Despite elaborate planning for medical evacuation, organizers of the extreme ski championships have not had to deal with many serious accidents so far.

It has also hosted the Norwegian Nordic Ski Championships in 1993.

First the prestigious sailing event was overshadowed by the ski championships; Silvan Zurbriggen is the real hero this season.

In 1947, Revelstoke again hosted the Western Canadian Ski Championships.

Between 1975 and 1979 Mustonen won as many as 25 medals in Finnish alpine ski championships, 10 of which in women's category.

Heinz also won the Lauberhorn 7 times and the Swiss Ski Championships 9 times.

In 1921 Lunn organized the first British national ski championship to include a national slalom race as well as jumping and cross-country.

For the first time since 1950, the world Alpine ski championships, the ski-racing equivalent of the Super Bowl, will be held in the United States.

About 155 athletes from 14 countries are competing in the World Barefoot Water Ski Championships two hours south of Seattle.

Popova Shapka has been a host to both the European and Balkan Ski Championships.