critical condition
by Pretty Tough
posted January 12, 2012 at 12:49pm

Canadian freeskier Sarah Burke crashed while training on the 22-foot Eagle Superpipe in Park City, Utah, and is reportedly in a coma and in critical condition a day after being airlifted to a Salt Lake City hospital. In a statement released by University...more

Youth Olympic Games a 'dream come true' for U.S. ski jumper Emilee Anderson
by anngaff
posted January 12, 2012 at 11:12am

via release INNSBRUCK, AUT. — Emilee Anderson has perfect timing. Or maybe it’s simply fate that this 16-year-old from the heart of ski jumping country in the U.S. will make history when she competes Saturday in a sport that has been closed ...more

Ski Like a Girl
by RunLikeAGirl
posted January 11, 2012 at 7:23pm

The new girls ski program at Vail thanks to Lindsey Vonn...more

Sarah Hendrickson wins second World Cup; Jessica Jerome nabs third
by anngaff
posted January 9, 2012 at 2:05pm

photo via ladiesskijumping.com Three U.S. team members in top 10, besting all other nations via release  HINTERZARTEN, GER. — Sarah Hendrickson has now won two out of the three World Cup competitions so far this season after a resounding 3...more

Lindsey Van takes 2nd in windy, snowy Hinterzarten World Cup
by anngaff
posted January 7, 2012 at 12:00pm

Photo via ladiesskijumping.com Jan. 7, via release - In her first World Cup ever, Lindsey Van — 27-year-old veteran of the sport — nabbed a 2nd place Saturday in Hinterzarten, Germany. Only the scores from the first round were counted becau...more

American teen makes history in World Cup slalom
by Pretty Tough
posted December 30, 2011 at 9:23pm

Watch out Lindsey Vonn. The girl who used to watch you on TV just landed on a World Cup podium. American teenager Mikaela Shiffrin used two attacking and error-free runs to became the youngest female on a World Cup slalom podium since...more

Lindsey Van donates bone marrow again for man with cancer
by anngaff
posted December 19, 2011 at 8:20pm

World Champion ski jumper Lindsey Van got the call again this fall. Eight months after she donated bone marrow to help a cancer-stricken man, the doctors said they needed twice the number of stem cells they took from her last spring — which was 500...more

Holiday events at Colorado ski resorts
by Women Skiing and Sports
posted December 17, 2011 at 4:49pm

No matter which resort you visit during the holidays, each one will be aglow with lights and festive decor, guaranteeing a sparkly and white Christmas. Santa sightings, fireworks displays and torchlight parades have been annual holiday events for years. ...more

Resort Review: Ski Apache
by Westbound Boarder
posted December 5, 2011 at 1:46pm

While visiting family in Texas I got an opportunity to snowboard the high, Rocky Mountains of New Mexico, the United States southernmost ski area. After a very long and scenic drive from El-Paso (4 hours) we arrived in the small town of Ruidoso with Ski A...more

Women ski jumpers to compete Saturday in first-ever World Cup
by anngaff
posted December 1, 2011 at 12:32pm

                      Left to Right: Jessica Jerome, Alissa Johnson, Abby Hughes, Lindsey Van, Sarah Hendrickson via release - Members of the Visa Women’s Ski Jumping Team will mak...more

Olympic Gold Medalist Skier Lindsey Vonn Headed for Divorce
by Pretty Tough
posted November 29, 2011 at 7:39pm

  Olympic gold medalist and top American skier Lindsey Vonn (nee Kildow) is divorcing husband and chief advisorThomas Vonn after four years of marriage. The Associated Press reported that Thomas Vonn filed for divorce last week and will no longer ha...more

Fast and Female Fairbanks: Empowerment Through Sport
by Becca Rorabaugh
posted November 1, 2011 at 10:32am

Yesterday was the first (hopefully annual) Fast and Female event in Fairbanks Alaska. Fast and Female, a Canadian non-profit organization, puts on camps for girls ages 9-19 throughout North America. Participants get a T-shirt, assorted goodies, and ...more

Women's Ski Jumping USA leaders inducted into Ski Jumping Hall of Fame
by anngaff
posted October 31, 2011 at 6:35pm

via release Three Women’s Ski Jumping USA leaders have been inducted into the American Ski Jumping Hall of Fame.  The Friends of American Ski Jumping named Deedee Corradini, Victor Method and Peter Jerome to the Hall of Fame class of 2011 a...more

15-year-old Emilee Anderson to represent U.S. Ski Jumping at Winter Youth Olympic Games
by anngaff
posted October 25, 2011 at 4:01pm

(photo credit: wsjusa.com) Fifteen-year-old Emilee Anderson, of Eau Clair, WI, will represent the U.S. and the Visa Women’s Ski Jumping Team at the Innsbruck 2012 Winter Youth Olympic Games.  The Winter Youth Olympic Games is an internation...more

Women’s Ski Jumping USA nominates eight for historic season
by anngaff
posted October 25, 2011 at 3:57pm

Women’s Ski Jumping USA has nominated eight of the top women athletes in the nation to represent the Visa Women’s Ski Jumping Team in one of the most historic seasons ever for the sport.  Jessica Jerome, Lindsey Van, Sarah Hendrickson,...more

Women ski jumpers win prestigious Women’s Sports Foundation Award
by anngaff
posted October 19, 2011 at 2:13pm

The Women’s Sports Foundation is honoring the Visa Women’s Ski Jumping Team tonight with the 2011 Wilma Rudolph Courage Award as part of the 32nd Annual Salute to Women in Sports Awards Gala in New York City. Team members and their supporting foundat...more

First for Colorado's ski season: Wolf Creek Ski Area
by Women Skiing and Sports
posted October 11, 2011 at 12:46am

An early October snowfall allowed Wolf Creek Ski Area in southern Colorado to be the first in the state to open for the 2011-12 ski season. Typically the ski area that gets the most snow, Wolf Creek never has been among the first to open. It's earliest op...more

Sarah Hendrickson, 17, wins first U.S. National Ski Jumping title
by anngaff
posted October 2, 2011 at 12:52pm

FOX RIVER GROVE, Illinois — Seventeen-year-old Sarah Hendrickson won her first U.S. National Ski Jumping title Saturday on the small hill (K70) at Norge Ski Club in Fox River Grove, just outside Chicago. Hendrickson’s first jump was 68.5 mete...more

Athletes: Are We Fooling Ourselves?
by Becca Rorabaugh
posted September 23, 2011 at 10:34am

This spring I was listening to a podcast about lying, and there was a brief mention about the best athletes practicing self-deception in order to perform better.  For example, a successful track and field athlete claims to repeat ‘I am the best...more

XC Skiing-- slightly north of mainstream
by Becca Rorabaugh
posted September 19, 2011 at 8:58pm

Who trains 4 hours a day, spends weeks living on a glacier in the summer, and goes down hills at 40mph with no brakes?...more

Battle of the Skiing Sexes
by Women Skiing and Sports
posted August 23, 2011 at 12:47pm

Ski hills are the perfect place to test compatibility, maybe better than online dating. Take a run together (athleticism), ride the chair (personality), eat lunch (coolness and cash). But those same hills can also test patience, can even lead to outright ...more

Not-so-good commercial(s) featuring athletes
by After Atalanta
posted April 20, 2011 at 3:38pm

Dr. Pants told me about the new Acura commercial a few weeks ago and Sean from at sportsBabel sent me the link last week. Apparently, I need to blog about this one.The commercial features Canadian skier Ashleigh McGivor. Let's strip the athlete down...more

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