By USSA PARK CITY — Two weeks after locking down their Olympic spots, Shaun White (Carlsbad, CA) perfected his double McTwist 12 and Kelly Clark (Mt. Snow, VT) bested the women’s field Friday night during the Sprint U.S. Snowboarding Grand Prix victory at Park City Mountain Resort “It was just the run of my life, […]
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By USSA KITZBUEHEL, Austria — Bode Miller (Franconia, NH) was ninth in the 70th year of the legendary Hahnenkamm Audi FIS Alpine World Cup downhill, the final chance for American speed skiers to earn their U.S. Olympic Team start. Switzerland’s Didier Cuche won for the second day in a row as five Americans landed in […]
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By USSA CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy — Lindsey Vonn (Vail, CO) continued her ascension into the elite ranks of women’s skiers Saturday, notching her eighth win of the season and career 30th Audi FIS Alpine World Cup victory – including a sweep of all five downhills this season. “It’s a phenomenal achievement,” said U.S. Women’s Head […]
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By Scott Willoughby, Denver Post LAMOILLE, Nev. — Awaiting the return of the ship, it was time for our daily lesson in “Rubonics.” “We’re looking for ‘porn’ snow,” Ruby Mountains Helicopter Skiing guide Tom Carter explained without a trace of irony. “But we’ll settle for some greasy powder.” Over three days here last March, we […]
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By Ron Judd, Seattle Times Freestyle skiing venues are the most manmade of all sites for snow-sports events, with ski jumps constructed of wood and steel and then covered with snow, or deep moguls carved by machine and shovel into hillsides. But the results are spectacular, with enough big-air thrills—always set to rock music—to make […]
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By Gamaliel Ortiz, Sacramento Bee If you love to play outdoors in the winter, consider a class in how to survive if something goes wrong. Here are some options: What: Winter travel safety with Doug Huffman Read the whole story
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Scattered snow showers continue in the Lake Tahoe Basin throughout the day. Curtis Fong, the Guy from Tahoe, delivers his ski report for the day.
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By USSA CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy — Two-time defending World Cup champion Lindsey Vonn (Vail, CO) retook the overall lead Friday, notching her second consecutive super G win and first victory in the discipline at Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy. “I’m really happy,” Vonn said. “It couldn’t be going any better for me right now in the speed […]
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By USSA KITZBUEHEL, Austria — Andrew Weibrecht (Lake Placid, NY) and Marco Sullivan (Squaw Valley, CA) stepped up their game in the Olympics hunt, tying for 11th Friday in Kitzbuehel, 0.70 seconds behind winner Didier Cuche of Switzerland. The pair missed the podium by little more than half a second in a tight field, and […]
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Tahoe City’s Shannon Bahrke was second in the World Cup moguls at Whiteface Mountain, N.Y., on Thursday. The U.S. women took the top four spots. Hannah Kearney was first, then Bahrke, Heather McPhie and Michelle Roark. Michael Morse finished fifth behind winner Guilbaut Colas of France in the men’s event to move into contention for […]
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