With 111 days left until the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2019 get underway, the Alpine Skiing world descended upon Are (SWE) for the Final Inspection. Under the motto ‘Inspire the World to Ski’, the Are 2019 team has worked for the last five years leading up to  the three-day inspection and naturally the World Championships themselves in February. 

Johann Andre Forfang, individual silver medalist and team Olympic champion in PyeongChang (KOR) last winter, is returning to the hill after he was sidelined for two months due to an injury.

Livigno (ITA) is heaven for Cross-Country Skiing, a unique location that allows cross-country skiers to devote themselves to their passion both in winter - from the first snowfall - and in summer, as evidenced by the Palio delle Contrade - 1K Shot.

Stefan Huber is the first winner of the Continental Cup weekend in Zakopane (POL).

Karl Geiger of Germany won the FIS Grand Prix premiere in Rasnov (ROU). 

Mario Seidl won the first of two remaining Summer Grand Prix events in Planica and extends his advantage in the overall standings.

Alena Prochazkova (SVK) and Robin Norum (SWE) added the title of FIS Roller Ski World Cup overall winners 2018 to their achievement lists.  

The team of Japan won the mixed team competition in Chaikovsky (RUS) on Saturday afternoon.

Germany's Juliane Seyfarth showed a convincing performance with two very strong jumps in the official training of the ladies for the FIS Grand Prix in Chaikovsky (RUS) this weekend.

 The first FIS Freeski big air World Cup of the 2018/2019 season went down on Friday at Cardrona Alpine Resort with Canada’s Elena Gaskell and Switzerland’s Andrii Ragettli claiming huge victories to wrap up two weeks of freeski action at the Audi quattro Winter Games New Zealand.