By Lindsey Emery, Outside It’s an all-too familiar scene: You’re 19 miles into a marathon, feeling good (ish), loose, physically and mentally strong, and then all of a sudden you hit mile 20, and everything starts to crumble. Your muscles ache, your head hurts, your feet throb, your stomach groans — you’re fatigued, and you’ve […]
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On March 15, 2014, Jeff Andrews experienced a snowboarding accident at Sugar Bowl Resort resulting in a C6 burst fracture with associated spinal cord injury and transverse process fractures at L1, L2, and L3. He suffers quadriplegia at the C5-C7 level. His goal is to become as independent as his condition will permit and return to […]
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After the pros are done with the first leg of the Amgen Tour of California bike race in South Lake Tahoe, the masses may participate in a fund-raising ride for Ride 2 Recovery. This nonprofit provides mental and physical rehabilitation programs for injured veterans through cycling. All proceeds support programs at military installations and VA […]
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By Gloria Liu, Bicycling Trek is recalling all of its bikes that are equipped with disc brakes and a certain front quick release. The company is working with the CPSC on the recall, which affects up to 900,000 bikes from the 2000 to 2015 model years. The bikes were sold for $480 to $1,650. Trek […]
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By Susan Wood Move over boys. Title IX aside, pro cyclist Alison Tetrick knows in order for women’s sports to receive the recognition the big boys get in their respective events, the girls need all the help they can get – sometimes from a few angels on the shoulders. And so it goes with the […]
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By Pamela Manson, Salt Lake Tribune Snowboarders in Utah are asking a federal appeals court to reverse the dismissal of their lawsuit that claims Alta Ski Resort is discriminating against them by banning snowboarding. In an appeal to the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Wasatch Equality and four snowboarders say their suit extensively detailed […]
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Roadside stations for inspections and decontaminations of motorized boats and watercraft in Lake Tahoe open in May. The dates are: Opening May 1: 8:30am-5:30pm, seven days a week Meyers: at the junction of highways 50 and 89 Spooner Summit: at the junction of highway 28 and 50 in Nevada Alpine Meadows: Highway 89, off Alpine Meadows […]
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By Sage Sauerbrey, Moonshine Ink “Fish on!” A fisherman yells out as Mike Wier, outreach coordinator for California Trout, hooks into a behemoth rainbow trout in a pool just above the Fanny Bridge in Tahoe City. This 31-inch monster is one of roughly 40 trout that have become stranded in a short section of the Truckee […]
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By Kathryn Reed A multi-pronged approach is being taken to speed up the process of laying down the Greenway Bike Trail on the South Shore as well as improve other recreation amenities and the connection between areas. California Tahoe Conservancy, the lead agency in the Meyers to Stateline trail, is working with South Lake Tahoe […]
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On April 26 from 9am-2pm Alpenglow Sports and trail running brand Hoka One One will host a fun run and demo event in Tahoe City. Known for the creation of the “maximalist” trail shoe category, Hoka One One will be on hand with demos. Since 2010, Hoka One One has been on a quest to […]
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