News

26 February 2022

A Team of Retired Olympians and World Cup Skiers Take on the Birkie for Fun

26 Feb 2022 18:16 Cross Country Skier

For all of the years that Simi Hamilton and Sophie Caldwell (now Hamilton) were on the U.S. Cross Country Ski Team, there was one iconic race they never got to do: the American Birkebeiner. That’s because...

Iyer leads India to T20 series win over Sri Lanka

26 Feb 2022 18:08 France24.com (en)

Chasing 184 for victory, Iyer led the batting charge, putting on an unbeaten 58-run stand with Ravindra Jadeja, who hammered 45 off 18 balls, to take the team home with 17 balls to spare in the Himalayan hill town of Dharamsala.

Olympics – Freestyle skiing – Smith awarded ski cross bronze after FIS overturn yellow card

26 Feb 2022 10:32 Oann.com (One America News Network)

(Reuters) - Swiss skier Fanny Smith will be awarded the women's ski cross bronze medal after her yellow card for an infringement in the Winter Olympics final was overturned by an appeals commission,

Friday 6:30 PM

26 Feb 2022 00:39 ABR Trails

I groomed with the Pisten Bully this morning for a couple hours and tilled up some combi trails, The classic trails looked good today, but we plan to have Wide Track regroom them in the AM. Crasher and I will have both Pisten Bullies out regrooming in the early AM.

Chelsea Handler Hitting the Ski Slopes in Nothing But Her Underwear Is One Inspiring Way to Ring in 47

25 Feb 2022 18:51 SheKnows.com

Chelsea Handler sure knows how to celebrate a birthday in a way that should inspire people to do their big day however they want. The comedian’s choices might not be everyone’s cup of tea, but it certainly delivered some epic social media footage.

Windham Mountain welcomes 8 inches of fresh powder!

25 Feb 2022 18:37 News10.com

Great news for winter sports lovers, Windham Mountain ski area has received 8 inches of fluffy new powder from this latest snowfall and the flakes are still coming.

Russia stripped of UEFA Champions League soccer finals, World Cup skiing events after Ukraine invasion

25 Feb 2022 11:06 The Week

The Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) said Friday that it has pulled its flagship Champions League final match out of St. Petersburg, Russia, and moved it to Paris. "Together with the French government...

Thursday 7;15 PM

25 Feb 2022 01:27 ABR Trails

I got in the bigger Pisten Bully and groomed up about 10 km today and decided trails are firm and in great condition. Friday morning I plan to head out and regroom the Highlands with the bigger Pisten Bully.

An Olympic skier says his penis froze during a cross-country ski race and 'the pain was unbearable'

24 Feb 2022 16:06 ThisIsinsider.com

It is not the first time Olympic skier Remi Lindholm has suffered penile frostbite. This time, it happened during a race lasting 1 hour, 16 minutes.

Polar penis: the hazards of winter sports

24 Feb 2022 10:24 The Conversation (UK)

Finnish cross-country skier Remi Lindholm suffered from a frozen penis during the Beijing Winter Olympics.

Passport warning after couple charged £987 for easy mistake

24 Feb 2022 10:06 TheSun.co.uk

A COUPLE were left with a £987 bill after making an easy passport mistake. Traveller Philippa said her husband booked their ski holiday to Switzerland, but put her name as Pippa instead. This is despite her passport having her full name, meaning it wouldn’t match.

The Legacy of Ernie St. Germaine, Who Has Skied the American Birkebeiner More Than Anyone Else

24 Feb 2022 02:19 Cross Country Skier

On February 24, 2021, Ernie St. Germaine skied the American Birkebeiner, just as he’s done for the past 47 years. This time, however, because of the pandemic, he skied 45 kilometers on a course of his own choosing.