Jamaican skier Errol Kerr who is in the process of preparing to represent Jamaica at next year’s Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada, is currently in the island to garner more support for his historic journey.

French former Olympic snowboard champion Karine Ruby has been found dead following a fall on Mont Blanc. The 31-year-old Ruby, who won the giant slalom gold medal at the 1998 Winter Games in Nagano, Japan, then a silver at Salt Lake four years later, was found along with a second victim in a crevasse, the local gendarmerie said.

Acclaimed former World Cup skiing sensation, Franco Cavegn was given a VIP reception at Ski Dubai yesterday, where he demonstrated the skills needed to compete at three Winter Olympics games.

Cue up the Jeopardy music. The International Ski Federation’s (FIS) Web site has an online poll asking readers where they think the 2015 World Alpine Ski Championships should be held — Vail/Breaver Creek, St, Moritz, Switzerland, or Cortina, Italy? Ted Ligety probably has his opinion and you can voice yours, too, at www.fisalpineworldcup.com/Fis_alpine. As of yesterday, the local favorite was carrying 74.3 percent of the vote. FIS makes its decision on the 2015 Worlds in June 2010.

Utah’s Deer Valley Resort continued its preparations for the 2011 FIS Freestyle Ski World Championships with a presentation of its draft schedule to the International Ski Federation’s Freestyle Committee. The meetings were a part of the annual FIS Calendar Conference in Cavtat, near Dubrovnik, Croatia. It will mark the second time that Deer Valley has held the major international event.

The 27-year-old from Plymouth was the first British male snowboarder to compete at the Winter Olympics and recorded three top ten finishes in the World Cup.

Wakeham said: “At the end of each season for the last few years I have wanted to quit, but people always seem to talk me into staying with promises of funding and sponsorship. But now I am keen to get a job with stability and a regular income.”

Wakeham won the Europa Cup in 2005 with his best World Cup performance being fifth in Leysin in January 2006.

Alpine skiing star Anja Paerson says she will retire from the sport in 2010. “That’s my goal — to quit next year,” the 27-year-old Swede said in a TV interview on Sunday with Swedish network TV4.

In contrast to the Nordic disciplines, there have been quite a few changes in the coaching ranks of the Audi FIS Alpine Ski World Cup teams before the upcoming Olympic season. Please find below a summary of those that have come to the attention of FIS so far