Rosa Khutor, Russia – It took only one kick-out at the top of a rugged moguls course on Saturday night for Canadian Justine Dufour-Lapointe to take the gold medal from the reigning Olympic champion and heavy Sochi favorite, Hannah Kearney of Norwich, Vt. Canada (and Montreal’s Dufour-Lapointe family) scored a one-two punch during a fierce … Continue reading Dufour-Lapointe Upsets Kearney for Moguls Gold
Rosa Khutor, Russia – Park City, Utah’s Sage Kotsenburg was presented the first-ever gold medal for slopestyle snowboarding on Saturday at the impressive Sochi Olympic Park underneath the towering, modern Olympic torch. Kotsenburg’s gold medal was the first for the USA at the 2014 Sochi Olympic Winter Games. “It’s just unreal the amount of pride … Continue reading Kotsenburg Earns First U.S. Gold in Inaugural Olympic Slopestyle
Rosa Khutor, Russia – California’s Julia Mancuso produced a true champion performance on Monday, becoming the first American skier in history to win a medal in three straight Olympic Winter Games with her bronze in a tricky super combined event at the Rosa Khutor alpine center. “I knew I just had to give my best … Continue reading Mancuso Medals in Olympic Super Combined
Aspen, CO – An odd sounding whirrrrr goes past, and I snap my head around to look. I had just repositioned myself on the race course and was still fiddling with my camera, when out of the corner of my eye I see an athlete whip past me on his way down the course. I … Continue reading Paralympic Ski Racers Are Every Bit the Athletes as Their Able-Bodied Counterparts
Aspen, CO – Ski and snowboard filmgoers will gather this weekend in Aspen’s Wheeler Opera House and at the IF3 International Freeski Film Festival in Montreal to witness Signatures, the sophomore effort from Colorado-based filmmakers Sweetgrass Productions that brings a new artistic flair to the ski film genre. With stunning, ethereal cinematography and a folk … Continue reading Sweetgrass Brings a Sweet New Artistic Touch to Ski Films with “Signatures”
Eden, UT – The serenity of an August sunrise is suddenly punctuated by the roar from two 12 million BTU propane burners. The wicker basket rises imperceptibly from the ground, and we’re gently flying. Balloon pilot Russ Griffes of American Fork, Utah, skillfully guides our craft between about a dozen others, slowly rising above Wolf … Continue reading Hot Air Balloon Festival Takes Utah’s Ogden Valley to New Heights
Snowbird, UT – Alpenglow bathed the Wasatch Mountains in blended hues of pink and orange outside the floor-to-ceiling picture windows lining the top floor of Snowbird’s Cliff Lodge. Inside the meeting room, a couple of dozen attendees listened intently to the words of Zen Master Genpo Roshi as ski diva Kristen Ulmer quietly leaned back … Continue reading Skiing With The Buddha
