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Slalom Champion Marshall Gets Another Super Series ( by , 1/6/2008)
SUNDAY RIVER, Maine (Jan. 5) - Cody Marshall (Pittsfield, VT) used his experience as the current NorAm slalom champion to take in another Super Series  (More ...)

Family-run ski area modernizes snowmaking  ( by By JOHN CURRAN The Associated Press , 12/28/2007)
RICHMOND — Its future threatened by a series of snow-challenged winters, Cochran's Ski Area got what it always wanted Thursday — a modern snowm  (More ...)

Transue, Smith Win NorAm SGs  ( by Not Stowe Reporter!! , 12/12/2007)
PANORAMA, B.C. (Dec. 11) - U.S. alpine skiers produced two NorAm victories Tuesday and added two other podium results at Panorama resort. Jeremy Trans  (More ...)

Marshall Podiums Twice in Panorama  ( by Not Stowe Reporter!! , 12/12/2007)
PANORAMA, B.C. (Dec. 12) - Defending NorAm combined champion Chelsea Marshall (Pittsfield, VT) was second twice Wednesday in a super G and the first s  (More ...)

Peaking at right moment  ( by Jesse Schloff , 3/8/2007)
Three podiums in two days: Not a bad haul at all.

Jeremy “Worm” Transue, a member of the U.S. Ski Team’s C squad who is fighting for a  (More ...)

J3 skiers seize last chance for States  ( by Jesse Schloff , 3/8/2007)
Hopes were dashed, or realized, Sunday at Spruce Peak in Stowe.

It was the last chance to qualify for the J3 state championships, and racers  (More ...)

East well-represented at J2 Nationals  ( by Jesse Schloff , 3/8/2007)
Kristen Leggett of Killington Mountain School absolutely dominated the second run of giant slalom on Tuesday, earning a major victory in the opening d  (More ...)

Worm's dilemma: He has to ski faster, right now ( by Jesse Schloff , 2/18/2007)
Stuck in a rut.

All athletes suffer through rough spells — the hitting slump, the ailing jump shot, the kicks that go wide right.

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Park, Aiba take state J1 crowns  ( by Jesse Schloff , 2/18/2007)
Ski racing has just a few perfect days a season, when everything comes together the way you’d hope.

Sunday was a perfect day for the J1/sen  (More ...)

Dartmouth keeps its grip on college ski carnivals  ( by Jesse Schloff , 2/18/2007)
In the skiing business, where change seems rampant, sticking with a simple formula that works is awfully refreshing.

That’s the way it is a  (More ...)

Anja Paerson's unstoppable  ( by Marina Knight , 2/17/2007)
It will take a lot for someone to convince me that there has been a more striking dichotomy between the world’s current best female and male skiers.  (More ...)

Weather washes out Worm's World Cup dream  ( by Jesse Schloff , 1/25/2007)
“I’m not going to go beat up Mother Nature … I’d probably lose that fight.”

Jeremy “Worm” Transue, a member of the U.S. Ski Tea  (More ...)

Carnivals starting for college skiers  ( by Jesse Schloff , 1/25/2007)
Break out the horns, cowbells, cheers and funny costumes: It’s carnival time.

Last Friday marked the start of the official Eastern ski-raci  (More ...)

J4's compete fiercely in Stowe  ( by Jesse Schloff , 1/25/2007)
Sunday’s Northern Vermont Council J4 race was an inkling of ski racing’s future, and things look pretty good for the United States. The race featu  (More ...)

Swensson, Hawman take Tormey crowns in Stowe  ( by By Jesse Schloff , 1/25/2007)
Early morning course inspection for the K2 George Tormey Series championship race at Stowe on Saturday doubled as a powder run. There was that much fr  (More ...)

After holiday break, Transue is itching to race ag ( by By Jesse Schloff , 1/4/2007)
He quietly admits he’s glad they’re over. The holidays are fun, something to look forward to, but sometimes a strange time for a professional ath  (More ...)

