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  1. 2022 HERoic Killington Cup p/b Stifel

    2022 HERoic Killington Cup p/b Stifel

    Greetings from Killington, Vermont, where the best technical skiers in the FIS women's ecosystem are here to race two FIS World Cup races! The hill looks good, and word from the course crew is that the surface is smooth and grippy. They're keeping all but the essential FIS crew off of Superstar...
    • Rudi Riet
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    • fis fis alpine world cup ski racing world cup
    • Comments: 11
    • Category: Competition
  2. Vicmoto

    The best High School for skiing at the US (and Canada)?

    Dear all, I'm considering sending my 15 years old daughter for the next school year to the US, COVID willing, to improve both her English and her skiing. Canada would also be an option. I would appreciate any advice regarding High Schools with a decent ski program. I'm not looking for top stuff...
    • Vicmoto
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    • aspen high school boarding school burke mountain academy gould academy high schools with a decent ski program holderness host family mt. hood academy private ski academy school with ski program sea to sky school district ski academy ski racing squaw valley academy student foreign exchange program
    • Replies: 48
    • Forum: General Skiing
  3. D

    Should Ski Cross be an Alpine Discipline?

    https://www.skiracing.com/features/should-ski-cross-be-an-alpine-discipline Interesting, would love to hear comments. Wish we could brainstorm and test several alternative disciplines. It'd be great to figure out some new way to challenge all around skiers while hopefully minimizing the...
    • Darn
    • Thread
    • adding alpine disciplines fis hybrid ski team mackenzie moran making events easier and less expensive to host minimizing the dangers rule changes ski cross ski racing standardizing skis sun valley ski education foundation will brandenburg
    • Replies: 29
    • Forum: Racing and Competition
  4. Marten

    CARV and Snowcookie for race coaching?

    Is there any race coach that have experience of digital coaching devices? Like CARV https://getcarv.com/ or Snowcookie https://snowcookiesports.com/ Is there any use of them in race coaching? Is there relevant data for racers? I find that type of gadgets interesting, it could be helpful in the...
    • Marten
    • Thread
    • 2 ski sensors body sensor carv digital coaching devices g-force hear advice as you ski hip angulation monitors your skiing across six critical areas more relevant for a recreational skier norwegian national team relevant data for racers ski racing ski:iq snowcookie transform your skiing
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Racing and Competition
  5. Snuckerpooks

    Buying Demo Day Race Skis?

    So here in Japan I was talking to my regional HEAD representative. And he said that outside of sponsored athletes, Japan will not be importing race skis from overseas. HEAD will import other models for general skiers, but RD models will not be imported. So I was then asked... "After demo days...
    • Snuckerpooks
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    • demo bindings head representative head skis head will import other models for general skiers japan japan will not be importing overseas race skis selling used race skis without bindings ski demo days ski racing would you buy demo day skis?
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: Racing and Competition
  6. ScotsSkier

    NBC Snow Sports Gold - $9.99 now till August 1

    For anyone that is bored from quarantine/stay in place etc and wants to watch some ski racing you can now get NBC snow sports gold through to August 1, with replays of all the 19/20 races, for $9.99
    • ScotsSkier
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    • $9.99 nbc nbc snow sports gold quarantine replays of all the 19/20 races ski racing uncertain times watch ski racing
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Racing and Competition
  7. Philpug

    World Pro Ski Tour Taos World Championships Canceled

    WORLD PRO SKI TOUR TAOS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS CANCELED March 13, 2020 – Denver, CO – Taos Ski Valley announced today that they will close early for the season this Sunday, March 22, due to heightened concerns over health and safety. All remaining events at the ski resort will be canceled...
    • Philpug
    • Thread
    • canceled ceo of the wpst david norden health crisis heightened concerns over health and safety jon franklin professional skiers race side-by-side quarantine single elimination format ski racing taos taos ski valley uncertain times world pro ski tour
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Racing and Competition
  8. Mike King

    Nastar Nationals Cancelled

    Bummer. Press release to follow.
    • Mike King
    • Thread
    • 2020 liberty mutual insurance nastar nationals 2020 nastar nationals cancelled aspen snowmass cancelled all remaining domestic events deferred to the 2021 nastar nationals nastar quarantine ski racing uncertain times
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Racing and Competition
  9. asolo

    Mt.Hood race camps

    What are your favorite race camps at Mt.Hood? The timeframe is from May to ... as long as there is snow. (this is for an adult first year masters racer)
    • asolo
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    • favorite race camps at mt. hood first year masters racer mount hood mt. hood ski camp recommendations ski oregon ski race camps ski racing summer ski racing camps tichy racing
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Racing and Competition
  10. BClipped

    Wendy Holdener race skis - new Heads?

