Release courtesy of WPST

March 30, 2023 – Denver, CO – World Champion and double-Olympic gold medalist Ted Ligety; World Champion gold-medalist and reigning World Pro Ski Tour World Champion, Paula Moltzan, and World Champion Gold Medalist River Radamus are just a few of the notable athletes competing in the high-stakes World Pro Ski Tour World Championships this  March 30-April 1 at Taos Ski Valley.

“I love skiing on the WPST,” said Ligety. “I’m stoked to be back on Tour for World Championships with such high stakes and accomplished athletes.”

Continuing the high stakes trend are Paula Moltzan and River Radamus, who both won 2023 FIS World Championships Gold medals as part of the U.S. Mixed Parallel team event this season; should they earn a 2023 WPST World Championships victory in Taos, they will become the first athletes to win each of their respective Tours since Billy Kidd in 1970, while Moltzan would be the first woman in history to hold both Championship titles in the same season.

Many other World Cup athletes, NCAA All-Americans and more will compete for more than $250,000 in prize money across the men’s and women’s race series. Look for:

Tuva Norbye: 2022 Women’s Tour Champion, Tuva Norbye
Erin Mielzynski: 2023 Women’s Tour Leader & 3x Olympian and Canadian World Cup Athlete
Tricia Mangan: Olympian and World Cup Athlete
Resi Stiegler: 3x Olympian and U.S. World Cup Athlete
Mina Holtman: Olympian and Norwegian World Cup Athlete

Lief Haugen: Olympic Bronze medalist, World Championships silver and bronze medalist, and Norwegian World Cup Athlete
Simon Breitfuss-Kammerlander: 2023 Tour Leader and Olympian
Nolan Kasper: 3x Olympian, 2018 Tour Champion and U.S. Ski Team World Cup Athlete
Michael Ankeny: U.S. World Cup Athlete, 2015 Overall and Slalom NorAm Champion
David Ketterer: German World Cup Athlete, 2-Time 2023 Tour Race Winner

Races include women’s and men’s Super Slalom and Giant Slaloms where the winner of each four races takes home a $20,000 check. Combined overall winners in the women’s field and in the men’s field will receive $25,000 bonuses and the title of 2023 WPST World Champion.

The WPST 2023 Taos World Championships schedule is available at http://worldproskitour.com and can be streamed on FloLive.tv with qualifiers also available on the World Pro Ski Tour YouTube and Facebook pages.

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About the World Pro Ski Tour

The World Pro Ski Tour, is a nationwide tour of events for men and women where professional skiers race side-by-side in a single elimination format. Prize money and an overall World Pro Ski Tour title attract Olympians and professional skiers from around the world. On-site spectators and TV viewers can watch all stops on the Tour in an exciting and easy to understand format. More information on the World Pro Ski Tour and all its partners can be found at http://worldproskitour.com