FIS President Gian Franco Kasper said: “We are extremely pleased to announce the 5th edition of World Snow Day. The still young event has developed every year with an increasing number of Organisers and participants and we look forward to its’ continuing growth.”

Less than one year ago, Elena Gaja was appointed the Chair of the Sub-Committee for Alpine Courses. Ahead of the upcoming Calendar Conference in Varna (BUL), Gaja visited the FIS Office in Oberhofen (SUI) to prepare for the Sub-Committee meeting and report on a busy year.

The Freestyle Skiing and Snowboard preparations for PyeongChang 2018 at Phoenix Park are in focus these days with a major inspection by FIS. Joe Fitzgerald and Martin Fiala for Freestyle Skiing along with the Snowboarding staff Uwe Beier and Roberto Moresi are meeting with members of the Organising Committee and the International Olympic Committee.

The Opening Round table addressed the "Olympic Agenda 2020

A number of snowboarders have announced their retirements including former Olympic Champions and World Cup winners.

Spring time is when National Ski Associations announce team nominations for the next winter and when coaching changes are made. Here is a short overview of the main coaching changes in Cross-Country Skiing.

The Polish Ski Association had been looking for candidates for the post of Nordic Combined coach to the Youth team consisting of Adam Cieslar, Pawel Slowiok, Szczepan and Kacper Kupczak as well as Michal Gut-Chowaniec.

More than 300 athletes from all disciplines of the Austrian Ski Federation (ÖSV) have had their official start into the new season in Kufstein last Saturday where the team's official investiture took place at DB Schenker.

The U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association (USSA) announced its cross-country team nominations for the 2015/2016 season on Thursday, naming 16 athletes to the team, four more than the previous year.

Today HEAD announced a new World Cup Rebel joined the family as Swiss Lara Gut officially joined the most successful brand of ski from the last few years on the World Cup