Season openings, ski pass prices, new lifts and snow from ski resorts across Europe.
Passionate skiers and snowboarders agree: The last curves of the season are usually the most fantastic. The sun is finally shining brightly, the temperatures are on their way up, and after the fabulous spring skiing in the morning, there is still plenty of time for experiences and events in the mountain villages of Serfaus, Fiss and Ladis.
The HEAD Worldcup Rebels write another chapter in skiing history in the 2022/23 season. With 8,750 points, HEAD once again clearly wins the FIS Brand Ranking. At the highlight of the season, the World Championships in Courchevel/Meribel, the HEAD team was also the best ski brand with 13 individual medals. In the World Cup, the Rebels were on the podium 67 times, even more than last season. Johan Clarey is "Rebel of the Year".
With her third victory of the season, Lara Gut-Behrami secured the Crystal Globe in the Super-G in a thrilling final in Soldeu on Thursday. This is the fourth time the Swiss athlete has taken overall victory in this discipline. Vincent Kriechmayr won his fourth Downhill of the season in Wednesday's final. For Johan Clarey, this was his final race, summing up an impressive 20-year career in the World Cup. Lara Gut-Behrami finished third in the Downhill on Wednesday, and Ragnhild Mowinckel was also third in the Super-G on Thursday.
Alexis Pinturault is all set for the World Cup Finals with two podium finishes in the Giant Slalom. The French athlete raced to second place in Kranjska Gora on Saturday and third place on Sunday. The HEAD Worldcup Rebels celebrated three podium finishes at the women's events in Åre: Sara Hector came third in the Giant Slalom on Friday, Wendy Holdener was second in the Slalom on Saturday and Anna Swenn-Larsson finished third.
11 March 2023: Mikaela Shiffrin has cemented her place in skiing history by becoming the all-time leader in World Cup victories, surpassing Ingemar Stenmark's record of 86 wins. Mikaela just won her 87th World Cup race in Åre, Sweden, breaking the all-time record held by Ingemar Stenmark and solidifying her position as the greatest skier of all time.
ONE WAY athletes earned three gold, two silver, and one bronze medal at the Nordic Ski World Championships in Planica, Slovenia. Sweden’s Emma Ribom impressed with a sensational performance and took home the complete set of all three medals. On the final day of the World Ski Championships, the largest cross-country ski event in the world, the Vasaloppet, took place in Sweden. Norwegians Emilie Fleten and Silje Øyre Slind were able to celebrate taking the top two spots.
Atomic launches the next generation of its successful Backland all-round touring ski line for the 2023/24 season. Based on extensive testing and research, including a scientific life cycle assessment, the skis have been completely redesigned with a lower-impact construction that offers greater all-terrain versatility, more uphill efficiency, and better floatation in powder. Cutting CO2 emissions by 30%, the new Backland skis are made with an increased amount of locally sourced wood and more recycled materials. Available as men’s and women’s skis in widths between 85 and 95 mm, the lower-impact Backlands lead the way in Atomic’s responsible, purpose-built future ski design.
The HEAD women's team swept away almost everything in Kvitfjell this weekend: In the Super-G on Friday, HEAD celebrated a triple victory with Cornelia Hütter, Elena Curtoni and Lara Gut-Behrami. Kajsa Vickhoff Lie's first World Cup victory followed on Saturday in the Downhill, where she also made Norwegian skiing history. Corinne Suter finished in third place. And on Sunday, HEAD again took all three podium places in the second Super-G with Nina Ortlieb, Stephanie Venier and Franziska Gritsch. In the men's Downhill on Saturday in Aspen, James Crawford raced to the podium in second place.
Performance both on and off the slopes: many Porsche enthusiasts are also passionate winter sports fans. They place just as high demands on their equipment as they do on their sports cars: top performance, innovative technology, highest quality in terms of workmanship, and exclusive, sporty design are expected, whether on four wheels or two skis. This is what the Ski Collection for the 2023/24 season, developed jointly by Porsche and the international sporting goods manufacturer HEAD, combines. The two performance brands are continuing their successful collaboration following the launch of the first joint products last fall. The second generation again includes two models of skis as well as skiing clothing and equipment, and picks up on the iconic design of the new 911 Dakar.
Two HEAD Worldcup Rebels skied to the podium for the first time in the World Cup this weekend: Laura Gauché raced to third place in the Downhill in Crans Montana on Sunday with bib number 26. Albert Popov also finished third on Sunday in the Slalom at Palisades Tahoe.
White Pearl Mountain Days in the Skicircus Saalbach Hinterglemm Leogang Fieberbrunn, presented by Visa, from 24 March to 2 April 2023.
New rail connection from Hamburg to St. Anton am Arlberg, Austria. Sporting highlights were the primary focus of the current 2022/23 winter season in St. Anton am Arlberg, Austria, and its skiing area. However, the mountain village has also set a new mobility milestone with “Ski Express Tirol”: in December 2022, an ICE train sped directly from Hamburg via Munich to St. Anton am Arlberg for the very first time.
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