The Snow Sports Industries America (SIA) Board of Directors has announced that the 2014 On Demo Ski Ride Fest will be held at Copper Mountain Resort, located at 74 miles west of Denver, CO. The decision came after considering industry feedback and recommendations provided by SIA’s On-Snow Demo Task Force “After careful consideration of a variety …

June 10, 2013, marked the starting point for Josh Garrett’s journey across the 2,655-mile Pacific Crest Trail – a grueling path from Mexico to Canada. Garrett, 30, a Santa Monica College track coach and exercise physiology instructor, intends to use his expedition as a tool to raise awareness and funds for Mercy For Animals – …

What better way to kick off the summer season than to head up to Big Bear Lake Resort and try out the various activities available. Snow Summit will be open with multiple activities available for everyone in the family; including the Snow Summit Scenic Sky Chair, top-to-bottom hiking, biking trails and rentals for all levels, …

For the first time ever, the Sochi 2014 Organizing Committee is designated to present the Sochi 2014 Olympic and Paralympic medals on May 30th, 2013.  As is tradition, the Olympic medals will be presented a year before the Sochi Games in St. Petersburg during the 11th SportAccord International Convention.  The ceremony is a notable achievement …

Rockstar Energy presents professional snowboarder Elena Hight at spring training camp at Mammoth. In Hight’s third year of the spring camp, she says the training is very beneficial to the athletes even though it is the end of the season. Spring training at Mammoth includes coaches and session trainings pushing the athletes to their limits as much …

Earlier this month SnowSports Industries America (SIA) teamed with New York based charity Kids in Distressed Situations (K.I.D.S.) in efforts to distribute winter apparel to hundreds of families and children in the Rockaways in Queens who are still struggling after Hurricane Sandy in  October 2012. K.I.D.S. is an organization aimed to help the snow sports …

Squaw Valley and Alpine Meadows resorts announce nearly nearly $8 million in capital improvements for the 2013-14 winter season, as part of the resort’s five-year, $70 million renaissance. All of the capital projects are state of the art designed to make the resort experience more friendly, extraordinary, approachable and welcoming for all guests. Previous years …

 Snowbird Resort has released their plans for a family friendly summer that is quickly approaching.  It’s hard to come up with ways to spend quality time with those you care about and Snowbird is making it easy! Now offering stargazing on Hidden Peak in beautiful weather, a new highly-anticipated Mountain Coaster, and nine weekends of …

A “large and deadly” tornado has hit the south of Oklahoma City this afternoon causing chaos and destruction amongst the suburb of Moore. The National Weather Service issued an initial finding that the tornado was an EF-4 on the enhanced Fujita scale, the second most-powerful type of twister. Buildings have been destroyed, a theatre has been taken …