Emergency Crews Attempt To Rescue Olympic Figure Skater Who Fell Through Ice SOCHI, RUSSIA—In a race against time, local emergency crews reportedly rushed to rescue Italian figure skater Carolina Kostner Wednesday after the Olympian plunged through a […] SnowBrains | February 20, 2014 4 Comments
Tahoe’s David Wise Wins Gold in Ski Halfpipe in Driving Sleet We know, we know, David Wise is from Reno, not Tahoe, but you can’t ski halfpipe in Reno. You gotta come up to Lake Tahoe, California to do that. So, we’ll claim him. And why wouldn’t we wanna claim David. The guy is a white-hot halfpipe robot right now. He won the gold medal at X-Games in 2012, 2013, and 2014 before winning a gold medal in the first ever Olympic ski halfpipe competition yesternight. Very impressive, David. […] SnowBrains | February 19, 2014 2 Comments
Ted Ligety Takes Home Gold in Men’s GS It’s comes as no surprise, Mr. Ted Ligety took home the gold last night in the Men’s Giant Slalom with a combined time of 2 minutes, 45.29 seconds. Ligety has been on fire since FIS rules changed the turn radius of the GS skis, no one can touch him when it comes to GS. After his first run, he had a lead of 0.93 seconds…impressive for an event […] SnowBrains | February 19, 2014 0 Comments
Which Olympic Sport is the Fastest? Which Olympic sport is the fastest? Without thinking, most of us would assume luge or bobsled or skeleton. It make sense, right? If you’re going to travel at dangerous speeds, you’d want to be in some kind of vehicle or at least on sled you could bail off of. Alas, neither is true. Once again, skiers win. Johan Clarey of France once skied at 101mph in a World Cup race. Whoa. A downhill skier vs. a bobsled? A comically dressed curler vs. a brawny hockey player? Sure, each sport is di erent — some more graceful, others more death defying, […] SnowBrains | February 17, 2014 0 Comments
Bode Miller Takes Emotional Bronze in Super-G | Oldest Alpine Skier to Win an Olympic Medal 36-year-old Bode Miller took Bronze in the Olympic Super-G on Sunday. The win was emotional for Bode and for once, he actually showed it. Bode said he was thinking of his late brother, Chelone Miller, who died last April, during the race. “If it’s not the most important race of my life, it’s right there with it. I had a lot to show.” – Bode Miller […] SnowBrains | February 17, 2014 2 Comments
Canadians Get Free Beer in Sochi… If you’re a Canadian, you can simply scan your passport to open these cherry red fridges in Sochi. Molson Canadian Beer has placed these locked fridges full of beer in the streets of Sochi. Just find your nearest Canadian with a passport and you’ll have a instant party on your hands. Once the passport scans the fridge will open, stocked full of beer and you can have as many as you like. […] SnowBrains | February 13, 2014 1 Comment
American Sweep in Ski Slopestyle! | Gold, Silver, Bronze The United States of America swept the Ski Slopestyle Olympic competition last night. This was crazy fun to watch. The tricks going down these days are nutty. Ski slopestyle made it to the olymipcs at the exact right time. Gold = Joss Christensen (Park City, UT) @ 95.8 Silver = Gus Kenworthy (Telluride, CO) @ 93.6 Bronze = Nick Goepper (no poles from Indiana) […] SnowBrains | February 13, 2014 3 Comments
All 4 Americans Qualify for Men’s Ski Slopestlye Finals: All 4 American skier slopestyle athletes have qualified for the the slopestyle finals that will be shown on US television tonight. It’s gonna be a good show. Our 4 guys are Joss Christensen, Nick Goepper, Gus Kenworthy, and Bobby Brown. Joss crushed it and qualified 1st while Bobby barely made the cut in 12th place, the last place […] SnowBrains | February 13, 2014 0 Comments
