With all the craziness in the world, we agree with Anthony Cupaiuolo of First Track Productions in South Lake Tahoe that a fun video is in order. Considering he has cousins in a neighboring school in Connecticut and didn’t know for hours if his family was OK, he has room to speak. And his cousin’s […]
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The Lake Tahoe Marathon on Dec. 15 opened registration for the Sept. 27-29 events. Discounted (25 percent) early bird registrations will be taken until 8am Dec. 18. A 20 percent discount continues through the end of December. More info is online.
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By USSA BRECKENRIDGE, Colo. -– Despite battling snowy conditions and a slow halfpipe Shaun White, who trains at Northstar, and Kaitlyn Farrington (Bellevue, Idaho) came out on top at Dew Tour halfpipe finals. “After coming off a knee injury this summer I am glad to be on top. I feel great and I am pumped […]
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By Berne Broudy, Outside In the 1990s, Dan Coyle started making wooden helmets for himself and his buddies for whitewater kayaking, as well as wooden eyeglass frames and paddles. It was a hobby, a use for Coyle’s chainsaw and grinder. Coyle noticed that, structurally, wood is similar to rigid, closed-cell foam. That means it can, […]
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By Jason Blevins, Denver Post BRECKENRIDGE — Shaun White has been a pro snowboarder for half his life, becoming the most recognized action sports athlete of all time through 13 years of driven competition. At 26, the lines on his face are a tad deeper, his perspective more aged — and his posse now includes […]
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By USSA VAL GARDENA, Italy — Do you believe in Steven? The Utah downhiller put a mark on his comeback returning to the site of his 2006 Audi FIS Alpine World Cup win to do it again. Steven Nyman (Sundance, Utah) came out of the 37th start position to steal a victory on the foggy, […]
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By USSA BRECKENRIDGE, Colo. — Jamie Anderson of South Lake Tahoe started her season with an impressive run that featured some of the most versatile riding snowboarding fans have seen, winning the women’s Dew Tour slopestyle finals in Breckenridge on Friday. Nailing her final run with spins in all four directions and a massive 540 […]
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By USSA BRECKENRIDGE, Colo. -– Brita Sigourney’s (Carmel) amplitude and technical tricks won the judges over at women’s halfpipe finals at the Dew Tour on Friday. Teammate Maddie Bowman (South Lake Tahoe) whose run featured left and right 900s with strong grabs, landed her in second. “I really want to do well at this event […]
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By USSA VAL GARDENA, Italy– Travis Ganong of Squaw Valley led a back of the pack charge by the U.S. Ski Team in the Val Gardena super G, starting 58th and finishing 24th to lead five U.S. Ski Team athletes into the points. Ted Ligety was 25th to retain second in the Audi FIS Alpine […]
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By USSA VAL d’ISERE, FRANCE — Leanne Smith parlayed an early start number into a career first Audi FIS Alpine World Cup podium, finishing second in the Val d’Isere downhill behind Swiss winner Lara Gut on Dec. 14. Smith, who started third, led four Americans into the top 10 on a shortened course after high […]
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