With plenty of snow it’s now business as usual at Vienna’s local ski resort at Semmering Zauberberg – just an hour’s drive from the Austrian capital. This month there are a number of attractions starting on eighth February with the Ö3 PistenBully! The DJs from the ORF’s flagship radio program will be helping to turn […]
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Austrian ski resorts are reporting optimal skiing conditions in time for the opening of the ski season. Some say they have more snow than ever for the time of year especially on glaciers in the popular Austrian ski region of Tirol. Yesterday (Sunday) more than 7000 skiers visited the Stubtai Glacier where they enjoyed the […]
Grass sking World Championships Begin
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The junior World Grass Sking Championships was opened in Rettenbach, Burgenland in Austria yesterday evening (Weds) for the third consecutive year. Keen skiers from ten countries will battle it out to become grass ski champion. The Austrian Ski Team is represented by six skiers from four provinces, including Kristin Hetfleisch, Lisa Wusits and Andreas Guttmann. […]
The FIS Grass-Skiing Junior World Championships opens up in Burgenland from 31 July to 4 August. Beating off stiff competition, the ski-centre in Rettenbach impressed a panel of judges from the International Ski Federation (FIS) enough to host the World Championships in their small village of 350 people. Johann Gschwandtner of the organising committee said: […]
The Austrian ski jumper Thomas Morgenstern split up with his girlfriend Kristina after a ten-year relationship and three months after the birth of their daughter. He went to Hawaii with his new lover. It seems like Thomas Morgenstern has jumped once again – away from his problems to relax by the sea. The 25-year-old estate […]
Hole in One With Tiger Woods
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By Olivia Michaud Injured ski star American Lindsey Vonn has spoken of sharing golf and skiing with Tiger Woods and says that although her private life is great at the moment – winning still comes first. She said: “Tiger is a good skier. But I was the one that made a hole in one.” Vonn […]
Suspected ski thief arrested
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The police apparently solved several ski thefts in Obertauern, state of Salzburg. Additionally, an artillery shell was discovered when clearing out a garage in Salzburg-Maxglan yesterday (Tues). An explosives expert from the police determined that the shell is practice ammunition and no longer had a detonator. The de-mining service will remove the artillery shell. In […]
Herminating world record attempt
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An Austrian ski school has set a new world record in “Herminating” after 840 people joined former world champion Hermann Maier to copy his ski racing position on a snow-covered field at Saalfelden. “Herminating” aims to offer a winter alternative to planking – inspired by the trend of mimicking a plank by lying face down […]
The condition of Dutch Prince Johan Friso who has been in a coma for six months since he was struck by an avalanche whilst skiing in the Austrian resort of Lech remains unchanged and there is little hope of an improvement in his condition doctors say. According to Dutch doctors the six month point is […]
From Autumn 2013 a new cable car will be in use in Wagrain in the Pongau which will connect the town’s two ski resorts. Two weeks ago the construction work for the 14 million Euro project began after four years of planning. The new ski lift will transport 130 people at a time two kilometres […]