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.
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.
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!
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.
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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
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.
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...
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.
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.
Finishing in second place in the Super-G in Val d'Isere on Sunday, Ragnhild Mowinckel narrowly missed her first win in this discipline. Elena Curtoni finished in third place to bag another HEAD World Cup Rebel podium in this race. There were also podium finishes for Matthias Mayer and Vincent Kriechmayr in Val Gardena this weekend.
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
