This season's sbx World Cup tour will feature a total of eight stops of which three are brand new. One of them is Cortina d'Ampezzo, which has left its stamps on the Europa Cup circuit already.

Norwegian youngster Phillip Sjoeen has decided to take a break from competition due to mental problems and will therefore also not be participating in the national championships this weekend.

With just under 130 days to go to the 2nd Winter Youth Olympic Games in Lillehammer (NOR), this coming February, the Organisers presented their final preparations to the IOC Coordination Commission – of which FIS President Gian Franco Kasper is a member – this week.

On the side lines of the FIS Technical Committee meetings in Zurich (SUI) the Morocco Royal Ski Federation and representatives from Sierra Nevada ski resort met with FIS President Gian Franco Kasper and Secretary General Sarah Lewis.

Getting children involved in winter sports benefits the whole family in ways that may be surprising. Here are six useful reasons why it is a good idea to get kids out this season:

Nine months after his fall in the qualification for the final event of the 4-Hills-Tournament in Bischofshofen, where he suffered a serious spinal injury, Nick Fairall continues to work towards his big goal in rehabilitation.

That Norway’s Håvard Klemetsen is an athlete to be reckoned with at his advanced age of 36 was clear after an overall rank six after the season 2014/15, the best position of the strong Norwegian team.

Carl Nordin took a clear win at the Swedish national championships last weekend in Oernskoeldsvik.

The goal of the 13th Youth and Children's Seminar was to look at how to use social media to person benefit. The seminar went into looking at what social media is, how it can be used ethically and how can dangers of social media can be avoided.

The FIS Autumn Meetings in Zürich 2015 contained two Nordic Combined-centered meetings with the gatherings of the Executive Board and the Nordic Combined Committee who made some decisions coming into effect in the upcoming winter season, shaping the future of the discipline.