Rick Bachand is a freelance writer based in Fort Collins, Colorado. Rick publishes the AlpineInsider.com focusing on Alpine and Nordic snowsports.
U.S. Ski & Snowboard has announced the first 14 athletes of the Davis U.S. Cross Country Ski Team that will compete at the 2021 FIS Cross Country World Championships in Oberstdorf, Germany, […]
Cross-Country Women: Diggins Strikes Gold again! Falun, Sweden – American cross-country superstar Jesse Diggins continues to dominate the world of cross-country claiming victory in Friday’s 10km Individual start with a time of […]
Swiss speed specialist (and Alpine Insider fav) Beat Feuz broke the “runner-up” spell by claiming victory in last weekend’s two Downhill races on the legendary Streif (racecourse) in Kitzbühel. Coming into the […]
The Women: Kranjska Gora, Slovenia –Italy’s Marta Bassino earned a pair of 1st place Giant Slalom World Cup victories at last weekend’s “Golden Fox” races in Kranjska Gora. The 24-year-old has now […]
Thursday, January 7th – Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany – January 7th Swiss speed-specialist Mauro Caviezel suffered a serious concussion stemming from a training accident Thursday. The 32-year-old, 2019/2020 winner of the Super-G Crystal Globe […]
USA skiers Jessie Diggins and Rosie Brennan capped off a weekend of racing at Val Mustair’s (Switzerland) Tour de Ski by delivering a historic first and second-place finish in Sunday’s 10K Pursuit. […]
This weekend cranks up into high gear featuring Downhill and Super-G races for the Men in Val Gardena, Italy, and for the Women in Val d’Isere, France. But before we get started […]
Slovakia’s Petra Vlhova added two reindeer to the herd this weekend with double wins in the season’s Slalom opener. Vlhova attacked the course slicing past the gates winning three of the weekend’s […]
The Alpine World Cup season kicks into high gear this weekend with the debut of a pair of Women’s Slalom competitions in Levi, Finland, nestled somewhere 100 miles north of the Arctic […]
The weekend of October 16th and 17th proved to be more than the opening weekend of the Alpine Ski World Tour in Solden, Austria. As Marta Bassino of Italy and Lucas Braaten […]
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