X-Games Aspen 2021: Pending Permit Approval, Athletes Only, No Spectators ESPN submitted a special request permit to Pitkin County, CO to allow X Games Aspen to get the green light. The permit request details having a fenced-in area and no more than 500 people at the event. The 500 people will include athletes and event support. Buttermilk Mountain will only have skiing and snowboarding X-Games events and no motorsports. Related: […] Industry News Dominic Gawel | December 10, 2020 0 Comments
Origins: Snowboarding In this week’s edition of Origins, we will take a long look at the history of snowboarding. If you missed last week’s Origins on U.S. Avalanche Mitigation you can check it out here: Related: Origins: U.S. Avalanche Mitigation The cousin of surfing and skateboarding, snowboarding molded the sport to a whole new medium, snow. Sliding down snow on one plank of […] Olympics Ryan Flynn | October 15, 2020 0 Comments
VIDEO: Snowboarder Lands First Ever Triple Michalchuck Flip On Hip SnowBrains | June 11, 2020 Likes Tweets 0 Comments
Pennsylvania Native Jenna Riccomini Represents The USA in Lausanne, Switzerland Junior Olympics On Saturday, January 18, 15-year-old Jenna Riccomini placed 8th in the world at Leysin Park in Lausanne, Switzerland after posting her third and final round score of 52.0 at this year’s Junior Olympic Slopestyle event! She also had an opportunity to compete in Big Air and Halfpipe while she was there. I grew up with Jenna’s aunts and uncles in […] Olympics Chad Walker | February 8, 2020 0 Comments
Gus Kenworthy: Team GB or Team USA for the 2022 Winter Olympics? Gus Kenworthy, a two-time Olympian for Team USA, revealed in a statement from his agent that he is open to switching teams to represent Great Britain at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. Kenworthy is a world-renowned freestyle skier and has previously competed in the halfpipe, slopestyle, and big air competitions, earning him many medals including a silver for Team […] Industry News Lucy Ferneyhough | November 15, 2019 0 Comments
Sierra-at-Tahoe, CA: Home Mountain of Olympic Gold Medalists Sierra-at-Tahoe is the home mountain of Olympic Gold Medalists Jamie Anderson, Maddie Bowman and Hannah Teter. Located on the western edge of Lake Tahoe, in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, Sierra-at-Tahoe was founded back in 1946 by brothers Ray and Floyd Barrett. By 2006 it had morphed into a steady rhythm of producing Olympic champions when Hannah Teter took home the […] Industry News Robin Azer | March 14, 2018 0 Comments
Mammoth Team Snowboarders Set To Shred At The PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games Mammoth Mountain has four snowboarders ready to shred as the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Games kicked off Friday! This year Mammoth hometown athletes, Shaun White, Kelly Clark, Maddie Mastro, and Chloe Kim, all earned their spot on Team USA. If you’re unfamiliar with these new and maybe not so new athletes we’ve got you covered. 1. Shaun White Shaun White heads […] Industry News Lindsay Hayden | February 14, 2018 0 Comments
California’s Jamie Anderson does it Again! Defends her Title for Team USA’s Second Gold Medal 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 […] Olympics Steven Agar | February 12, 2018 0 Comments
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