With the conclusion of the 2017 FIS World Championships in Sierra Nevada, Spain, the United States is taking center stage as the host nation for the bi-annual event. Utah ski destinations Deer Valley Resort, Park City Mountain and Solitude Mountain Resort will host skiing and snowboarding events during the 2019 FIS Freestyle, Snowboarding and Freeski
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Deer Valley World Cup with Brad and Bryon Wilson
For the 16th consecutive year, Deer Valley Resort will host the world’s best aerial and mogul skiers during the Visa Freestyle Ski World Cup, February 1-4. This must-see event will be held just a short walk from the Snow Park base area at the same venue that was home to the 2002 Winter Olympics. Two
2017 Visa Freestyle International FIS World Cup
The world’s best aerial and mogul skiers will take to Deer Valley Resort’s slopes again this winter to compete in the 2017 Visa Freestyle International FIS World Cup, held Wednesday, February 1 through Saturday, February 4, 2017. Regarded as one of the best venues in the international freestyle community, Deer Valley Resort has played host
World Cup Freestyle Mogul Runs are Made
World Cup Freestyle mogul runs are crafted, not born! In my last blog, we discovered how mogul fields were naturally born. Today, we’ll turn to FIS Freestyle Ski World Cup Moguls that must be man-made to exact standards. Mogul competitions are deeply rooted into Deer Valley’s ski culture, as the resort has been hosting these
World Cup Weekend Mojo
World Cup Weekend knocked it out of the park. The weather was perfect—not too warm, not too cold, the mood was fun and the skiing was fantastic. It was good enough to counter my sports-mom stress levels of seeing my little ski jumper, Seth, through X-rays, ice and elevation after a bad fall during training
Stein Eriksen honored at Deer Valley Freestyle World Cup
As the annual FIS Freestyle Ski World Cup events were held at Deer Valley Resort early this month. February 4 was chosen as the date for the celebration of life for the late Stein Eriksen. Both the setting and the snowy, ethereal weather provided the ideal atmosphere for reminiscing the legendary champion at the base of two
Getting Close to Freestyle Champions
I’m a social media ghostwriter, which means I write articles for entrepreneurs. But every now and then, I get a ridiculously plum assignment. This week, the resort gave me a press pass so I could hang out and blog about the FIS Freestyle Ski World Cup. This being Deer Valley, I was repeatedly reminded to visit the
Geeking Out: 2016 FIS FreestyleWorld Cup Edition
You guys, I am geeking out. Big time. I spent part of Sunday afternoon hanging with the folks who make this weekend’s 2016 FIS World Cup Freestyle Event. While I was taking some solo ski laps off of Carpenter Express chairlift, I spotted a group of people in World Cup FIS Freestyle jackets. I skied
Meet Team Wasatch Freestyle
If you ski at Deer Valley Resort with any regularity, you have probably noticed groups of young skiers on weekends and school holidays sporting the unique “Wasatch Freestyle” uniform and skiing with their coaches. I wanted to know more about them, so I took a few moments to chat with Jon O’Brien, director of Wasatch
Stein Eriksen Celebration of Life
As the world’s best aerial and mogul athletes take to Deer Valley Resort’s slopes for the 2016 FIS Visa Freestyle International Ski World Cup February 4-6, 2016, the resort will pay special homage to its late Director of Skiing and legend, Stein Eriksen. “Stein was an integral part of the Deer Valley family since the