Beijing, China Gets the 2022 Winter Olympics Beijing, China was awarded the 2022 Winter Olympics today, Friday. Beijing, the capital of China will be the first city to have hosted both a Summer and Winter Olympic Games. Beijing hosted the Summer Olympic Games back in 2008. “Summer or Winter Games, they all represent the Olympic ideals. It’s the right time, the perfect time, for the Olympics to return to Beijing.” – Yao Ming, the Chinese N.B.A. star who retired in 2011 To be honest, the choices for the 2020 Winter Olympics weren’t great. It was Beijing […] Industry News SnowBrains | July 31, 2015 1 Comment
NO Skiing Big Air for 2018 Winter Olympics | Big Air Snowboarding Approved The Los Angeles Times is reporting today that both Snowboarding Big Air & Skiing Big Air have been added to the 2018 Winter Games. We just discovered that this is not true. Skiing Big Air was proposed to the IOC for 2018, but was not approved. Snowboarding Big Air was approved. The IOC’s reason for not approving Skiing Big Air? Essentially, they are saying that Skiing Big Air isn’t entertaining enough… IOC Press Release […] Industry News SnowBrains | June 8, 2015 1 Comment
IOC Says Number of Injuries in Olympic Slopestyle is “Unacceptable” Ski and snowboard slopestyle debuted for the first time in the Olympics this year in Sochi, Russia. The course was big and intimidating. So much so, that legendary snowboarder, Shaun White, pulled out of slopestyle just days before the competition. Maybe Shaun was right… The […] SnowBrains | April 16, 2014 5 Comments
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