9 of the Highest Paid Skiers and Snowboarders on Earth Everyone wants to get rich doing what they love. Which is exactly what these snow-sliding, life-hacking winter enthusiasts did. Here’s a list of nine of the highest paid skiers and snowboarders in the world… #9 Ted Ligety Ted Ligety is a gold medal-winning, entrepreneurial American alpine racer who has used his fame and success to found a snow sports eyewear […] Martin Kuprianowicz | August 6, 2020 8 Comments
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Shaun White and His Roots In Mammoth Resorts [sponsored by Mammoth Mountain] PyeongChang proved that Shaun White can still bring it! White’s gold medal run in the snowboard halfpipe event made it clear that he was back to business, an especially impressive feet after coming off of a jarring crash into the lip of a frozen halfpipe back in October, requiring 62 stitches. An underwhelming fourth place finish […] Industry News Lindsay Hayden | March 8, 2018 0 Comments
VIDEO: Watch David Wise Complete his Insane Gold Medal Halfpipe Run After crashing his first two runs, David Wise decided there was nothing left to lose when he stood atop a halfpipe that had sent one-third of the 12 skiers limping off with injuries, facing an all-or-nothing run after his ski bindings had failed him in his two previous trips down, reports the ChicagoTribune “We cranked my bindings up as high as they […] Olympics Steven Agar | February 22, 2018 1 Comment
Snowboarder Wins Gold in Women’s Skiing Super-G on Skis Borrowed from Mikaela Shiffrin Snowboarder Ester Ledecka came to the PyeongChang Games planning to make history as the first person to compete at the Olympics in both skiing and snowboarding. Instead, she shocked the world, and herself, with an astonishing upset victory in the women’s super-G. “I thought they were going to put a couple more seconds on my time,” Ledecka later said, laughing and […] Industry News Steven Agar | February 20, 2018 3 Comments
VIDEO: Red Gerard – My Road to Korea 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 […] Olympics Steven Agar | February 16, 2018 0 Comments
Silverthorne, CO becomes Goldthorne after Local Hero Red Gerard’s Olympic Gold It didn’t take long for Silverthorne, Summit County, CO to go from silver to gold following Red Gerard’s winning run in the snowboard slopestyle. Why’s that? Because at some point Saturday night or Sunday, the sign welcoming drivers into Silverthorne from the eastbound Interstate 70 at exit 205 was changed to read: “Welcome to Goldthorne.” It was in honor of […] Olympics Steven Agar | February 16, 2018 0 Comments
VIDEO: Mikaela Shiffrin takes Gold in the Giant Slalom in PyeongChang 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 […] Olympics Steven Agar | February 15, 2018 0 Comments
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