Austrians rebound  ( by Marina Knight , 1/4/2007)
The Austrian men’s team blasted back to the scene last week in Bormio, Italy, as Michael Walchoffer won both downhills on a motocross-like course. T  (More ...)

U.S. success arrives in a flash; Mancuso, Nyman, M ( by Marina Knight , 12/24/2006)
In a blitz of races over the last five days or so, U.S. skiers have dazzled the podium. The myriad successes came like a blizzard, with Olympic giant  (More ...)

WW2: Worm’s World: A big racing week, with excel ( by Jesse Schloff , 12/24/2006)
In this second edition of “Worm’s World,” we have much to report on U.S. C-team racer Jeremy “Worm” Transue.

“Worm’s World” i  (More ...)

Vermont has strong presence on U.S. Ski Team  ( by Jesse Schloff, 12/18/2006)
Vermont’s a small place, just 157 miles lengthwise from its international border with Canada down to Massachusetts.

But the little state ha  (More ...)

Comeback kid skis for future on U.S. Ski Team  ( by Jesse Schloff , 12/14/2006)
Today we begin a series about U.S. Ski Team C-level racer Jeremy Transue.

He’s 23, was once the best teenage skier in the nation, and his s  (More ...)

Ross, Knight make cut for World Cup starts  ( by Marina Knight , 11/23/2005)
Stowe skiers Lauren Ross and Chip Knight of Stowe earned World Cup giant slalom start positions this week at Loveland Valley, Colo., after U.S. team t  (More ...)

Winners top 80 mph at Jay Downhill  ( by Jesse Schloff , 3/10/2005)
The George Syrovatka downhill race is one of those events that sits tucked away in the far reaches of the brain for the entire year. Each winter when  (More ...)

Cats lead NCAA Championships  ( by Marina Gisquet , 3/10/2005)
Skiing on familiar turf, in familiar weather, the University of Vermont ski team took a first-day lead in the NCAA ski championships at Stowe Mountain  (More ...)

Gearing up for finals  ( by Marina Gisquet , 3/10/2005)
After a long exciting season of World Cup racing, things are beginning to wind down. Only one race series remains, and it started yesterday in Lenzerh  (More ...)

J4s tackle tough slalom hill  ( by J4s tackle tough slalom hill By Jess, 3/10/2005)
The top J4s from Vermont’s Northern Council gathered on Sunday at Smuggler’s Notch to race a slalom on a demanding course. Fifty-five boys and 51  (More ...)

Bode Big at Worlds  ( by PAUL ROBBINS , 2/10/2005)
BORMIO, Italy - Two medals down, six to go.

With a goal of eight medals for the U.S. ski Team (four from the gents, four from the gentles) at  (More ...)

Combined confusion  ( by By Chip Knight , 2/10/2005)
The classic Lauberhorn race in Wengen, Switzerland celebrated its 75th edition this year. This time, however, in a break with the tradition of holding  (More ...)

Bode bests all comers  ( by By PAUL ROBBINS , 12/5/2004)
BEAVER CREEK, Colo. - Unbeaten Bode Miller, with Daron Rahlves as his wingman, thinks this opulent playpen might be the spot where they finally stand  (More ...)

Early season optimism  ( by Chip Knight , 11/19/2004)
The US Ski Team is enjoying a month of training on home turf in the weeks leading up to the opening World Cups in Lake Louise, Alberta and Beaver Cree  (More ...)

Ross to get first Giant Slalom start  ( by By PAUL ROBBINS , 10/22/2004)
When the alpine World Cup ski season opens this weekend on the Rettenbach Glacier above Soelden, Austria, three Mount Mansfield Ski and Snowboard Club  (More ...)

Killington hosts Vt. Cup opener  ( by Jesse Schloff , 12/21/2003)
A horde of speed-suit-clad racers convened on Killington's Bunny Buster slope Sunday to test their skills against a mellow-mannered slalom course.<  (More ...)

Classic racing in Italy  ( by Chip Knight , 12/21/2003)
The last week of World Cup action featured two of the most famous hills on the tour, Alta Badia and Madonna di Campiglio, in consecutive days. Due to  (More ...)

