The Lake Placid Film Festival is a long-standing, well-loved celebration of film that brings fans, directors, and producers to the Olympic Village each year to learn about and discuss the art form and to view an array of new films. Because they also promote the creation of local and regional films, they chose this year… Read more »
As adults we shape our own lives. Undeniably though, our families also often make lasting impacts on our past, present, and future. Growing up in a military family, Samuel Martinez was instilled with the drive, focus and passion required to advance to the highest levels in the sport of bobsledding. Yet it was also through… Read more »
Public Comment Period Open Through November 25, 2024 The Olympic Regional Development Authority (Olympic Authority) and the Adirondack Park Agency (APA) are holding a joint public comment period to solicit comments for an amendment to the 1986 Mt Van Hoevenberg Intensive Use Area Unit Management Plan (UMP). The public is invited to submit input on… Read more »
Unparalleled power and excitement are coming this way. If you’re not already fired up about the WHOOP UCI Mountain Bike World Series coming to Lake Placid September 27-29, you will be after reading this. Along with the planet’s best mountain bikers descending on Mt Van Hoevenberg for World Cup racing, not one but two famous… Read more »
Mountain bike racing is incredibly thrilling for riders and spectators alike. Especially at the World Cup level we are going to see September 27-29 at Mt Van Hoevenberg! The first mountain bike racing event was held in Colorado in 1978. Since then, the sport has advanced through recent decades with the International Cycling Union (UCI)… Read more »
Mountain bike World Cup events have been capturing audiences since 1989. Located across the globe, those events united last year into one signature sequence of races, and the WHOOP International Cycling Union (UCI) Mountain Bike World Series was born. It all came together thanks to a ground-breaking partnership between Warner Bros. Discovery Sports (WBD Sports)… Read more »
Who to Watch Across the Disciplines The fastest, strongest mountain bike racers in the world will converge on Lake Placid this fall for three days, September 27 through 29. These are professional cyclists who know no other way to go than to go big, and they’re all coming to the iconic Mt Van Hoevenberg for… Read more »
Sporting events, big and small, bring vitality to communities around the world. Perhaps no better example exists today than right here in Lake Placid. From serving as a powerful economic engine for our communities to providing activities for children and families to creating many other direct and indirect benefits, events have been an enduring and… Read more »
The international bobsled and skeleton season will end in rousing fashion this weekend in Lake Placid with the final races of the BMW IBSF World Cup season, March 22-24. Among the highlights of the three-day competition will be the USA Bobsled and Skeleton Hall of Fame induction ceremony, featuring four new members. Lake Placid photographer… Read more »
U.S. Collegiate Ski and Snowboard Association (USCSA) events each season include 11 collegiate conferences competing in six regional competitions, all culminating in the massive USCSA National Championships held in March of each year. The National Championships alternate annually between East and West Coast, and in 2024, they are underway this week March 4-9 in Lake… Read more »