Just got this in an email. To me, it sends a mixed message in that it looks like there will be a subscription service we can pay for like before, but that all of the races will also be shown of the FIS YouTube channel. That's what I have been doing for the last couple of years, using a VPN with an Aussie IP.
https://www.fis-ski.com/inside-fis/news/2026-27/fis-world-cup-enters-new-era-of-broadcast-distribution-in-north-america?lid=g4ml4ozfshw8

Hi guys. I'd like to know if any of you have a Sync 62L backpack, I need to change my backpack, and I don't know which one to choose because my choice is between this backpack and Leki's backpack. Thank you for your attention and waiting for your answers

Some objects from ski racing history survive in perfect documentation, and this one caught my attention.

On December 3, 2005, Bode Miller won the men’s giant slalom in the Team USA suit with the spider-web pattern that many of us remember from that season, the winter before the Turin Olympics. Equipment from that era usually disappears: suits get worn out, swapped or thrown away after the season. This one was kept, and it’s unusually well documented:

• Race-used and signed World Cup suit
• Photo-matched
• Original FIS seal
  
• Authenticated

What I find interesting is how rarely you can trace a racing suit to a specific race win. It’s a nice reminder of how much the sport has changed since then: the cut, the materials, the equipment rules, and Bode’s all-or-nothing style.

It’s currently listed at Goldin in the 2026 Monthly Sports Elite #10, Lot #160

Questions for the sub: Do you remember that GS or that season live? And does anyone know how equipment like this was handled and archived back then?

Another exciting end to the men's GS. Loved watching Lucas skiing, the expression on his face as he makes the turns shows his total commitment and the effort that goes into racing.

Also, another tight time split between the two Swiss. Loic is, for me, such an elegant skier, he looks effortless coming down that slope.

I’m just curious I don’t know much about the sport?

Someone has got this wrong… (TV3)

The ski room is torn down Saturday night and not on the podium. I am 3 hours if your on the podium. How long for staff? 2 hours.

What a race! Paula Moltzan, it was an absolutely brilliant win!

Fantastic second runs, amazing athletes and made it very exciting. Well done Paula, great to see a new face at the top of the podium.

What do you guys think of the new on-screen graphics? Personally, I think they look absolutely terrible, almost like they were AI-generated. The old ones looked so much better.

Hi!

When I was a kid, I raced skis for a year or two in my school, but I stopped because I didn't enjoy it. Now I’m 25 and work as part of the course crew at two World Cup races in Slovenia. I always admire the technicians at the start area, making the final adjustments to the skis before a race.

I’d love to hear from anyone with experience in this field:
- How many days a year do you work, and how much time off do you get?
- What does a typical workday during race weeks look like?
- What’s the pay like, and are you employed year-round or seasonally?
- How do you get started and land your first job with a team? Would it be realistic for someone like me to become a ski technician?

Thanks!

According to the press release, the races were supposed to be on YT with a 24h delay, but you could watch it live without a VPN.

EDIT: The men's race is also listed.

I just picked up a pair of Head GS race skis for my daughter, who is a first-year FIS athlete. She’s very strong muscularly, and I’d call her a moderately aggressive skier.

The skis came with the Head Freeflex ST 20X RD bindings. The racer who used them before us was a top-tier athlete, and I believe that’s why the skis came with 20x binding.

Here are her specs:

• Weight: 125 lbs
• Height: 5'3"
• Boot size: 22.5, in a 120 flex boot
• Events this season: mostly slalom and giant slalom

My question: should I pull these bindings off, even though she’d be set at around an 11 on the DIN? Or should I look for something like the Freeflex 14, which has a DIN range of 7 to 14?

What I’m trying to figure out is whether a binding built for a much heavier, faster skier is a poor fit for her, or whether it makes no real difference when it’s set properly at 11. I’m also wondering whether having the setting sit near the low end of a 20X’s range causes any trouble with release consistency or retention. I’d love to hear from other race parents, coaches, or techs who have dealt with this.

Thanks in advance for any advice!

In what has become a nice tradition, the globe winners and rising stars from the last season sat down to chat with the one and only Nick Fellows. Enjoy!

Hi. We are (were?) planning a trip to sun valley for the finals in March. However, after checking back fairly regularly, we seem to have missed out on bleacher tickets, as the site says they are sold out.

Two years ago I got tickets in January, so I really wasn't expecting them to 1) be on sale this early and 2) to be sold out so fast.

Do they by chance release another tranche of tickets later? Is there any other way to get tickets, like a ski shop buying/reselling tickets?

We would much prefer the bleacher tickets vs. standing all day and will probably abandon if we can't get bleacher tickets.

Anyone have any ideas here? Thanks so much in advance.

I am planning my world cup Propheski teams, and am conflicting, especially for my women's GS team. For those unfamiliar, Propheski is a fantasy ski racing app (high recommend!) and you have a $100,000 budget per discipline with four athletes in each discipline. Cost of different racers are based on their rankings. I definitely want to have Moltzan for GS, but am unsure for the other three. Should I go with Moltzan, Robinson, and then two more women who I have enough money I have left with? Or maybe Moltzan, Thea Louise Stjernesund, Lara Della Mea, and Franziska Gritsch? Maybe something completely different?

Any advice would be appreciated!!

EDIT: Out of these two teams, which is better?

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Besides the deal with NBC, there will be a free, ad-supported streaming channel in Canada and the US featuring live FIS events incl alpine.

Ski & Snowboard World Cup has been created in partnership with C15 Studio, one of North America's leading FAST operators. The new home of ski and snowboard in North America will feature more than 600 hours of premium live coverage of elite snow sports and will be distributed across major connected television platforms, available to tens of millions of households on their existing devices, with no subscription required. 

Year-round programming dedicated entirely to snow sports will include live FIS World Cup events across a wide array of disciplines ─ from Alpine and Cross-Country Skiing to Ski Jumping, Nordic Combined, and the full range of Freestyle, Freeski, and Snowboard competitions. Beyond live competitions, viewers will enjoy a range of documentaries, classic races, and behind-the-scenes access to the personalities that shape snow sports. 

Ski & Snowboard World Cup will begin rolling out across leading streaming services in the United States and Canada from November, including Prime Video, Fire TV, Google TV, Live TV on PS5, Plex, Sony Pictures Core, The Roku Channel, and Xumo Play. Further details, including availability on additional services, will be announced in due course. 

FIS World Cup enters new era of broadcast distribution in North America

In many wintersports you have the red bib for World Cup leaders in a specific discipline and also yellow jersey for the overall World Cup leader. Hoever in Alpine Skiing you only have the red jersey for the disciplines and no jersey at all to signify the overall World Cup leader. Does anyone know why it is that way? Does Audi simply not want to pay to have to sponsor two bibs for each race? Or are there any other reasons for this?

Hey all,

Larger masters racer here and apparently we need a cutproof base layer this season and onward. Any options anyone has found that would accommodate a larger racer? I'd be happy to pay for custom I just can't find an FIS compliant option.

Thanks all!

Hs US skiing announced a streaming plan? Do we actually get to watch all the races this year?

Superstar got its first layer of snow today, so good to have it back.

https://reddit.com/link/1x9ehaz/video/th6y4dk0iawh1/player