Aksel Lund Svindal is the World Champion once again: in the Wednesday, February 14 race, the Norwegian athlete won the gold medal in the Giant Slalom speciality. The Dainese athlete put his victory together in the second heat after improving on a 4th place 1st heat time with a perfect 2nd heat, especially from the second half of the run on down. Despite the difficult snow and visibility conditions ...

Dainese and Italy are sitting happily on the roof of the World (Ski Cup, that is) currently being held in Are, Sweden with Patrick Staudacher. The Dainese Team athlete prevailed over all the others in the competition’s inaugural Super G to win the nation its first gold medal in the speciality after the one brought home in 1996 by Alberto Tomba. For the Italian national ski team speed king w ...

Aksel Lund Svindal is the world’s new Straight Downhill Ski Racing Champ. On Sunday, February 11, in Are, Sweden, the Norwegian phenomenon left his adversaries far behind in the fastest race there is. Second-place finisher Canadian Jan Houdec only came in a long 72 hundredths of a second later, while hometown boy Patrik Jaerbin only succeeded in reaching the 3d step on the winners’ s ...