By Tom Kelly, USSA ZAGREB, Croatia -– Following a short holiday break, the men’s Audi FIS Alpine World Cup resumes Wednesday with a night slalom in Zagreb. The race will air live on www.UniversalSports.com with first run action at 6:15am followed by the finals at 9:30am. Zagreb features one of the highest prize money for […]
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Elena Hight finished sixth in the halfpipe at the 2006 Olympic Games. At 20, she hopes to improve upon that accomplishment in Vancouver next month. Home resort: Northstar-at-Tahoe Why did you choose this resort?: Northstar always is so much fun to ride. They always make great park and pipe and no matter what are maintaining […]
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By Tim Hauserman, Reno Gazette-Journal After 25 years of downhill skiing, Dave Polivy doesn’t go to the ski areas anymore. “Now, I wait and look for the wind to come up, because snowkiting has become my new true passion,” said Polivy, from Tahoe Mountain Sports. “I can go fast, I can get great air. There […]
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Northstar-at-Tahoe’s 420-foot superpipe with its 18-foot walls is open. The Ultimate Boarder Championship will be at the Truckee resort March 12-14, with the superpipe part of the competition.
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It’s a blue birdday in Lake Tahoe. Bring the sunscreen. Here is the ski report from Curtis Fong, the Guy from Tahoe.
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Expedition:Kirkwood, now in its 10th season, offers an educational adventure program for people who desire to develop skills beyond personal and resort boundaries. Expedition:Kirkwood offers a collection of clinics, camps and programs including free monthly beacon training clinics, women’s clinics for novices to experts, and avalanche awareness and certification courses. For more information about any […]
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Tahoe Wildlife Forum on Jan. 28 from 6-9pm at the Tahoe Center for Environmental Sciences, 291 County Club Drive, Incline Village. A film about coyotes and one on bears will be shown before the discussion begins. Panelists includes: Madonna Dunbar, IVGID resource conservationist; Rebecca Sawyer Williams, IVGID resource conservation technician; Ann Bryant, director of BEAR […]
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With it being get-away day for so many tourists visiting Lake Tahoe, the slopes are likely to not be crowded today. Here is the ski report from Curtis Fong, the Guy from Tahoe.
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Andy Finch, 28, hopes to make Vancouver his second consecutive Winter Olympics in the snowboard halfpipe competition. Home resort: Northstar-at-Tahoe Why did you choose this resort?: I can look out my window and see how good it is at Northstar. Also, it’s the best park and pipe. How often are you in Lake Tahoe?: Unfortunately, […]
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By Elizabeth Karam, USSA VAL ST. COME, QE -– Megan McJames (Park City, UT) started 2010 with a win in Saturday’s NorAm Cup slalom race at Val St. Come. McJames was joined by Canadian’s Erin Mielzynski and Eve Routher on the podium. McJames put together two solid runs to have the fastest time of the […]
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