By USSA LAKE LOUISE, Alberta — Just a day after leading a first-ever American podium sweep, Lindsey Vonn (Vail) on Sunday was back on the winner’s stand, finishing second in the season-opening Audi FIS Ski World Cup super G in Lake Louise. Julia Mancuso (Squaw Valley) was sixth, while Lara Gut of Switzerland took the […]
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By Teal Burrell, Outside As tight as they are bright, compression socks, sleeves, shorts, and pants promise to boost performance and recovery. But scientists aren’t entirely sure how — or if — compression gear works as advertised, questioning its usefulness in competition and recovery. We might be better off, they say, lounging around in compression […]
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By USSA LAKE LOUISE, Alberta – Lindsey Vonn (Vail) reclaimed her title as Queen of the Downhill at Lake Louise on Saturday, winning her 60th Audi FIS Ski World Cup and capping a first-ever U.S. Ski Team podium sweep. At the World Cup dubbed Lake Lindsey, she regained her crown as she pulled out the win […]
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By USSA COPPER MOUNTAIN, Colo. – U.S. riders put on an impressive early season showing at the Sprint U.S. Grand Prix on Saturday, clinching five of the six podium spots. Veteran Kelly Clark led an American sweep on the women’s side, with Taylor Gold taking home top honors for the men. This is the first year […]
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The Lake Valley Fire Protection District, California State Parks, Nevada Division of Forestry and the U.S. Forest Service will continue prescribed fire operations near Sugar Pine Point State Park, Pioneer Trail and Washoan Boulevard, Ski Run Boulevard near Heavenly, Luther Pass, Spooner Summit, and Lake Tahoe Nevada State Park in Slaughterhouse Canyon. Operations will last […]
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By USSA LAKE LOUISE, Alberta — Laurenne Ross (Bend, Ore.) led a solid effort by the U.S. Ski Team’s women’s speed squad on Dec. 5 that saw four athletes in the top nine, including Lindsey Vonn (Vail). It was the strongest U.S. women’s downhill team performance in two seasons. Tina Maze of Slovenia took the win […]
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By USSA BEAVER CREEK — It was a huge day Dec. 5 for the Americans in Beaver Creek, with Steven Nyman pulling off a third place podium finish and Travis Ganong of Squaw Valley grabbing fifth place. Kjetil Jansrud of Norway, who won the super G and downhill in Lake Louise last week, took another […]
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By USSA A heated early season battle went down Dec. 5 at the first stop of the Sprint U.S Grand Prix tour in Copper Mountain, Colo., with Olympic Champion David Wise of Reno and New Zealander Janina Kuzma taking home top honors. The new three run, best run counts format gave today’s finalist a lot […]
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By Grant Davis, Outside Weeks before the start of the World Cup ski racing season, Julia Mancuso decided to go surfing. That’s not so unusual — Mancuso has long surfed from her off-season base in Maui. This time, however, the Squaw Valley ski racer chose to try the thunderous wave Cloudbreak in Fiji, using a […]
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By Angel Jennings, Los Angeles Times California Fish and Game officials vote to prohibit contests for hunting coyotes and other nongame animals The California Fish and Game Commission voted Wednesday to ban hunting contests that award prizes for nongame animals such as coyotes, beavers and bobcats. In a 4-1 vote, the commission prohibited “giving inducements […]
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