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Tuesday, 28 February 2012On Sunday, the Olympic champion and reigning moguls FIS World Cup title holder Hannah Kearney crowned what has been a truly remarkable run of World Cup moguls victories by taking her 15th win in a row and eclipsing the number of consecutive FIS World Cup victories record previously held by Swedish giant slalom and slalom specialist Ingemar Stenmark.
Stenmark, whose record has stood unc hallenged since the 1980 World Cup season, has the most wins of any alpine skier in history.
Kearney's shot at surpassing Stenmark's feat nearly didn't happen, as the American had some problems in her final run at Beida Lake (CHN) and she barely sneaked into the super final in 4th place. However, taking advantage of the new super final format whereby the skier's score is reset at the start of each round, Kearney was given a clean sheet from which to work. She made no mistakes.
"I made the super final in fourth place and really had to ski for my life," Kearney said after the race, "I skied aggressively and went really big off the bottom air and was rewarded with the victory."
Amazingly, Kearney didn't even know that she was on her way to eclipsing Stenmark's record until she had already done so.
"It's insane," she said, "I had no idea about the record. It's great to have this record as a freestyle skier. Alpine has a lot more races thus more opportunities to start a streak. That is the biggest honor that I can possibly receive considering all the amazing athletes that have crossed through the FIS World Cup circuit over the years."
Kearney will have the chance to extend her winning run on 18th February, as the FIS Freestyle Ski World Cup tour for moguls moves to Naeba, Japan, for the moguls and dual moguls events.
After narrowly missing the chance to top Jeremy Bloom's record of six consecutive moguls wins last week in Deer Valley, Canadian Mikael Kingsbury reclaimed his place at the top of the podium on Sunday in Beida Lake.
In a four-man super final featuring three Canadians, wonder kid Kingsbury was able to better teammate Phillippe Marquis and Kazakstan's Dmitriy Reiherd, who tied for second. "I am just trying to focus on being consistent every run and not make mistakes," Kingsbury said of his approach to the event, "Every course I for sure try to find the strategy that will give me my best performance, but not to focus just on winning. I'm happy, I'm still perfect in singles for the season and I feel good."
The man who halted Kingsbury's streak last week, Sergey Volkov (RUS), finished in 6th. For more details visit www.fisfreestyle.com
Monday, 27 February 2012A line of storms marched across Donner Summit this week dropping 12” – 18” of fresh snow onto the slopes of Boreal. Thanks to the new snow, terrain has been expanded around the resort including the opening of another chairlift.
The Cedar Ridge chairlift opened for the first time this season on Friday, February 17, 2012, granting access to some of Boreal’s best beginner and intermediat e terrain. Running the Cedar Ridge triple chairlift allows skiers and riders to access popular runs including Sunrise Boulevard and Mariposa. While Cedar Ridge is known for its beginner friendly terrain, there are also multiple powder stashes to enjoy.
Cedar Ridge chairlift will operate daily throughout the holidayfor skiers and riders along with the Accelerator High-Speed Quad, Castle Peak Quad, 49er Triple and Nugget Double chairlifts providing access to groomed runs, fun slopes and multiple terrain parks.
Included in the terrain parks is the newly opened mini-pipe located on the South 40 run. Additionally, Boreal’s 22’ Superpipe opened for the first time Saturday, February 18, 2012. This season Boreal upgraded the Superpipe cutter from 18’ to the new standard of 22’, the same size used in the Olympics. Skiers and riders will be able to air out of the Superpipe while guests watch from the Accelerator chairlift.
Snow tubing will also be available at Playland, open 10am – 4pm Monday – Thursday and 10am – 8pm, Friday – Sunday for the President’s Holiday Weekend. Please visit www.rideboreal.com for more information.
Boreal Mountain Resort is open daily from 9am – 9pm offering tremendous value even during the holidays. For guests looking for the best offer during President’s Weekend, check out Boreal’s iRide program. With iRide for every two days you ride at Boreal, the third day is free (days can be nonconsecutive). Grab an iRide card for free at any ticket window or sign-up online at www.rideboreal.com.
Friday, 24 February 2012The IOC Coordination Commission for the 2014 Olympic Winter Games wrapped up its seventh visit to Sochi, Russia, earlier this week as local organizers begin the transition from the construction and planning phase of preparations to the operational readiness phase.
The Coordination Commission began its three-day visit by taking in the first FIS Alpine Ski World Cup event held in Russia, at Rosa Khutor - the future home of the Alpine ski events for Sochi 2014 - and meeting the President of the Russian Federation, Dmitry Medvedev, who reiterated the state's strong support for the 2014 Games.
