HEAD World Cup Rebel Alexis Pinturault wrote a new chapter in ski history at the Combined event in Hinterstoder on Sunday: this victory means the French athlete has won the Small Crystal Globe for the sixth time in this discipline - a new record in the Ski World Cup. On Monday Pinturault notched up another win with his victory in the Giant Slalom, putting him in the lead in the overall World Cup. Nina Ortlieb form Austria celebrated her first World Cup victory at the Super-G in La Thuile.
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Corinne Suter crowned queen of the speed disciplines
Posted: 15/03/2020Categories: NewsRead more >Two Crystal Globes for the new queen of the speed disciplines Corinne Suter, as well as a Crystal Globe each for Beat Feuz and Alexis Pinturault. A total of 20 World Cup victories, 19 second places, 17 third places.
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Third Downhill Crystal Globe in a row for Beat Feuz
Posted: 08/03/2020Categories: NewsRead more >Beat Feuz had already secured the Crystal Globe in this discipline before the last Downhill in Kvitfjell, due to the cancellation of the World Cup final in Cortina. In Norway the Swiss athlete finished in fourth place on Saturday. Victory was bagged by HEAD team-mate Matthias Mayer. The Super-G on Sunday had to be cancelled because of poor weather conditions.
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Sixth Combined Event Crystal Globe for Alexis Pinturault
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A Crystal Globe, double & triple victories – HEAD World Cup Rebels remain on course for success
Posted: 23/02/2020Categories: NewsRead more >The HEAD women's team aced the Crans Montana speed disciplines. Following the double victory by Lara Gut-Behrami and Corinne Suter in the Downhill on Friday, Gut-Behrami, Suter and Nina Ortlieb bagged a triple victory in the Downhill on Saturday. Corinne Suter has secured the Crystal Globe in this discipline with her two second places.
For the Swiss athlete this is the first Crystal Globe in her career. Leading up to the final Downhill
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Beat Feuz six points away from the Downhill Crystal Globe
Posted: 16/02/2020Categories: NewsRead more >Beat Feuz is on the verge of successfully defending his Downhill World Cup title. Following his second place in Saalbach-Hinterglemm, the HEAD World Cup Rebel is only six points short of victory. Wendy Holdener nailed another two podium finishes in Kranjska Gora in Slalom and Giant Slalom.
Beat Feuz was second in the Downhill on Thursday in Saalbach-Hinterglemm, missing victory by
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First Super-G victory for Corinne Suter
Posted: 09/02/2020Categories: NewsRead more >Back in January Corinne Suter celebrated her first World Cup Downhill victory. This Sunday in Garmisch-Partenkirchen the Swiss athlete bagged her first victory in the Super-G. Her compatriot Wendy Holdener was in third place. Suter continues to lead in the Downhill World Cup. German athlete Alexander Schmid stepped up to the podium for the first time at the Parallel Giant Slalom in Chamonix.
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Alexis Pinturault wins with newly built skis
Posted: 02/02/2020Categories: NewsRead more >These skis were tested for the first time on Thursday. The first time they were raced - in the Giant Slalom in Garmisch-Partenkirchen on Sunday - saw Alexis Pinturault take victory. His HEAD World Cup Rebels team-mate and fellow countryman Johan Clarey finished third in the Downhill on Saturday.
"That was a lot of fun for us today. The last time we had to contend with these conditions
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Alexis Pinturault second at the Night Race in Schladming
Posted: 28/01/2020Categories: NewsRead more >HEAD World Cup Rebel Alexis Pinturault snatches second place at the legendary Night Race in Schladming. For the French athlete it was the second best Slalom result this season following his victory in Val d'Isere.
The 28-year-old missed the victory in Schladming by just 34 hundredths of a second. Pinturault was in third place after the first run - 32 hundredths of a second behind
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Victory for Mayer and Jansrud with new models of ski
Posted: 26/01/2020Categories: NewsRead more >Double victory in the Downhill for Matthias Mayer and Beat Feuz, double victory in the Super-G for Kjetil Jansrud and Mayer. Kitzbühel was dominated by the HEAD World Cup Rebels. Both winners - Mayer and Jansrud - used a new model of ski. That was topped by Elena Curtoni in the Downhill in Bansko on Saturday with her first World Cup victory. Lara Gut-Behrami celebrates her first podium finish this season in the Super-G.
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Two victories for the HEAD World Cup Rebels in Wengen
Posted: 19/01/2020Categories: NewsRead more >Matthias Mayer celebrated a sensational victory at the Combined event in Wengen on Friday. Second place went to his HEAD team-mate Alexis Pinturault. That was followed by Beat Feuz's awesome third victory on the Lauberhorn run on Saturday.
