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We're watching the Birds of Prey, with some incredible snow, but not so incredible race conditions, meanwhile Mikaela Shiffrin kills it at Lake Louise, winning the Super-G, giving her a win in all 5 disciplines...

Welcome to Pugski's coverage of the 2018 FIS Alpine World Cup races from Killington, Vermont! Quickly, here's a list of the names submitted by the U.S. Ski Team and Alpine Canada for this weekend's races: USST GS: AJ Hurt Abi Jewett Patricia Mangan Nina O'Brien Foreste Peterson Mikaela...

LV was taken off the SG course by sled today and, I am told, helicoptered off the mountain. I don't have any more details. My daughters got an autograph not 30 minutes before. Hope it's nothing too serious and the curse of Copper doesn't prevent a start at Lake Louise. Has anyone heard...

I noticed that in the National Pacecsetting Trials a few days ago at Copper that they gave everyone the same Handicap of .01 even though their times were very different. Just wondering what was the theory behind this. Anyone know? No sign of Ted Ligity this year. Here is a link to the results...

Less than 10 days away! https://www.skiracing.com/stories/levi-world-cup-passes-snow-control Levi World Cup Passes Snow Control Despite the very warm months leading into autumn, Levi, Finland, is ready for the Audi FIS Ski World Cup 2018-19. Less than ten days to go for the Levi World Cup...

Ricarda is the cousin of an Austrian friend and I follow her on FB. She is on the Austrian National Team for the World Cup for the second year. She got up to a fourth place finish in her first year. She is really strong. It is hard for me to decide if I should root for Lindsey and the US girls...

I am not sure where to find World Cup skiing on TV this year. I see NBC is offering this new package for $70, but it looks like it is an app through I-Pads or Apple TV etc. Not sure it there will be broadcasts on The Olympic Channel or NBCSN like last year. I also watched a fair amount that...

The greatest North American ski race will be upon us in a little over a month, the Audi Birds of Prey in Beaver Creek from Nov. 30 - Dec. 2, 2018. It is a real thrill to see the worlds best skiers on a great course, and the associated events are just a blast. Anyone interested in a little Pugski...

She has made it official that this will be her last season. http://www.fis-ski.com/alpine-skiing/news-multimedia/news/article=lindsey-vonn-announces-2018-season-will-her-last.html

https://www.soelden.com/urlaub/EN/SD/WI/aktuell/events/skiweltcup_opening/index.html

In DH when coaches speak of "cutting off the line" what do they mean? Why wouldn't a racer ski the "cut off line" in training runs?

I have been watching some old video from Kitzbhuel in the 70's and 80's and the finish bump looks way bigger now than it was then. The guys in 1982 barely got any air at all but from the 90's on there is huge air off that bump. Are the recent racers going so much faster down the final schuss or...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Nordica Intensifies FIS Alpine Ski World Cup Involvement Company signs young European athletes Marc Rochat, Justin Murisier, and Boštjan Kline WEST LEBANON, N.H. – June 1, 2018 – Nordicatoday announced signing three new FIS Alpine World Cup athletes, swiss racers Marc...

[Olympic Valley, Calif.] May 31, 2018 – U.S. Ski & Snowboard announced today that the Liberty Mutual Insurance NASTAR National Championships will return to Squaw Valley April 3-7, 2019. With U.S. Alpine Championships and NorAm Finals wrapping up in March, the early April dates will allow for...

According this Italian report, the FIS is raising the minimum race penalties except for World Cup and Olympics, which remains at zero. Continental Cups go from 6 to 15 , National Championships from 9 to 20, and regular FIS races will be 23, if I understand this correctly. As we know, guys (and...

Ski Racing just posted a list of Norways female and male World Cup and Europa Cup members for 2018-2019. Many, most, of the skiers on the list are those you would expect to see. What was interesting to me was that the people who made the selections were listed by name, and the selectors for...

The two man bobsled (if you don't already know) tied gold for Canada & Germany. Skiing has not been ever without a tie as well and while I don't get to follow it, Id assume these things may have happened in world cup competitions too. And I can recall occasional medal ties in other sports...

Yesterday (1/27/18) was a special day for me. Back at the turn of the century, my (future) friend Hans Wolf started a DH race event at Ski Cooper. He called it the Wolf Cup and for years it was hard fought for recognition among us speed freaks. Cooper isn't intrinsically difficult as it isn't...

I see that Steve Nyman participated in the training run today at Wengen He was one of eight American’s Ligety did as well. Nyman was the fastest.... of the American’s

Which areas potentially are capable of hosting a modern World Cup downhill? Or more personally, having skied Sugarloaf and Whiteface DHs going on almost 40 years ago, how do those courses compare? What would need to change to get them up to speed, physically?