ski racing

How a professional setback fueled the downhill skier's most successful racing season yet.

Shiffrin and Vonn set to return to racing in coming weeks.

American Jaelin Kauf wins back-to-back moguls gold in China.

Austrian Nicole Schmidhofer nabs the win for the second day in a row.

Watch the kick-off of the World Cup and get pumped for ski season.

Warren's World: What was slowing the growth of the ski industry?

Warren's World: Dick Durrance, the fastest line, and the winner of the first Harriman Cup.

Warren Miller's racing with the The Parking Lot Brigade and the Sun Valley Ski Club.

In ski racing, even the smallest advantage can produce a victory—and often the edge is right under your feet.

Take your vacation game to the next level: Don a bib in a local race and experience the destination an entirely new way.

Mikaela celebrates her 22nd birthday by winning the overall World Cup title.

The phenom now focuses on Saturday's slalom competition, which she very well could win. Not bad for a racer who turns 23 next month.

Skijoring—being towed on skis by a horse—seems simple enough. But when you add gates, big jumps, hanging rings, and 1,000-pound animals blasting through snow at high speeds, the real action begins. Sometimes, sadly, it’s tinged with tragedy.

This just might be the toughest, and at times, most dangerous, event on snow.

The Hahnenkamm is the World Cup’s most dangerous race weekend—and its loudest, rowdiest, and craziest party. We crashed skiing’s ultimate bash to see what all the fuss is about.

Stenmark’s record—86 World Cup wins—long seemed unbreakable. Now America’s celebrity speed queen needs just 11 more to do it. It’s not just doable, it’s probable. Maybe even this year.

The last time the White Circus lit up an Eastern resort, an Eastern girl won the GS. Julie Parisien would love to see it happen again.

No joke, he’s on Full Tilt—and that isn’t as crazy as it sounds.

SKI caught up with members of the U.S. Ski Team to find out about the season, how they overcome fear, and what it's like skiing with some of their ski heroes.

After crashing during Saturday’s super-G, the Olympic medalist sustained multiple knee fractures provoking her to end her season.

Enrolled in ski school since potty training, your kiddo now shreds expert runs. Is it time for a race program?

You can’t force a kid into being the next great thing, but you can do a lot of damage trying.

Bode Miller, probably the best U.S. male racer ever to set a ski on edge, has announced that he won’t race this season. But he’s being canny about next year. Are you not entertained?

A long overdue thank you letter to the greatest parents in the world.

"NASTAR is where most ski racers in America, including myself, were introduced to the thrill of going fast and competing on skis," says Ted Ligety, and that's what the partnership is designed to do.

To tighten those turns and improve that stance, try SKI Magazine’s NASTAR racing.

The Stowe Derby began as a bet between two guys. Seventy years later, it’s one of Stowe’s signature winter events.

Four-time Olympian AJ Kitt will be at Okemo as competitors battle to qualify for Nastar Nationals in Aspen, CO.

We thought we were in it to win it. But perhaps we’ve already won.

Olympic racers are fast company, but who’s the fastest company? You’d better believe ski manufacturers keep track. Here are the ones to watch.

It’s a lifelong label—whether you want it or not.

Can a lifelong skidder take a crash course in carving, then crush the competition on the masters racing circuit? Of course not. But the suits are cute.

U.S. Ski Teamer Marco "Sully" Sullivan talks Olympic training and philosophies on the sport he loves.

U.S. downhiller Steven Nyman talks the Olympics, his career goals, and mentoring the next generation.

U.S. downhiller Stacey Cook, now an Olympic veteran, sets lofty goals for Sochi.

Lindsey Vonn will miss the Olympics due to her injured knee, but the U.S. Ski Team loses more than its top racer.

We captured some iPhone video of Vonn working with her trainer in Vail. Here's what we saw.

Starting Wednesday, the US Ski Team's speed specialists get a jump on training.

