this seems more like a painting to me than a photograph.. i'm not sure if that's the effect of a filter or your editing or just the camera, but it has a very surreal effect
Ski Football? Sounds interesting :)
The photo seems a bit out of focus. I think USM could help but maybe just using a slightly smaller image size would be more use in this case.
Ths looks very comrpessed - very pixelated. I'm wondering if your software program is doing something to decrease saturation as well. I think this would have been a good image, but the compression is very distracting.
I'll take your word for it that this is a sport but this is a rather dull scene. A ski lift in the spring with no passengers? The mid-day light is very flat.