Aspen, CO -Montreal, Canada’s Kaya Turski came from behind to win her third-straight gold medal at the X Games on Buttermilk Mountain in Aspen on Thursday, and she did it by landing a trick that no woman has ever landed in this competition. Coming into the third run of the best-of-three final in the bronze … Continue reading Turski Three-peats in X Games Slopestyle as Wallisch Sets Record Score
Vail, CO -Maine snowboardcross rider Seth Wescott is at the X Games in Aspen, Colo. again. But this time, instead of watching the event from the snowboardcross course he’s viewing it from the ESPN broadcast booth. Wescott, 28, of Carrabassett Valley, Maine, tore his pectoral muscle at last week’s World Cup snowboardcross in Veysonnaz, Switzerland. … Continue reading Top U.S. Snowboarders Recovering from Season-ending Injuries
Great Barrington, MA – Ski Butternut in the Berkshire Mountains of western Massachusetts will host the Mountain Dew Vertical Challenge this Sunday, where speed is king for skiers and snowboarders who compete. (file photo: Ski Butternut) Sunday will … Continue Reading ››
Aspen, CO – Winter X Games Gold Medal Snowboardcross (SBX) champion Nick Baumgartner arrives in Aspen this week looking for a repeat in the six-man riding action on Buttermilk Mountain at the 2012 Winter X Games. Qualifying takes place on Friday with the finals to follow on Saturday. Baumgartner, a member of the 2010 U.S. … Continue reading Baumgartner Looks for the Repeat in Snowboardcross at Winter X Games
Killington, VT – Vermont’s Killington Resort this past weekend hosted the 2011-12 Winter Dew Tour, the largest on-snow event in the East, with superpipe and slopestyle competitions at Bear Mountain in front of 32,000 fans, a 10% increase from last year’s event. [caption id=”attachment_19989″ align=”alignright” width=”300″ caption=”Tom Wallisch throws down at Killington on Sunday for … Continue reading Top Athletes Battle It Out in Dew Tour Superpipe and Slopestyle at Killington
Mt. Crested Butte, CO -The first stop of the Junior Freeskiing Tour (JFT), originally scheduled for Feb. 2-5 in Crested Butte, Colo., has been postponed by organizers until Mar. 29-Apr. 1 to allow more snow to accumulate. “Much of the West has experienced low snow conditions this year and in order to give our athletes … Continue reading Junior Freeskiing Tour at Crested Butte Postponed
Washington, DC – Nearly 75 venues held Winter Trails events on Jan. 7. Despite challenging snow conditions across the country, there was strong support for the event series designed to introduce new partipants to cross country skiing and snowshoeing, and substantial media coverage. (photo: Winter Trails)
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