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X Games Aspen, CO, 2024 Report: A Fan’s Perspective

Report from January 27-28, 2024 The X Games The Aspen airport is located steps from the base of Buttermilk Mountain where the X games are held. Although this weekend is pricy, so many fans not within driving distance fly into Denver and make the four hour drive. We left early Saturday to get into town and take a few laps […]

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Brett Ploss | January 30, 2024
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U.S. Skier Mikaela Shiffrin Wins Giant-Slalom World Championship in Courchevel and Méribél, France

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U.S. race skier Mikaela Shiffrin won Gold at the 2023 World Championships in Courchevel and Méribél, France, in Giant-Slalom. It is the American’s first-ever World Championship victory in Giant Slalom, after placing second in 2017 and 2021 and third in 2019. Shiffrin came into today’s race as the favorite, as she is currently the 22/23  World Cup leader in Giant-Slalom […]

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Julia Schneemann | February 16, 2023
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[OLYMPICS] Team USA Speed Skater Erin Jackson Wins Gold

https://twitter.com/NBCOlympics/status/1492870868145422341 Team USA’s Erin Jackson won the women’s 500m speed skating gold medal at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics in a time of 37.04 on Sunday. Jackson almost missed competing at the Olympics after she slipped during the qualifying trials. However, her teammate and friend Brittany Bowe gave up her own spot to ensure the world No. 1 was able […]

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[OLYMPICS] Gold For Team USA in Freestyle Skiing Mixed Team Aerials

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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 […]

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[OLYMPICS] Lindsey Jacobellis Wins First Gold For Team USA in Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics

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On Wednesday, Lindsey Jacobellis won Team USA’s first gold medal at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics in the women’s snowboard cross. https://twitter.com/ActionNetworkHQ/status/1491320520570068992 This was the 36-year-old’s fifth Winter Olympics and her first gold medal.  “This feels incredible because this level that all the women are riding at is a lot higher than it was 16 years ago.” – Lindsey Jacobellis […]

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How are Olympic Gold Medals Made?

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The 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games have come to an end. Team USA has come in first place, with 39 gold medals and 113 total medals, China in second place with 38 golds and 88 total, and Japan in third place with 27 golds and 58 overall medals. This year’s Olympics took place over the course of two weeks, and “339 […]

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Jesse | August 10, 2021
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13-Year-Old Momiji Nishiya Wins First-Ever Gold Medal in Olympic Street Skateboarding

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWz–lUTl5k&t=222s Currently, Japan ranks first in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic leaderboards with 10 gold medals, and the US and China closely follow with 9 gold medals each. The most interesting part of this storyline is that one of Japan’s gold medals belongs to 13-year-old Momiji Nishiya, who just won the first-ever women’s street skateboarding event. Related: Spotlight On: Sky Brown, […]

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Jesse | July 28, 2021
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Pablo EscoBEAR and the Cocaine Cowboy

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77lbs of cocaine has a street value of around $14 million dollars and could kill thousands of individuals. However, these numbers did not intimidate a Kentucky bear in 1985 who tore through and consumed almost every last bit of it. Related: Pablo EscoBEAR and the Cocaine Cowboy Andrew Thornton II, a former police officer, lawyer, DEA agent, and paratrooper, decided […]

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Jesse | June 18, 2021
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X Games Real Ski 2021 Results

X Games Real Ski 2021 has concluded, and all of the results are in. Every skier and filmer in the competition worked tirelessly through the beginning of ski season to make a 90-second video. This was the first year that urban and backcountry shots were allowed, allowing riders to showcase their skills in each area. X Games judged each video, […]

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Dominic Gawel | March 2, 2021
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X Games Real Ski 2021 Videos Are Live

The X Games Real Ski videos went off this year, as they always do. There are several firsts in this contest. The first woman to compete in a Real Ski event, Taylor Lundquist, absolutely slayed and set the bar high. This was also the first year without requiring that every shot had to be filmed in the streets, so there […]

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Dominic Gawel | February 24, 2021
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Ester Ledecka Snowboards Faster Than You. She Skis Faster Than You Too!

