Press Clippings: One thing about the skiing world: if the guys can do it, the girls can do it. That means downhill-for-downhill, parallel snowboard GS-for-parallel snowboard GS, GS-for-GS, Slalom-for-Slalom and, yes, Ski Cross-for-ski-cross. Ski Cross is, admittedly, widely entertaining and more-than-moderately addictive. So there’s women’s ski cross as well as men’s. Here’s a short video on it–on the women’s version of the sport–just to get you in the mood.
Olympic Film Festival: Women's Ski Cross
Press Clippings: One thing about the skiing world: if the guys can do it, the girls can do it. That means downhill-for-downhill, parallel snowboard GS-for-parallel snowboard GS, GS-for-GS, Slalom-for-Slalom and, yes, Ski Cross-for-ski-cross. Ski Cross is, admittedly, widely entertaining and more-than-moderately addictive. So there’s women’s ski cross as well as men’s. Here’s a short video on it–on the women’s version of the sport–just to get you in the mood.
Olympic Briefing: Medal Count
2014 Sochi Winter Olympics
Country Gold Silver Bronze Total
Norway 10 4 7 21
U.S. 7 5 11 23
Russia 6 9 7 22
Netherlands 6 7 9 22
Canada 5 9 4 18
Medal Count as of 10:00AM, CST, 20 February 2014
Olympic Briefing: Schedule 20 February 2014
Press Clippings: A schedule of events for Thursday’s day of competition at the Sochi Olympics, from the BBC. Times are GMT; adjust times for your own location. Check back here for updates and videos. Special Thanks to the BBC for developing this very comprehensive listing.
Olympic Briefing: Late Night Headlines
Press Clippings from the Olympic News Wire: 19 February 2014. The news you need before tomorrow’s competitions.
American Ted Ligety wins gold in Giant Slalom.
U.S. Hockey Team beats Czechs, moves into Semis.
Russians out of hockey tournament. Gulag next?
Kim leads women skaters after short program. Gold clocks in as highest ranked U.S. Skater in fourth.
Vic Wild, American skiing for Russia, wins parallel snowboard GS.
Bode Miller is human. Tweaks knee, pulls out of slalom competition, done for this Olympics.
The Third Annual Winter Film Festival: Inside Ski
Edgework: There is a lot of attention in ski technique given to the outside ski but even as important as that ski is in turn initiation, the other 50% of the action is happening on the inside ski. Here’s a short instruction piece, with Josh Foster, on the what, why, and how of using the inside ski to optimum advantage.
The Fine Print: Embed via YouTube (thanks guys). This video from GMC World of Skiing, uploaded by Ski Television and featuring Josh Foster. All rights reserved by their respective rights holders. Thanks for sharing.
The Third Annual Winter Film Festival: The Steeps
Edgework: If you ski the back country or go helicopter skiing, you’re going to be skiing deep and steep. Being good on the steeps is a necessary technical skill, for both safety and enjoyment. In keeping with our Winter Film Festival series for 2016, here’s the first of several videos on good technique for skiing it deep. Turn it on, take it in, put it to use.
The Fine Print: Embed via YouTube (thanks guys) Produced by Ski School by Elate Media. This one is Expert Skiing Lesson 7.5 (Check out their entire series). All rights reserved by the respective rights holders. Thanks for sharing.
How to Ski Cliff Drops
Edgework: You’re going off a cliff if you ski the backcountry or drop in from a helicopter. It’s going to happen and it’s a part of the sport. Sometimes you’re going to seek out the cliff and sometimes it’s going to show up right in front of you. So…deal with it. Here’s how.
The Fine Print: Embed via YouTube (thanks, as always, guys). Video by SlopeStyle (this is ProTip#19) and posted by SlopeStyle TV. All rights belong to respective rights holders. Thanks for sharing.
The Third Annual Winter Film Festival: The Ski Pivot
Edgework: Take a short break from backcountry/helicopter skiing and give the next series of videos on skiing technique a look or two. You can’t do the backcountry or big snow without good technique–to think otherwise is to court (and probably find) disaster. First up: the ski pivot.
The Fine Print: Embed courtesy of YouTube(thanks guys). Uploaded by Rick Schnellmann, from the YourSkiCoach.Com series. Check out their site …all good stuff. All rights reserved by respective rights holders. Thanks for sharing.
Olympic Briefing: Medal Count
2014 Sochi Winter Olympics
Country Gold Silver Bronze Total
Norway 9 4 7 20
U.S. 7 5 11 23
Russia 6 9 7 22
Netherlands 6 7 9 22
Canada 5 9 4 18
Medal Count as of 12;00PM, CST, 19 February 2014