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Lena Dürr winning Bronze in the Slalom on Saturday saw the HEAD Worldcup Rebels score another medal on the final weekend of the World Championships in Courchevel/Meribel. This marked the conclusion of the most successful World Championship so far for the HEAD team with a total of 13 medals. HEAD won Gold as the best ski brand of the World Championships. Gold medals were also won by the new World Champions Alexis Pinturault, James Crawford, Alexander Schmid and Maria Therese Tviberg.

The HEAD Worldcup Rebels remain on a run of success at the World Championships in Courchevel/Meribel. In the Parallel event on Wednesday, both Alexander Schmid and Maria Therese Tviberg won the Gold medal. Wendy Holdener's Silver made it a HEAD double victory in the women's event. Ragnhild Mowinckel bagged Bronze in the Giant Slalom.

The HEAD Worldcup Rebels continue to collect medals at the World Championships in Courchevel/Meribel: Nina Ortlieb won Silver in the Downhill on Saturday, Corinne Suter took Bronze.

James Crawford left all the favourites standing in the World Championship Super-G in Courchevel on Thursday. The Canadian athlete bagged the Gold medal with a sensational run. Alexis Pinturault won his second medal at his home World Championship in third place. In the women's super-G on Wednesday, Cornelia Hütter and Kajsa Vickhoff Lie shared the Bronze medal.

The film "Odyssey of the Five Lucky Bastards" follows a team of professional skiers, snowboarders, and sailors as they embark on a journey to combine their passions in the mountains and seas of Greece. They experienced an unforgettable trip beyond their wildest expectations - in the deepest sense - connected to the elements and the culture on site.

A lifelong dream comes true for Alexis Pinturault. The French athlete became World Champion in the Combined event at the World Championships in his hometown of Courchevel on Tuesday. Wendy Holdener took Silver in the Combined event the day before.

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Exactly ten years after her victory at the City Event in Moscow, Lena Dürr celebrates her first World Cup victory in the Slalom in Spindleruv Mlyn on Sunday. The German athlete raced to the top of the podium following two second places and five third place finishes in this discipline. The day before, the 31-year-old finished second in the first Slalom in Spindleruv Mlyn, with Wendy Holdener from Switzerland finishing third.

HEAD’s premier tennis ambassador Novak Djokovic has written another remarkable chapter in tennis history, winning a 10th Australian Open singles title to take his career tally of majors to 22.

Three of the six podiums in the two Giant Slaloms in Kronplatz went to the HEAD Worldcup Rebels: Lara Gut-Behrami finished second on Tuesday, and on Wednesday Ragnhild Mowinckel and Sara Hector finished in second and third place.

"Take Two" follows the journey of professional HEAD Freeskier Jess Hotter as she makes her comeback on the Freeride World Tour. The film, directed by Jeff Thomas, captures Jess's struggles, triumphs, and the beautiful landscapes of Northern British Columbia together with other HEAD Freeski athletes such as Abel Moga, Blake Marshall, Ian Morrison.

Victory in the Downhill sets a new milestone for Vincent Kriechmayr! The Austrian athlete won the Downhill on the Streif run on Friday to claim this classic race for the first time. The HEAD Worldcup Rebels celebrated a double victory at the Super-G in Cortina d'Ampezzo on Sunday: Ragnhild Mowinckel won ahead of Cornelia Hütter. On Saturday, podium places were won by Kajsa Vickhoff Lie, who was second, and Elena Curtoni, who finished third. Beat Feuz ended his great skiing career in Kitzbühel as one of the most successful HEAD athletes of all time.

Attacking padel players will find a winning edge with the SPEED racquet series, which has state-of-the-art Auxetic technology for sensational feel and extra power. 

On January 20 to 22 at the 83rd Hahnenkamm event in Kitzbühel, the spotlight will be on one HEAD Worldcup Rebel in particular: Beat Feuz is ending his unique World Cup career after 16 years. The Swiss athlete, winner on the Streif run in both of the past two years, is one of many HEAD athletes who made skiing history on this legendary course.

For a good while now, Taylor Fritz has been spoken of as the Next Big Thing of American men's tennis. But maybe it's time to drop the 'next'.

Following her successes in the Giant Slalom, Lara Gut-Behrami showed in St. Anton this weekend that victory is hers in the Super-G as well. The Swiss athlete won on Sunday and finished third on Saturday. Beat Feuz didn't quite make it to the podium in Wengen, but the Swiss fans gave him a champion’s reception as he crossed the finish line. The Swiss athlete competed in his last Downhill race on the Lauberhorn run on Saturday and finished an excellent fifth.

The best ranked Swede in padel, Daniel Windahl, signs multiyear contract with HEAD. The humble and hardworking 26-year-old from Helsingborg in the south of Sweden can now call HEAD star Arturo Coello his team mate.

At the Night Slalom in Flachau, Lena Dürr skied to a podium finish for the second time this season. The German athlete was third, equalling her best result of the season in the Slalom in Semmering.

HEAD Sportswear is starting the year off with a triple bang by announcing a super fashionable and high-performance partnership with the Olympian Lindsey Vonn exclusive to Gucci Vault, – presented in the Vault Altitude curation.

A successful Sunday for Atle Lie McGrath and Lara Gut-Behrami. The Norwegian raced to the podium for the first time this season in second place in the Slalom in Adelboden, while the Swiss athlete bagged third place in the second Giant Slalom in Kranjska Gora. She celebrates her third podium this season following her victory in Killington and second place in Semmering.

Anna Swenn-Larsson remains on course for success. The Swedish athlete, who celebrated her first Slalom victory in Killington in November, also bagged a podium finish in third place in the first Slalom event in Zagreb on Wednesday. The second Slalom in Zagreb on Thursday had to be cancelled due to the warm temperatures.

In one of the most challenging Downhill events in the World Cup, the Stelvio run in Bormio, the HEAD Worldcup Rebels once again showed their class: Vincent Kriechmayr won on Wednesday ahead of team-mate James Crawford. Lara Gut-Behrami missed victory in the Giant Slalom in Semmering on Wednesday by just one tenth of a second despite a serious mistake. The biggest surprise, however, came from Matthias Mayer. The Austrian athlete announced on Thursday that he is retiring from ski racing.

The 29th of December started with a shock announcement at the World Cup in Bormio. Matthias Mayer, three-time Olympic champion and HEAD Worldcup Rebel since 2004, took everyone by surprise before the Super-G when he declared his immediate retirement from ski racing.

Finishing in second place in the Super-G on Sunday in St. Moritz rounded off a successful weekend for Elena Curtoni. The Italian athlete has taken the lead in the discipline ranking with her podium finish. Johan Clarey bagged a cool Christmas present in Val Gardena with his second place in the Downhill on Saturday. Joan Verdu from Andorra delivered a surprise performance in Alta Badia with a sensational fastest run time and two top-15 finishes.