Gazex exploders work to mitigate avalanche hazard at Sochi Winter Olympics
Resort officials at Rosa Khutor, host of several Olympic events, developed one of the world's largest networks of Gazex exploders to mitigate avalanches.
View ArticleLyman Currier's tears from "emotional pain" after blowing knee in Sochi...
Lyman Currier blew the ACL in his left knee for the second time in two years during the Olympic debut of ski halfpipe. His tears fell from "emotional pain."
View ArticleOlympic ski halfpipe gold medalist Maddie Bowman has a tough grandma
Olympic ski halfpipe gold medalist Maddie Bowman was cheered by a clan of family, including 78-year-old matriarch Lorna Perpall, who sported a "badass grandma" shirt.
View ArticleMikaela Shiffrin, Olympic gold medalist, is an 18 year old phenom
Mikaela Shiffrin is only 18 years old and already says she wants to win five gold medals in her lifetime.
View ArticleEagleVail's Mikaela Shiffrin will race her first World Cup super-G Dec. 6 in...
EagleVail's Mikaela Shiffrin will take the next step in her carefully managed progression toward becoming a four-event ski racer next month, making her World Cup debut in super-G. Shiffrin, 20, burst...
View ArticleTamara McKinney is here to see Mikaela Shiffrin go for the podium three times...
It has been 35 years since an American woman won a World Cup race on Aspen Mountain, and the woman who did it then is here to see if EagleVail's Mikaela Shiffrin can do it this weekend. Tamara McKinney...
View ArticlePutting Mikaela Shiffrin's stunning slalom victory in perspective
In Mikaela Shiffrin's most recent slalom victory before Saturday, 23 racers were within three seconds of her. On Saturday, she won by a record 3.07 seconds.
View ArticleLindsey Vonn has one of skiing's most hallowed records in sight; Shiffrin...
For more than 20 years, Ingemar Stenmark's record of 86 World Cup wins was thought to be unbeatable, but Vail's Lindsey Vonn is becoming a real threat to surpass him. Vonn, who broke the women's record...
View ArticleKitzbuehel Hahnenkamm downhill's dangers, thrills captured in documentary
The Hahnenkamm downhill in Kitzbuehel, Austria, is the most dangerous ski race in the world. That, along with its long tradition, makes it the downhill racers most want to win. Now there's a great (and...
View ArticleMikaela Shiffrin wins her first race back after knee injury
Mikaela Shiffrin wins her first race back on the World Cup since injuring her right knee Dec. 12.
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