Early season speed bumps  ( by Chip Knight , 12/12/2003)
After spending last week in sun-starved Norway, we followed the Europa Cup tour south to the Sud-Tirol region of north-central Italy, under the impres  (More ...)

U.S. Ski team fares well in Park City  ( by Paul Robbins , 12/1/2003)
PARK CITY, Utah ­

Huge high, huge low and a gang of good stuff in between.

That's a hasty, thumbnail report on the Chevy Truck A  (More ...)

Rutland Herald - Pinnacles of Success  ( by Kevin O'Connor , 11/9/2003)
By KEVIN O’CONNOR Staff Writer

When the Vermont Ski Museum launched its Hall of Fame with Olympic gold medalist Andrea Mead Lawrence, it wa  (More ...)

MMSC alumni complete European racing season  ( by JJ Toland , 4/17/2003)
There is something missing in Jessica Kelley. It is what's not in her voice. There's no hum of nervous energy riding below the surface. That une  (More ...)

Sugar Slalom draws 300  ( by JJ Toland , 4/11/2003)
Large groups have a way of generating their own energy. Gather more than 50 people together and give them a common purpose, and the verve created is a  (More ...)

Men spring into EC action on Hayride  ( by JJ Tolland , 4/3/2003)
Ah, springtime. Warm days. Muddy parking lots. Visions of Sugar Slaloms dancing through athletes' heads.

With the season winding down, on  (More ...)

Ten years later, return is rewarding  ( by Chip Knight , 4/3/2003)
The World Cup stopped in Lillehammer, Norway last week for the World Cup Finals, where the top-25 ranked athletes in each event showcased their abilit  (More ...)

Weathering Whiteface  ( by JJ Toland , 3/29/2003)
Saving some of its best for last the U.S. Alpine team's top skiers strutted their stuff at the U.S. National Alpine Championship at Lake Placid. Th  (More ...)

J5s, J6s duel at duals  ( by Nifer Knight , 3/20/2003)
Some 260 racers turned out Sunday to compete in the annual J5/J6 Duals at Spruce Peak Sunday. In what is becoming a tradition, the day began and ended  (More ...)

Ten years later, return is rewarding  ( by Chip Knight , 3/20/2003)
The World Cup stopped in Lillehammer, Norway last week for the World Cup Finals, where the top-25 ranked athletes in each event showcased their abilit  (More ...)

Crow, Duran shine at JOs  ( by JJ Toland , 3/14/2003)
Significant dates in the history of Lake Placid: 1932. 1980. And now you can add 2003 to the list of years that saw greatness visit the Adirondacks. B  (More ...)

Tall tales from the Far East  ( by Chip Knight , 3/14/2003)
Following last week's races in Yong Pyong, South Korea, the World Cup traveled north to Shiga Kogen, Japan, the site of the technical events in the  (More ...)

Okemo J3's dominate Super-Gs  ( by JJ Toland , 3/8/2003)
The J3 State Championships got off to a fast start with the Super G kicking off the three days of racing. Agendas varied as some athletes vied for the  (More ...)

Springtime in Korea creates chaotic conditions  ( by Chip Knight , 3/8/2003)
The World Cup began its Asian swing last week with two races on the Korean Peninsula, northeast of Seoul, at the YongPyong resort.

There was  (More ...)

Bloom rips it up at States  ( by JJ Toland , 2/28/2003)
Athletes and anger go hand and hand. Whether it's the hoopster who slugs a cameraman or the skier who pitches his boards into the woods, the emotio  (More ...)

Fast and deep at the World Championships  ( by Chip Knight , 2/22/2003)
In one of the first ski races I ever watched as a kid, Phil and Steve Mahre stood on the podium together after finishing first and second in the Olymp  (More ...)

Setting the stage for success  ( by Chip Knight , 2/13/2003)
The 2003 World Championships opened last week in St. Moritz with the Super-G, Combined and Downhill events. Following the last World Cup slalom, the n  (More ...)

