Park City, UT – The U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association (USSA) on Tuesday announced the nomination of nine moguls and aerials athletes to the U.S. Olympic Freestyle Ski Team. The team will be led by reigning Olympic Champion Hannah Kearney and Olympians Patrick Deneen, Heather McPhie, Emily Cook and Ashley Caldwell. The athletes were nominated … Continue reading U.S. Olympic Freestyle Ski Team Announced
Mammoth Lakes, CA – The U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association has now confirmed the addition of new Olympic snowboarding qualifiers to replace the canceled events from last weekend. The International Ski Federation on Tuesday stated that an appeal to the decision to cancel the snowboarding halfpipe and slopestyle competitions due to snow and low visibility … Continue reading Olympic Qualifiers Shift to Mammoth
Park City, UT – Olympic champion Lindsey Vonn announced today that she will not participate in the upcoming Winter Olympics set to get underway next month in Sochi, Russia. “I am devastated to announce that I will not be able to compete in Sochi. I did everything I possibly could to somehow get strong enough … Continue reading Vonn Pulls Out of Olympics
Salt Lake City, UT – The Road to Sochi has ended prematurely for Canadian ski racer Anna Goodman. Goodman, a native of Montreal, Quebec, who is currently enrolled in studies at Westminster College in Salt Lake City, crashed while training for upcoming Nor-Am and World Cup races, fully tearing her anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) and … Continue reading ACL Tear Dashes Olympic Hopes for Canada’s Anna Goodman
Burlington, VT – Burton this week took the wraps off the Olympic uniforms the company has created for U.S. Snowboarding athletes. Snowboarding first gained its street cred by embracing counter-culture principles, and the new uniforms certainly speak to that heritage while somehow also calling upon vintage Americana including handcrafted patchwork quilts and the American flag. … Continue reading Burton Unveils U.S. Snowboarding Olympic Uniforms
Vail, CO – Ski racer Lindsey Vonn, who earlier this month re-tore the anterior cruciate ligament in her right knee in a training crash, proclaimed on Thursday that she will be back in the gates in time to compete at the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, Russia. “First day back on snow since my … Continue reading Vonn Vows to Return for Olympics
Waterville Valley, NH – Three-time Olympian Kris Freeman is joining Waterville Valley in New Hampshire as the ski resort’s newest Nordic Racing Instructor. After reading in the Wall Street Journal last week about Freeman’s funding being cut by The U.S. Ski Team, resort owner and general manager Chris Sununu made the immediate decision to step … Continue reading Waterville Valley Steps In to Support Local Olympic Hero
