USA Olympic Uniforms Are Ugly: There’s no two ways about it. The USA Olympic Uniforms for Sochi are ugly. These are the outfits that our athletes will be wearing at the opening ceremonies next month in Sochi, Russia. These new uniforms were just unveiled last week on the Today Show with Matt Lauer. The uniforms were designed by Ralph Lauren and made in America (Ralph Lauren’s 2012 London Olympic uniforms were made in China). In our opinion: yeah, they aren’t great, but we’d sure as hell love to be one of the people fortunate enough to wear one. Go team USA! […] SnowBrains | January 27, 2014 3 Comments
US Olympic Freeskiing Slopestyle and Halfpipe Teams Announced: After two weeks of competition at Park City, the US Olympic Freeskiing slopestyle and halfpipe teams have been announced. These 11 athletes make up four teams, the U.S. Olympic men’s and women’s slopestyle and halfpipe teams. For the 2014 Winter Olympics ski halfpipe and slopestyle were added to the winter sports competition. […] Olympics Chaz Diamond | January 23, 2014 2 Comments
USA to Send Warships to Russian Olympics for Athlete Extraction: Security will be a major concern at the Sochi Olympics next month. The USA Government isn’t going to take any chances with its top winter athletes. They’re sending several warships and aircraft to Russia as a way to remove American athletes if anything gets weird. […] Olympics SnowBrains | January 22, 2014 0 Comments
BBC’s Winter Olympics Trailer Is Totally Over the Top Um… Hey, lady, yeah, that’s not how you carry skis… The BBC made this 2014 Winter Olympics trailer and it’s preposterous. The voice in the clip is British actor Charles Dance, who is famous for his role as Tywin Lannister in HBO’s Game of Thrones. This trailer has people who don’t know how to carry skis and who don’t really look like athletes going up against Mt. Doom. The best part is listening to […] Olympics SnowBrains | January 16, 2014 1 Comment
Lindsey Vonn Will NOT Compete in 2014 Winter Olympics | Another Surgery Scheduled It’s official, Lindsey Vonn will not compete in the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia. Lindsey will undergo her second knee surgery this season and she doesn’t forecast skiing on the World Cup until February 2015. That means that she will have been injured and out of the World Cup racing scene for 2 years before she comes back. I don’t picture Lindsey dominating fully next year on the World Cup. She’ll be smarter, take it easy, and get back to her full potential. In 2016, it’ll be a different story. If Lindsey can stay healthy, watch our for her in 2016. […] Industry News Miles Clark | January 7, 2014 3 Comments
Private Jet Plane Crash in Aspen, CO Kills One, Injures Two A private jet plane, a Canadair CL600, crashed and burst into flames while trying to land at the Aspen, Colorado airport yesterday, Sunday, January 5th, 2013. The flight had come from Toluca, Mexico and was carrying two co-pilots and one pilot. One of the co-pilots, a Mexican national, was unfortunately killed in the crash. The plane was attempting a landing at the Aspen airport the plane ran off the right side of the runway, flipped over, […] SnowBrains | January 6, 2014 1 Comment
Russia Releases “Snowboard Money” | 100-Ruble Note To commemorate the 2014 Sochi, Russia Winter Olympics Russia has created a 100-ruble note that has a snowboarder getting big air, smiling, saying “broooo”, and pulling off an old school grab. The boarder is flying through the air over what appears to be some of the Olympic stadiums in Sochi? On the back of the note is Fisht Olympic Stadium. 100 rubles is about $3 USD. […] Olympics SnowBrains | November 19, 2013 2 Comments
Atomic’s “We Are Skiing” 2014 Video: Atomic skis have dominated the world cup of ski racing for years. Now, they are dominating the world of big mountain skiing and freeskiing. Atomic makes good skis, some of the best and they know it. To show you they know it, they made this video showcasing Atomic athletes doing what they do best: charging hard on skis. Atomic (officially Atomic Austria GmbH) is an […] SnowBrains | October 22, 2013 0 Comments