For the second time in three giant slalom races, the American men stacked four into the points on the famed Gran Risa slope in Alta Badia, Italy, with Tommy Ford (Bend, Ore.) leading the way, landing in a career-best fifth place finish. That makes it back-to-back career-best finishes for Ford, between Val d’Isere where he scored sixth, and Sunday’s fifth place.
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Surrounded by breathtaking Dolomite mountains in Italy, River Radamus tied his best ever FIS World Cup result in Alta Badia, taking sixth place in the giant slalom—proving that he is in the medal hunt in a critical Olympic season.
For the first time ever, athletes had the chance to compete for a World Championship medal in the notoriously exciting parallel event. Paula Moltzan led the way for the Land Rover U.S. Alpine Ski Team on Tuesday in Cortina, finishing just off the podium in fourth—a career-best for the University of Vermont alumni at World Championships.
Tommy Ford and River Radamus launched a new YouTube series called Parabolic, a behind-the-scenes look at life on the road as a men’s tech skier on the Stifel U.S. Alpine Team. Featuring Ford, Radamus, Isaiah Nelson, Bridger Gile and their coach Ian Garner, the series will take a look at what it’s like traveling the world as a professional ski racer, from training gates to lifting weights and everything in between.
The USA finished third in the Marc Hodler Trophy standings - an award recognizing overall team performance throughout the Junior World Championships.
U.S. Ski & Snowboard has named 15 promising athletes to the 2020 FIS Alpine Junior World Ski Championships Team to represent the Land Rover U.S. Alpine Ski Team in Narvik, Norway, in six events March 5-14.
U.S. Ski & Snowboard has named 14 ambitious athletes to the 2019 FIS Alpine Junior World Ski Championships Team to represent the U.S. in Val di Fassa, Italy, in six events Feb. 18-27.
Ten Stifel U.S. Ski Team alpine athletes are slated to race at the World Cup finals in Saalbach, Austria March 16-24. Racers who finish the regular World Cup season within the top 25 rank of any discipline are eligible to race. Competitors who have achieved at least 500 World Cup points during the current season are also eligible to race. For the first time, the races will fall over two weekends with one tech and one speed weekend.
A promising group of 16 talented athletes – eight women and eight men – have been named to the 2018 FIS Alpine Junior World Championships Team.
SUN VALLEY, ID (March 26, 2016) – Kieffer Christianson (Anchorage, AK - U.S. Ski Team) battled a crazy course set to come away with his first giant slalom national title Saturday at the Nature Valley U.S. Alpine Championships.
After posting DNFs in Thursday’s super G and Friday’s slalom, Christianson, who has struggled with not finishing this season in NorAm and World Cup races, opted for a change in tactics.