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U.S. Olympic Snowboard-Cross Bronze Medalist Alex Deibold Announces Retirement

Alex Deibold

Olympic bronze medalist Alex Deibold announced his retirement on the weekend on his social media accounts. Deibold had been on the U.S. Snowboard Team, competing in the snowboard-cross discipline representing America for almost 20 years. Deibold grew up in Vermont before moving to Boulder, CO, when he joined the U.S. Snowboard Team. Making the Olympics had been his dream since […]

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Julia Schneemann | May 2, 2023
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Meet the 64-Year-Old Prince Who Has Competed at 20 World Championships

64 year old racer

He is the most flamboyant and well-known ski racer on the World Championship scene, but for the uninitiated, he is probably a name they have never heard of: Hubertus von Hohenlohe. Born in 1959 in Mexico to German parents — his father was working for Volkswagen in Mexico City — this globetrotter learned to ski in Austria and took his […]

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Julia Schneemann | February 21, 2023
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Maddie Bowman of Tahoe Adds to the US Medal Count With a Gold In Women’s Superpipe

Maddie Bowman throwing down and winning big in Sochi

Tahoe athletes continue to deliver in Schoi, as Maddie Bowman took home the gold last night in Women’s Superpipe skiing.  The Sochi Olympics mark the debut of skiers in the Superpipe, and so far US (and more specifically Tahoe) athletes have not disappointed.  David Wise took home the gold the other night, and Maddie Bowman delivered a Gold Medal performance […]

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