By ESPN ASPEN, Colo. — U.S. Olympic freestyle skier Daron Rahlves dislocated his right hip after a nasty wreck in his opening skicross race Sunday at the Winter X Games, an injury that could hurt his chances of going to Vancouver. But a doctor who checked him out at the scene was optimistic about Rahlves’ […]
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By USSA MONT GABRIEL, Quebec City — Scotty Bahrke (Tahoe City, CA) took a season-best ninth place to lead the U.S. Team in FIS World Cup Cup aerials action Saturday in Quebec. Newly-named Olympian Matt DePeters (Hamburg, NY) was 11th while Jaime Myers (Boise, ID) was 15th among women to demonstrate America’s depth of aerial […]
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By USSA ST. MORITZ, Switzerland -– In her last race before the Vancouver Olympics, Lindsey Vonn (Vail, CO) won her third consecutive Audi FIS Alpine World Cup super G to lock up her second straight discipline title Sunday in Switzerland. “I skied aggressively and that’s exactly what I wanted to do, not only for today, […]
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By Lindsey Sine, USSA ASPEN — With thousands of her hometown fans cheering her on, the first lady of Aspen, Gretchen Bleiler threw down a huge 900 on the first hit of her second run to win her fourth Winter X Games gold. In what will hopefully be a prelude to what they have in […]
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More sunshine than clouds is filling the Lake Tahoe Basin this morning. Here is the ski report from Curtis Fong, the Guy from Tahoe.
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By Micah Abrams, ESPN Action Sports History was made twice Saturday on the X Course in Buttermilk, Colo. The record books began their rewrite when Lindsey Jacobellis earned the first-ever double three-peat by winning the women’s Snowboarder X. Jacobellis, who won the event in 2008 and 2009, pulled off her first three-peat from 2003 to […]
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By USSA ST. MORITZ, Switzerland -– Lindsey Vonn (Vail, CO) held on for a solid fifth place after a costly mistake in Saturday’s Audi FIS Alpine World Cup downhill, leading an impressive U.S. Team effort that saw seven Americans finish in the points. Germany’s Maria Riesch won the race, narrowing Vonn’s overall lead to 61 […]
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By USSA KRANJSKA GORA, Slovenia -– A day after cruising to his third consecutive giant slalom victory at Kranjska Gora, Ted Ligety (Park City, UT) battled from behind for third in yet another GS on Saturday, his fourth Audi FIS Alpine World Cup podium of the season. “That was pretty impressive,” said Men’s Slalom Coach […]
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Snow was great at Sierra this morning. Here’s the ski report for all you afternoon riders. It’s brought to you by Curtis Fong, the Guy from Tahoe.
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Join a Forest Service ranger for an interpretive tour over the snow at Heavenly Mountain Resort. The “Ski with a Ranger Program” meets at the top of the Heavenly Gondola and is offered on Mondays and Fridays at 10am and 1pm. This program is a partnership between the Forest Service and Heavenly. The tour explores […]
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