About the Author: Hank McKee

American ski racing fans don’t hear a lot about the Europa Cup for good reason.

Michael Walchhofer had won twice before in super G, and one of those was at

By Hank McKee Oh, that wacky jet stream. Freezing oranges and tourists in Florida and

On “a very important day for us,” according to the director of the 2011 World

Italian Christof Innerhofer edged out Michael Walchhofer to lead the second of three training runs

By Steven Nyman(Taken from his blog with permission) Wow! Don’t get me wrong with all

It was just a little mid-week Europa Cup at Obereggen, Italy. Well, not so little,

On a classic old course – Val Gardena’s Saslong downhill track – the old veterans

Austria’s slalom specialists exited early in the World Cup test at Val d’Isere today (Dec.

Ted Ligety is on fire. After taking the opening GS at Beaver Creek last Sunday

Ted Ligety’s first run was a thing of beauty. The second run made that look

Ted ligety grabbed control of the World Cup Birds of Prey GS after the first

And that, young skiers, is why inspection is important. Austrian Georg Streitberger, barely a household

Bibs three and two wound up one and two in the final training run for

“That,” said Manuel Osborne-Paradis, “was the longest downhill run of my life. What was it,

Training runs are training runs and the results from them cannot be underestimated. Having Didier

It was all about the turns that weren’t on course. Tobias Gruenenfelder turned his 180th

It appears the Austrian bib selection was spot on for the Lake Louise downhill, the