Sierra Nevada, Spain – History was written today in Spain as French riders Nelly Moenne Loccoz and Chloe Trespeuch, and U.S. Snowboarding members Hagen Kearney and Nick Baumgartner were crowned Team SBX World Champions at the Sierra Nevada 2017 FIS Freestyle Ski and Snowboard World Championships. This was the first time that the event has been … Continue reading France and USA Take First-ever Team SBX Gold at World Champs
Sierra Nevada, Spain – Lindsey Jacobellis, of Stratton Mountain, Vt., prevailed at the FIS Freestyle Ski and Snowboard World Championships snowboardcross event on Sunday to claim an amazing fifth World Championship title. Jacobellis is the most dominant snowboardcross rider in history, having won at every World Championships that she’s entered. Still, she is showing no signs of … Continue reading Jacobellis Wins Fifth World Championships Gold
Sierra Nevada, Spain – China’s Xuetong Cai and Australian Scotty James successfully defended their halfpipe world championships titles on Saturday night at the Sierra Nevada 2017 FIS Freestyle Ski and Snowboard World Championships. Having already paved the road for back-to-back wins after the first of three runs, James finally upped his score from 95.75 to a 97.50 … Continue reading Defending Champion Halfpipe Snowboarders Keep Their Titles
Sierra Nevada, Spain – Canada’s Laurie Blouin and Belgian rider Seppe Smits claimed the first snowboard titles of the Sierra Nevada 2017 Freestyle Ski and Snowboard World Championships at Saturday’s slopestyle finals. Warm temperatures made it tough for the eight best women and 16 men from Thursday’s qualifiers to land their runs. Both Blouin and Smits finally … Continue reading Blouin and Smits Win Slopestyle Gold at World Champs
Aspen, CO – The 10th victim of a fatal accident at a Colorado ski resort this season has been laid to rest. Andrew Garcia, who was stationed at the U.S. Army’s Fort Sill in Oklahoma, passed away on Feb. 23 at a hospital in Grand Junction, Colo., following a snowboarding accident at Buttermilk ski area in Aspen … Continue reading Californian Soldier Dies Snowboarding at Buttermilk
Sierra Nevada, Spain – If you would have told Ashley Caldwell and Jon Lillis when they first met nine years ago, that they would win the World Championships together, they wouldn’t have believed you. But that’s exactly what happened on Friday night at the 2017 FIS Freestyle Ski & Snowboard World Championships in Sierra Nevada where … Continue reading Caldwell and Lillis Sweep Aerials Gold at Worlds
Maggie Valley, NC – Damage to a chairlift from a storm on Thursday has ended the season for North Carolina’s Wolf Ridge Ski Resort. “Unfortunately we discovered that our Quad Lift ( the main lift for the slopes ) was damaged by the electrical storm we had last Thursday morning,” resort officials posted to the … Continue reading Storm Damage Closes N.C. Ski Resort for the Season
