Calgary, Canada – China’s Zhifeng Sun and Arthur Longo of France won the fifth halfpipe contest of the 2010 LG Snowboard FIS World Cup season, and the last before the 2010 Winter Olympic Games, in Calgary Saturday night.nAt Canada Olympic Park (COP), right outside of Calgary, Sun successfully competed in the ladies’ final under the … Continue reading Sun and Longo Clinch Last Halfpipe World Cup Before the 2010 Olympic Winter Games →

Aspen, CO – Iceland’s Halldor Helgason’s two perfect scores in Snowboard Big Air sealed his and his home country’s first Winter X Games gold Saturday night in Aspen.n“I am pretty stoked,” Helgason said following the competition. “I was really feeling it today and I had no idea that I would get one perfect score much … Continue reading Icelandic Rookie Helgason Takes Gold in Snowboard Big Air at X Games →

Aspen, CO – With thousands of her hometown fans cheering her on, the first lady of Aspen, Gretchen Bleiler, threw down a huge 900 on the first hit of her second run to win her fourth Winter X Games gold in Aspen Saturday in Women’s Snowboard SuperPipe. In what may be a prelude to what … Continue reading Bleiler Takes Hometown X Games Gold →

Sainte-Adèle (QC), Canada – Anton Kushnir of Belarus and Nina Li of China won the men’s and women’s aerials events, respectively, on Saturday at the FIS World Cup Aerials finals at Ski Mont Gabriel in Sainte-Adèle. They also both convincingly took away the crystal globes for the World Cup Aerials overall men’s and women’s points … Continue reading Kushnir and Li dominate World Cup Aerials in Quebec →

Aspen, CO – On Friday night, Breckenridge, Colo.’s Bobby Brown personified perfection with a perfect score in Skiing Big Air at Winter X Games 14 in Aspen. In Saturday afternoon’s Men’s Skiing Slopestyle, he wasn’t quite perfect, but his final round score of 94.33 was enough to beat Andeas Hatveit’s (Norway) 92.00.n“Last night when I … Continue reading Brown Wins Men’s Skiing Slopestyle Gold at Winter X Games 14 →

Aspen, CO – – It was Nate Holland’s day Saturday as the Olympic Valley, Calif. resident took winning Winter X Games gold to a whole new level, marking the games’ first five-peat with his win in snowboardcross.nIf he wasn’t already, Holland practically made himself the king of Winter X, evading hairy course crashes and overtaking … Continue reading Holland Marks Fifth In a Row at X Games →

Aspen, CO – The third consecutive gold medal in Women’s Snowboarder X didn’t come easy for Stratton Mountain, Vt.’s Lindsey Jacobellis as she had to come from behind and hold off a hard-charging Helene Olafsen of Norway to capture the crown at Winter X Games 14 in Aspen on Saturday.n“It’s nice to do well at … Continue reading Jacobellis “Three-Peats” in Women’s Snowboarder X at Winter X Games 14 →