Snowboarders Get New Slope, but Racers Are Dislodged
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Mountain Creek, a New Jersey ski area 50 miles from Manhattan, will essentially create dÃ©tente on the slopes by segregating snowboarders and traditional skiers.
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Bode Miller knew he couldn't botch another slalom if he wanted to successfully defend his title in the combined at the world championships at Bormio, Italy. And he didn't. He blundered in the opening downhill instead. The Franconia, N.H., native lost a ski yesterday but drew cheers as he sailed down most of the course on one leg, finally ending ...
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Greg Biffle briefly flirted with the Nextel Cup championship last season, while teammate Carl Edwards made a surprising push toward his own title. Although both fell short, they started this season prepared &#151; and perhaps even predicted &#151; to finish the job.
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ASPEN - After two days of disappointment, an American ski racer finally landed on a podium in front of an enthusiastic, partisan and snow-covered crowd Sunday.
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Lindsey Kildow takes silver in the womenÃÂ¿s super-giant slalom at the Alpine Skiing World Championship, while Bode Miller finishes 24th and loses his Super-G title.
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The same three smiling faces that stacked the podium following Fridayâs World Cup giant slalom were back on top Saturday after the first of two womenâs slalom races on Aspen Mountain.
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In the end, the best-laid ski plans rise or fall on the whims of winter weather.
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When it was more difficult, skiing was definitely more elegant. The simple act of staying upright on two long boards as one shot down over a frozen surface was wonder enough, but then making turns along the way, actually steering the darn things. It was amazing.
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Lindsey Kildow of the United States won her first World Cup race yesterday, capturing the season's first downhill in 1 minute 23.44 seconds. The 20-year-old Kildow battled wind and swirling snow on a shortened men's Olympic downhill course.
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Beaver Creek - In an unprecedented result for American men in World Cup skiing, Bode Miller and Daron Rahlves finished first and second in today&#39;s World Cup downhill race on Beaver Creek&#39;s Birds of Prey course.
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Joey Citera, 7, a snowboarder, tests five helmets at the resortâs Burton Kids Parkway, a new children-only snowboard terrain park.
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BORMIO, Italy -- Before yesterday's slalom, US Ski Team executive director Bill Marolt was still gloating a bit about the way his skiers have dominated Europeans in the speed events -- downhill and super-G -- in their backyards, "where it hurts most."
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By getting out of the gate slowly, Daron Rahlves has found himself back in the pack in a newer racing discipline that resembles motocross on skis.
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American Lindsey Kildow took the first World Cup downhill win in her career in Lake Louise, Alberta,Canada. Hailed as the bright young hope of American women&#39;s downhill, the 20
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Winter Sports Bode Miller missed a gate and failed to finish his second run, opening the door for Canada's Thomas Grandi to win a giant slalom race at Alta Badia, Italy, yesterday for his first victory in 12 seasons on the World Cup circuit. Austria's Benjamin Raich was second and Switzerland's Didier Cuche and Austria's Hermann Maier shared third. Miller's ...
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Mario Matt of Austria won the slalom title by nearly two seconds at the world championships Saturday, and Bode Miller skied off course on the first run, tweaking his knee in the process.
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Gym newbies are crowding regulars in the winter blitz.