Less than two months after the FIS Cross-Country World Cup season 2015/16 presented by Viessmann concluded in Canada, the world’s best cross-country skiers have returned to training for next season including its major highlight, the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Lahti (FIN).

The Cross Country season 2017 started record early last weekend (21-22.05.2016) with FIS Rollerskiing events for both juniors and seniors in Torsby, Sweden.

Two weeks before the 50^th edition of the FIS Congress in Cancun (MEX), FIS Newsflash took the chance to sit down with FIS President Gian Franco Kasper.

Serving as an excellent opportunity to learn and share, the annual FIS Leaders’ Seminar for the FIS developing ski nations will be held during the 50^th FIS Congress week in Cancun (MEX).

In less than two weeks, the extended FIS family will travel to Mexico for the 50^th International Ski Congress from 5^th-11^th June 2016.

61 athletes have been named to the 2016/2017 National teams, including 26 athletes to the Development Groups and NextGen Programme.

U.S. Snowboarding has announced its nominations for the 2016-17 season. Nominations include those active athletes who qualified based on published selection criteria in the prior season.

Local Organisers of the Snowboard World Cup season's first big air event have announced that the competition staged in the SparkassenPark Moenchengladbach will be extended to a double World Cup event also hosting a big air contest for the Freestyle Skiing World Cup tour.

Baptiste Gros is the best French sprinter of last season, ranked in 4th in the Sprint World Cup standing 2015/16. Gros collected 4 World Cup podiums (3 individual) and first World Cup win.

On Thursday, The Canadian Freestyle Ski Association announced the recipients of the 2015-2016 season awards.