Nearly three years after a training crash at Copper Mountain, Coloardo, left him with catastrophic injuries, Austrian ski racer Max Franz has returned to the site that changed his life. Once a rising star on the World Cup downhill circuit, Franz is now making a bid to rejoin elite ski racing, revisiting Copper this summer as part of a documentary […]| SnowBrains
Alpine skiing has always been the FIS discipline where the most prize money is awarded. The International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS) stipulates that the Local Organizing Committee (LOC) of each race makes available at least CHF 144,000 (USD 174,552) for prize money (excluding VAT). This prize money is divided between the 30 best competitors. Up until the 2023-24 season, […]| SnowBrains
Revo, the global leader in high-quality performance sunglasses, announces today the launch of a new sunglass style developed in collaboration with Revo ski ambassador, Italian World Cup alpine ski racer, Marta Bassino. To celebrate the launch, Revo and Marta Bassino will be hosting a press conference and autograph signing event at 5:00 p.m. on January 26 at the Hotel de la […]| SnowBrains
For the second time in as many events at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Mikaela Shiffrin, 26, failed to complete her first run| SnowBrains
World Cup ski racing equipment is highly specialized and expensive. The International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS) sets limits| SnowBrains