Ups and downs for Lara Gut-Behrami at her home event in St. Moritz. In the Super-G on Saturday, the Swiss athlete celebrated her 33rd World Cup victory, the first of the season. On Sunday, the 30-year-old fell during the second Super-G race and managed to escape with bruises. Elena Curtoni finished second in this race, just missing her second World Cup victory by eleven-hundredths of a second. Ale
In the Super-G in Beaver Creek on Thursday, Broderick Thompson charged to the podium for the first time in his career. The 27-year-old Canadian athlete, who suffered a serious knee injury in 2018, finished third. The HEAD Worldcup Rebels clocked up several more podium finishes in the speed discipline events in Beaver Creek and Lake Louise thanks to Matthias Mayer from Austria and Beat Feuz, .....
In the first speed race of the season, the Downhill in Lake Louise on Saturday, the HEAD Worldcup Rebels impressively confirmed their clear position as number 1 in this discipline with a triple victory. Matthias Mayer from Austria won in Canada ahead of his compatriot and Downhill World Champion Vincent Kriechmayr and Beat Feuz from Switzerland,.
A great start to the World Cup in Slalom for Lena Dürr and the HEAD Worldcup Rebels. The German athlete raced to her first World Cup podium in the Slalom on Saturday in Levi, finishing in third place - the first podium finish in this discipline for the German women ski racers in eight years. Anna Swenn-Larsson celebrated a brilliant comeback in fifth place.
Racing to third place in the parallel event in Lech/Zürs, Atle Lie McGrath makes an impressive return to form on Sunday. After finishing second in Alta Badia last season, his first World Cup podium finish, the 21-year-old Norwegian athlete was forced to end his season prematurely in January due to a ligament injury.
The second KORE Story of the season goes live the on 5th of November 2021. This time we’re looking back at the most successful product launch in the history of HEAD skis as we proudly present: Evolution of KORE It was far from a given. Although freeride skis from HEAD had been around for a while, they never put down roots in the community.
Lara Gut-Behrami skied seamlessly from one great season to the next at the opening event of the 2021/22 World Cup in Sölden. The Swiss athlete finished second in the Giant Slalom on the Rettenbach Glacier in Tyrol on Saturday, missing victory by just 14 hundredths of a second. In the men's Giant Slalom on Sunday, winner of the discipline last season - Alexis Pinturault - finished in fifth place.
Seven World Championship Gold medals, one overall Crystal Globe and four discipline Crystal Globes as well as 19 World Cup victories - with this impressive tally from last season, the HEAD Worldcup Rebels start the next World Cup year on October 23 and 24 in Sölden. This season, the Rebels are again looking to confirm their status as the best ski team in the world.
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The first release of the 21/22 KORE Stories goes live the 19th of October. We’re proud to present this portrait of a very special skier and human. Please meet Sam Kuch in: FRAME OF MIND
From finger-skis to headlining the big ski movies. From the valley of Nelson BC to the top of the freeskiing world. For the first time we get to hear the story from the beginning – as told by Sa
With newcomers Stefan Luitz, Stephanie Venier, Tanguy Nef, Ryan Cochran-Siegle and Leif Kristian Nestvold-Haugen, the HEAD World Cup Rebels enter the 2021/22 season stronger than ever. HEAD team colleagues Ted Ligety, Bernadette Schild, Manuel Osborne-Paradis, Jonathan Nordbotten and Alice McKennis retire from ski racing.
Johan Eliasch was elected President of the International Ski Federation, FIS, on June 4, 2021, and is stepping down as CEO of HEAD with immediate effect.
Johan Eliasch has held the position as CEO of HEAD since 1995, and has presided over the transformation of HEAD from a heavy loss making company to a highly profitable sports equipment group with leading market shares in all its segments.
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HEAD ANNOUNCES COLLABORATION WITH COURCHEVEL MÉRIBEL 2023 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS PROVIDING HELMET AND GOGGLE
The Courchevel Méribel 2023 World Championships represents a great project for HEAD in French skiing. Sharing the same values about this prestigious event, HEAD and the Courchevel Méribel 2023 World Championships are pleased to announce a collaboration on helmets and goggles.
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