Park City, UT –Ten years ago yesterday, Squaw Valley, Calif.’s young Shannon Bahrke kicked off the 2002 Olympic Winter Games with the silver medal in moguls on opening day at Deer Valley Resort in Park City. It was the first of 10 medals that U.S. skiers and snowboarders would earn in those Olympics – the … Continue reading A Look Back at 2002: Shannon Bahrke’s Silver Medal
Whistler (BC), Canada – Josh Dueck, a member of the Canadian Para-Alpine Ski Team, has realized his dream of doing a back flip on skis once again. He is now the first athlete known to complete the feat in a sit ski. Dueck a former freestyle coach who lived to be on the slopes, broke … Continue reading Paralympian Completes First Back Flip on a Sit Ski
Park City, UT – On the eve of the Visa Freestyle International World Cup, Utah’s Deer Valley Resort on Wednesday renamed its unique freestyle aerials tow lift “The Hurricane” in memory of the late Jeret “Speedy” Peterson. The tow is used to shuttle aerials athletes to the top of the jump for the annual International … Continue reading Deer Valley Dedicates Ski Tow to Memory of Jeret Peterson
Salt Lake City, UT – A 24-year-old University of Utah student died Saturday afternoon when an avalanche swept him 2,400 vertical feet down a slope in the Wasatch backcountry. Alecsander Barton, originally from Concord, Mich., was reportedly an experienced backcountry skier and snowboarder. He had just begun his descent of a run called Little Giant … Continue reading Snowboarder Killed in Backcountry Avalanche in Utah
Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany – Canada’s Robbie Dixon won’t compete in this weekend’s alpine World Cup ski races in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, after suffering an injury during training. The 27-year-old from Whistler, British Columbia, struck a gate during a giant slalom training run in Paganella, Italy, on Tuesday. He did not fall but later reported experiencing concussion-like symptoms. … Continue reading Canada’s Dixon Sustains Concussion in Training
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
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
