For the past two seasons SnowKidz has exceeded 750 events and activities in a 12-month period. Whilst this momentum was excellent, we remained humble and did not predict the programme would exceed 800.

A thlete Centred Sport’ has been unveiled as the theme of the International Federation (IF) Forum 2019, giving custodians of sport the opportunity to explore the game-changing benefits of putting athletes at the heart of their strategies.

With 20 World Cup podiums, a World Championship title, and two Olympic medals under her belt, the Canadian Ski Cross Team’s Kelsey Serwa (Kelowna, B.C./Big White Ski Club) is shifting her focus off the race course and officially retiring from competitive skiing.

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) is pleased to publish a series of Therapeutic Use Exemption (TUE) Checklists, which provide guidance and support to athletes, their physicians and Anti-Doping Organisations (ADOs) during the TUE application process. 

President Bach received Norwegian two-time Olympic Alpine skiing champion Aksel Lund Svindal at the IOC Headquarters in Lausanne

total of 58 women and 69 men from 14 competing nations launched the FIS Roller Ski World Cup summer in style in Beijing (CHN), among them FIS Cross-Country World Cup winner and Norwegian superstar Johannes Hosfløt Klæbo (NOR). 

The Ski Jumping arena and Cross-Country tracks and stadium of the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2021 in Oberstdorf (GER) are bustling with activity. The construction work to update both facilities is well underway and visible progress has already been made.

FIS Snowboard carried out successul inspections at two new Canadian venues set to join the World Cup calendar in 2019/20, firstly at Blue Mountain, Ontario, which is getting set to host parallel slalom and parallel giant slalom competitions from February 1 to March 2, and secondly at Big White, British Coloumbia, where snowboard cross and snowboard cross mixed team competitions will hit the slopes from January 24-26, 2020. 

On the highly anticipated occasion to award the Olympic Winter Games 2026 to Stockholm-Åre (SWE) or Milan-Cortina (ITA), it will be possible to follow the announcement of the winner live online!

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) will officially inaugurate its new headquarters on 23rdJune during the celebration of Olympic Day.