Julia Mancuso Surfs Sochi After Winning Bronze Medal Squaw Valley’s Julia Mancuso, the most decorated female Winter Olympian in history, went surfing in Sochi, Russia last week. Julia is a surfer, has a house in Maui, and got invited to surf with Sal Masakela on her last day in Sochi, Russia’s Black Sea. Cool. “It was cold, but it wasn’t bad. I didn’t have a hoodie [an insulated neoprene hood] on, so I only lasted about 45 minutes. I caught four amazing waves. There were some big sets. Most of the waves were shoulder high. I caught some incredible waves all the way to the shore, so I was pretty stoked. We surfed up a storm, literally. There was a storm passing through and it died out in two hours, and the waves were gone after that. We hit it perfect.” – People Magazine […] SwellBrains | February 25, 2014 0 Comments
List of USA Olympic Medal Winners in Sochi, Russia: Athletes from the USA pulled in 28 medals (9 gold, 7 silver, 12 bronze) at the 2014 Winter Olympic Games. This is 9 medals less than we brought home from Vancouver in 2010. The USA was stronger in Freestyle Skiing than in any other discipline. We […] SnowBrains | February 24, 2014 0 Comments
Final Winter Olympic Medal Count @ Sochi, Russia 2014 The 2014 Sochi, Russia Winter Olympics have come to a close. There were some fantastic moments and more than just a few heartbreaking ones. Just athletes from Lake Tahoe pulled in 4 Olympic medals this year (3 golds, one bronze). The US of A brought home 28 medals (9 gold, 7 silver, 12 […] SnowBrains | February 24, 2014 0 Comments
Bode Miller Takes Emotional Bronze in Super-G | Oldest Alpine Skier to Win an Olympic Medal 36-year-old Bode Miller took Bronze in the Olympic Super-G on Sunday. The win was emotional for Bode and for once, he actually showed it. Bode said he was thinking of his late brother, Chelone Miller, who died last April, during the race. “If it’s not the most important race of my life, it’s right there with it. I had a lot to show.” – Bode Miller […] SnowBrains | February 17, 2014 2 Comments
American Sweep in Ski Slopestyle! | Gold, Silver, Bronze The United States of America swept the Ski Slopestyle Olympic competition last night. This was crazy fun to watch. The tricks going down these days are nutty. Ski slopestyle made it to the olymipcs at the exact right time. Gold = Joss Christensen (Park City, UT) @ 95.8 Silver = Gus Kenworthy (Telluride, CO) @ 93.6 Bronze = Nick Goepper (no poles from Indiana) […] SnowBrains | February 13, 2014 3 Comments
South Lake Tahoe’s Jamie Anderson Wins GOLD in Snowboard Slopestyle 23-year-old South Lake Tahoe, CA native Jamie Anderson won gold in women’s snowboard slopestyle over the weekend. She smoothly landed two huge 720s in her run, setting her apart from the other competitors. Jamie completed an American sweep of snowboard slopestyle after Sage Kotsenburg won the men’s gold medal. This was the first ever Olympics to include snowboard slopestyle. […] SnowBrains | February 10, 2014 0 Comments
Squaw Valley’s Travis Ganong Gets 5th Place in Men’s Downhill Our friend and Squaw Valley native Travis Ganong has gotten 5th place in the Olympic Men’s Downhill competition in Sochi. Travis was the highest placing American man. Bode Miller placed a strong 8th as well. This was Travis’ highest placement in international competition after his 7th and 8th place World Cup finishes this year. […] SnowBrains | February 10, 2014 2 Comments
US Olympic Ski Team Announced | Congrats to Squaw Valley’s Travis Ganong! Congratulations to all the skiers announced to the US Olympic Ski Team for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi Russia. We want to send a special shout out to our friend and fellow Squaw ripper Travis Ganong. Travis made the US Ski Team’s World Cup Team this year for the first time as well as the […] Miles Clark | January 27, 2014 0 Comments
