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The Year of JessRead more >
Time shows no mercy. Winters come and go on our infinite journey around the sun. But for each lap we capsule small pieces of time, preserved for future, connected to the past, steppingstones in our collective memory that help us understand the bigger picture and open the doors to all the underlaying events leading up to this specific point.
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Jess Hotter is the FWT ChampRead more >
What an amazing show the final of the Freeride World Tour in Verbier turned out to be! Even though the conditions were not as bad as they initially looked, Bec the Rosses was still very challenging. The term “old powder” was used to describe the snow covering the upper part of the venue and in the more sun affected parts further down the riders had to deal with varied conditions that required adaptable and light feet.
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HEAD is alpine number one again in 2021/22Read more >
The HEAD Worldcup Rebels reasserted their leading position in the alpine skiing World Cup in the 2021/22 season: In the FIS Brand Ranking HEAD is yet again the clear number one with 8,275 points. At the Olympic Games in Beijing, the highlight of the season, six out of ten Gold medals in the individual events went to the HEAD team. In the World Cup, the HEAD Worldcup Rebels raced to 64 podium finishes - 17 times they stood on top of the podium.
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Atle Lie McGrath wins the final race of the seasonRead more >
The 2021/22 Alpine ski season came to an end on Sunday in Meribel with the technical disciplines. Atle Lie McGrath celebrated his second World Cup victory in the last race of this season, the men's Slalom, on Sunday. Lena Dürr finished her best World Cup season so far with second place in the Slalom on Saturday. Sara Hector finished second in the Giant Slalom overall ranking.
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Vincent Kriechmayr & Ragnhild Mowinckel victorious in CourchevelRead more >
In the last speed events of this season, the HEAD Worldcup Rebels once again showed up in style in Courchevel. Vincent Kriechmayr was the fastest in the Downhill on Wednesday on the 2023 World Cup course and was also in a class of his own in the Super-G on Thursday. Ragnhild Mowinckel bagged her second World Cup victory in the Super-G on Thursday. Christine Scheyer finished second in the Downhill event, missing her second World Cup victory by just a tenth of a second.
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Jess Hotter on top and Carl Regnér in striking position after FWT in FieberbrunnRead more >
It’s been a season filled with tricky snow conditions on the Freeride World Tour, and the first of the two final rounds, held in Fieberbrunn, Austria didn’t fail to follow that tradition. With nothing but sun in the forecast, the competition was even held one day earlier than the official weather window originally stated.
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First victory for Atle Lie McGrathRead more >
Atle Lie McGrath celebrates winning the Night Slalom in Flachau: The 21-year-old Norwegian athlete unleashed a show-stopping second run to nail his first World Cup victory. Fourth place went to Johannes Strolz from Austria, who was in the lead after the first run.
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Kjetil Jansrud ends his successful careerRead more >
Norwegian athlete Kjetil Jansrud - a very big name in the Alpine Skiing World Cup - says goodbye after almost two decades. The 36-year-old Olympic and World Champion competed in his last race in the Downhill on Saturday in his home town of Kvitfjell. In Kvitfjell and Lenzerheide, the HEAD Worldcup Rebels podiumed six times over the weekend. Canadian athlete James Crawford celebrated his first podium in second place in the Super-G in Kvitfjell on Sunday.
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First Downhill Podium for Ragnhild MowinckelRead more >
With her second place in the first Downhill in Crans Montana on Saturday, Ragnhild Mowinckel is now indisputably among the very best in the world in this discipline as well. It was the Norwegian’s first podium in the Downhill. Austrian racer Cornelia Hütter finished the race in third.
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5 Tips for Fun Family SkiingRead more >
After a weekend jammed with great freeskiing action the HEAD athletes competing in the Freeride World Tour in Baqueira Beret, Spain and X Games in Aspen, USA, brought home a fine selection of silver! Big congrats to Hedvig Wessel, Abel Moga and Aaron Blunck!
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HEAD - the clear number one at the highlight of the seasonRead more >
At the top event this season, the HEAD Worldcup Rebels once again confirmed their unique class. The best ski team in the world was on top of the podium in six out of ten individual events. In total, HEAD athletes won 15 medals. HEAD was represented on the podium in all ten competitions.
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Go for the winRead more >
The problem with a well-built ski is that if it's working perfectly, you probably won't even notice it. The same applies to a well-designed ski boot. It's so precise that you don't even realize it. That is the most important point. Don't think about the ski, the boot or any other piece of equipment, just focus on one thing - the finish line!
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FWT Kicking Horse, Golden, BC CanadaRead more >
The third stop of the Freeride World Tour in Kicking Horse, Canada, was also the last stop before the two final rounds in Fieberbrunn and Verbier. It was time for the cut. This year the women competed for a total of six tickets for the final. Among the ski men, 11 spots were up for grabs.
