Homeboyski greets our fellow country man, Kalle Leinonen, for the great accomplishment:
Kalle just joined the international 4FRNT’s team.

(Image Source: www.newschoolers.com)
That is some great news for the Finnish skiing. We have had intenational level alpine skiers like Kalle Palander and Tanja Poutiainen already for a while, not to mention the mogul guys but the bursting new [...]

• View 2 Comments...

Traditional Scandinavian Big Mountain Championships were held on the 12th - 14th of May in Rigsgränsen, Sweden. This year’s competition was already the 17th! No wonder you can see lots of Swedish (and Norwegian) freeskiers in the major ski films every year - they have a long tradition of freeskiing, since the days of early Free Radicals  (and probably even way earlier [...]

• Be the first to comment...

American alpine skier Scott Macartney’s crash in alpine world cup downhill race in Kitzbühel was probably the worst crash in this season. Scott Macartney crashed in Kitzbühel with high speed (140 km/h) and hit his head heavily on icy ground, resulting into unconsciousness. He lost both of his skis as well as his helmet and [...]

• Be the first to comment...

Alpine World Cup race in Kitzbühel in Austria ended in dramatic way when Scott Macartney crashed just before the finish line. American Scott Macartney lost his control in the last big jump, fell on his right side and hit his head on ground. Macartney’s speed on that moment was 140 km/h.
Macartney crashed on his 30 [...]

• View 1 Comment...

It was a great alpine skiing world cup weekend for us here in Finland. Our own alpine skiing star, Kalle Palander, won Giant Slalom in Alta Badia in Italy. This was the third victory for Palander in Alta Badia. Although Alta Badia’s race is one of the most difficult alpine skiing races in the alpine [...]

• View 1 Comment...

Swiss Didier Cuche took the first position in last Friday’s men’s superG in Val Gardena in Italy. This was Cuche’s seventh victory in the World Cup. Today’s race was interesting because American Bode Miller, who took the second position, was only 0,02 seconds slower than Cuche. Didier Cuche made a mistake in the beginning, but [...]

• Be the first to comment...

Austrian Michael Walchhofer took the gold medal in men’s downhill in Beaver Creek. Walchhofer took his 12th World Cup victory with time 1.13,74. Second was Steven Nyman who had difficulties to keep control after 70 meters jump. Aksel Lund Svindal crashed in this same spot in training. It seems that Svindal will not continue this [...]

• View 1 Comment...

Norvegian Aksel Lund Svindal took the first position in men’s super-G alpine skiing race in Lake Louise in Canada. Svindal’s time in Sunday’s race was 1.29,19, while Austrian Benjamin Raich came 0,42 seconds behind. Third position was taken by Swiss Didier Cuche with time 1.29,79. This was the second victory for Svindal who now leads [...]

• Be the first to comment...

Swiss Marc Gini has taken the first position in World Cup slalom race in Reiteralm in Austria. Unexpected winner took the gold medal in Sunday’s windy and snowy race. This young (23 years) alpine skier was leading after the first run and kept the position until the end. Gini was 0:0.28 seconds faster than the [...]

• Be the first to comment...

Austrian Marlies Schild, who dominated the cup in last year, took again the first position in Reiteralm. Even though she made a clear mistake in the second round, she was able to climb from third position to the first one. Second  position was taken by Austrian Nicole Hosp, 0.06 seconds behind Schild. Italian Chiara [...]

• Be the first to comment...