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About the Author: Brian Pinelli

Brian is a veteran skiing and winter sports journalist having covered seven Olympic Winter Games, and numerous Alpine World Ski Championships and World Cup events. After nearly a decade in Park City, Utah, he gave up the world's greatest snow, moving to Europe and attending races at iconic venues including Kitzbuehel, Wengen, Cortina, St. Moritz, Val d'Isere, Kvitfjell and others. He has contributed to the New York Times, Around the Rings, Olympic Review, Team USA, Powder Magazine, the FIS, CNN World Sport, CBS Sports, NBC Olympics, and other international media. He currently resides in Cortina d'Ampezzo.

Posts of : Brian Pinelli

  • News

    Summer Jobs for Italian stars Brignone, Bassino, and Goggia, in Cervinia

    View of Matterhorn from the Gran Becca Photo: Cervinia Matterhorn Freeskiing and fun-filled preparation for

    Brian PinelliAug 08, 2023
  • Athletes

    McGrath is bouncing back from Injury, eyes overall Globe

    Alte Lie McGrath; GEPA photos Norwegian racer McGrath: “My goal, in the long run, is

    Brian PinelliJul 18, 2023
  • Athletes

    Shiffrin and Kilde relish time together in Norway; Colorado and Taylor Swift await

    Aleksander Aamodt Kilde and Mikaela Shiffrin: Photo Mike Dawson Ski racing’s first couple, Mikaela Shiffrin

    Brian PinelliJun 26, 2023
  • Features

    An Italian Cowboy: The remarkable story of 1960 Olympian Battista “Tita” Pordon

    Pordon created a stir as Italy’s most promising young downhill racer with great expectations heading into the 1960 Squaw Valley Olympics. However, a horrific training crash on the Olympic slope suddenly and unexpectedly changed his life forever

    Brian PinelliApr 24, 2023
  • Athletes

    Motivated by her snowboard success, Ledecká excited for return to ski racing after injury

    Her new serviceman Guntram “Tschunti” Mathis, a ski tech legend, sharpens skills tuning snowboards Her

    Brian PinelliApr 10, 2023
  • World Cup

    Goggia on matching Vonn’s eight downhill titles: “she is unreachable,” but then changes her mind

    SOLDEU, Andorra Always entertaining, both on and off the race course, Sofia Goggia strutted across

    Brian PinelliMar 20, 2023
  • Athlete Profiles

    Tina Maze reminisces about “crazy” record-breaking season of ten years ago

    Wendy Holdener, Tina Maze, Mikaela Shiffrin 2013 Ofterschwang SL: photo GEPA The Slovenian former overall

    Brian PinelliFeb 10, 2023
  • News

    The Italian tale of the Ted Ligety pizza 

    The revealing story behind why some top ski racers, including Lindsey Vonn, haven’t yet had

    Brian PinelliFeb 03, 2023
  • Athletes

    Shiffrin fast in Cortina downhill training as she continues quest for World Cup victories

    Isabella Wright, Mikaela Shiffrin and Breezy Johnson share a moment: Photo Brian Pinelli Cortina d’Ampezzo,

    Brian PinelliJan 18, 2023
  • World Cup

    Shiffrin’s coach Mike Day offers insight into her astounding success

    Shiffrin Team takes a moment together in Kranjska Gora: Photo U.S. Ski and Snowboard KRANJSKA

    Brian PinelliJan 09, 2023
  • Race Coverage

    Can anyone stop the Norwegians under the lights in Madonna di Campiglio?

    Henrik Kristoffersen seeks victory number four at the “Temple of Slalom”, while the talented and

    Brian PinelliDec 22, 2022
  • World Cup

    Val Gardena/Gröden to celebrate storied history with 100th World Cup race

    Former World Cup racer and local resident Werner Perathoner discusses the magnitude and impact upon

    Brian PinelliDec 16, 2022
  • Race Coverage

    Odermatt prepares for Val Gardena/Gröden ‘Saslong Downhill’ debut

    The Swiss current overall World Cup leader says he will “put everything on the line”

    Brian PinelliDec 14, 2022
  • World Cup

    En Fuego: Chile’s Von Appen realizes “wildest dreams” with consecutive top 20 results

    Von Appen experiencing success in Beaver Creek: GEPA PHOTOs Having summoned the courage to overcome

    Brian PinelliDec 12, 2022
  • Features

    Salt Lake City bid maneuvering into front-runner position to host the 2030 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games

    Utah Olympic bid leaders must be cautious about expressing their preferred interest in hosting the 2030 Winter Games, as opposed to 2034.

    Brian PinelliDec 06, 2022
  • Athletes Health

    Ledecká out of Lake Louise races with collarbone injury

    Three-time Olympic skiing and snowboarding gold medalist Ester Ledecká will not be at the start

    Brian PinelliNov 30, 2022
  • World Cup

    Cochran-Siegle poised to raise his downhill game

    The 30-year-old Vermont racer seeks to build on his Olympic super-G success and climb the

    Brian PinelliNov 22, 2022
  • Features

    Brignone star-struck for Copper Mountain training

    Federica Brignone expresses disappointment about the cancellations of the Soelden GS and inaugural Zermatt-Cervinia downhill, essentially what would have been a home race for her in Italy’s Aosta Valley.

    Brian PinelliNov 09, 2022
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