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Last month, Ross Anderson (Cheyenne, Arapaho, and Mescalero-Chiricahua Apache) stood before a crowded room in the mountains of Utah. In his left hand, he held an eagle feather. Around his neck, there ...

Eighteen years ago, on a steep snow slope high in the French Alps, on skis nearly eight feet long, Ross Anderson of Durango set the American speed skiing record that still stands: 154 mph. Across a ...

Downhill skiing forwards down the world’s largest ski jumping slope would be a challenge for most of us. So massive kudos to Norwegian skier Anders Backe who last week not only skied backwards down ...

At the now infamous Abu Dhabi Formula One Grand Prix in December, eventual race and championship winner Max Verstappen set the fastest lap with an average speed of 220.8 kilometers per hour (about 137 ...

Since 2006, Ross Anderson has held the record for going faster than any other American on skis: 154.06 mph. And this year, he's finally receiving some recognition from his peers in pro skiing. As he ...

On April 15, 1982, The Aspen Times reported on the upcoming speed skiing championships that were to be held in Silverton in later April. World-record holder Steve McKinney from Squaw Valley had just ...

How fast have you skied or snowboarded down a mountain slope? For your average skier or snowboarder, most don’t surpass more than 40 to 45 mph, but Breckenridge local CJ Mueller was known for going ...

Mikaela Shiffrin admitted that she's 'not at winning speed' when speaking with PEOPLE exclusively one week before the alpine ...

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