Mammoth Mountain, CA – Day three of the Roxy Chicken Jam featuring the Slopestyle event and crowning of the Women’s TTR World Snowboard Tour Champion has been postponed until Monday, due to high winds Sunday at California’s Mammoth Mountain ski area.n The contest will resume on Monday morning at 10 a.m. with the main event, … Continue reading Weather Postpones TTR World Snowboard Tour Finals at Roxy Chicken Jam→
Beaupre (QC), Canada – Geneviève Simard (Val-Morin, QC) brought her comeback ski season to an end on a high-note, winning Tuesday’s Pontiac GMC Canadian Championships ladies GS race at Quebec’s Mont-Sainte-Anne ski resort.n Simard, 28, had surgery to repair a left knee injury in 2007 and she came back to the World Cup this season … Continue reading Simard Wins GS to Close Out Pontiac GMC Canadian Skiing Championships in Quebec→
Copper Mountain, CO – Copper Mountain is hosting the Special Olympics Colorado Winter Games for the 21st year in a row. More than 300 athletes are competing today and Monday in alpine skiing, snowboarding, cross-country skiing, snowshoeing and figure skating.n The mission of Special Olympics Colorado is to provide year-round sports training and athletic competition … Continue reading Colorado Special Olympics Winter Games Return to Copper Mountain Ski Resort→
Girdwood, AK – Marco Sullivan (Squaw Valley, CA) and Kaylin Richardson (Edina, MN) opened the 2009 Nature Valley U.S. Alpine Championships with downhill wins at Alaska’s Alyeska ski resort on Saturday. Richardson, the ’07 downhill and ’06 slalom champion, marked the third national ski racing title of her career as Sullivan chalked his third U.S. … Continue reading Sullivan, Richardson U.S. Downhill Ski Racing Champs→
Squaw Valley, CA – Local skier David Wise (Reno, NV) put it all on the line for the hometown crowd Saturday to win his fourth consecutive U.S. skiing title in skier halfpipe at the 2009 Sprint Freestyle World Cup at Squaw Valley. Jess Cumming (Wilton, CT) took the women’s win for her first U.S. title.n … Continue reading Wise Wins Fourth U.S. Freestyle Skiing Title in Halfpipe→
Mammoth Mountain, CA – The first official day of the Fifth Annual Roxy Chicken Jam on Saturday saw intense snowboarding competition under sunny skies with great snow conditions at California’s Mammoth Mountain ski area. Kelly Clark, 2004 Olympic gold medalist, took first place and her second consecutive Roxy Chicken Jam Superpipe Crown. Mercedes … Continue … Continue reading Vermont Snowboarder Kelly Clark Dominates in the Roxy Chicken Jam Halfpipe at Mammoth→
West Vancouver, Canada – Aerialists Ryan Blais of Grande Prairie, Alta., and Amber Peterson of Thunder Bay, Ont., stole the spotlight at the Canada Post Freestyle National Championships Saturday in West Vancouver.n It was familiar territory for Peterson, who collected her fourth straight senior Canadian national skiing title while winning handily. It was altogether different … Continue reading Amber Peterson wWins Fourth Straight Canadian National Freestyle Skiing Title in Aerials→