From the outset it seemed likely that the season-opening Audi ski cross World Cup event at the new venue in Montafon, Austria, was going to be an explosive way to launch the 2015/16 season.

Aino-Kaisa Saarinen finished her competition season with career-first DNF. “My body is telling me it is time”

Another setback for the Swiss ski cross team: 2013 world champion Fanny Smith injured her shoulder in a crash during her qualification run for the World Cup opener yesterday.

Janne Ahonen is currently taking a break from competition due to health problems, but he wants to return to the World Cup again already before Christmas.

2010 Olympic ski cross champion Mike Schmid has taken the appropriate steps from his ongoing knee problems.

Just a few days after her former teammate Brad Martin called it quits, Alex Duckworth also announced her retirement from competitive snowboarding.

The magic between American Lindsey Vonn and the Canadian resort happened again as she continued her dominance in the first ladies' downhill of the season on Friday, winning her 16th World Cup race on this hill.

The race week-end in Beaver Creek started with an amazingly sunny day. A big crowd was present at the Talon Stadium for the second downhill of the season and cheered for the athletes coming down the famous Audi Birds of Prey racetrack.

Sara Takanashi has won the first competition of the new season of the FIS Ski Jumping World Cup Ladies. The Japanese took the win and celebrated her 31th World Cup win with jumps of 95,5 and 97,5 metres and 251,7 points ahead of Maja Vtic and Maren Lundby.

The city of Mönchengladbach, Germany will be hosting a spectacular FIS Snowboard World Cup next season.