It’s been a while since Julia Mancuso was among the top female skiers in the world. Yet the famed Lake Tahoe skier is still regularly hitting the slopes while also pursuing her new favorite passion – surfing. Mancuso, 41, is relishing her life on tranquil Tavarua Island, where she is raising three young children partially […]
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Julia Mancuso trades in skis for NBC microphone
Julia Mancuso of Squaw Valley will trade in her skis for an NBC microphone at this year’s Olympics. One of the most decorated skiers to call Squaw Valley her home, the 33-year-old Mancuso retired Friday. She departs an 18-year career as the most successful female American skier at major championships, with nine medals spread between […]
Squaw Valley to host Women’s Alpine World Cup event in March
Many of the top female skiers in the world will descend on Squaw Valley this March for the Audi FIS Women’s Alpine World Cup. The World Cup tour is less than 100 days away – scheduled for March 9-12 in Lake Tahoe. The Women’s Alpine World Cup will feature Olympic champions like Mikaela Shiffrin and […]
Squaw Valley will host World Cup skiing event in 2017
Many of world’s foremost women skiers will be in Lake Tahoe next March. A World Cup ski event is returning to Squaw Valley for the first time in 19 years. The International Ski Federation (FIS) and the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association (USSA) announced earlier this week that Squaw Valley will host an Audi FIS […]
Lindsey Vonn captures downhill; Lake Tahoe’s Cook, Mancuso also on podium
Lindsey Vonn had a much better start to her ski season than boyfriend Tiger Woods. While Woods shot a 5-over par 77 in his return to golf this week and entered the final day of his hosted Hero World Challenge in last place, Vonn was triumphant on the slopes Saturday, winning the World Cup downhill […]
Olympic skiers Julia Mancuso, Travis Ganong earn Far West Skiing awards
Temperatures are rising and the ski season has wound down for both Squaw Valley and Alpine Meadows ski resorts, which announced season-ending awards this week for Olympic skiers Julia Mancuso, Travis Ganong and several others. Mancuso and Ganong, who both ski at Squaw Valley, were among the Squaw and Alpine Meadows’ ski teams honors. The two resorts clinched […]
Mikaela Shiffrin easily wins giant slalom at U.S. Alpine Championships
It’s been quite the season for U.S. skier Mikaela Shiffrin, who won an Olympic gold medal in Sochi and was the World Cup slalom champion. Shiffrin, a Colorado skier from Eagle-Vail, added one more accolade on Thursday, taking first place in the giant slalom at the 2014 Nature Valley U.S. Alpine Championships at Squaw Valley ski […]
Bode Miller among Olympians at U.S. Alpine Championships at Squaw Valley
Gold medal Olympic skiers Bode Miller and Julia Mancuso will be among the headliners when Squaw Valley ski resort in Lake Tahoe hosts the 2014 Nature Valley U.S. Alpine Championships March 19-23. This year’s Alpine Championships will be an opportunity to see Team USA’s top skiers compete on home soil at Squaw Valley ski resort. Other local Tahoe […]
Olympic profile: Julia Mancuso leaves Sochi with her fourth Olympic medal
Here’s a look at Julia Mancuso, one of the four Lake Tahoe medal winners at the Sochi Olympics.: Mancuso definitely has a penchant for capturing medals at the Winter Olympics and was able to do it one more time in Sochi. The pride of Squaw Valley ski resort, Mancuso claimed another m medal, taking a […]
Julia Mancuso 8th in women’s super-G; U.S. Alpine skiers struggling in Sochi
At the halfway point in the 2014 Winter Olympics, American Alpine skiers are not faring well. The results in Sochi: one medal – a bronze by Lake Tahoe’s Julia Mancuso in the super combined – is all the U.S. ski team has after Saturday’s women’s super-G. After five of 10 alpine races, the United States […]