A teenager who ruled the ski slopes and five who reigned as state champions are in the running for the 2023 Pride of Alaska youth awards. The six were chosen from a field of 24 athletes and one team nominated for the annual awards presented by the Alaska Sports Hall...
Anchorage alpine skier Finnigan Donley turned in a sensational performance at the U18 Junior National Championships March 11-14 at Mittersill Cannon Mountain in Franconia, N.H. Donley, who joined the Sun Valley Ski Academy in Idaho last year, earned two gold medals, a...
The final day of the World University Games was like a storybook ending for UAF teammates Mariel Pulles and Kendall Kramer. The two Nanooks were eager to finish strong, as both skiers had at least four races under their belt, including preliminary rounds. Kramer, a...
Paul Melchert poled out of the start area onto the steep Quellspitze mountain and within seconds launched off a boulder, sticking the landing. The 16-year-old from Anchorage was just getting started in his debut at the Freeride World Junior Championships in Kappl,...
Finnigan Donley of Anchorage is only 17 years old and making the most of his experience at the 41st World Junior Alpine Ski Championships in Austria. After all, gaining a spot on the U.S. team was a huge surprise. “I was extremely excited when I found out I qualified...
UAA’s Hunter Eid of Anchorage has been selected to represent Team USA on one of the sport’s highest stages. The lifelong alpine skier and South High grad is slated to compete next month at the Winter World University Games, held in Lake Placid, New York. Eid will be...
TRAJAN LANGDON ADULT AWARD FINALISTS For Leadership, Sportsmanship and Inspiration – For a person or group of people who have demonstrated leadership, integrity and sportsmanship during the past year and positively influenced and inspired others to be better sportsmen...
One day before a major freeride skiing competition in Girdwood was scheduled to start, Cameron Hoessle sat on the waitlist in racer limbo. Then, after another skier’s cancellation, the call finally came that he’d get to compete. Hoessle took full advantage, placing...
Andrew Kurka’s Paralympics have come to a premature and disappointing end. But he wants everyone to know this is not the end of his exceptional career. Kurka, of Palmer, placed fourth in Friday’s opening race, the men’s sitting downhill in which he was the defending...
When organizers delayed and dramatically shortened the final men’s ski race at the Beijing Olympics due to inclement weather, Scott Patterson of Anchorage took the change in stride. Then Patterson threw down for eighth place in the 30K freestyle to achieve the...
Palmer’s Andrew Kurka was named our Alaska Athlete of the Week after winning bronze at the World Para Snow Sports Championships in Lillehammer, Norway. This was Kurka’s first podium appearance at the world championships since 2017. In the sitting downhill even, the...