Head Skis ‘Quashed’ Bode Miller’s ‘Dream of Returning’ to Ski Racing In an unfortunate turn of events for Bode Miller, the courts have upheld a ruling locking Miller into a legal contract with Head Skis. This move prevents Miller from returning to alpine ski racing this season. Miller had hoped to compete with his new ski brand, Bomber. “If Head had not won on a legal technicality, Bode would have returned […] Olympics Robin Azer | December 20, 2016 4 Comments
Big Air Added to 2018 Winter Olympics in Korea: The Winter Olympics just got a helluva lot more entertaining. Big Air is by far the most fun park/X-games event to watch and draws the most viewers. It’s simple: go big and do amazing trips. Spectators get that and line up for Big Air events. Snowboarding big air, skiing big air, mass start in speedskating and mixed doubles in curling were approved during the IOC’s board meeting in Lausanne, Switzerland, on Monday. Snowboard parallel slalom was dropped from the winter olympics on Monday. “The changes reflect […] Industry News SnowBrains | June 8, 2015 0 Comments
Why Nobody Wants to Host the 2022 Olympics Next summer, the IOC (International Olympic Committee) will have its election deciding which city will have the honor of hosting the 2022 Winter Olympic Games. It’ll come down to a narrow race between two host cities. Yet I may need to […] Michael Etezadi | January 8, 2015 14 Comments
“Life’s short, Live it Fast” | Andrew Kurka, Representing the U.S. at the Paralympics With the Olympic games long gone, and Putin invading Ukraine, its easy to forget that some of our American athletes are still in Sochi. Yes the Paralympic games begin in two days and stretch from March 7th to the 16th in Sochi. Andrew Kurka is currently representing the United States with the help High Fives in Sochi at the Paralympic Games in the Adaptive Ski division, and has been unheard of for the most part unfortunately. I had to opportunity to speak with Andrew over the last few weeks heading into the games and would like to […] Olympics Jesse Cassidy | March 5, 2014 1 Comment
Julia Mancuso is the Most Decorated ♀ American Skier in History | Tribute Video: This video was made by Julia’s sister, Sarah. They both grew up skiing Squaw Valley, CA. Four time Olympic Medalist Julia Mancuso. Congratulations on your bronze medal, making you the most decorated American women’s Alpine skier in Olympic History […] SnowBrains | February 28, 2014 1 Comment
VIDEO: The Worst Olympic Wipeouts @ Sochi We all know why we watch NASCAR: for the crashes. The same doesn’t exactly apply to Olympic sports, but we all like to watch wipeouts in one way, shape, or form. Right when it happens, it can be sad as some of these falls meant the end of someone’s Olympic medal dreams. Now that these wipe-outs are in the past, they’re kinda fun to watch. […] SnowBrains | February 25, 2014 0 Comments
Squaw’s Julia Mancuso’s 4 Medals from 3 Olympics = Most for Any American Female Squaw Valley’s Julia Mancuso just won her 5th Olympic Medal at her 3rd Olympic Games. Julia has won more Winter Olympic medals than any other US female alpine skier. “She was the gold medalist in the giant slalom at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino, Italy, the silver medalist in both downhill and combined at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada, and the bronze medalist in the combined at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Music.” – wikipedia Thank you for giving me this opportunity, I am inspired to be my best in every moment. Win or lose, I choose to shine […] Olympics SnowBrains | February 25, 2014 0 Comments
Julia Mancuso Surfs Sochi After Winning Bronze Medal Squaw Valley’s Julia Mancuso, the most decorated female Winter Olympian in history, went surfing in Sochi, Russia last week. Julia is a surfer, has a house in Maui, and got invited to surf with Sal Masakela on her last day in Sochi, Russia’s Black Sea. Cool. “It was cold, but it wasn’t bad. I didn’t have a hoodie [an insulated neoprene hood] on, so I only lasted about 45 minutes. I caught four amazing waves. There were some big sets. Most of the waves were shoulder high. I caught some incredible waves all the way to the shore, so I was pretty stoked. We surfed up a storm, literally. There was a storm passing through and it died out in two hours, and the waves were gone after that. We hit it perfect.” – People Magazine […] SwellBrains | February 25, 2014 0 Comments