“Any athlete who gets to the top of his or her sport is exceptional, but [admiring them] is the wrong word. I’d rather be able to emulate these athletes’ motivation,” says snowboarder, alpine racer, ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Aspen – As their soaring, soft-booted siblings basked in the world’s fawning glow in Italy last week, the microscopic yet fervent brigade of hard-booted ...

BORMIO, Italy, Feb 15 (Reuters) - Alpine skiing, now in the spotlight at the Milano Cortina Winter Games, has undergone a quantum leap in technology and course preparation over the past ...

KEYSTONE – Alpine snowboarders are a rare breed, according to competitors at the Snowboard Outreach Society (SOS)’s giant slalom and slalom races at Keystone Saturday. In the mainstream world, slalom ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Ted Ligety, the 2006 Olympic gold medalist in Alpine combined, headed to ...