Wednesday night at the Utah 2019 FIS Snowboard, Freestyle and Freeski World Championships saw the individual aerials competition take to the skies above the famed Deer Valley Resort, where Aliaksandra Ramanouskaya of Belarus won the ladies’ competition and Russia’s Maxim Burov became the youngest-ever aerials world champion in an evening of incredible jumping.

Welcome to my favourite time of the year, when skiing and snowboarding take centre stage and the FIS World Championships dominate the news and airwaves, bringing our sport into the spotlight and closer to the world.

Just a few days ago, the FIS Nordic Junior and U23 Cross-Country World Championships ended in Lahti (FIN).  Now the baton passes on to the next Organisers, Oberwiesenthal (GER), who will host the event in 2020. In their first step, the logo and the visual identity of the event have been presented and the website and social media channels opened.

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Triple Freestyle Ski World Champion, Olympian and President of the Lausanne 2020 Organising Committee Virginie Faivre was the most qualified person on the mountain to guide and introduce 300 school children from the Lausanne area to the sport of skiing.

Alpine snowboard competition at the Utah 2019 FIS Snowboard, Freestyle and Freeski World Championships wrapped up on Tuesday with an exciting -  and snowy - parallel slalom race, where Switzerland’s Julie Zogg claimed her first world championships title and Dmitry Loginiov of Russia became the third man in history to sweep world championships alpine snowboard competition with his second gold in as many days

American Mikaela Shiffrin opened the 2019 Åre FIS Alpine World Ski Championships by claiming the fourth World Championship title of her career but her first in super-G on Tuesday in a nailbiter race where gold was decided by only 0.02 seconds.

A little bit of history was made on Super Bowl Sunday in America, though it wasn’t by the players on the field in Atlanta. Rather, a new chapter in snowboard histroy was written by Lindsey Jacobellis and Mick Dierdrorff of the USA, who won the first-ever FIS Snowboard mixed team snowboard cross competition, at the Utah 2019 FIS Snowboard, Freestyle and Freeski World Championships.

With Utah 2019 FIS Snowboard, Freestyle and Freeski World Championships SBX competition wrapping up on Sunday at Solitude, the focus of snowboard world champs action now moves an hour down the road to Park City Mountain Resort, where the parallel giant slalom event will take place on Monday, February 4th, with qualifications scheduled to begin at 9:00 MST, followed by finals at 13:00.

Finnish Ski Jumping legend Matti Nykaenen passed away last night at the age of 55.