Travis Ganong finished 2016 with six top 10 finishes and looks to make the podium his home in the 2017 season. (Alexis Boichard/Agence Zoom/Getty Images)
Travis Ganong talked with FIS about his highs and lows throughout his career, the upcoming 2018 Winter Olympics and why he loves shredding powder as much as chasing gates.
Squaw Valley Academy announced that they have partnered with World Championship medalist Travis Ganong (Squaw Valley, CA), naming him as their Director of Snow Sports.
Laurenne Ross (Bend, Oregon) and Ryan Cochran-Siegle (Starksboro, VT) claimed the top of the podium in Saturday's super G at U.S. Alpine Championships in Sugarloaf, Maine.
Travis Ganong led the way for the U.S. Ski Team in a challenging super G at the Audi FIS Ski World Cup Finals on another sunny, warm, spring-like Colorado day.
Lindsey Vonn wrapped up the World Cup downhill season with her fourth podium finish of the season at the Audi FIS Ski World Cup Finals on a warm, spring day in Aspen.
Mikaela Shiffrin, who swept the tech series and clinched the slalom globe at Squaw Valley, California, is attempting to bring home her career first overall World Cup title this week in Aspen, Colorado.
Travis Ganong was 17th, as Bryce Bennett was the only other American in the points, finishing 19th at Saturday’s Audi FIS Ski World Cup downhill.
Travis Ganong led the U.S. in eighth place in Friday’s Audi FIS Ski World Cup downhill in Kvitfjell, Norway.
The Audi FIS Ski World Cup circuit resumes this weekend at Crans-Montana, Switzerland for the women and Kvitfjell, Norway for the men.
Travis Ganong was the top American finisher in 14th as Canada’s Erik Guay became the oldest World Champion in alpine skiing history in Wednesday’s super G.
Travis Ganong (Squaw Valley, CA) was again the top American down the dark Kandahar downhill, this time finishing 12th.
Travis Ganong led five Americans into the top 30 with his second career World Cup downhill victory Friday in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.
Travis Ganong paced three Americans into the top 20, finishing 11th in Friday’s Audi FIS Ski World Cup super G in Kitzbuehel, Austria.
Rescheduled events from Courchevel for the ladies, and Lake Louise for the men kick off this week’s schedule in Semmering, Austria and Santa Caterina, Italy.
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Travis Ganong knows how to pick a line down a racecourse and in the backcountry, but it was the line set by his older sisters, Megan and Ali, that helped reel him into ski racing. He launched his World Cup career in 2010 and has quickly become a leading member of the future downhill greats club. Teammate Steven Nyman called it in Dec. 2012 when he told Ganong “you’ve got next” after Nyman won the famed Saslong downhill (for the second time) in Val Gardena, Italy. Ganong believed in Steven by warming up for the Olympics with downhill seventh and super G sixth in Kitzbuehel, a personal best World Cup weekend. He then trumped his own deck in Sochi by notching fifth in the Olympic downhill to lead the U.S. Ski Team, which included heavy favorite Bode Miller. The taste was sweet, but Ganong wanted top three and knew he had the ability to make it happen. So he did. Just one week after the Olympics, the young man from Squaw Valley finished third in a World Cup super G in Kvitfjell, Norway to cap his best ever World Cup season and safely stake his claim as one of the next great American downhillers. Ganong really did have next—just after teammate Nyman snagged his hat trick victory in Val Gardena, Ganong made the big leap to the top of the podium this season, snagging the victory at the Santa Caterina downhill. From there, Ganong went on to crush it at Vail/Beaver Creek World Championships, with a second place finish in front of a massive crowd and ended up a career best 11th ranked in the downhill standings. Ganong started the 2016 season off with a bang in Lake Louise, finishing 3rd in downhill and 4th in super G. He would go on to snag six top 10 World Cup finishes and looks forward to finding the podium again in 2017. FIRST TRACKS OFF THE SNOW |
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