By Lindsey Sine, USSA STONEHAM, Quebec — And so, one chapter ended and another began for U.S. Snowboarding Thursday as Graham Watanabe (Sun Valley, ID) took second and Shaun Palmer (South Lake Tahoe, CA) third in their final shot for Olympic qualification during a snowboardcross World Cup in Stoneham. With his second place, Watanabe locked […]
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After a break in the morning, storms continue this afternoon and evening in the Lake Tahoe Basin. Curtis Fong, the Guy from Tahoe, delivers his ski report for the day.
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By Lindsey Sine, USSA BLUE MOUNTAIN, Quebec -– Caitlin Ciccone (Littleton, NH) was at it again Wednesday, leading the way for the U.S. and cracking the top 30 as she finished 27th during a skiercross World Cup in Quebec. Norway’s Marte Hoeie Gjefsen won the women’s race followed by Ashleigh Mcivvor of Canada in second […]
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By the end of the month the skiers and snowboarders representing the United States in Vancouver Olympics Games in February will be announced. Here are the hopefuls, in alphabetical order, from the Lake Tahoe area: Jamie Anderson, South Lake Tahoe, snowboarding halfpipe Shannon Bahrke, Tahoe City, freestyle skiing Scott Bahrke, Tahoe City, freestyle skiing Ross […]
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Stormy weather is still swirling around the Lake Tahoe Basin. Curtis Fong, the Guy from Tahoe, delivers his ski report for the day.
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By USSA PARK CITY — The U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association (USSA) has named seven men and six women to the Alpine World Junior Championship Team to compete in the Mont-Blanc region of France Jan. 30-Feb. 6. The athletes, ages 15-19, qualified for the team based on NorAm Cup results this season. The World Junior […]
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By Melissa Larsen, ESPN Action Sports It’s Dec. 10, 2009. Some of the world’s best snowboarders gather atop a 22-foot-tall halfpipe at Copper Mountain, Colo. Each has prepared a diligently practiced contest run to debut in the first of five competitions that will determine the final rosters of the U.S. and Canadian Olympic snowboarding teams. […]
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Geoff Clark, director of Nordic skiing for Alpine Skills International, is hosting a telemarking clinic on Feb. 7. The course will combine a variety of techniques for dynamic skiing, including dynamic parallel, dynamic telemark, ad ungroomed and variable conditions. Skiers need to be comfortable on black-diamond terrain. For information, go to www.alpineskills.com.
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“Winds definitely affecting the operation of upper mountain lifts at Heavenly, Kirkwood, Alpine, Squaw, Mt. Rose and Sugar Bowl. Call ahead,” says Curtis Fong, the Guy from Tahoe. Here is his ski report for the day.
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By USSA LAKE PLACID — The last stop for freestyle athletes to qualify for the U.S. Olympic Team touches down in Lake Placid Jan. 21-24 for three days of excitement with aerials, moguls and ski cross competitions at the Nature Valley Freestyle Cup. “Lake Placid is a pivotal event for our athletes with the final […]
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