American downhill racer Breezy Johnson was training in Switzerland last offseason when another skier swerved into her path near the base of the lift and ran over her calf. The person's razor-sharp ski ...

Norway’s Birkebeinerrennet marathon ski race, which has been held since 1932 ... Along with the pins that acknowledge finishes, colored bibs acknowledge the number of Birkies a skier has ...

Markus Waldner, the International Ski Federation's Chief Race Director for the men's World ... try to level the playing ground so a racer with bib number one does not enjoy a huge advantage ...

The person's razor-sharp ski edge sliced through Johnson's pants and through her race suit. No severe laceration, though, only a thin bruise across her leg, because Johnson happened to be wearing ...