    Spotted these today in the Kranjska Gora slalom - not the usual i.SL RD markings on Wendy’s skis... Something new?
    • BClipped
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    • e technology head racing skis head ski identification head skis i technology kranjska gora slalom not the usual i.sl rd markings ski racing wcr 14 plates wcr 3 boots wendy holdener worldcup rebels e-sl rd fis top sheet
    • Replies: 61
    • Forum: Racing and Competition
  11. focker

    GS Racing question: Warming up vs wasting fresh wax

    Just pondering something. How do you racers feel about the need to warm up vs potentially slowing down your skis by taking too many runs on the fresh wax? I spend a ton of time waxing each week, but I can feel my skis get a bit slower after every run. I've been leaning more towards less warm...
    • focker
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    • brush skis after warmup course inspection fewer warm up runs fresh ski wax prepped skis second set of skis with a fresh wax ski racing ski wax skis for warm up and course inspection skis to race on taking too many runs on the fresh wax
    • Replies: 49
    • Forum: Racing and Competition
  12. HomeLight Killington Cup 2019

    HomeLight Killington Cup 2019

    Editor's Note: the formatting on this article may look a little funky as we work some kinks out of the updated system. All photos by @AaronFM unless otherwise noted. - RR The fourth edition of the Audi FIS Alpine Killington Cup sponsored by HomeLight is ready to roll tomorrow in Vermont...
    • Rudi Riet
    • Article
    • anna swenn larsson audi fis alpine world cup races at killington federica brignone giant slalom killington killington fis world cup racing marta bassino mikaela shiffrin nina o'brien petra vlhova ski racing ski vermont slalom
    • Comments: 6
    • Category: Competition
  13. smoothrides

    Smooth Rides Celebrating 10 Years in Tuning

    Ten years ago this month we bought an old bread truck and our first stone grinder, and just like that Smooth Rides was officially tuning skis door-to-door. This picture was right after we had the logos installed and we were ready for business. Things have changed like crazy over the years with...
  14. 4ster

    World Cup 2019/20 Season WOMEN

    Hoping this season that we can have one thread for Men & a second for Women pertaining to all things World Cup. Where, when, who, what & how to watch. Training, predictions, performance, technique, tactics, injuries & results. Whatever it is you can post in the appropriate thread. There is...
    • 4ster
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    • audi ski world cup 2019/20 bansko fis killington lake louise predictions racing ski racing sölden superstar tactics world cup zagreb
    • Replies: 770
    • Forum: Racing and Competition
  15. 4ster

    World Cup 2019/20 Season MEN

    Hoping this season that we can have one thread for Men & a second for Women pertaining to all things World Cup. Where, when, who, what & how to watch. Training, predictions, performance, technique, tactics, injuries & results. Whatever it is you can post in the appropriate thread. This will be...
    • 4ster
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    • audi fis ski world cup clement noel daniel yule henrik kristofferon madonna di campiglio marcel hirscher marcel hirscher retirement ramon zenhaeursen ski racing soelden season opener world cup world cup skiing zagreb
    • Replies: 584
    • Forum: Racing and Competition
  16. ScotsSkier

    ScotsSkier moves to Augment Skis!

    One of the things not too many people other than those connected to ski racing at the very top levels realize is that there are race skis, good race skis and podium winning race skis. And for most racers , (even at USST level!) getting the top level skis can be virtually impossible. And the...
    • ScotsSkier
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    • augment skis augment skis north america brand ambassador club racers podium winning race skis race skis ski racing
    • Replies: 23
    • Forum: Racing and Competition
  17. Primoz

    Hirscher

    Considering today is not 1st of April (or did I miss something? ), this article looks super weird. https://mobil.krone.at/1987313 Hirscher is going to have his press conference only next Wednesday (4.9.),where he will tell if he's done or he will continue for another year, but this article...
    • Primoz
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    • eight-time overall world cup champion ingemar stenmark laura moisl marcel hirscher press conference retirement from ski racing? salzburg ski racing soelden ted ligety two-time olympic gold medalist world cup skiing
    • Replies: 35
    • Forum: Racing and Competition
  18. Philpug

    World number one skier, Mikaela Shiffrin, joins adidas

    The number one Alpine skier in the world, Mikaela Shiffrin, joins adidas in a multi-year partnership that will centre around her training regime and inspiring the next generation of creators. … The 24-year-old Colorado native is one of the world’s leading athletes, with a record-breaking 17...
    • Philpug
    • Thread
    • 17 world cup wins in the 2018/19 season adidas alpine ski racing mikaela shiffrin mikaela shiffrin and adidas’ partnership ski racing
    • Replies: 20
    • Forum: Racing and Competition
  19. Tricia

    Mikaela's new home

    Mikaela's new home is being featured on At Home with Natalie.
    • Tricia
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    • alvarro carillo arrigoni woods at home with natalie brent bingham photography donna lang arenschield eco-friendly home edwards colorado home outfitters jim guida mikaela shiffrin mikaela shiffrin's new home nancy rehder natalie morales ski racing today show
    • Replies: 12
    • Forum: Racing and Competition
  20. Dave Petersen

    Who needs a mountain anyway? Ski stars with humble beginnings...

    I was fortunate enough to meet Billy Kidd a couple weeks ago at the Colorado Snowsports Museum in Vail. We were discussing who needs a mountain to start a ski career? Apparently not these athletes (although by Midwest standards Lutsen is a mountain!). Who am I overlooking??? I'm sure there are...
    • Dave Petersen
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    • billy kidd buck hill chad fleischer cindy nelson colorado snowsports museum kristina kosnick lindsey vonn lutsen mountain midwest skiing mom and pop ski areas nick goepper perfect north slopes ski racing ski racing in the midwest snowmaking
    • Replies: 46
    • Forum: Racing and Competition
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