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Bowles' Blog: My shiny happy wishes for 2011
 If I had to pick a defining snowsports moment of 2010, it would be ski-cross racer Chris Del Bosco's gutsy go-for-broke attitude that cost him an Olympic medal but showed us the new Canadian mettle. Moving on to the 2011 pastures, three-long years away from the 2014 Sochi Games, I've put forward my editor's wish list for the coming year.
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Kershaw nabs back-to-back tour podiums
 Canada's Devon Kershaw followed up what he described as the best race of his career on Saturday, where he finished second, by sprinting to the silver-medal position on the podium again as the most prestigious event on the cross-country skiing calendar headed to Oberstdorf, Germany, on Sunday.
· Canada's Alex Harvey 7th, 4th in tour standings
· Tour de Ski leader Dario Cologna of Switzerland grabs bronze medal
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Ski Television savors spectacular Switzerland
 Ski Television taps into glacier skiing at its finest, savoring the top-notch terrain at Zermatt, Switzerland, in the shadow of the Matterhorn. Ski Television's Edith Rozsa gets a personal tour of the immense Portes du Soleil resort. Steve Young discovers the beauty of Adelboden. In National Treasures, meet Canadian moguls star Kristi Richards.
Click here to go to the Ski Television video player. Also check out other channels, including Destinations, Competition, FWT Revelstoke, Sporting Life Gear, Ski Tips and Special Features.
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Miller 3rd as Kostelic rules Munich
Over 25,000 fans were on hand to see five-time Olympic medallist Bode Miller finish third ahead of local favourite Felix Neureuther in the Audi FIS Alpine World Cup city event on Sunday. Croatian Ivica Kostelic knifed the late rounds for the men's victory while Swede Maria Pietilae-Holmer took the women's crown.
· Event draws raucous crowd of 25,000
· Julien Lizeroux of France and Tina Maze of Slovenia finish 2nd
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Walchhofer best in Bormio
Michael Walchhofer of Austria added another victory to his farewell season Wednesday, becoming the first skier to win the grueling World Cup downhill on the Stelvio course three times.
· Manny Osborne-Paradis 13th, Jan Hudec 18th, Ben Thomsen 42nd
· Silvan Zurbriggen of Switzerland 2nd, Christof Innerhofer of Italy 3rd
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Schild wins slalom, Mielzynski, Routhier score
Marlies Schild of Austria won a women's World Cup night slalom Wednesday for her third victory of the season and 26th overall. She finished in an aggregate time of 1 minute, 42.06 seconds to beat Olympic and world slalom champion Maria Riesch by 0.32, while fellow German Christina Geiger was 0.52 back in third for her first career podium finish.
· Canada was led by Erin Mielzynski in 20th, with Eve Routhier scoring points in 23rd.
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Swiss coach Rufener out after season
Switzerland's ski federation says men's alpine head coach Martin Rufener will leave the team at the end of the season.
· Under Rufener, the Swiss men won their first Olympic alpine gold medals since 1988. Didier Defago won the downhill and Carlo Janka captured the giant slalom at Vancouver in February.
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World champs ski slopestyle set for Feb. 3
The fast-paced action sport of slopestyle skiing has been confirmed for the International Ski Federation's Freestyle World Ski Championships being hosted in February by Deer Valley and Park City Mountain Resorts. The slopestyle event, one of three new action sports events being considered for inclusion in the 2014 Olympic Winter Games, will be held at Park City Mountain Resort.
· Slopestyle added to the schedule on Thursday, Feb. 3
· Event will be held on Park City Mountain Resort's King's Crown run
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