Sports News and Press Releases about Outdoor Industry Events
Want to stay up to date on the latest press releases and news about outdoor sports races and events including mountain biking, trail running, climbing, skiing and more? Scroll below to view all outdoor sports event news.
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March 11, 2026
Fishing Tournament Ends in Arrest After Weights Discovered in Large Mouth Bass
During a bass fishing tournament in Texas on March 8, officials discovered weights inside a competitor's largemouth bass, leading to an arrest. Angler Curtis Lee Daniels, who had won $2,500 in hourly prizes, was flagged when a metal detector revealed foreign objects in his fish. Texas Game Wardens performed a...
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March 10, 2026
Grand Canyon Official Says Fire Damage Will Make Trails Dangerous for Years
Grand Canyon Trail Supervisor Adam Gibson says, even when trails reopen on the North Rim following the devastating Dragon Bravo fire last summer, hikers will have to assume more risk than they did before the fire. Speaking on The Grand Canyon Hiker Dude Show, Gibson said last summer’s wildfire left debris...
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March 4, 2026
Man Buried in Avalanche Rescued After Wife Uses Find My Phone App to Locate Him
A wife used a special feature on her cell phone to help rescue her husband after he was buried by an avalanche in Washington. Michael Harris was skiing at Stevens Pass Ski Resort on Thursday, Feb. 26, when he got caught in the avalanche. The skier said he quickly knew he...
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March 3, 2026
Glen Canyon issues quicksand alert, warning visitors
The Glen Canyon National Recreation Area released a quicksand alert on Tuesday afternoon. According to a recent social media post from the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area (GCNRA), there is an active quicksand alert throughout the park. The risk is especially high near shorelines and in drainage areas. Even ground that appears...
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February 20, 2026
Victims Identified as Investigation Into Castle Peak Avalanche Intensifies
The avalanche that killed at least eight skiers this week was one of the deadliest backcountry incidents in U.S. history. Four guides were traveling with 11 clients, returning from a hut trip near Frog Lake, when a gigantic slab released from an adjacent mountainside and buried them. Six were rescued, two...
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February 18, 2026
Eight dead, one missing in one of worst avalanche disasters in recent U.S. history
At about 11:30 a.m. on the morning of February 17, one of the worst avalanche tragedies in recent American history took place, involving a group of 15 skiers on a guided trip in remote and rugged backcountry terrain in the Castle Peak area near Truckee, California. In a recent update,...
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February 18, 2026
Massive Avalanche Buries 15 in California; 9 Missing as Search Continues
After a massive storm deposited feet of snow across the Sierras, 15 backcountry travelers were caught in an avalanche near Truckee, Calif., on Tuesday. Six of them were successfully evacuated by search and rescue (SAR). According to reports on Wednesday, nine members of the party remain missing. Based on available...
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February 14, 2026
AI Drones Transform 2026 Winter Olympics Viewing Experience
The Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Games are set to redefine sports broadcasting, trading traditional camera angles for high-speed, AI-driven drone cinematography that puts viewers right in the action. When the world tunes in to the 2026 Winter Olympics, the view will be radically different. Olympic Broadcasting Services (OBS) has announced...
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February 13, 2026
Banned Ski Wax Is Triggering DQs at the Olympics
The terms “banned substance” and “Olympics” likely conjure images of performance-enhancing drugs or famous examples of countries tricking anti-doping agencies. At the 2026 Games in Milano–Cortina, however, the illicit substances at the center of a debate have nothing to do with what athletes are putting into their bodies: It’s all about...
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February 11, 2026
Drones are the star of NBC’s Winter Olympics coverage so far
If the star of the 2024 Paris Olympics was NBC’s debut of Gold Zone, 2026 in Milan-Cortina might be the year of the drones. Throughout the first few days of the Winter Games, drone shots have become all the rage. Sports like alpine skiing, luge, snowboarding, speed skating, and ski jumping...
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