KETCHUM, ID – It’s 5:30 pm on an April Saturday and downtown Ketchum, Idaho is deserted. Really. It’s empty. Ketchum! We’re talking Scooby Doo episode empty. Nuthin’ shakin’ on Shakedown Street…or the intersection of Main and Sun Valley Road for that matter. Color me shocked. There is still one day left in the season and almost half the trails are still open at Sun...
BRIGHTON, UT – Those of you wishing to chase a little more Endless Winter, hit up Brighton in Utah’s Little Cottonwood Canyon over the next few weeks. It’s called May Meltdown, and it’s a special being run b y the resort over May 2-18 where you can ski all you want for $149. That’s a steal for a mountain as good as Brighton...
And a second thanks go to the NSCF for linking to my Pats Peak story in the Border War series. As always they do a terrific job syndicating my articles, as does NASJA. Their link to the piece is here. They’ll have the Gunstock story in a few days, so look for that, as well as my thoughts on the PGA Championship venue, Quail Hollow, coming soon!
Another big thank you to Joe Harvis and all the folks over at the National Ski Council Federation for running and syndicating my Cranmore Mountain article. NASJA also did a nice job of passing the story around as well. And of course a big thank you to Brian Fairbank, owner of Bromley, Jiminy, and Cranmore for his invaluable help in getting all the details just right...
Praying at the Cathedral of the Andes, Argentina’s Cerro Catedral [Author’s Note: As a continuation of our 20th anniversary celebrations, could there be a more atmospheric venue to write about than Argentina’s mighty Cerro Catedral? Not bloody likely…so here’s my review of the mountain as it appears in 2025, along with travel tips…] VILLA CATEDRAL, RIO NEGRO...
Border War! Vermont vs. New Hampshire Skiing Part 14 – Cranmore Mountain —by Jay Flemma— NORTH CONWAY, NH – Take the family atmosphere of Pat’s Peak, mix in the mountain vibe of quintessential ski town North Conway, and add a heaping dose of plentiful White Mountains snow all season long, and you get Cranmore Mountain. Started in 1937 from humble beginnings...
SUN VALLEY, ID – Quintessential veteran winter sports writer John Lundin will be covering the FIS World Cup Finals at Sun Valley March 22-27, handling the lion’s share of writing duty while several other writers are presiding over the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame Induction Ceremonies and the Skiing History Gala in Lake Placid. Lundin knows more...
A huge thank you to both NASJA and to Golf News Net for airing the NASJA Ethics in Journalism webinar as an iHeartRadio show for Jay Flemma Sports Report. You’ll recall we had four quintessential national panelists sharing their stories and experiences from covering events in the media center to the Olympics and beyond. Filip Bondy of the New York Daily News...
One of the great things about GNN and my editor, publisher, and all around leader Ryan Ballengee is that I get to stretch my legs as a broadcaster and cover the other sports as well. As golf season and ski season dovetail perfectly, here is my first skiing radio show of 2025 . First, we had legendary Hall of Fame extreme skier Dan Egan talking about the snow this...
GRANBY, CO – For the second consecutive year, the North American Snowsports Journalists will be hosting their webinar and lecture on the intersection of ethics and sports journalism. The broad ranging event will hit nearly every topic crucial to a journalist’s interactions with professional athletes, amateur athletes, scandals in sports, sports doping and...
The past president of the North American Snowsports Journalists recently passed around the organizations 50th anniversary video, originally screened in 2013. What a time capsule memory! Venerable journalists, storied athletes, and breathtaking venues: it was an inspiring walk through history. So much so that I posted it to Facebook, and it was so well-received, I...
FAIRFIELD, ID – Indy Pass Venue Soldier Mountain in southern Idaho has been named a U.S. Ski and Snowboard Training Ground. As reported by the Boise Day: The ski resort just inked a three-year deal with the slopestyle teams for the Hydro Flask U.S. Snowboard Team and the Stifel U.S. Freeski Team to host the inaugural training camps in December and late...
Viva Catedral! An Oral History of Skiing in the Bariloche Region of Patagonia —by Jay Flemma, Special to the International Skiing History Association, Â reprinted with permission— [Author’s Note:Â Today marks Your Author’s 20th anniversary as a professional sports writer. Jayflemma.com is 20 years old today! Cue the Grateful Dead:Â ***What a...
Two big news drops from Indy, now the clear leader in the mega-pass industry. First, they added 30 new resorts worldwide, including Loveland, Colorado and more sites in both Japan and Europe. From the press release: “Loveland Resort in Colorado is among 52 resorts added to the Indy Pass for the 2024/25 season. 30 of those resorts were announced today: Loveland...
GRANBY, CO — The Snow Angel Foundation will unite with quintessential American snowsports venues Killington and Jay Peak to promote skiing and snowboard safety at the annual North American Snowsports Journalists Association (NASJA) meeting and symposium in Boston on November 15. Held immediately before festivities begin for the annual Snowbound Expo, the east...