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Snowboarder Who Died in Snowmass, CO Terrain Park on Sunday Named as 20-Year Old Resort Employee

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The man who died Sunday after crashing in the Makaha Terrain Park at Snowmass Ski Area, CO has been identified as Tyler Hamm, 20, who worked as a cook at the ski area. Hamm was a resident of Snowmass Village, according to a press release from the Pitkin County Coroner’s Office. According to his Facebook page, he was originally from Charlotte, […]
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Snowboarder Found Alive After Spending 2-Nights Lost in Oregon Backcountry

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A man who spent two nights in the freezing cold and wet on Mt. Ashland, Oregon after getting lost while snowboarding was lucky to be found alive Tuesday morning, reports KDRV.com. Jackson County Sheriff’s Office (JCSO) search and rescue (SAR) officials say 27-year-old snowboarder Eli Kepsel was “cold but in good spirits” when rescuers found him just before 10:30 am on Tuesday. […]
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East Vail Chute, CO Death Yesterday Was Snowboarder Known as ‘The Mayor of East Vail’ | Died of Snow Suffocation

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Local teacher Bindu Pomeroy was named as the 44-year old who died in the backcountry of East Vail yesterday. Bindu, a popular resident, and a well-known snowboarder was nicknamed “The Mayor of East Vail,” and died doing what he loved most — hitting big cliffs in the popular out-of-bounds area. Skier John Spriggs was first to reach Pomeroy and said […]
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One of Snowboarding’s First True Stars Survives Fatal Accident and Shares Words of Wisdom we Should all Heed

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“Please slow down everybody and don’t take one minute of this life for granted.” This is the advice from one of snowboarding’s first true stars who was involved in a fatal car accident last month near Auburn, California. Although seriously injured, his words should be a life lesson to all of us. 43-year old Kevin Jones, winner of nine X […]
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Snowboarder Suffocates after Falling Head First into Snow Drift in the French Alps

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A British snowboarder has suffocated after falling into a snow-drift in the French Alps, authorities there say, reports the BBC. The 25-year-old man, who has not been named, was discovered buried head-first in an off-piste area near the Meribel ski resort in France on Wednesday. He was uncovered after two skiers alerted emergency services to a snowboard sticking out of […]
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Surfer Who was Attacked by TWO Sharks Took up Snowboarding in 2015 as Part of Recovery | Competed in Paralympics on Monday

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Australian Sean Pollard’s life was changed in just a couple of minutes when he was attacked by TWO Great White sharks while surfing in Esperance in October 2014, losing his left arm and his right hand in his struggle to escape, reports the Guardian. As a result of the attack, he needed seven blood transfusions amounting to three liters of […]
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Search for Snowboarder Buried Under Alaska Avalanche Hampered by Bad Weather

Monday’s bad weather is hampering the search for a 39-year-old Alaska snowboarder, who was buried by an avalanche, reports ktuu.com. State Troopers say Marvin Scott of Ketchikan was caught in an avalanche, reported to be 100 yards wide by 1,500 yards long, while snowboarding on Sunday. Scott and another man were snowboarding on Dude Mountain outside Ketchikan in southeast Alaska […]
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Snowboarder Wins Gold in Women’s Skiing Super-G on Skis Borrowed from Mikaela Shiffrin

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Snowboarder Ester Ledecka came to the PyeongChang Games planning to make history as the first person to compete at the Olympics in both skiing and snowboarding. Instead, she shocked the world, and herself, with an astonishing upset victory in the women’s super-G. “I thought they were going to put a couple more seconds on my time,” Ledecka later said, laughing and […]
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VIDEO: Austrian Snowboarder Breaks Neck During Race | Completes Race and Waves to Crowd as Crosses Line

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Austrian snowboarder Markus Schairer broke his neck during the men’s cross quarterfinals at the Pyeongchang Olympics on Thursday, reports NPR. Schairer fractured his fifth cervical vertebra during the fall, according to a statement from the Austrian Olympic Committee shortly after the accident. “The good news: Neurological impairments are not present, consequential damage can currently be ruled out,” wrote the committee. […]
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