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Film Review: Travis Rice And Crew Created A Masterpiece | ‘The Fourth Phase’

The Fourth Phase

The Fourth Phase, which was released on October 2, 2016, is a Red Bull sponsored documentary film that follows snowboarding icon Travis Rice and his crew all around the world, as they take on some of the largest mountains. Rice’s crew includes some of the biggest names in snowboarding: Bryan Iguchi, Jeremy Jones, Mikkel Bang, Ben Ferguson, Shin Biyajima, Cam Fitzpatrick, […]
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Nearly Half Of The Sochi Olympics’ Russian Medalists Were Doping

According to the New York Times, nearly half of Russia’s medal-winning athletes from the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympic Games, where Russia led the medal count, were doping with illegal performance-enhancing drugs at the time of the Games. This doping was planned years in advance to ensure the dominance at the Olympic games. This breaking news leaked as a result of revelations from Dr. Grigory Rodchenkov, the director […]
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Intentionally Triggered Avalanche Blasts Russian Town in Arctic Circle… Kills One Citizen

Kirovsk Russia experienced a large avalanche that was intentionally triggered around 10:15PM on Thursday night.   The avalanche smashed windows in town, ripped down trees, and killed one person.   “The blast was so powerful and so loud that I even jumped up.  Literally within three minutes, all of the Kukisvumchorr district was covered by a white cloud.” – local woman, Anastasia […]
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Weekend in Avalanche News | 3/24/14

After a quiet week of Avalanche activity in the United States, the weekend crowds have found places to trigger slides. While only one person was killed in the United States other areas reported avalanche fatalities. One man is dead following an avalanche on Granite Mountain near Snoqualmie Pass, Washington on Saturday. Two men were hiking in the Granite Mountain area on Saturday when the avalanche occurred. One man was hit by the slide but able to walk out and contacted […]
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“Life’s short, Live it Fast” | Andrew Kurka, Representing the U.S. at the Paralympics

With the Olympic games long gone, and Putin invading Ukraine, its easy to forget that some of our American athletes are still in Sochi. Yes the Paralympic games begin in two days and stretch from March 7th to the 16th in Sochi. Andrew Kurka is currently representing the United States with the help High Fives in Sochi at the Paralympic Games in the Adaptive Ski division, and has been unheard of for the most part unfortunately. I had to opportunity to speak with Andrew over the last few weeks heading into the games and would like to […]
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Jesse Cassidy |
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