Police Shot & Killed Driver After He Took Woman Hostage Near Squaw Valley, CA Today Placer County Sheriffโs Office Press Release: โThe Placer County Sheriffโs Office is investigating an officer-involved shooting that occurred around 3 a.m. today near North Lake Tahoe. At around 1:40 a.m., CHP officers attempted to pull over a suspected DUI driver, who was driving dangerously and erratically on Highway 28. The pursuit was terminated a few minutes later for safety reasons. [โฆ] Industry News SnowBrains | February 3, 2017 0 Comments
All 6 Dead In Medical Emergency Helicopter Crash In Central Italy A medical emergency helicopter carrying six people crashed in a mountainous area of central Italy on Tuesday, causing the death of all six people abroad. The crash near the ski resort of Campo Felice in the province of LโAquila happened during an operation to rescue an injured skier, according to the Prefecture of LโAquila. The helicopter was flying low in poor weather conditions, [โฆ] Matias Ricci | January 25, 2017 1 Comment
Missing Skier Found Dead at Breckenridge Ski Resort, CO Yesterday Sean Haberthier, who had been reported missing last Thursday, was found unresponsive by searchers Friday morning, and pronounced dead yesterday by authorities. The 47-years-old man died of a severe skull fracture after skiing into a tree. Summit County Coroner Regan Wood reported he was not wearing a helmet at the time. Apparently, the site of the accident was the expert Lower Boneyard run off the Peak [โฆ] Matias Ricci | January 17, 2017 0 Comments
RIP Sam Jackenthal, 16-Year-Old Junior National Freestyle Ski Champion Sam Jackenthal is a 16-year-old skier who suffered a traumatic brain injury at Perisher ski resort in Australia on September 8th, 2015. This past March Sam won the Overall Combined Menโs First Place at USSA Junior Nationals due to his excellent placement in Slopestyle, Big Air and Half Pipe competitions. Sam passed away from his injuries this Friday, October 1st, 2015, in Australia. โWe are heartbroken to share that Sam passed away late last night in Australia with his immediate Industry News SnowBrains | October 3, 2015 0 Comments
Two Killed as Fishing Boat Capsizes at Ocean Beach, California Sad news coming out of our favorite surf spot, Ocean Beach in San Francisco, CA. According to local Dave Kentโs video, two fisherman perished as their boat capsized and washed up on Ocean Beach last night. This video shows the boat where it is currently stuck at Ocean Beach along with many items that have washed ashore from the boat. [โฆ] Surf SwellBrains | August 4, 2014 0 Comments
Avalanche in Norway Kills Four Backcountry Skiers According to Norwegian police, search and rescue teams have found the bodies of four skiers who were killed in an avalanche yesterday in Norway. These four men were part of a party of 6 that split up. The two surviving members notified rescuers when the other four did not return from their tour on time. [โฆ] Avalanche SnowBrains | April 17, 2014 0 Comments
Shaun White Retires From Snowboarding Some might take this as proof that snowboarding is โdyingโ. Unlikely. But, Shaun White did announce his retirement from the sport to focus on his music career. The announcement came in a facebook post saying that Shaun White is changing gears to focus on music. He did say that his roots remain in the โsports side of thingsโ. After dominating [โฆ] SnowBrains | March 29, 2014 1 Comment
19 Dead in Record Snowfall in Japan | CNN Video: Record snow has been hitting Japanโs south/east coast the past week with Tokyo getting 27cms (11in). Two storm have come through leaving pure chaos in their wake. Japan gets a lot of snow, but not usually on the south/east coast where itโs major population centers are located. Tokyo has 26 million people in it and it is entirely not equipped for [โฆ] SnowBrains | February 19, 2014 0 Comments
Andreas Franssonโs Extreme Skiing Partner Falls to Death in New Zealand on Saturday Andreas Franssonโs Swedish ski mountaineering partner, Magnus Kastengren, fell to his death on Saturday while extreme skiing on 12,316-foot Mt. Cook in New Zealand. 32-year-old Magnus was skiing on Mt. Cookโs summit ridge near its lower summit at around 12,200 feet when he slipped while on a ridge line and fell 2,000-vertical feet on Saturday morning. Magnus did not survive [โฆ] Industry News SnowBrains | November 4, 2013 6 Comments
4 Killed in Avalanche Near Mount Everest Yesterday Chinaโs state news agency, Xinhua, is reporting that a 60-year-old Australian and three Tibetan porters were killed by an avalanche near Mount Everest yesterday. They were camping without permission in a restricted area at the base of Mount Everest when an avalanche struck their camp. The avalanche was the result of a large snowstorm that had recently hit the area. They [โฆ] Avalanche SnowBrains | October 16, 2013 8 Comments
Freeskier Jordi Tenas Dies in Avalanche in Las Leรฑas, Argentina | Friend Survives 15-Hrs Under Snow I am very sad to report that 24-year-old Spanish freeskier Jordi Tenas has passed away in an avalanche in Las Leรฑas, Argentina. Jordi has been a fixture in the Las Leรฑas community for the past handful of years and will be greatly missed. Itโs being reported by El Sol that Jordi was in the Las Leรฑas backcountry near the popular ski [โฆ] Avalanche Miles Clark | September 23, 2013 12 Comments
Sad News: South Lake Tahoe Plane Crash Leaves Palo Alto Man Dead Some sad news coming out of South Lake Tahoe today. โWitnesses reported seeing the plane take off from Lake Tahoe Airport about 11:15 a.m. [Monday] and head north before veering right and losing altitude and ending up in these woodsโ โ Lt. Pete Van Arnum, El Dorado County Sheriffโs Office The plane ended up upsidedown about one mile from where [โฆ] SnowBrains | July 23, 2013 3 Comments