Matthias Mayer confirmed his strong training performance in Wengen with the fastest Downhill time in the Combined event. The Austrian started the Slalom with bib number one and caused a
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Anna Swenn-Larsson second in the Night Slalom in Flachau
Posted: 14/01/2020Categories: NewsRead more >With the fastest time on the second run, HEAD World Cup Rebel Anna Swenn-Larsson from Sweden bagged second place in the Night Slalom in Flachau. Fourth place went to Wendy Holdener from Switzerland.
At the end of the first run Anna Swenn-Larsson was in fourth place. Unleashed on second run, she set clearly the fastest time, moving the 28-year-old up into second place. The Swede ended
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First World Cup victory for Corinne Suter
Posted: 12/01/2020Categories: NewsRead more >Corinne Suter is going from strength to strength this season. Following two podium finishes in Downhill and Super-G in Lake Louise, the 25-year-old Swiss athlete achieved her first World Cup victory on Saturday in the Downhill in Altenmarkt-Zauchensee. Wendy Holdener crowned the powerful performance of the women HEAD Rebels in Altenmarkt-Zauchensee on Sunday with second place in the Combined event.
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Alexis Pinturault snatches Combined victory in Bormio
Posted: 29/12/2019Categories: NewsRead more >An awesome Super-G performance provided the basis for Alexis Pinturault nailing his third victory of the season at the Combined event in Bormio on Sunday. HEAD Rebels Beat Feuz and Matthias Mayer also bagged podium finishes in Bormio on the two Downhill races.
The day before the Combined event in Bormio, Alexis Pinturault was still not sure he would be able to compete. The Frenchman had suffered an adductor muscle strain injury
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First podium finish this season for Kjetil Jansrud
Posted: 20/12/2019Categories: NewsRead more >Kjetil Jansrud missed his 23rd Super-G World Cup victory in Gröden on Friday by just five hundredths of a second. However, his second place was the first podium finish for the Norwegian this season. With a total of 14 athletes in the top 30, the HEAD World Cup Rebels were an extremely strong team.
"I'm really pleased with this second place. In Canada and the USA things were not going so well for me. I had to sort myself out. Now everything is going great again",
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HEAD premiere: First double victory in the men's Slalom
Posted: 17/12/2019Categories: NewsRead more >The World Cup weekend in Val d'Isere finished with a premiere: For the first time the HEAD World Cup Rebels celebrated a double victory in the men's Slalom with Alexis Pinturault and Andre Myhrer. Not only that, but in the women's Parallel Slalom in St. Moritz two HEAD athletes Anna Swenn Larsson and Franziska Gritsch finished on the podium as well.
Alexis Pinturault put in a remarkable performance at the Slalom in Val d'Isere. The
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Tommy Ford - two different skis for first World Cup victory
Posted: 08/12/2019Categories: NewsRead more >On the Birds of Prey slope in Beaver Creek, the HEAD World Cup Rebels once again showed their claws. A sensational first World Cup victory for Tommy Ford in the Giant Slalom. In the Downhill event the HEAD Rebels celebrated a double victory with Beat Feuz and Johann Clarey, and in the Super-G Matthias Mayer finished third. In the women's races Corinne Suter made it an awesome HEAD weekend with two podium finishes in Lake Louise.
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Matthias Mayer: Victory in Lake Louise with new ski boots
Posted: 01/12/2019Categories: NewsRead more >This season Matthias Mayer is competing with a new model of boot. His trust in the new equipment has been rewarded. The 29-year-old Austrian won the Super-G in Lake Louise, following his fifth place in the Downhill the day before. More podium finishes for the HEAD World Cup Rebels were bagged by Beat Feuz in the Downhill and by Anna Swenn-Larsson in the Slalom in Killington.
For Matthias
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A perfect start to the World Cup for the HEAD World Cup Rebels
Posted: 26/11/2019Categories: NewsRead more >Victory for Alexis Pinturault, 2nd place for Mathieu Faivre, four in the top 5 in the men's category. Maria Therese Tviberg, Franziska Gritsch and Lara Gut-Behrami all in the top 10 in the women's event. The World Cup opening was pretty much perfect for the HEAD World Cup Rebels. The only downer: Bernadette Schild tore her cruciate ligament and is out of action for the rest of the season.
"The highlight of the Sölden weekend was undoubtedly the men's race on Sunday.
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23rd podium finish for Wendy Holdener in Slalom
Posted: 26/11/2019Categories: NewsRead more >Following Alexis Pinturault's victory in the Giant Slalom to open the season in Sölden, the HEAD World Cup Rebels also had a successful start to the Slalom World Cup: Wendy Holdener finished second in Levi, making it her 23rd podium finish in the Slalom. Five of the HEAD team were in the top 14.<br /> Andre Myhrer finished fifth in the men's event.
The first Slalom races of