Whistler (BC), Canada – If winning a free trip to Whistler for the TELUS World Ski & Snowboard Festival is the ultimate heist, then Pontiac is providing the gilt-edge to the experience, offering a Pontiac Wave to the winner of the Ride the Wave contest. nThe Pontiac Ride the Wave contest launched this week … … Continue reading Win a Pontiac Wave at the TELUS World Ski and Snowboard Festival
by Kevin Casey Snowmass, CO – It wouldn’t be everyone’s first thought to ask an Iraqi war vet with one leg to go skiing. nPeter Engel, 23, lost half of his left leg one year ago after being shot by insurgents in Iraq. Eight months later, his physical therapist at Walter Reed Army Medical … … Continue reading Ski Clinic Inspires Disabled Veterans to Reach for More
Stratton Mountain, VT – 2002 Olympic gold medalist Kelly Clark and 2006 Olympic gold medalist Shaun White won Saturday’s US Open halfpipe competition, the culminating event in the international Burton Global Open Series of snowboarding events. Following the halfpipe awards, Jake Burton, Founder and Chairman of Burton Snowboards, presented the first ever Burton Global Open … Continue reading Shaun White & Torah Bright Win Snowboarding’s Burton Global Open Series
Stoneham (QC), Canada – Newly crowned U.S. snowboardcross champion Nick Baumgartner (Iron River, MI) charged to his career first World Cup podium Saturday, finishing second in the final race of the season with fellow U.S. champ Callan Chythlook-Sifsof (Girdwood, AK) just off the podium in fourth. nTaking the top of the podium was Pierre Vaultier … Continue reading Baumgartner 2nd in Snowboard World Cup Finals SBX
Tarvisio, Italy – Taz Mannix (Anchorage, AK/Alaska Winter Stars/Alaska Pacific U. Nordic/U.S. B Team) had the fastest skating leg Saturday to finish ninth in the women’s 15K (7.5+7.5) pursuit that concluded the FIS U-23 World Championships. nIoulia Tchekaleva had the second-fastest time in each stage of the mass start race, which begins with 7.5 kilometers … Continue reading U-23s: Mannix Fastest Skate Leg in Pursuit
Teton Village, WY – After an exciting day of skiing, Griffin Post of Alta, Utah, and Jackson local Jess McMillan came out on top of the stacked international field as the 2nd Annual Subaru Jackson Hole Freeskiing Open concluded today on “Unskiable” and “Tower 3” at Jackson Hole Mountain Resort. Due to favorable weather, event … Continue reading Post, McMillan Win Jackson Hole Freeskiing Open
Burlington, VT – As skiers in many regions of the western U.S. bathed in record-setting heat, a massive St. Patrick’s Day nor’easter charged up the New England coast and dropped widespread snowfall across ski resorts in the eastern U.S. and Canada. n