With the start of the FIS World Cup 2014-15 season just 9 days away many National ski teams will get their competitive seasons started this coming weekend. 

Local Organisers of the FIS Snowboard World Cup in Montafon, Austria are ready to host the third season opener of the SBX World Cup tour in a row. However the team has to cross fingers for Mother Nature to come into the picture. 

The FIS Council held its’ Autumn Meeting at the FIS Headquarters in Oberhofen (SUI) on Tuesday 18th November and dealt with a full agenda, including reports from Organising Committees for the FIS World Championships and Olympic Winter Games, the appointment of technical officials and proposals from the FIS Technical Committees.

Everything's ready, set, go for the very first World Cup of the 2013/14 season. The preparations in Ruka are all going to plan and the snow control for the Northern Finnish venue was positive.

PARK CITY, UT – Olympic champion Bode Miller will undergo outpatient back surgery today but is planning to return to the Audi FIS Ski World Cup in January based on the outcome of the surgery.

Young Austrian Paul Gerstgraser has captured the win in the first snow competition held in Rovaniemi, Finland today

Poland's Justyna Kowalczyk was yet again on top of the podium for the second time in two days

Finnish Biathlete Kaisa Makarainen and Russian ski Alexey Chervotkin have won the final day of competition in Olos, Finland.

Klingenthal already got the green light for carrying out the World Cup opening last Friday after the official FIS snow control, now there are also good news from northern Finland.

It seems that nothing should stand in the way of the World Cup opening in Klingenthal (GER) next week.