Event Coverage

The FUNnish Open- Smiles, Good Vibes, and the Way a Ski Event Should Be:

by popadonna
Mar 10th 2014 - 6 comments

I just returned from Sappee, Finland, as I was invited to be the head judge at the slopestyle event named, The Finnish Open. This would be the second time I have attended this event, as last time I was in Sappee, was in 2010. One of my main memories of that past event, was that I was freezing my balls off, as the temperature had then dipped into the negative 30's.

Brits Winter Festival 2014

by VD.
Mar 7th 2014 - 0 comments

With Team GB’s success in Sochi turning the Nation on to winter sports and the recent line-up announcement including headline act TEK ONE, The BRITS Festival 2014 is becoming the most eagerly-awaited winter week with many beds selling out.

FWT Snowbird Results

by VD.
Mar 6th 2014 - 1 comments

SNOWBIRD SKI AND SUMMER RESORT, UTAH, USA- Wednesday, March 5, 2014- After an unfortunate delay of the competition at Snowbird Ski and Summer Resort on Sunday, the new venue, Silver Fox, glistened under sunny skies primed for competition with a fresh layer of creamy snow.

Freeskiing in Sochi: Stories, Highlights and Impact on the sport

by iF3
Feb 26th 2014 - 0 comments

Freeskiing has come a long way since its roots as a sport for stoner rockstars and college drop-outs. After all the political debates, sponsorship ordeals and dealing with the largely frowned-upon FIS (International Ski Federation), ski slopestyle and halfpipe have made it to the World�s biggest sporting event, the Olympic Games.

What Just Happened in Women's Ski Halfpipe?

by TetonGravity
Feb 20th 2014 - 0 comments

It has been truly a bizarre day to be a woman at the Sochi Olympics. One the one hand, news got out that female members of the punk rock band Pussy Riot, who were in prison until Putin decided to clean up Russia's image in the Oympic run-up, were beaten with whips by Cossack police officers or militias, or something. On the other, the women's ski halfpipe finals, an event that owes its existence to a skier who pioneered the right to play for women in action sports, Sarah Burke, went down for the first time in history today. These Olympics have provided more than a few examples of cognitive dissidence, but I digress.