FIS would like to express its sincere condolences to the family and friends of Romain Claudon who tragically passed away on Sunday, 14th June. Romain Claudon (24) fell of a MTB on a descent from the Bauges massif and suffered fatal injuries.

The upcoming season means a sea-change for Czech coach Vladimir Smid. For ten long years, he has assisted the respective head coaches, from Libor Foltman to Bohuslav Razl, Ludek Sablatura and Ladislav Rygl.

In less than a month the FIS Rollerski World Cup is going to start in Oroslavje, (CRO). This years' World Cup series will feature three World Cup venues and the Rollerski World Championships in Val di Fiemme.

As in every uneven year, the Nordic Combined TD Seminar also took place in 2015, bringing all active technical delegates of the discipline of Nordic Combined together in Seefeld, Austria to get an update on rule changes, educate new candidates and compare practical work and experiences from the past two seasons.

The up-coming World Cup calendar got traditionally confirmed at the FIS Spring meetings, which took place in Varna, Bulgaria last week. Race boarders can look forward to a total of twelve races taking place at well-known places of which two are team events.

The 2015-16 FIS Snowboard Freestyle World Cup season will be packed with a total of 17 competitions spread over 13 stops featuring well-known resorts as well as first-timers.

The Sonthofen resident who brought her road bike over the pond will stay in Diego about two months capitializing on the perfect conditions at site.

Snowboard Germany's team preps have got a proper ticking-off with raceboarder Amelie Kober having been diagnosed with a torn ACL last week.

After the Austrian ski jumpers already tried ice hockey and mountain biking during the preparation period for the new season, it was now time to play golf.

The Austrian team returned to the jumping hills with a first training camp in Rastbüchl, Germany