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When we think of multi-sport athletes, our minds tend to go directly towards biathletes or triathletes. Most compete in events with closely related skill sets, such as running and biking or ones that involve a less physically demanding counterpart, such as shooting would be to nordic skiing. From time-to-time, we see individuals who are talented in more than one physically […]

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Jon Roubik | January 11, 2019
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VIDEO: Watch a Nine-Year Old Red Gerard Tear Up Breckenridge

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A day at Breckenridge with Olympic Slopestyle gold medalist Red Gerard. This was filmed eight years ago, and Red was just nine years old. Little shredder! Who would have thought, 8 years later, he’d become the youngest US gold medalist, appear on Jimmy Kimmel and have the world at his feet.

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Steven Agar | February 23, 2018
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Jessie Diggins & Kikkan Randall Win The United State’s First Ever Gold Medal In Cross Country Skiing

This is what history looks and sounds like. @jessdiggs and @kikkanimal win @TeamUSA's first ever gold medal in cross-country skiing. You'll want your sound up for this… pic.twitter.com/86PQ4KQaH3 — NBC Olympics & Paralympics (@NBCOlympics) February 21, 2018 Yesterday, Jessie Diggins and Kikkan Randall took home the gold medal in the women’s team sprint freestyle race at the Pyeongchang Games. You have […]

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VIDEO: Red Gerard – My Road to Korea

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Red Gerard posted a video to his Facebook page showing the months leading up to him winning Gold in PyeongChang last week. Lots of traveling, practicing, having fun and lots of riding. The longest / fastest 2 and 1/2 months of my life. I traveled to 4 countries, did 7 contest and ended up with a spot to compete in Korea […]

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Steven Agar | February 16, 2018
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VIDEO: NBC Put Together All Three of Shaun White’s Gold Winning Runs | 2006-2018

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On Wednesday morning in PyeongChang (Tuesday night in the U.S.), Shaun White finally reclaimed his Olympic halfpipe title, writes NBC.  And with the win, he made quite a bit of history. A few of the highlights: 100th gold medal all-time for the United States at the Winter Olympics First snowboarder to win three gold medals First American man to win […]

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Steven Agar | February 15, 2018
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VIDEO: Mikaela Shiffrin takes Gold in the Giant Slalom in PyeongChang

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Mikaela Shiffrin finally made her much-anticipated debut at the 2018 Winter Olympics on Thursday (Korean time) by winning gold in the giant slalom. She finished with a two-run total of 2:20.02. Silver went to Ragnhild Mowinckel of Norway with 2:20.41 and Federica Brignone of Italy bronze in 2:20.49. Shiffrin was in second place after her first run, an event she was fifth in […]

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Steven Agar | February 15, 2018
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VIDEO: Shaun White’s Halfpipe Gold Medal Winning Run in PyeongChang

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After holding the early lead from his first run, Californian Shaun White slipped to second behind his much younger rival, Ayumu Hirano of Japan. In the third, and final run, he had to put in the run of his life to claim his third career gold medal. Landing a 1440 was not likely to be enough, he would have to match […]

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Steven Agar | February 14, 2018
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California’s Jamie Anderson does it Again! Defends her Title for Team USA’s Second Gold Medal

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California’s Jamie Anderson continued her dominance in woman’s snowboard slopestyle by winning her second straight gold medal yesterday in PyeongChang, reports NBC. Due to the high winds, the format of the event pushed all athletes into the finals, which would now comprise of only two runs instead of three. Her 83.00 score in the first run was good enough to […]

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Steven Agar | February 12, 2018
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VIDEO: 17-Year-Old Red Gerard’s GOLD Medal Run in Men’s Slopestyle

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2&v=kN8cobMoMII The USA’s Red Gerard won gold at the 2018 Winter Olympics yesterday. The kid is only 17-years-old! He’s from Silverthorne, CO and grew up snowboarding a mini park in his backyard. Red’s medal was the USA’s first medal of the 2018 Olympics! Congrats, Red!

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VIDEO: David Wise Becomes First Skier to Land All 4 Double Corks During a Contest

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History was made in Aspen, CO during the X Games Men’s Ski SuperPipe Competition as David Wise became the first person to ever land four double corks rotating in different directions,  reports NBC Sports. “I just started feeling the energy of the crowd,” Wise, said about his decision to try all four double corks in one run. “That was my goal at […]

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Steven Agar | January 30, 2018
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