By Reno Gazette-Journal TAHOE CITY — Alpenglow Sports, a 30-year North Lake Tahoe backcountry ski and outdoor retailer, has partnered with industry-leading outdoor manufacturers Black Diamond, Dynafit North America, Patagonia and Marmot to create an unprecedented challenge for the region’s backcountry skiing community. “Tahoe’s consistently deep snowpack, long spring season and copious bluebird powder days […]
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By Jeff Delong, Reno Gazette-Journal Don’t call him a fish guy. It’s not that he doesn’t know a lot about fish. He does. He knows about big ones and little ones. He knows a lot about ones that are swimming where they should be and those that are living where they should not. But as […]
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It’s looking like another gorgeous day to hit the slopes. Check out the ski report from Curtis Fong, the Guy from Tahoe.
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By Kara Lapoint, Reno Gazette-Journal Casey Hakansson learned how to build skis in a snowboard manufacturing shop. It was not the conventional route for starting a ski company, but it’s where the journey began for the 32-year-old founder and president of Sparks-based Moment Skis. “My friend was making snowboards over at Sentury Snowboards (in Reno),” […]
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By Charles Bethea, ESPN Action Sports Coming to a network near you: the gnarly evolution of “Nitro Circus.” Over the past year, Squaw Valley-based pro skier Mike Wilson, with the help of sponsors and partners, has raised and spent an estimated $1 million filming six episodes of what the 24-year-old calls an “action-sports-based-adventure-travel show.” The […]
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By Marek Warszawski, Fresno Bee There’s a simple reason why snowshoeing is the fastest-growing of all winter sports. Ease. Unlike downhill skiing, snowboarding or even cross-country skiing, snowshoeing doesn’t have a steep learning curve or require any special skills. Just step in, fasten a few buckles and go. Even poles are optional (at least on […]
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Although it’s starting off a little chilly, a gorgeous day in the forecast. Here is the ski report from Curtis Fong, the Guy from Tahoe.
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By Susan Wood When people allow nature to take its course, they often like the path it takes. That’s just the suggestive nudging winter sports enthusiasts from New England to Lake Tahoe are making on Jan. 8 — National Winter Trails Day. This event is designed to teach first-timers to snowshoes and cross country skis […]
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By Jill Oberly, Reno Gazette-Journal In Japanese culture, banzai is a joyous cheer of enthusiasm that loosely means, “May you live 10,000 years.” This winter, on the slopes of three Tahoe resorts, skiers and snowboarders will be shouting banzai — with hopes of capturing $10,000 and more in prize money as part of the first-ever […]
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It’s looking like a great week to be out on the slopes. Sunny weather is in the forecast starting later today through Friday. Check out the ski report from Curtis Fong, the Guy from Tahoe.
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