A young ski jumper from Kranj could recently welcome a very special surprise guest in his living room.

As a Nordic Combined athlete, reigning US national champion, King’s Cup winner and Olympian, Bryan Fletcher definitely knows how to fight. What fewer people know is that Fletcher had to develop these skills early in life: when he battled Leukemia from age three onwards.

Things have certainly not been picture perfect for Slovenia’s number one athlete Marjan Jelenko in the past two winters.

Nordic-online.ch set together with Swiss ace Dario Cologna and talked about the upcoming winter.

Daniel Andre Tande was in a league of his own in the Norwegian national championships and took both titles in Trondheim.

Slovenian raceboarder Jernej Demsar has not officially announced his retirement from the World Cup tour yet, but rumour has it that the 31-year-old won't be back on snow as a competitive racer.

This season's sbx World Cup tour will feature a total of eight stops of which three are brand new. One of them is Cortina d'Ampezzo, which has left its stamps on the Europa Cup circuit already.

Norwegian youngster Phillip Sjoeen has decided to take a break from competition due to mental problems and will therefore also not be participating in the national championships this weekend.

On the side lines of the FIS Technical Committee meetings in Zurich (SUI) the Morocco Royal Ski Federation and representatives from Sierra Nevada ski resort met with FIS President Gian Franco Kasper and Secretary General Sarah Lewis.

Getting children involved in winter sports benefits the whole family in ways that may be surprising. Here are six useful reasons why it is a good idea to get kids out this season: