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Stefan Abplanalp Seeks New Horizons

A Boston Blickbild ExclusiveSwiss trainer Stefan Abplanalp has resigned his position as head trainer for the Swiss C-Kader. The reason for his resignation was that he is looking for new challenges and...

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Is Garmisch Too Unsafe for World Cup Races?

A Boston Blickbild ExclusiveWe had to fire our intrepid reporters and research team because they got very lazy. Then we hired a new bunch. But they were not as intrepid as their predecessors, so we...

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Drug Testing

A Boston Blickbild ExclusiveCanadian World Championship medalist Dustin Cook recently gave an interview to Ski Racing magazine about his experiences with drug testing. Others approached him for...

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Bode Miller and His Lawsuits

A Boston Blickbild ExclusiveUS ski racer Bode Miller is suing Head in order to get out of his contract with that firm. He wants to come back to World Cup racing on Bomber skis. However, we think that...

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Book Review

A Boston Blickbild ExclusiveLindsey Vonn's book was just released and she is currently touring the USA to promote it. The others have written about her book, so we would normally avoid this subject...

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Soelden Report

A Boston Blickbild ExclusiveThe season officially opened last weekend. The others have already reported about Lara Gut and Alexis Pinturault's commanding victories. As usual, we will report on...

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Henrik Kristoffersen to Skip Levi

A Boston Blickbild ExclusiveThe big news in the ski world is that slalom globe winner Henrik Kristoffersen will not race in Levi this weekend because of a dispute with the Norwegian federation. The...

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Levi 2016 Race Report

A Boston Blickbild ExclusiveLast weekend's races in Levi saw two familiar faces on the top step of the podium. Mikaela Shiffrin and Marcel Hirscher each won their second reindeer. Mikaela named hers...

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The 12 Labours of Henrik Kristoffersen

A Boston Blickbild ExclusiveNorwegian technical ace Henrik Kristoffersen was told that he had to meet three conditions in order to be back in good graces with his team.  First, he had to apologize to...

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Making Austria Great Again

A Boston Blickbild ExclusiveWhat has happened to the mighty Austrian Power Team? So far this season the athletes are performing like they are the Austrian Sissy Team. The only Austrian man or woman to...

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What to Do, What to Do....

A Boston Blickbild ExclusiveLindsey Vonn stated in an Austrian TV interview that she would not know what to do with herself if she could not race. We at the Blickbild are not professional career...

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Summer Meeting Preview

A Boston Blickbild ExclusiveThe FIS's summer meeting in Portoroz, Slovenia is coming up soon. It's a real miracle that the powers that be actually get any work done at their summer meetings. They...

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Athlete Profile: Felix Neureuther

A Boston Blickbild ExclusiveGermany's Felix Neureuther is one of the most-liked ski racers in the World Cup. Nobody has a bad word to say about him, even though he has broken women's and men's hearts...

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FIS Summer Meeting

A Boston Blickbild ExclusiveThe FIS wrapped up its annual summer meeting earlier this month. We have always wondered what really goes on at those meetings. Some of the proposals that they come up with...

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The Henrik Kristoffersen Saga Continues

A Boston Blickbild ExclusiveNorwegian technical ace Henrik Kristoffersen has been dismissed from the Norwegian ski team. He is not allowed to train with the team or steal ojlmsfjaegger from the team's...

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Meet the World Cup's Latest Power Couple

A Boston Blickbild ExclusiveIt is all over the Internet that French giant slalom specialist Mathieu Faivre is Mikaela Shiffrin's new boyfriend. Just like Benni and Marlies and Aksel and Julia in past...

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Life On Other Worlds

A Boston Blickbild ExclusiveThis is a slow time for ski racing fans. We are halfway between the end of last season and the start of the next one.  Ski racers are taking holidays or starting their dry...

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Ted Ligety vs the Austrian Ski Federation (OeSV)

A Boston Blickbild ExclusiveWe thought that our band of intrepid reporters and researchers were sucked into a black hole because they all disappeared. They have come back to us, but who knows for how...

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Levi Reindeer Rage

A Boston Blickbild ExclusiveAfter over a year of our not-as-intrepid-as-our-original reporters disappearing, we found some new ones. However, they actually worked for real news sources and have...

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The New Start Order Ranking System

A Boston Blickbild ExclusiveLast weekend in Levi ski fans were confused about Alexander Khoroshilov having bib 46 when he was in the top 15 just a few short seasons ago, while Matej Vidovic, who did...

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Athlete Profile: Mikaela Shiffrin

A Boston Blickbild ExclusiveTwo-time overall globe winner Mikaela Shiffrin started off in the World Cup as a teenage wunderkind and has matured into one of ski racing's superstars. Since her debut in...

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Athlete Profile: Breezy Johnson

A Boston Blickbild ExclusiveBreezy Johnson has established herself as one of the top downhill racers in the World Cup. Unfortunately, she will be out for this season because of an injury. Despite her...

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Rule Infractions

A Boston Blickbild ExclusiveIt seems like FIS rules are being violated this season more often than some people bathe. First Germany's Stefan Luitz used supplemental oxygen in Beaver Creek. The FIS is...

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Athlete Profile: Katharina Liensberger

A Boston Blickbild ExclusiveKatharina Liensberger is Austria's newest technical racing star. After coming close to the podium earlier this season, she earned her first podium finish in Flachau and...

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Not So Perfect Timing

A Boston Blickbild ExclusiveSaturday's women's downhill in Crans-Montana had a controversial result because of problems with the timing. We are not going to address the results, who should have been...

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