By USSA SCHLADMING, Austria -– Julia Mancuso of Squaw Valley fought her way to a fifth-place giant slalom finish in the Audi FIS Alpine Wrold Cup season finale, capping her best season since 2008 with fourth in the overall standings. Germany’s Viktoria Rebensburg won the race and captured the giant slalom title for the second […]
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Sierra-at-Tahoe’s 9th annual Telegrass Festival is April 7. This homegrown event brings out teleskiers from all over Northern California for a celebration of the free heel life. Morning and afternoon clinics for teleskiers of every ability level, equipment demos from top manufacturers, relays and races, live music from regional bluegrass bands, beer tasting, and endless […]
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By Kathryn Reed Fans crowd Scottsdale Stadium to watch the 2012 Giants – to see their favorite players, new acquisitions and the young guys they want to learn about. Who will be on the 25-man roster is still an uncertainty. But those trying to make the team had to be invited to this audition. No […]
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By USSA TIGNES, France -– It was a storybook gold medal run for 16-year-old Torin Yater-Wallace of Basalt, Colo., who threw down his typical smooth landings and big amplitude. His winning run featured two technical double tricks. Teammate David Wise of Reno finished third with three cork tricks in his run. Devin Logan of West […]
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By USSA SCHLADMING, Austria -– Lindsey Vonn of Vail set the women’s single-season Audi FIS World Cup points record Saturday with an eighth place finish in the season slalom finale. The finish elevated her to 1,980 points, 10 more than the former record set by Croatian Janica Kostelic in 2006. Vonn can set the all-time […]
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By USSA VOSS, Norway -– Dylan Ferguson of Amesbury, Mass., took fifth in the FIS Freestyle Aerials World Cup Finals in Voss, Norway, today, locking him into fourth in the season overall standings. Nevin Brown of Ohio finished a career-best eighth. Dmitri Dashinski of Belarus was the men’s winner, with China’s Mengtao XU snagging the […]
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By Kathryn Reed VALLEJO – I have yet to meet a roller coaster I didn’t like. Old rickety ones like the Big Dipper at Santa Cruz, or the stomach-in-your-throat Big Shot at the Stratosphere in Las Vegas, or the 85-year-old Cyclone at Coney Island, or Space Mountain at Disneyland. Love them all. Growing up in […]
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By USSA SCHLADMING, Austria — Olympian Nolan Kasper of Warren, Vt., pocketed almost $5,500 Friday by producing the fastest run of the nations team event with a scorching 19.01 semifinal heat. Despite his run and Julia Mancuso of Squaw Valley winning all her heats, the U.S. Ski Team, which also included Resi Stiegler (Jackson Hole, […]
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By USSA TIGNES, France – Olympian and double threat Shaun White who rides at Northstar took his second gold at European X Games Friday in the slopestyle competition. He executed yet another almost perfect score with a 97.00 on his second run with three doubles. Jamie Anderson of South Lake Tahoe who rides at Sierra-at-Tahoe […]
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By USSA VALMALENCO, Italy -– Young gun Jacqueline Hernandez of Londonderry, Vt., took the women’s snowboardcross win today for the first World Cup podium of her career – after only six career starts. U.S. Snowboarding’s Nick Baumgartner of Iron River, Mich., was seventh. Nate Holland of Squaw Valley placed ninth which locks him into third […]
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