Olympic and World Champion Johannes Rydzek had a big day on the past weekend but for entirely private reasons. One week after his home Summer Grand Prix appearance in Oberstdorf, the 26-year-old married his long-time love Lissi Bayer in a civil ceremony at the “Königliches Jagdhaus” in Oberstdorf.

Snow has been expected to fall above 2,000 metres in the Alps this past weekend as a cold-front moved across central Europe.

NASA is spearheading a multi-year, multi-agency effort to ascertain exactly how much snowthere is in the world.

Nordic Combined legend Eric Frenzel had big news that he announced in a kickoff press conference for the Nordic Combined Summer Grand Prix 2018 in Oberwiesenthal yesterday: the 29-year-old who sported the WSC Erzgebirge Oberwiesenthal on the start lists until now changed back to his home and childhood club SSV Geyer.

Rollerski is an easy and attractive way to spread the sport of Cross-Country Skiing all over the world in the summer months and the events are reaching more and more countries. 

World champion and Olympic medallist in cross-country skiing, Aino Kaisa Saarinen has been chosen as the new Secretary General of the Lahti Ski Games, in charge of the event production and the supervisor of the event organisation.

The German Ski Association (DSV) announced on Saturday that Ulrike Grässler has decided to end her career in Ski Jumping. 

FIS sends its sincere condolences to the family and friends of 38-year-old Olympic Champion from Vancouver Vibeke Skofterud who tragically died during the past weekend after a jet ski accident near Arendal in southern Norway.

As the German Ski Association (DSV) announced on Saturday, Ulrike Graessler has decided to end her career in Ski Jumping.

Additional World Cup athletes have made the hard decision to retire from active ski racing during the offseason.