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Palisades Tahoe, CA, Report: Spring Break Fun, Lake Tahoe Style

Report from March 24-26, 2025. The moment we rolled into Incline Village, we knew this would be more than just another ski trip. Six of us, a mix of seasoned riders and snowboarding newbies, had converged on Lake Tahoe, California, with nothing but spring skiing on our minds and a rental house packed with enough energy to melt the remaining […]

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Jack Bynum | April 1, 2025
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Palisades Tahoe, CA, Report: Two-Day Blend of Powder Days and Bluebird Aprรจs Action

This report is from Friday, February 7, and Saturday, February 8 We prayed to whatever snow god would listen.ย  It was a warm 37โ„‰ and rainy Thursday night at Incline Village, and we needed those temperatures to drop for a fantastic Friday of riding at Palisades Tahoe, California.ย  We each took a shot of Lebron x Hennessy to bring us […]

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Jack Bynum | February 10, 2025
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[OLYMPICS] Men’s Downhill Race Recap: Beat Fuez Wins First Swiss Downhill Olympic Title In 12-Years

Forty control gates, two training runs, nearly a kilometer of vertical descent (2933ft), no test event, and a postponed race day. This was the story of the buildup to the first Alpine Skiing event of the 2022 Olympic Winter Games in Beijing, China. The Men’s Downhill is one of the most popular events in the Winter Olympics, and this year’s […]

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Phil Tremblay | February 7, 2022
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Olympic Snowboarder Trevor Jacob’s Plane Crash: Public Stunt or Good Cause?

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Former Olympic Snowboarder Trevor Jacob was making a vlog of his trip to the Sierra Nevada Mountain range in which he subsequently uploaded a video to YouTube titled โ€œI Crashed My Plane.โ€ Since that video has been released, the comments have been removed and controversy has sparked on the internet. In the vlog, Trevor Jacob stated, “that heโ€™s going to […]

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Evan Boughey | January 6, 2022
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The Body of Olympic Ski Medalist Missing for 2-Weeks has Been Found

Blanca Fernandez Ochoa, Spanish, skier, Spain, missing, Europe

The body of former Spanish Olympic alpine ski medalist Blanca Fernandez Ochoa was found on Wednesday in a mountainous area near Madrid after days of searches for her by hundreds of police and volunteers, the AFP is reporting. Related: Fears Rising for Former Olympic Skier Missing for Nearly 2-Weeks in Popular Hiking Area “Solidarity, support and human warmth have been […]

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Fears Rising for Former Olympic Skier Missing for Nearly 2-Weeks in Popular Hiking Area

Blanca Fernandez Ochoa, Spanish, skier, Spain, missing, Europe

Fears are rising for a former Olympic skier who has been missing almost 2-weeks. Blanca Fernandez Ochoa, 56, was last seen on August 23 in Madrid and herย car has just been found in an areaย popular with hikers. Madrid-born Ms. Ochoa, who won the bronze medal in slalom at the 1992 Olympics at Albertville, France, is understood to have planned holidays […]

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Former Olympic Skier Alleges Alpine Canada Didn’t Protect Female Athletes from Sexual Assault

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A retired Canadian Olympic skier has launched a proposed class-action lawsuit alleging Alpine Canada didnโ€™t protect its female athletes from the sexual assaults of a former coach, reports the Globe and Mail. Related: Canadian Ski Coach Found Guilty of 37 Counts of Sexual Assault of Underage Ski Racers Allison Forsyth alleges in a statement of claim filed in British Columbia […]

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Avatar photo SnowBrains | June 27, 2019
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Olympian Kikkan Randall Diagnosed with Breast Cancer

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Five months ago, Kikkan Randall was the first American women to ever medal in an Olympic cross-country skiing event along with teammate, Jesse Diggins in Pyeongchang. Not long ago, Randall announced that she has been diagnosed with breast cancer on social media. Randall is an American cross-country skier who has won two gold medals, one at the Pyeongchang Olympics and […]

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Kristen Strom | July 17, 2018
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