By Lindsey Sine, USSA BAD GASTEIN, Austria — It wasn’t a question of if, as much as when Nate Holland (Squaw Valley, CA) and Lindsey Jacobellis (Stratton, VT) were going to shred their way to a podium. That question was answered Sunday as both won the snowboardcross World Cup in Austria. “This totally amps me […]
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Don Borges, South Tahoe High School athletic director, reports that STHS is scheduled to compete in the 4A for the 2010-11 athletic season. On Monday, he will be in Winnemucca to observe the 3A-2A AD meeting and their discussion about realignment for next year. On Tuesday, the NIAA is expected to send him the proposal […]
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By USSA LES CONTAMINES, France -– A turn away from the first World Cup win of his career, Casey Puckett (Aspen, CO) had to settle for fourth when he crashed Sunday morning in Les Contamines. Puckett led in his second final group of the 2010 ski cross season – originally scheduled for Saturday but delayed […]
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By Matthew Piper, USSA HAUS IM ENNSTAL, Austria — Finally, third try’s a charm for Lindsey Vonn (Vail, CO). After near misses in hat trick bids at Val d’Isere, France (third in the super G), and Lake Louise, AB (second in the super G), the skier with a vice grip on the early World Cup […]
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Don’t let the yucky weather in the Lake Tahoe Basin scare you from the slopes. While South Lake had fog on Saturday, Sierra-at-Tahoe had some sun. Here is the ski report from Curtis Fong, the Guy from Tahoe.
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Reno resident and legendary freestyle skier Wayne Wong will be the athlete of honor at the Olympic Heritage mogul competition Jan. 12 at Alpine Meadows Ski Resort. As part of a series of this winter’s Olympic Heritage events which celebrate the 50th anniversary as Lake Tahoe’s Olympics, the Olympic Heritage Mogul Competition gets back to […]
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Daron Rahlves left the world of downhill competition to start a second career in skiercross. The 36-year-old trains at Sugar Bowl. Why did you choose this resort?: For the skiing and to work with the Sugar Bowl Ski Team and Academy. Sugar Bowl has an outstanding race arena for training and the team has full […]
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Sierra Avalanche Center ski days are SAC’s largest fund-raising events. Each of the participating ski areas have donated a set number of lift tickets to SAC that are only valid on a specific day. SAC is selling these lift tickets at a discounted price. SAC retains the proceeds from each ticket sale. Fund raising from […]
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By USSA CALGARY — The U.S. Freestyle Ski Team’s women’s moguls squad gave Calgary a Saturday-night encore with three skiers in the top six, led by Park City’s Heather McPhie, who grabbed another all-important top five with her second consecutive fourth-place finish. “I’m knocking at the door, repeatedly,” said McPhie, who is in competition for […]
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By Lindsey Sine, USSA MAMMOTH — Olympic gold medalist Shaun White (Carlsbad, CA) can book a ticket to Vancouver now as he won his second Sprint U.S. Snowboarding Grand Prix competition to lock down his team spot for the Games. White was joined in the winners circle by Olympic Silver medalist Gretchen Bleiler (Aspen, CO) […]
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