[OLYMPICS] The Art of Freestyle Mogul Skiing Freestyle mogul skiing combines fast-paced mogul skiing with technical aerobatic jumps, including flips and spins. The course features over 650-feet (200-meters) of moguls, with two jumps, one at the top one 40 bumps from the end. The event is judged based on how fast the course is completed, precision, and technique through the moguls and additional points for tricks pulled at […] Olympics Aunika Skogen | February 11, 2022 0 Comments
[OLYMPICS] Gold For Team USA in Freestyle Skiing Mixed Team Aerials https://twitter.com/ajoneida/status/1492018936027750414 Team USA took gold yesterday at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics in the first-ever freestyle skiing mixed team aerials event. Favorites China took silver. Related: [OLYMPICS] 4th in the Medal Table, Here’s Team USA’s Full Medal Count So Far China led after the first of three rounds, but last year’s world championship individual silver medallist Chris Lillis put down […] Olympics SnowBrains | February 11, 2022 0 Comments
[OLYMPICS] Olympic Big Air Jump is Located in an Old Steel Mill The 2022 Beijing Olympics have made a unique impression in many ways. The fact that 100% of the snow at the event is artificial is one, but the most unique so far has been the setting and construction of the Shougang Big Air Jump. Located in the heart of a former steel mill, China’s first state-owned steel production plant, the […] Olympics Aunika Skogen | February 9, 2022 1 Comment
[OLYMPICS] Men’s Super-G Race Recap: USA’s Ryan Cochran-Siegle Captures First Men’s Skiing Medal Since Sochi Ryan Cochran-Siegle is an Olympic Medallist. The 29-year-old from Vermont started 14th in the Men’s Super-G on February 8th and came to the bottom 0.04s behind Austrian super-star Matthias Mayer. Stefan Rogentin from Switzerland kicked off the second men’s alpine event of the 2022 Olympic Winter Games in Beijing. Rogentin took top honors in the training of the men’s Downhill but ended […] Phil Tremblay | February 8, 2022 0 Comments
[OLYMPICS] Canadian Ski Jumping Team Snags First Olympic Medal in Nation’s History Canada has hosted two renditions of the Olympic Winter Games with the 1988 Games in Calgary and the 2010 Games in Vancouver. One of the marquee events of the Olympic Winter Games is the Ski Jumping events, which also requires a considerable amount of infrastructure and investment. With this, both Canadian Olympic venues have Ski Jumps built, but due to lack […] Olympics Phil Tremblay | February 8, 2022 0 Comments
[OLYMPICS] Team USA’s Alex Hall Qualifies for Skiing Big Air Finals Alexander Hall, a 23-year-old from Park City, Utah, representing Team USA, is making a name for himself in the Big Air Competition this Olympics. After landing five full rotations, an 1800 on his first run this Olympics, he just qualified for finals, which will take place this Wednesday, February 9th. Related: [VIDEO] Alex Hall Goes to the Future | Lands […] Olympics Aunika Skogen | February 7, 2022 0 Comments
[OLYMPICS] Mikaela Shiffrin Out of Olympic Giant Slalom After First Run Two-Time Olympic Gold Medallist Mikaela Shiffrin’s Olympic Giant Slalom campaign in Beijing was over as quickly as it began. The 26-year-old superstar from Colorado seemed to be on impeccable form in the leadup to the 2022 Olympic Winter Games, with Giant Slalom World Cup wins in Soelden, Austria, and Courchevel, France earlier this season. Shiffrin started the Beijing Giant Slalom […] Olympics Phil Tremblay | February 7, 2022 0 Comments
Athlete Spotlight: African Nation Eritrea’s First Winter Olympian Back For Round Two in Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics The Winter Olympic Games are foremost an arena for the best of the best to compete in a prestigious competition. Austria, France and Switzerland are the obvious frontrunners in terms of medal winnings in Alpine Skiing at the Olympic Winter Games, with Austria winning 121 Alpine Skiing medals since the races were first introduced to the Olympics at the 1936 Olympiad […] Olympics Phil Tremblay | February 2, 2022 2 Comments
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