Last year's winner takes World Cup opener again, but by 2.75 seconds.

Independent Ski Racing's women to compete on World Cup without national backing.

The freeskiers who invented it don’t have to like it, but skiercross— make that ‘ski cross’—is now an official, FIS-controlled Olympic event, and former World Cup racers like Daron Rahlves are among the favorites. Burning questions remain, like how baggy should your clothes be, what exactly are the rules, and who’ll win the first gold medal.

The freeskiers who invented it don’t have to like it, but skiercross— make that ‘ski cross’—is now an official, FIS-controlled Olympic event, and former World Cup racers like Daron Rahlves are among the favorites. Burning questions remain, like how baggy should your clothes be, what exactly are the rules, and who’ll win the first gold medal.

The freeskiers who invented it don’t have to like it, but skiercross— make that ‘ski cross’—is now an official, FIS-controlled Olympic event, and former World Cup racers like Daron Rahlves are among the favorites. Burning questions remain, like how baggy should your clothes be, what exactly are the rules, and who’ll win the first gold medal.

The freeskiers who invented it don’t have to like it, but skiercross— make that ‘ski cross’—is now an official, FIS-controlled Olympic event, and former World Cup racers like Daron Rahlves are among the favorites. Burning questions remain, like how baggy should your clothes be, what exactly are the rules, and who’ll win the first gold medal.

The freeskiers who invented it don’t have to like it, but skiercross— make that ‘ski cross’—is now an official, FIS-controlled Olympic event, and former World Cup racers like Daron Rahlves are among the favorites. Burning questions remain, like how baggy should your clothes be, what exactly are the rules, and who’ll win the first gold medal.

The freeskiers who invented it don’t have to like it, but skiercross— make that ‘ski cross’—is now an official, FIS-controlled Olympic event, and former World Cup racers like Daron Rahlves are among the favorites. Burning questions remain, like how baggy should your clothes be, what exactly are the rules, and who’ll win the first gold medal.

The freeskiers who invented it don’t have to like it, but skiercross— make that ‘ski cross’—is now an official, FIS-controlled Olympic event, and former World Cup racers like Daron Rahlves are among the favorites. Burning questions remain, like how baggy should your clothes be, what exactly are the rules, and who’ll win the first gold medal.

The freeskiers who invented it don’t have to like it, but skiercross—make that ‘ski cross’—is now an official, FIS-controlled Olympic event, and former World Cup racers like Daron Rahlves are among the favorites. Burning questions remain, like how baggy should your clothes be, what exactly are the rules, and who’ll win the first gold medal.

Doug Lewis's clinic at Sugarbush will satisfy your need for speed.

We don’t generally cover ski racing. But we decided this particular news—an American winning the World Cup two years in a row—was worthy. Enjoy your yearly dose of token ski-racing coverage.

Italians, Iranian Arms Dealers, and Couloirs

A Lycra fan and a big-mountain snob go head-to-head.

In Vermont’s remote, lovely Northeast Kingdom, resort developers have big plans for a quiet little town and its long-slumbering ski area.

Former Olympic resort will be used to stage Canadian racers in 2010

1994 Olympic Gold, 1992 Olympic Silver medalist Diann Roffe and two-time (1992,1994) Olympian, Krista Schmidinger will both be special guest coaches during Sugar’s 15th Annual Adult Pre-Season Ski Clinic scheduled for December 12-14, 2008.

The Michigan resorts bring new snowmaking, restaurant options for guests next season.

NEW MID-STATION ON WESTERN EXPRESS LIFT WILL ALLOW SNOWSHOE MOUNTAIN RESORT TO INCREASE EARLY SEASON TERRAIN

Vermont Ski Museum has announced Stuart “Stu” Campbell as the first recipient of the Paul Robbins Ski Journalism Award.

Discounts Available through September 30, 2008.

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Upgrades will provide much needed new lift capacity at both base areas

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