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.
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.
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.
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 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.
A perfect start to the ski racing weekend for the HEAD Worldcup Rebels: In Val Gardena Vincent Kriechmayr claimed his first win of the season in Thursday's Downhill on the shortened Saslong run. Matthias Mayer finished in third place, with six HEAD athletes finishing among the top nine. In St. Moritz, Elena Curtoni also raced to her first win of the season in the Downhill on Friday.
Wendy Holdener had to wait a long time for her first Slalom victory in the World Cup. Just two weeks after her first win in Killington, the Swiss athlete followed it up with another victory on Sunday in Sestriere. On Saturday, Sara Hector celebrated a podium finish in second place in the Giant Slalom in Sestriere.
In the final North American race, the women's Super-G in Lake Louise on Sunday, the HEAD Worldcup Rebels celebrated a triple victory with Corinne Suter, Cornelia Hütter and Ragnhild Mowinckel. Nina Ortlieb made a remarkable comeback following a respite of almost two years by finishing in second place in the Downhill in Lake Louise on Saturday.
Munich / St. Moritz, November 28. The premium ski label INDIGO and the world-famous ski destination St. Moritz are entering into an exciting new partnership. The Munich-based ski manufacturer is developing a collection of select licensed, co-branded products to launch in winter, 2023. "INDIGO and St. Moritz share a common passion: tradition, quality and exclusivity”, explains Thorsten Schwabe, Vic
A historic day for Wendy Holdener: Following 15 second places and 15 third places in World Cup Slalom races, the Swiss athlete celebrated her first victory in this discipline on Sunday in Killington. Holdener crossed the line in the same time as Anna Swenn-Larsson, who also nailed her first win in the Slalom.
The HEAD Worldcup Rebels delivered an impressive team performance in the two Slalom events in Levi. In the first Slalom on Saturday, Anna Swenn-Larsson finished in second place, with four HEAD athletes finishing among the best seven. Wendy Holdener took second place on Sunday, with three Rebels finishing in the top five.
“The KORE Ski Boot story is not as long as the skis one. We launched the boot in 2018, it was already clear that the KORE skis were a great success, so we felt that we had the duty to present a good product to complete the package,” as Alberto Cenedesi, HEAD Ski Boots - Director of Product & Marketing said.
It was finally time to hit the ski slopes again last weekend for many winter sports fans on the Kitzsteinhorn glacier in Austria. The ‘SnowTime’ event gave them the opportunity to test this season’s winter sports products, with access to the brand-new Porsche 7 Series and Porsche 8 Series for selected participants.
Aaron Blunck is a three-time U.S. Olympic halfpipe skier, X Games gold medallist and FIS Freestyle World Champion. After sustaining six broken ribs, a broken pelvis, a lacerated kidney, and bruised heart and lung while skiing in Switzerland, the most traumatic injury of Blunck’s career shook his wife and his family and had him questioning if he could and would continue competing at the level he h
When the Ski World Cup kicks off with the traditional men's and women's Giant Slalom races in Sölden on October 22 and 23, the HEAD team will be entering the competition as the clear number one from last season. Led by Sara Hector and Alexis Pinturault, the HEAD Worldcup Rebels want to show right from the start that they are heading for victory in 2022/23.
Always developing new concepts and ideas, never being satisfied with what has been achieved. HEAD wants to offer all winter sports enthusiasts - from amateurs to professionals - the best products and perfect performance. That is the mission at HEAD. And that's what the entire HEAD family is working on with energy and passion.
One of the world’s leading premium ski labels reveals a revolutionary development in snow goggles and helmet visor combination, along with a newly developed ski helmet.
While we’re all still enjoying the heat of the late summer, winter is not that far away. The Munich-based ski manufacturer INDIGO has just released a fabulous new collection for the coming season. Highlights are a newly develop
