Aspen, CO – Stratton Mountain, Vt.’s Lindsey Jacobellis nailed down her fourth snowboard cross gold in a row Saturday, making her the first woman to ever four-peat in X Games history. Callan Chythlook-Sifsof, of Girdwood, Alaska, finished right behind her teammate to take the silver. Deborah Anthonioz of France earned bronze.n”This is my second go … Continue reading Jacobellis Wins X Games Gold
Calgary (AB), Canada – Local boy Warren Shouldice wowed his hometown crowd with two enormous triple backflips and landed on top of the aerials skiing podium at an FIS World Cup in Calgary on Saturday.nShouldice, who has gone by the moniker “Wookie” since his second year on the Canadian team eight years ago, wears a … Continue reading Shouldice Tops World Cup Aerials Skiing Podium in Calgary
Aspen, CO – Nick Baumgartner, of Iron River, Mich., held nothing back Saturday as he put the pain of a broken collar bone on the back burner to take his first Winter X Games gold medal in snowboard cross. Reigning X Games champ Nate Holland’s five-year winning streak came to an end as the Squaw … Continue reading Baumgartner Takes X Games Snowboard Cross Gold
Calgary (AB), Canada – Olympic Champion Hannah Kearney continued her unbeaten streak Saturday with a fifth consecutive individual moguls World Cup victory. Kearney led four U.S. women into the top 10 in Calgary, while Jeremy Cota was fourth to lead three U.S. men into the top 10 in a competition won by Mikael Kingsbury of … Continue reading Fifth Straight World Cup Moguls Win for Kearney
Otepaa, Estonia – Officials canceled the Ladies’ Ski Jumping Team event Saturday at the FIS Nordic Junior World Ski Jumping Championships in Otepaa, Estonia due to heavy snowfall and gusty wind. The event will not be rescheduled.nOfficials moved up the event to 1:30 p.m. from the original start time of 5 p.m. in hopes of … Continue reading Women’s Ski Jumping Team Event Canceled at Junior Worlds
Sestriere, Italy – Heavy snow and fog canceled this weekend’s World Cup women’s downhill and super combined ski races in Sestriere.nIt was a rough weather weekend in Sestriere. After nearly four hours of fog and snow delays on Saturday organizers postponed the women’s downhill until Sunday at 6 a.m., pushing Sunday’s originally scheduled super combined … Continue reading Sestriere Downhill, Super Combined Both Canceled
Killington, VT – Rescuers are scouring the Vermont woods looking for a New Jersey man missing since Sunday while skiing at Killington Resort.nAuthorities say that Gustavo Oascar Iriarte, 45, of Lyndhurst, N.J., went missing on Sunday afternoon. Vermont State Police and Killington Ski Patrol were in contact with Iriarte by cell phone before they lost … Continue reading Searchers Looking for N.J. Skier Missing at Killington