[OLYMPICS] Jessie Diggins Wins US’s First Medal in Cross Country Sprint Event The Olympics are underway, and history is being made across all events. Jessie Diggins won the US its first medal in the cross country sprint event. She came in third, following Sweden’s Jonna Sundling and Maja Dahlqvist in first and second. Diggins and Dahlqvist battled it out to the finish line. With Dahlqvist narrowly beating her, ending up ahead and […] Olympics Aunika Skogen | February 8, 2022 0 Comments
Squaw’s Julia Mancuso’s 4 Medals from 3 Olympics = Most for Any American Female Squaw Valley’s Julia Mancuso just won her 5th Olympic Medal at her 3rd Olympic Games. Julia has won more Winter Olympic medals than any other US female alpine skier. “She was the gold medalist in the giant slalom at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino, Italy, the silver medalist in both downhill and combined at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada, and the bronze medalist in the combined at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Music.” – wikipedia Thank you for giving me this opportunity, I am inspired to be my best in every moment. Win or lose, I choose to shine […] Olympics SnowBrains | February 25, 2014 0 Comments
Julia Mancuso Surfs Sochi After Winning Bronze Medal Squaw Valley’s Julia Mancuso, the most decorated female Winter Olympian in history, went surfing in Sochi, Russia last week. Julia is a surfer, has a house in Maui, and got invited to surf with Sal Masakela on her last day in Sochi, Russia’s Black Sea. Cool. “It was cold, but it wasn’t bad. I didn’t have a hoodie [an insulated neoprene hood] on, so I only lasted about 45 minutes. I caught four amazing waves. There were some big sets. Most of the waves were shoulder high. I caught some incredible waves all the way to the shore, so I was pretty stoked. We surfed up a storm, literally. There was a storm passing through and it died out in two hours, and the waves were gone after that. We hit it perfect.” – People Magazine […] SwellBrains | February 25, 2014 0 Comments
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