Kendall Kramer of Fairbanks became a four-time NCAA All-American skier for UAF as Alaska’s college ski teams wrapped up the national championships Saturday with three women in the top 10 of the 20-kilometer classic race. A day earlier, UAA sophomore Ella Bromee...
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Hammill named U.S. Ski Team’s Development Coach of the Year
Anchorage’s Zak Hammill has been named U.S. Ski and Snowboard’s Development Coach of the Year for ski jumping and nordic combined. Of all the coaches across the nation, the 30-year-old with the Nordic Skiing Association of Anchorage was seen as the most effective at...
20 for 2020: These Alaska athletes brought their best this year
With 2020 in our rearview, let’s look back on the top 20 Alaska athletes from this year. Here is the list for our 20 for 2020. They represent the best of the best from The Last Frontier. History makers, record setters, world champions and more. From the ski trails to...
Kurka named Alaska Sports Hall of Fame athlete of the week
The Palmer native Andrew Kurka won three of six races at the Para Alpine Skiing World Cup in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russia. In the sit ski downhill competition, the two-time Winter Paralympic Games medalist crashed in the first two competition, but completed the course to...
Kurka strikes alpine gold in Russia, wins three World Cup races
Palmer’s Andrew Kurka was all or nothing at the Para Alpine Skiing World Cup in Russia. He raced six times, winning three times and crashing three times. The sensational sit-skier crashed and did not finish the downhill race in each of the first two days of...
Led by Hawes, Alyeska’s Freeride Team excels in Wyoming
Undaunted by the steep and technical backcountry ski terrain — not to mention wind, cold and high altitude — the Alyeska Ski Club’s Freeride Team excelled at a junior national International Freeskiers and Snowboarders Association competition in Grand Targhee, Wyoming....
Kurka wins 5th career World Cup medal in Super-G sitting race
Palmer's Andrew Kurka claimed another medal in his specialty event at the World Cup in Veysonnaz, Switzerland. The 27-year-old won bronze with a third-place finish in the Super-G sitting race at the World Para Alpine Skiing event, pocketing his fifth career medal in...
Quinn competes at World Skimo Championships
When Najeeby Quinn attempted her first ski mountaineering race in 2012 on borrowed gear, she struggled mightily. “It was freakin’ horrible, the most humbling thing ever,” Quinn said of the experience in Colorado, where she grew up. “My mom almost beat me in the race.”...
Kurka double medals in downhill at Para-Alpine World Cup
Para-alpine skier Andrew Kurka of Palmer proved he’s still got it. The 24-year-old picked up a pair of medals and beat a world champion in the first World Cup downhill races of the season in Austria. Kurka, of Colony High fame, placed second to New Zealand’s world...
Kurka returns from Nationals with pocket full of medals
Palmer’s Andrew Kurka was having an epic time at the U.S. Adaptive Alpine Nationals in Aspen, Colorado, until the final day. That’s when things went to another level. Kurka, of Colony High fame, capped the greatest race series of his ski career with a gold medal in...
Kurka wants to gear down but not necessarily slow down
He's only 23, but Andrew Kurka of Palmer has put his body through hell. Three times he has broken his back, most recently during a training run for the 2014 Paralympic Games in Sochi, Russia. His go-for-broke mentality on the ski slopes has paid dividends, yet he’s...