By USSA LES CONTAMINES, France -– A turn away from the first World Cup win of his career, Casey Puckett (Aspen, CO) had to settle for fourth when he crashed Sunday morning in Les Contamines. Puckett led in his second final group of the 2010 ski cross season – originally scheduled for Saturday but delayed […]
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By Matthew Piper, USSA HAUS IM ENNSTAL, Austria — Finally, third try’s a charm for Lindsey Vonn (Vail, CO). After near misses in hat trick bids at Val d’Isere, France (third in the super G), and Lake Louise, AB (second in the super G), the skier with a vice grip on the early World Cup […]
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Don’t let the yucky weather in the Lake Tahoe Basin scare you from the slopes. While South Lake had fog on Saturday, Sierra-at-Tahoe had some sun. Here is the ski report from Curtis Fong, the Guy from Tahoe.
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Reno resident and legendary freestyle skier Wayne Wong will be the athlete of honor at the Olympic Heritage mogul competition Jan. 12 at Alpine Meadows Ski Resort. As part of a series of this winter’s Olympic Heritage events which celebrate the 50th anniversary as Lake Tahoe’s Olympics, the Olympic Heritage Mogul Competition gets back to […]
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By Kathryn Reed STATELINE — “Real estate was never intended to be an ATM machine.†That’s what Jim Hamilton, 2005 president of the California Association of Realtors, told a group of nearly 90 people on Friday night during the annual South Tahoe Association of Realtors installation dinner. Hamilton told those at Edgewood Tahoe, “This country […]
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Daron Rahlves left the world of downhill competition to start a second career in skiercross. The 36-year-old trains at Sugar Bowl. Why did you choose this resort?: For the skiing and to work with the Sugar Bowl Ski Team and Academy. Sugar Bowl has an outstanding race arena for training and the team has full […]
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By Terria Smith, Desert Sun The Palm Springs VillageFest Board lost a member after its meeting on Dec. 22. Jill Beede, a Desert Hot Springs High School teacher and former Lake Tahoe art gallery owner, submitted a letter of resignation dated the same day as the meeting. With Beede’s resignation and the absence of Sally […]
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Sierra Avalanche Center ski days are SAC’s largest fund-raising events. Each of the participating ski areas have donated a set number of lift tickets to SAC that are only valid on a specific day. SAC is selling these lift tickets at a discounted price. SAC retains the proceeds from each ticket sale. Fund raising from […]
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El Dorado County Supervisor Norma Santiago will give the Lake Tahoe Democratic Club a state of the county report Jan. 13. Club meetings are the second Wednesday of each month at 6:30pm in the loft above the Blue Angel Café, 1132 Ski Run Blvd., South Lake Tahoe. Everyone is welcome.
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By USSA CALGARY — The U.S. Freestyle Ski Team’s women’s moguls squad gave Calgary a Saturday-night encore with three skiers in the top six, led by Park City’s Heather McPhie, who grabbed another all-important top five with her second consecutive fourth-place finish. “I’m knocking at the door, repeatedly,” said McPhie, who is in competition for […]
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