Mancuso guts out super-G win in Garmisch

Three-time Olympic medalist Julia Mancuso hung on for a gutsy victory on an icy, bumpy super-G course in Garmisch that knocked out 14 racers, including Vail’s Lindsey Vonn.

It was the sixth World Cup victory of Mancuso’s storied career and her first win this season. Austria’s Anna Fenninger was second, and Tina Weirather, of Liechtenstein, was third.

Vonn, who was gunning for her 51st World Cup win and an all-time women’s...
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Bode Miller wins World Cup silver in Chamonix downhill

Olympic champion Bode Miller missed his second win of the World Cup season Friday by one-hundredth of a second in a downhill in Chamonix, France, finishing second to Austrian Klaus Kroell.

Switzerland’s Didier Cuche saw his two-race winning streak snapped, but still managed to finish on the podium in third. And Canada’s Erik Guay just missed his second straight podium, finishing tied for fourth with Austria’s Rom...
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Wallisch sets men’s skiing slopestyle record

For the first time, the Men’s Ski Slopestlye final was held under the lights at Buttermilk Mountain. That along with the falling snow provided the ideal backdrop for Tom Wallisch’s gold medal record score of 96.00, his first Winter X Games medal.“This is amazing,” Wallisch said with a smile beaming across his face. “Under the lights in primetime and this crowd, it is amazing. I think it’s going to open the sport up to...
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Early season Colorado skier visits lag behind last year

Colorado Ski Country USA’s (CSCUSA) 22 member resorts reported a decrease in skier visitation for the beginning of the 2011/12 ski season. Skier visits at CSCUSA resorts — which include Aspen, Snowmass, Buttermilk, Aspen Highlands and Sunlight — were collectively off by 10.65 percent during the first period of the ski season, defined as opening day of the season through December 31, 2011, compared to the same period...
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