In a time when women are fighting for equal pay in professions around the globe, the top ladies alpine ski racers in the world out-earned their male counterparts for the second season in a row thanks to equal minimum prize money offered at all Audi FIS Alpine World Cup events.

On the occasion of the 83rd Austrian Ski Federation country conference in Bad Aussee, the nation’s successful Olympic athletes were honoured with a gala evening, among them, the Austrian team bronze medal winners in Nordic Combined Mario Seidl, Bernhard Gruber, Willi Denifl and double bronze medallist Lukas Klapfer. 

The Norwegian Ski Federation has established a special training group for Ladies’ Nordic Combined which is supposed to help prepare athletes for the bigger medal events to come.

The entirety of Nordic Combined Norway was in action on a big weekend that included appearances at the Oslo Skishow, followed by a Norges Cup weekend, all taking place around Holmenkollen and the jumping hills of Midtstua.

The Norwegian Ski Association has employed Espen Bjervig (45) as new Cross-Country team manager.

Another star from Australia's "Flying Kangaroos" aerials team, 33 year-old David Morris has decided to call it a day and retire after 15 years of training and competing on the highest level.

The Austrian Nordic Combined national team returned to the jumping hills in the past week with a first training camp at the Summer Grand Prix Finals venue of Planica

About one year ago, Stian Sivertzen was forced to announce his retirement from competitive snowboarding due to a long illness. Yesterday, the two-time Olympian declared that he will join the Norwegian Snowboard Federation as new snowboard freestyle coach.

Ski Flying World Champion Daniel Andre Tande had to spend some time in a hospital recently due to a rare disease.

Sepp Schneider ends his active career as a Nordic Combined athlete.