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Heavy snowfalls in the Engadine valley make hearts beat of the freeriders faster. Fantastic finish to the 17th edition of the ENGADINSNOW by Dakine 2018, as perfect snow conditions meet with beautiful weather on the Alpetta face of the Corvatsch. Featuring 130 of the world’s best freeriders from 24 different nations in the categories snowboard and freeski. Eirik Schjolberg from Norway was able to leave all competition behind in the men’s freeski competition and Malene Madsen frrom Denmark finished on top of the female leaderboard. The ranking of the snowboarders was led by German Marion Sebald for the ladies and Belgium Koen Goris for the men.
Lindsey Vonn has announced she will retire following this month’s world championships in Sweden due to lingering issues with her surgically-repaired knees. The women’s all-time leader in World Cup wins made the announcement Friday, leaving her with just two more events in her career.
Vonn, 34, had been planning to retire in December but changed her plans because of persistent pain in both of her knees, which she fully realized after failing to finish a race in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy, last month.
‘It’s been an emotional 2 weeks making the hardest decision of my life, but I have accepted that I cannot continue ski racing,’ Vonn wrote on Instagram . ‘I will … More