With more than 6’500 events across 50 different nations and on five continents, the FIS competition season 2014/15 has almost reached its conclusion.

The final event of the 2015 Junior World Championships took place Wednesday, as ski cross victories for India Sherret (CAN) and Tyler Wallasch (USA) closed out nine days of Freestyle action in Valmalenco, Italy.

Only two weeks after Didier Defago celebrated the end of his successful career at the Finals in Meribel (FRA), another Swiss Ski veteran decided to hang up his skis.

With just eight weeks to go until the FIS Calendar Conference in Varna (BUL), registration is quickly filling up.

FIS wishes to express a big thank you to the Organisers of World Snow Day 2015 who have contributed to bringing children to the snow in so many creative ways.

The international sports marketing company Infront Sports & Media has secured a number of comprehensive media rights agreements with Austrian public service national broadcaster ORF.

Following the success of last year’s first-ever International Day of Sport for Development and Peace on 6th April, the Olympic Movement is once again gearing up to celebrate the power of sport and highlight how it can help build a better world.

The IOC is giving young people the chance to be part of the Winter Youth Olympic Games by designing the medal for the next winter edition, in Lillehammer 2016 (NOR).

For the 5th time, young skiers aged 9 to 15 from the five winter sports resorts of Courchevel (FRA), Madesimo (ITA), Saas-Fee (SUI), Schruns (AUT) and Oberstdorf (GER) will fight for top spots in slalom and giant slalom as part of the Youth Cup of the international skiing centres from 7th-9th April 2015 in Schruns (AUT).

After twelve years on the World Cup circus Franziska Steffen (SUI) has called it a warp.