Thanks to an initiative by the German Ski Association, Cross-Country Skiing is developing in Mongolia. Young, talented athletes will soon be attending their first training camp at the Black Forest.

The highlight and key focus of the season ahead will be the FIS World Championships. But before fans and athletes descend upon Kreischberg (AUT), Falun (SWE) and Vail-Beaver Creek (USA), there are final preparations to be made as the Organising Committees and FIS get ready for the Final Inspections of the three World Championship sites.

At the FIS Summer Grand Prix in Einsiedeln, Gerard Colin, the new head coach of the French team, spoke with us about problems with young athletes in France and his big dream.

Today, 19th August, a first meeting dedicated to hosting of FIS World Cups in freestyle skiing, snowboard and cross-country skiing (Continental Cup) took place in an office of the Russian Ski Association in Moscow.

Over the past few seasons Andre Myhrer has been a constant name on the top of the slalom rankings, winning the slalom title in 2012, standing on the podium 18 times, of which five on the top step and winning bronze at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver.

Yesterday, 13th August, Maria Komissarova signed an agreement with the Russian Olympians foundation in an office of the Russian Ski Association.

The future of ski jumping and nordic combined in Canada is in limbo after one of the sports’ main funding sources, Own the Podium (OTP), decided to stop funding the sports for the 2014/2015 season. OTP is a sport-support program that makes recommendations for government and private-sector funding based on “targeted excellence” criteria.

It's obvious that Isabella Laböck loves speed. Otherwise it wouldn't make any sense that the German raceboarder would compete in the parallel disciplines. However, last weekend, the reigning PGS World Champion checked out something else, something faster.

Justyna Kowalczyk travelled down under and has put on skis again.

In a recent interview with Red Bull Snow, Norwegian Aksel Lund Svindal was asked to name his top pick when it comes to the names that are going to be a reoccurrence at the top of the ranking in the near future.