The Swiss moguls team gets some prominent support: after 12 years for the Italian team, Deborah Scanzio is back skiing for her home country. 

Canadian tech specialist Marie-Michèle Gagnon finished 6th in the 2014 season slalom standings, crowning her best season so far, which also included her maiden World Cup win in the super combined in Altenmarkt/Zauchensee.

Ted Ligety suffered an injury to his left wrist while training today at Vail’s Golden Peak. According to U.S. Ski Team Medical Director Kyle Wilkens, Ligety suffered a left wrist carpal dislocation. 

Head coach Petter Kukkonen has nominated the following athletes to start in the first competitions of the winter season

Today’s internal qualification competition, which the Austrian team held in Ruka, led to a World Cup team with multiple new faces. 20 athletes started and fought for eight World Cup spots for the first competitions of the new season next weekend.

Shortly before the start of the winter season, the US ladies' team for 2014/15 was announced on Thursday. A total of nine athletes is on the US Visa Women's Ski Jumping Team for the new season. 

Shymbulak resort, located 25km from the city centre of Almaty (KAZ) has a huge event planned for World Snow Day. 

Werner Schuster will remain head coach of the German ski jumpers for the next couple of years. The Austrian and the German Ski Association (DSV) agreed to extend the contract until 2019. 

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. 

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.