US skier Kyle Smaine killed in avalanche in Japan Tuesday, January 31 by ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Kyle Smaine, a U.S. professional skier who was the halfpipe gold medalist in the 2015 world championships, died Sunday in an avalanche in Japan, according to his wife and a fellow skier who was also caught in the snow.Smaine, 31, was... Read More.
Off-duty firefighter helps rescue skier injured in Utah avalanche: ‘Right place, right time’ Thursday, December 15 by ABC News(NEFFS CANYON, Utah) -- An off-duty Utah firefighter said he was in the right place at the right time when he came upon a skier half-buried in an avalanche this week, aiding in a rescue mission that took nearly eight hours.Tom Elbrecht, a firefighter... Read More.
French skier Kevin Rolland faced fear at Olympics three years after crash Thursday, February 24 by ABC News(BEIJING) -- Kevin Rolland, a French halfpipe star, found out how dangerous and unforgiving a discipline freestyle skiing can be after a serious fall in April 2019.The freestyle-skiing champion and five-time X Games gold medalist had been training to break the world record of... Read More.
American skier Mikaela Shiffrin misses podium in third straight event Friday, February 11 by ABC News(BEIJING) -- Mikaela Shiffrin came up empty-handed in her third competition after shockingly wiping out in her first two races, both of which she was expected to contend for the gold.Shiffrin finished ninth in the super-G, with Switzerland's Lara Gut-Behrami winning gold, her second... Read More.
American skier Mikaela Shiffrin blows gate in slalom, out of event Wednesday, February 9 by ABC News(BEIJING) -- For the second straight competition, Mikaela Shiffrin has busted out of the competition just seconds into the first run.Shiffrin missed the fourth gate in her slalom run, the event where she won her first Olympic gold in 2014, and will not contend... Read More.
Jamaica’s 1st alpine skier gears up to compete in 2022 Winter Olympics Wednesday, January 26 by ABC News(NEW YORK) -- British-born Benjamin Alexander had never put on a pair of skis until the age of 32. Only six years later, and he's now going for gold next month in Beijing as Jamaica's first Olympic alpine skier.It didn't come easily, he said."I... Read More.