The film The Last Race was filmed in extreme mountain conditions. The actors had to learn to ride wooden skis and completed a training course. Director Tomáš Hodan warned the actors in advance that they would be wading through the snow in shirts and old skis at minus twenty degrees for three weeks straight. Why … Read more
The hearing began at a court in Park City, Utah on March 21. The actress claims that the incident happened completely differently. She claims that the man bumped into her instead. That’s why she also filed a lawsuit against him. She demands from him compensation in the amount of one dollar (about 22 CZK) and … Read more
The body of the second Swedish skier who died after being swept away by an avalanche that fell on Sunday in the Canale degli Spagnoli, in Val Veny, above Courmayeur, was identified this morning. The body was taken to the town mortuary. The rescuers identified it with a helicopter flyover, using the Artva, a device … Read more
Check the avalanche bulletins carefully! This is perhaps the recommendation that the Alpine Rescue (and us too) most frequently has found itself addressing to winter sports enthusiasts in recent months. Become aware of the expected degree of danger, before putting on your boots and/or skis, can make the difference between enjoying a day to remember … Read more
2015 U.S. World Skiing Champion Kyle Smaine died in an avalanche in Japan on Sunday. The death of the thirty-one-year-old former U-ramp champion was reported by the American national team of acrobatic skiers on social networks. Smaine was with friends on a backcountry trip near the Cugaike Ski Resort in Nagano Prefecture. According to the … Read more
After finishing in eighteenth place in a race with a mass start, she lay totally exhausted in the finish line for a long time. “I felt terrible,” the 24-year-old competitor explained with distance in an interview for SVT television. The efforts of the organizers for help made it even more difficult for her. “They wanted … Read more
Austrian Manuel Fellers was the fastest in the first run, from whom Zvejnieks was 3.98 seconds behind. But 1.55 seconds separated the Latvian alpine skier from the top thirty who qualified for the second run. Swiss Daniel Jule won the stage in the sum of two races in Kitzbühel. The fisherman entered the TOP50 for … Read more
The twenty-seven-year-old competitor started with number 58 and went into the second round from the twenty-sixth place with great vigor. His ride went well until the last goal, but at the very end he lost his balance and fell into the goal gate and lost his ski. His crossing of the finish line had to … Read more
Michael Shifrina | Photo: Getty Images American athlete Mikaela Shiffrin became the most victorious women’s alpine skier in the World Cup on Tuesday. The 27-year-old American won the World Cup giant slalom in Italy on Tuesday and celebrated her 83rd career victory, one more than her compatriot Lindsey Vonn. The absolute record holder, the legendary … Read more
(supplemented with overall rating)German skier Katarina Henning was the first to finish, leaving Sweden’s Frida Carlsson in second place by 0.7 seconds. The third was another 0.1 seconds slower Finnish Kertu Niskanen. 58.9 seconds separated Eiduku from the winner at the finish. In the first half of the distance, Eiduka skied closer to the end … Read more