Consider the stoke fired! Skiers and boarders from all across the east coast spent last weekend in Boston to kickoff the winter season, as they have for over two generations. Now called the Snowbound Expo and run by Great Britain’s Raccoon Management, thousands of winter sports enthusiasts and industry insiders gathered at the sparkling new Boston Convention...
New Jordan Hotel at Sunday River Brings Ski-in, Ski-Out to Resort’s Western Reserve Area —by Jay Flemma, special to NASJA— NEWRY, MAINE – Maine’s iconic Sunday River just opened a game changer; the new Jordan Hotel brings ski-in and ski-out convenience to the emerging Western Reserve Area of the resort. Already sprawled across seven peaks...
Idaho’s Brundage Mountain Opens New High-speed Quad to Summit —by Jay Flemma, special to the Communications Committee— McCALL, ID – Central Idaho’s Brundage Mountain is debuting their newest lift this season: The new “Centennial Express”, a Doppelmayr 4CLD lift, will cut the ride time from base to summit from 16 minutes to just six. The upgrade...
Broadcaster Steve Czaban of One on One Sports and post-game host for the Green Bay Packers and Washington Redskins…err…Commanders joined me for Golden Ticket Weekend: this incarnation being Bayonne and Forsgate. Steve has finished an excellent promo video which is attached here. Of course, link over to Czabecast, Steve’s YouTube channel for more...
Border War! Vermont vs. New Hampshire Skiing, Part 11 – Pats Peak —by Jay Flemma— DATELINE: THE ONLY HENNIKER ON PLANET EARTH, N.H. – It’s astounding the people you meet that learned to ski at New Hampshire’s tiny, but plucky Pats Peak: real estate magnates who play Monopoly with real buildings, skiing celebrities from chichi mountain towns all...
From the press release, great news as Indy comes to the rescue. Black Mountain had previously announced it could not operate this season. “BLACK MOUNTAIN TO OPEN THIS SEASON The Fichera family will operate the ski area for one more season after Indy Pass provides resources to operate this season and assistance in finding a buyer for the historic ski area. Grand...
Not one but two new Jay Flemma Sports Report shows have dropped recently, so here are the links. Skiing in Argentina/Open Championship and USGA Mid-Am Redux Our first guest was Aaron Schorsch of Saveur the Journey, the skiing, fishing, and culinary travel outfit that showed me around Argentina. It was an absolutely gold standard experience on every level –...
INDY PASS ADDS PREMIER INTERNATIONAL RESORTS – PASS SALES RESUME TODAY SkiWelt, Austria; Big White, BC; and Kiroro, Japan, join Montana Snowbowl to lead the 23/24 class of new resorts totaling 183 worldwide. Grand County, CO. (October 10, 2023) – The Indy Pass announced today that 54 new partner resorts (see below) have signed on for the 23/24 season, including...
Over 50 new resorts from Europe, Canada, Japan, and the US join the Indy Pass GRANBY, Colorado – The Indy Pass announced today more than 50 new Alpine and Nordic resorts have signed on for the 23/24 season, and limited quantities of passes will be released for sale starting on October 10th. Sales will be handled through the waitlist process, which is open for...
Two statistics stand out brightest in the aftermath of the 16.5 – 11.5 drubbing that the Europeans hung on the USA at the first Ryder Cup ever held in Italy: USA captain Zach Johnson’s captain’s picks going 4-12-1 over the course of three days, and the USA losing the foursomes matches by a combined score of 7-1. My heart goes out to Zach Johnson...
While we finish up some skiing articles from Argentina and beyond, let’s review the last week and cue up the next. The “Summer of Hagestad” ended in the grandest fashion of all as the 32 year-old amateur followed up his victory at the USGA Mid-Am at Sleepy Hollow with a rain-shortened victory at the Crump Cup at Pine Valley. Organizers, fearful of...
The Second Legend of Sleepy Hollow —by Washington Flemma, Special to Golf News Net and Found among the papers of Mr. Ryan Deidricht Knickerbocker— SLEEPY HOLLOW, NY – Nestled in the bosom of a spacious cove on the eastern shore of the Hudson at an expanse of the river called by the Dutch the Tappan Zee, but more recently stylized by one Italian as “Mario...
SLEEPY HOLLOW, NY – With a march seemingly as ruthless and inexorable as that of the Headless Horseman himself, amateur golfer Stewart Hagestad has powered through five well-decorated USGA veterans and Met Golf Association stars at Sleepy Hollow Country Club, and galloped his way into the finals of the 42nd USGA Mid-Amateur Championship. You’ll recall hapless Ichabod...
SLEEPY HOLLOW, NY – This is the beauty of amateur golf in all its altruism and earnestness – it’s your friendly neighborhood everyman atop the leaderboard at the 42nd USGA Mid-Amateur Championship. “I work at a fruit stand,” quipped Harry Bolton only half joking. Playing out of Royal Canberra Club in Australia and one of 28 international players from 19 different...
SLEEPY HOLLOW, NY – “He carries the hopes of us all,” beamed one Sleepy Hollow Country Club member proudly, almost lovingly as golfer Brad Tilley finished off an Even-par round of 71 to open the stroke play portion of the 42nd USGA Mid-Amateur Championship. With the ovation Tilley received coming off the 18th green, you’d have though...