International Roundup: Kildow, Soelden, Sun Peaks, WADA, USSA, USOC

International Roundup: Kildow, Soelden, Sun Peaks, WADA, USSA, USOCSki Racing magazine caught up with our current cover girl Lindsey Kildow, who finished extensive on-snow training in Chile earlier this month, and is working out in the gym until the end of September. Kildow did double-sessions in Chile this summer, adding some slalom to her speed focus there.

Kildow tested (and liked) a specially-designed 160-centimeter slalom ski because her 155-centimeter skis were squirrelly, making her feel like she’d fall over the tips of them. ‘It feels awesome. They’re still quick. This ski has a little more shape to it’ she says. ‘For me I needed a longer ski to be more stable, with my height and my weight.’

Nearly all World Cup women ski at or near 155 centimeters in slalom, the minimum ski-length limit set by the FIS. Maria Riesch, and now Kildow, are exceptions.

Kildow finished last season ranked sixth in the world.

Soelden news

Soelden will still host World Cups, set for October 15 and 16 (snowboarding) and October 22 and 23 (alpine), will go ahead, says the FIS president. Readers can click here for a timeline of some of history’s worst ski-transport disasters.

That’s not how you spell ‘center’

The first phase of the Nancy Green International Race Centre will be completed this fall, and will soon offer state-of-the-art on-snow training facilities to alpine ski teams. Click here for more.

Head to the lodge

In news that perhaps affects skiing more than any other sport, the World Anti-Doping Agency has reportedly ruled out a caffeine ban.

Speaking of rules

USSA has posted equipment rules https://www.ussa.org/PublishingFolder/assets/Files/alprulesequipment.pdf target=blank> here on their site.

Contest announcement

The U.S. Olympic Committee will run an essay contest for young people in some areas, with mp3 players as prizes and visits from Olympians as prizes.