Articles by JFDuRocher

In 1993, the Federation Ski International (FIS), the international organizational body for skiing and Olympic skiing voted to recognize snowboarding. FIS therefore organized several events in 1994 and voted to include snowboarding as a discipline in their jurisdiction. Many were opposed to FIS’...

The hopes of ISF, the International Snowboarding Federation, to ever manage the Olympic destiny of Snowboarding, were shattered when IOC recognized FIS as the federation governing the discipline of snowboarding. The 1998 Olympic in Nagano introduced Snowboarding halfpipe to the world and FIS...

The first edition of theBreitling All Mountain Film Competition is starting today.Open to everyone, this filmcompetition regroup teams of two who compete in order to create the best 3minutes video segment within the boundaries of Vail Ski Resort and Breckenridge.Pro skiers Charles Gagnier...

The first edition of theBreitling All Mountain Film Competition is starting today.Open to everyone, this filmcompetition regroup teams of two who compete in order to create the best 3minutes video segment within the boundaries of Vail Ski Resort and Breckenridge.Pro skiers Charles Gagnier...