A French ski instructor by the name of Mahé Freydier has set a new world record for the fastest speed ever reached skiing…on sand. If Freydier’s new mark checks out, then he’ll have surpassed the ...

In the oddly niche realm of sand skiing speed world records, there’s a new sheriff in town: Mahé Freydier, a ski instructor from France. On September 25, 2025, Freydier raced down the side of a dune ...

A teenage French skiing phenom was killed in a crash while training for a competition in the French Alps this weekend, according to reports. Margot Simond, 18, — who was the French U18 slalom champion ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. VAL D’ISERE, France (AP) — A promising 18-year-old French skier has died during an accident in ...

U.S. skiers Mikaela Shiffrin and Lindsey Vonn were among those who paid tribute to Margot Simond on Thursday Sean Neumann is a reporter at PEOPLE. He has been working at PEOPLE since 2019. His work ...

BORMIO, Italy — French skier Cyprien Sarrazin has been released from intensive care after sustaining a head injury in a crash last week. Sarrazin underwent surgery for a bleed near the brain after ...

JACKSON — Extreme skier Doug Coombs, a Jackson Hole mountaineer and guide, died in the French Alps after slipping and falling over a cliff while trying to aid a friend who had plunged over the same ...

Unheralded French skier Paco Rassat had a blistering final run to win the second men’s World Cup slalom of the Olympic season ...

American Glen Plake, a survivor of a weekend avalanche at Mount Manaslu in the Himalayas arrives at the Tribhuwan domestic airport in Katmandu, Nepal, Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2012. Rescuers have so far ...