Olympic Halfpipe Snowboarder Arielle Gold Retires Arielle Gold has announced her retirement from professional snowboarding after nine years on the national halfpipe team. From Steamboat Springs, Colorado, the 25-year-old has represented the U.S. since she was just 13.ย โMy snowboarding career played a monumental part in growing into the person that I am today, and I am so unbelievably grateful for all of the pow turns, […] Industry News Hannah | July 9, 2021 0 Comments
Shaun White Does NOT Medal in Halfpipe | Swiss I-Pod Takes Gold Shaun White did not get an Olympic medal this year in halfpipe. The last time someone other than Shaun won gold in halfpipe was in 2002. A huge congrats has to go out to Switzerland’s I-Pod (Iouri Podladtchikov) for winning gold and an even bigger congrats to Japan for taking the Silver and Bronze medals. 15-year-old Ayumu Hirano took Silver and 18-year-old Taku Hiraoka grabbed the bronze. There were no American’s on the podium for the first time since 1998 when halfpipe made it’s Olympic debut. […] SnowBrains | February 11, 2014 2 Comments