Speaking after the World Cup event, 723 days away from the start of the Sochi 2014 Games, IOC Coordination Commission Chairman Jean-Claude Killy described the venue as "one of the most spectacular downhill courses on the World Cup circuit." Altogether the venue was well received by the Commission, the event garnered positive reviews from athletes, team delegations and the media.
"The Sochi 2014 venues and operations will be tested, re-tested and tested again over the next two years. We have now seen two of the most difficult sports events to stage on the winter Olympic programme take place on these new Olympic courses," said Chairman Killy, referring to the downhill and super combined. "The fact that the venues have been so well-received is a credit to the five years of hard work undertaken by the local organisers and their partners, their teamwork and their ability to deliver."
Over 60 sports events are scheduled to take place in Sochi before the start of the Games on 7 February 2014.
"We are convinced that the Games will run smoothly in two years as numerous pieces of the very complicated puzzle have now been put together. There are no burning questions to be handled, possibly a few difficulties here and there but that's typical for all Games," Killy commented further.
"If you really wish to compare Sochi to Vancouver, London or Rio, you always find the same parameters such as transport, lodging, security, a smooth flow of the event in general. Delivering the Olympic Games, especially Winter Games, is certainly the most complex operation to be handled in the sports' world, which we should never forget."
"The IOC has been criticized after giving the Games to Russia even though there was nothing in place but we see our main role as the development of the sport, in this case the development of winter sports. I think it was an excellent decision as you couldn't find a true alpine ski resort in the entire country. Indeed, the main winter sports in Russia have always been Ice Hockey, Cross-Country Skiing or Ice Skating. Today it's exciting to know that 145 million Russian people will also be able to know more about Alpine Skiing and with time practice it in good conditions here."
The Commission also paid visits to a number of other Games venues, including the freestyle, jumping and sliding centres, the Olympic villages, the Olympic stadium, and the Olympic park. While there is still plenty of work to be done, venue and related infrastructure construction is on the right track to be ready for the Games.
IOC Olympic Games Executive Director Gilbert Felli commented: "We have been very impressed by the quality and detail of the presentations that have been made this week. The Sochi 2014 team is of the highest calibre and we can see that they have excellent relationships with their stakeholders, which is crucial to the successful delivery of the Games."
source: www.fis-ski.com
Thursday, 23 February 2012SOCHI, Russia – After about 10 more centimeters of fresh snow fell overnight on the slopes of Sochi’s Rosa Khutor, the third and final World Cup ladies super-combined was canceled on Sunday.
Although course workers were busy throughout the night trying to clear and prepare the course, the warm temperatures and fresh snow simply made for a surface that was too unstable to race on.
“I think it was the right decision,” said Lindsey Vonn. “All the girls talked in the finish after the second inspection,” Vonn said. “We all felt it wasn’t safe enough. The snow was just rotten … like sand, there’s no surface to it. It’s not safe enough to race.”
Because the World Cup calendar is drawing to a close, FIS officials decided that the super-combi race cannot be rescheduled, thus the SC title – based on the two completed of the three originally scheduled races – goes to Vonn.
Vonn won the first super-combi – originally scheduled for Val d’Isere but then rescheduled in St. Moritz. Maria Hoefl-Riesch won the second race – also in St. Moritz – but Vonn finished hundredths of a second behind her, thus gets the title, which is the 14th globe of her World Cup career and her third straight SC title.
source: www.fis-ski.com
Wednesday, 22 February 2012The team at Matchstick Productions is proud to announce a new web-based video series featuring content handpicked from the production of MSP’s upcoming 20th annual ski film. Produced in association with Contour, “MSP CONTOUR MOMENTS” takes viewers along for the ride with Sean Pettit, Ingrid Backstrom, Bobby Brown, and an entire roster of the world’s most talented skiers. The series aims to show case exciting new angles and perspectives that can only be captured using Contour’s high-definition POV camera technology.
In episode one, MSP's film crew discovers abundant early season snowfall during a trip to Chatter Creek, BC with Mark Abma, James Heim, and newcomer Leo Ahrens. Plenty of epic skiing is featured from the nine-day period that Heim refers to as “the deepest trip of my life”. All three skiers gorge themselves in Chatter Creek’s abundant powder, not to be outdone by the resident lodge-dog who joins the crew for several laps.
The series premieres today and viewers can get a glimpse of the action right here in episode one of “MSP CONTOUR MOMENTS” – http://youtu.be/e1dUvwE6BR0. This nine-part series will feature fresh new action from MSP and Contour throughout the winter.
MSP would like to thank Contour and all of their other sponsors for the ongoing commitment and support for the best ski films in the business since 1992.
For more information, please visit www.skimovie.com or contact Michael Hans at hansee@mspfilms.com.
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