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 →

Fairbanks, AK – Liz Stephen (East Montpelier, VT) made it back to back titles as she won the women’s 15K pursuit for the second year at the 2009 U.S. Distance Cross Country Championships in Fairbanks Friday. Ivan Babikov of Canada won the men’s 30K and Leif Zimmermann (Bozeman, MT) took the title as the top … Continue reading U.S. Cross Country Skiing Championships: Stephen Defends Pursuit Title →

Squaw Valley, CA – It was a day for new champions as Bryon Wilson (Butte, MT) and Michelle Roark (Denver) each won the first moguls U.S. title of their careers Friday as the 2009 Sprint U.S. Freestyle Championships kicked off in Squaw Valley.n “It’s an emotional win because I’ve been at this a long time … Continue reading Wilson, Roark Take U.S. Moguls Skiing Titles →

West Vancouver (BC), Canada – Two of the best mogul skiers in the world left their mark at the Canada Post Freestyle National Championships Friday.n Jenn Heil of Spruce Grove, Alta., captured the ninth Canadian national moguls’ title of her career in convincing fashion and Alex Bilodeau, ranked No. 1 in the world, took the … Continue reading Heil and Bilodeau Crowned Canadian National Champions in Moguls Skiing →