Heise brothers battle at Bromley  ( by JJ Toland , 2/13/2003)  Picture by
You could see it in Rusty Heise's eyes; the crackles of electricity that wanted to leap onto the scoreboard and cauterize his time from leaking any  (More ...)

Vermont Cup stops at Smuggs  ( by JJ Toland , 2/7/2003)  Picture by Malcolm Reiss
Race start areas are interesting places to observe racer rituals. There's the hand jive; that closed-eye dance athletes do with their hands to help  (More ...)

Revisiting Rahlves' victory  ( by Chip Knight , 2/7/2003)
In the final races before the World Championships in St. Moritz, the Alpine Skiing World Cup made its annual stadium-like stop in Kitzb�hel, Austria.  (More ...)

EC's delayed by cold at Okemo  ( by JJ Toland , 1/31/2003)
"I quit." It was the only thought I could hear through the poltergeist howls that were careening into the top of Okemo. Then I was going to sue this e  (More ...)

Super cold, super fast, Super G at Sugarbush  ( by JJ Tolland , 1/23/2003)  Picture by Reiss
It was a day that would have put a polar bear in fleece. As coaches, gatekeepers, and feeble ski writers cowered behind lift towers to escape an omnip  (More ...)

A long, slow and rewarding trip to Wengen  ( by Chip Knight , 1/23/2003)
It's hard to imagine a greater contrast than the fastest skiers in the world crawling up to the annual Lauberhornrennen in Wengen, Switzerland on t  (More ...)

Kingsbury, Crow crown Stowe's new hill  ( by JJ Tolland , 1/17/2003)
There is nothing gentle about the new Hayride slope at Stowe. Its name is a misnomer. "Hayride" conjures up images of chilly October afternoons bounci  (More ...)

Age on Top in Adelboden  ( by Chip Knight , 1/17/2003)
The World Cup stopped in Bormio over the weekend for a make-up of the downhill and slalom that were to be held in Chamonix. Daron Rahlves backed up hi  (More ...)

Stepping up to the Europa Cup  ( by Chip Knight , 1/10/2003)
The World Cup stopped in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia over the weekend for a slalom and giant slalom on the classic Podkoren piste. Bode Miller was dominan  (More ...)

Green Mt. boys rule at Nor Ams  ( by JJ Toland , 1/10/2003)
A Nor-Am Cup was held this past weekend at Sunday River, Me. and the Green Mountain boys were all over the leader board.

The UVM tag-team of  (More ...)

Okemo ends year with a bang  ( by JJ Toland , 1/2/2003)  Picture by Malcolm Reiss
With a shout of "On course!" and the howling of ferocious winds, 170 athletes sprinted through 35 gates to put an exclamation point on the end of the  (More ...)

Bode offers team a confidence boost  ( by Chip Knight , 1/2/2003)
The World Cup stopped in Alta Badia last week for the classic GS race on the Pista Gran Risa. Nestled in the heart of the Dolomites, Alta Badia refers  (More ...)

It's a knockout  ( by Chip Knight , 12/26/2002)
This week, in an attempt to bring slalom racing to a wider audience, the FIS parted from the traditional two-run race format with three different "kno  (More ...)

Vermonters strong at Maine ECs  ( by JJ Toland , 12/26/2002)
Vermonters peppered the leader board at this past weekend's Eastern Cup race in Maine.

Over on Sugarloaf Mountain, Killington Mountain Sc  (More ...)

Standing alone in the hall of fame ( by Ethan Dezotelle, 8/15/2002)  Picture by VSM
When it comes to skiing legends, Andrea Mead Lawrence stands alone.

The only American woman to take home two gold medals in skiing from the  (More ...)

Vermont Olympians herald Ski Museum ( by Ethan Dezotelle, 8/15/2002)  Picture by VSM
Except for the heat, Stowe's summer will bear a startling resemblance to winter this weekend when professional and novice skiers, Olympians and Wor  (More ...)

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