More than ten days after the FIS Freestyle Ski & Snowboard World Championships wrapped up in Kreischberg, Austria the Alpine Snowboard World Cup tour picked up pace again with the season's second parallel giant slalom event in Rogla, Slovenia today where Marion Kreiner (AUT) and Vic Wild (RUS) came out successfully of a star-studded field. 

Daniela Iraschko-Stolz won her first home competition in Hinzenbach and took her third win in a row. With jumps on 93 m and 91.5 m and 251.4 points, the Austrian won ahead of Olympic Champion Carina Vogt, the third place went to Sara Takanashi. 

It was the biggest night of their lives for several young athletes on the Freestyle World Cup tour, as Aliaksandra Ramanouskaya (BLR) lead a slate of ladies who claimed their first career World Cup podiums, and Mac Bohonnon (USA) took his first career win in aerials competition under the lights in tough weather conditions in Lake Placid on Friday night. 

Just one week after the FIS Freestyle Ski & Snowboard World Championships wrapped up at Kreischberg, the World Cup tour picks up speed again with a parallel giant slalom in Rogla scheduled for January 31st. 

After nearly five years of preparation, less than a month now remains until the opening of the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2015 in Falun on 18th February. 

Simon Ammann is on the mend after his fall in the final event of the 4-Hills-Tournament in Bischofshofen about three weeks ago. 

Therese Johaug and Anders Gløersen have become the 2015 Norwegian National champions in the 10/15 km free technique competition in Roeros, Norway.

On Thursday in Lake Placid, USA, Justine Dufour-Lapointe and Mikael Kingsbury, backed up by teammates Andi Naude and Marc-Antoine Gagnon, continued to a run of dominance by the Canadian moguls team in 2014/15 that may make this season even more impressive than their last. 

The European Youth Olympic Festival got underway this week in Voralberg (AUT) and Liechtenstein with athletes between 14-18 years of age competing in all areas of winter sports. 

With a hugely successful Kreischberg 2015 World Championships in the rearview mirror it's time to get back to FIS Freestyle World Cup action, beginning with the classic Lake Placid moguls and aerials World Cup weekend.