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What Does It Take To Be A Professional Athlete?
by Pretty Tough
posted January 31, 2012 at 5:26pm

As a kid I dreamt of being a professional ski racer. Traveling the world, racing in the Alps and only having to worry about skiing seemed pretty ideal to me. My sister, Julia, has succeeded at being a professional skier and now every day she races ...more

Women Talk Sports & Pretty Tough Support Ready to Fly Film
by Pretty Tough
posted January 30, 2012 at 2:43pm

Women Talk Sports and Pretty Tough are pleased to support the new documentary film Ready to Fly directed by William A. Kerig. A stand-up-and-cheer, feel-good movie, Ready to Fly follows World Champion ski jumper Lindsey Van and her women’s ski jump...more

Lindsey Vonn Wins World Cup Super-Combined Ski Event, Leads Standings
by Pretty Tough
posted January 28, 2012 at 6:54pm

Lindsey Vonn won a World Cup super-combined event Friday to extend her lead in the overall standings against second-place Tina Maze (who presumably was wearing FIS sanctioned underwear). Vonn defended her lead from the morning downhill with a solid slalo...more

Winter X Games Underway; Skier Sarah Burke Honored
by Pretty Tough
posted January 27, 2012 at 1:13am

Sarah Burke’s friends took a slow ski down a darkened halfpipe at the Winter X Games on Thursday, saying goodbye to the skier who helped push their sports to the heights they are today. Burke, who would have been the defending champion in Saturda...more

Women ski jumpers post top results in Zakopane Continental Cup - pay tribute to Burke, donate portion of earnings
by anngaff
posted January 21, 2012 at 6:22pm

Zakopane, Poland, Jan. 21, via release — The Visa Women’s Ski Jumping Team continued its strong performance this weekend with four members in the top 10 on Friday and five in the top 15 on Saturday at a Continental Cup (COC) event in Zakopane,...more

Sarah Burke, Canadian freestyle skier, dies after superpipe accident
by Pretty Tough
posted January 20, 2012 at 12:36pm

We are heartsick. Everyone is.  Yesterday came  the headline we were all hoping would never be published. Canadian freestyle skier and action sports pioneer Sarah Burke died Thursday morning, nine days after she crashed at the bottom of the s...more

Ski Federation Calls for Change of Underwear
by Pretty Tough
posted January 18, 2012 at 8:56pm

Slovenian ski racer Tina Maze flashed her sports bra over the weekend in response to a controversial complaint that her underwear gave her a competitive edge. When she stripped down, the words “Not Your Business” were written across her chest....more

Sarah Hendrickson wins 2 World Cups in Italy; sets hill record for women. Team USA leads standings
by anngaff
posted January 17, 2012 at 10:57am

Val di Fiemme, Predazzo, Italy, via release - Sarah Hendrickson put up two huge jumps Sunday to win her fourth World Cup (WC) competition so far this season. She’s also leading the overall WC standings by more than 150 points over reigning Worl...more

First Winter Youth Olympic Games kick off in Innsbruck
by Pretty Tough
posted January 16, 2012 at 7:17pm

The Innsbruck 2012 Winter Youth Olympic Games officially got under way with an Opening Ceremony at the Bergisel stadium, the iconic Olympic venue in the heart of Austria’s Tyrolean capital, Innsbruck. With the snow-capped mountains providing a brea...more

Lindsey Vonn Wins WC Super-G To Become Third Most Winning Woman
by Pretty Tough
posted January 16, 2012 at 12:26am

Image: Alessandro Trovati/AP Lindsey Vonn becomes the third most winning woman of all time on the World Cup, in Cortina d’Ampezzo, llanding her 47th victory in the super G as Maria Hoefl-Riesch and Tina Maze take second and third on 15 January, 2...more

Canadian freestyle skier Sarah Burke remains in critical condition
by Pretty Tough
posted January 12, 2012 at 12:49pm

Canadian freeskier Sarah Burke crashed while training on the 22-foot Eagle Superpipe in Park City, Utah, and is reportedly in a coma and in critical condition a day after being airlifted to a Salt Lake City hospital. In a statement released by University...more

Youth Olympic Games a 'dream come true' for U.S. ski jumper Emilee Anderson
by anngaff
posted January 12, 2012 at 11:12am

via release INNSBRUCK, AUT. — Emilee Anderson has perfect timing. Or maybe it’s simply fate that this 16-year-old from the heart of ski jumping country in the U.S. will make history when she competes Saturday in a sport that has been closed ...more

Sarah Hendrickson wins second World Cup; Jessica Jerome nabs third
by anngaff
posted January 9, 2012 at 2:05pm

photo via ladiesskijumping.com Three U.S. team members in top 10, besting all other nations via release  HINTERZARTEN, GER. — Sarah Hendrickson has now won two out of the three World Cup competitions so far this season after a resounding 3...more

Lindsey Van takes 2nd in windy, snowy Hinterzarten World Cup
by anngaff
posted January 7, 2012 at 12:00pm

Photo via ladiesskijumping.com Jan. 7, via release - In her first World Cup ever, Lindsey Van — 27-year-old veteran of the sport — nabbed a 2nd place Saturday in Hinterzarten, Germany. Only the scores from the first round were counted becau...more

New Year's Resolutions within Women's Sport
by Inspiring Sports Women
posted January 3, 2012 at 9:45pm

I just heard a medical expert on the radio here in Dublin telling us that giving up alcohol or ...(fill in with your choice of vice) for one month isn't enough - you need to change your approach during the whole year. Well, duh! Now if only it were as eas...more

American teen makes history in World Cup slalom
by Pretty Tough
posted December 30, 2011 at 9:23pm

Watch out Lindsey Vonn. The girl who used to watch you on TV just landed on a World Cup podium. American teenager Mikaela Shiffrin used two attacking and error-free runs to became the youngest female on a World Cup slalom podium since...more

Lindsey Van donates bone marrow again for man with cancer
by anngaff
posted December 19, 2011 at 8:20pm

World Champion ski jumper Lindsey Van got the call again this fall. Eight months after she donated bone marrow to help a cancer-stricken man, the doctors said they needed twice the number of stem cells they took from her last spring — which was 500...more

Holiday events at Colorado ski resorts
by Women Skiing and Sports
posted December 17, 2011 at 4:49pm

No matter which resort you visit during the holidays, each one will be aglow with lights and festive decor, guaranteeing a sparkly and white Christmas. Santa sightings, fireworks displays and torchlight parades have been annual holiday events for years. ...more