London, UK – Now in its fourth year, the Ski Club of Great Britain’s Big Spring Clean became even bigger this month with the Scottish ski resort Glenshee added to the mountain clean-up operation. Over 80 litter-picking volunteers picked up trash on the slopes of CairnGorm Mountain, Nevis Range and Glenshee during the initiative, part … Continue reading Ski Club of Great Britain Says “Good Riddance” to Mountain Trash
Crested Butte, CO -Crested Butte Bike Week – formerly Fat Tire Bike Week – returns with a new name this year to celebrate the evolution of mountain biking in a town recognized by many as one of the sport’s birthplaces. This four-day event, taking place from Thursday, June 23 to Sunday, June 26, honors the … Continue reading 31st Annual Crested Butte Bike Week Features Reggae Artist Toots & The Maytals
Whistler (BC), Canada – Billabong Ante Up, presented by Von Zipper on Wednesday announced the qualified rider list for the 5Star TTR World Snowboarding Tour event, taking place July 1st at the top of Whistler Mountain. The event is the marquee kick off event of the TTR Tour, a snowboarding Big Air. [caption id=”attachment_14794″ align=”alignright” … Continue reading Billabong Ante Up Snowboard Big Air Set for July 1 at Whistler
Lausanne, Switzerland – NBCUniversal has retained the U.S. broadcast rights for the Olympic Games through 2020. The decision was announced Tuesday by the International Olympic Committee following presentations by NBCUniversal, ESPN and Fox. The winning bid of $4.38 billion secured exclusive rights to the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi, Russia, the 2016 Summer Olympics in … Continue reading NBC to Televise Olympics Through 2020
Ludlow, VT – Okemo Mountain Resort will celebrate the Fourth of July with a Red, White and Blues Festival on Saturday, July 2. Admission is free to this all-American concert featuring four musical blues artists: Nobby Reed, Lydia Warren, Chris Kleeman and The Dave Keller Band. Music fills the air over Jackson Gore starting at … Continue reading Red, White and Blues Festival at Okemo July 2
Telluride, CO -StraightOut Media & Marketing, the producer of Telluride Gay Ski Week, have now announced the dates for its 9th annual ski week, Telluride Gay Ski Week 2012 a.k.a. T12, taking place from Saturday, Feb. 25 to Saturday, Mar. 3, 2012. One of the most popular gay ski weeks in the United States, … … Continue reading Telluride Gay Ski Week Announces Dates for 2012
Stockholm, Sweden – TTR Pro Snowboarding, the non-profit sports organization behind the TTR World Snowboard Tour, made important decisions for the further development of competitive snowboarding at its ninth annual General Assembly meeting held May 27-29 in Stockholm. The session was capped off with the Swatch TTR Art Rules night presenting the 2010/11 TTR World … Continue reading TTR Tour Goes After Olympic Qualifications