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Superwomen Sunday in AndorraRead more >
Gold for Jess Hotter and the allover lead for Hedvig Wessel after the second stop of the Freeride World Tour.
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HEAD Worldcup Rebels victorious in GarmischRead more >
Just in time for the Olympic Games, two HEAD athletes are on top form: Cornelia Hütter celebrated her third World Cup victory in the Super-G in Garmisch-Partenkirchen on Sunday, her first since 2017. Corinne Suter won the Downhill on Saturday. For the Swiss athlete, this was the first victory of the season.
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Sara Hector wins again in KronplatzRead more >
In the last Giant Slalom before the Olympic Games, Sara Hector once again confirmed her supreme class in this discipline. With her third Giant Slalom victory this season on Tuesday in Kronplatz, the Swedish athlete further extends her lead in the discipline ranking. Atle Lie McGrath took second place in the Night Race in Schladming for his first podium in the Slalom.
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Silver rain over the HEAD Freeski teamRead more >
After a weekend jammed with great freeskiing action the HEAD athletes competing in the Freeride World Tour in Baqueira Beret, Spain and X Games in Aspen, USA, brought home a fine selection of silver! Big congrats to Hedvig Wessel, Abel Moga and Aaron Blunck!
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Beat Feuz again wins the Golden Chamois in KitzbühelRead more >
Having won both Downhill events in Kitzbühel in 2021, Beat Feuz from Switzerland struck for the third time on the legendary Streif run on Sunday. Elena Curtoni celebrated her debut on top of the podium in a Super-G on Sunday in Cortina d'Ampezzo. Johan Clarey set a new world record in the first Kitzbühel Downhill on Friday. The French athlete finished second to become the oldest athlete to race to a podium finish.
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HEAD double victory in the Downhill in WengenRead more >
The HEAD Worldcup Rebels celebrated a double victory in the Lauberhorn Downhill event in Wengen on Saturday: Vincent Kriechmayr from Austria won by 34 hundredths of a second ahead of Beat Feuz from Switzerland. Also on Saturday, Lara Gut-Behrami celebrated her 34th World Cup victory in the Downhill in Altenmarkt-Zauchensee. Ariane Rädler raced to her first World Cup podium, finishing third in the Super-G in Altenmarkt-Zauchensee on Sunday. There were more podium finishes for the HEAD team on Sunday in the Super-G with Corinne Suter in second place, on Friday in the Downhill with Beat Feuz in third place and on Thursday in the Super-G with Matthias Mayer also finishing third.
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Lena Dürr on the podium at the Night RaceRead more >
In the last Slalom event before the Olympic Games, Lena Dürr once again shows she is on top form. The German athlete finished third in the first women's Night Race in Schladming on Tuesday, her third podium this season. Fourth place went to Camille Rast - the best World Cup result in the Swiss athlete's career so far.
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Debut victory for Johannes StrolzRead more >
What a superb weekend for the HEAD Worldcup Rebels: Johannes Strolz celebrated his first World Cup victory in the Slalom in Adelboden on Sunday. Sara Hector takes the lead in the Giant Slalom following her victory in Kranjska Gora on Saturday. More HEAD athletes podiumed this weekend, with Wendy Holdener and Anna Swenn-Larsson finishing in second and third place in the Slalom in Kranjska Gora on Sunday and Alexis Pinturault finishing in third place in the Giant Slalom in Adelboden on Saturday.
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Sara Hector podiums again in LienzRead more >
Once again, Sara Hector confirmed her superb form in the Giant Slalom in Lienz on Tuesday. The Swedish athlete, who bagged first and second place in the two Giant Slaloms in Courchevel, again raced to the podium in Lienz, where she finished in third place. Vincent Kriechmayr was delighted with his third podium of the season in the Super-G in Bormio on Wednesday.
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KORE Stories: Weekend WarriorsRead more >
Leave all that can be spared behind. We travel light. Let’s hunt some pow! Or whatever skiing we can come across, cause’ time is of the essence, come Monday we’re all needed back at work.
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Sara Hector - Back on the podium with new skisRead more >
Two indescribable days in Courchevel for Sara Hector. Following her second place in the Giant Slalom on Tuesday, she won the second Giant Slalom on Wednesday. It was the second World Cup victory for the Swedish athlete after her victory in Kühtai in 2014. Alexander Schmid celebrated a premiere in the second Giant Slalom in Alta Badia on Monday: The 27-year-old German athlete finished in third place on the Gran Risa run, racing to the podium in his speciality discipline for the first time. Alexis Pinturault bagged his first podium finish in the Slalom this season with second place in the Night Slalom in Madonna di Campiglio on Wednesday.