Lahti, Finland – The problem with confidence is that you can’t train for it. It’s not something that’s handed to you. There’s no textbook to provide you with a roadmap. If you want to gain confidence, you need the courage to reach out and simply grab it yourself. In Sunday’s classic technique team sprint at the … Continue reading Behind the Gold: Toe to Toe With the Best In The World
Mt. Crested Butte, CO – It’s time to get funky this spring at Crested Butte Mountain Resort (CBMR), as it hosts the annual Ski Town Breakdown on Saturday, March 18. Now in its seventh season, this year’s show brings in Colorado jamgrass revolutionaries with Crested Butte roots, Leftover Salmon. The concert is free for all to … Continue reading Leftover Salmon to Headline Crested Butte’s Ski Town Breakdown
Maribor, Slovenia – Even world champions feel the wrath of their mothers if they are late for lunch. Slovenian skier Filip Flisar has come up with a novel way to play catch-up: a jetpack. The 29-year-old, crowed world champion in ski cross in 2015 and a semi-finalist at the last Winter Olympics a year earlier, found himself … Continue reading WATCH: Freeskier Jetpacks Through City
Sun Valley, ID – The Blaine County Coroner has confirmed that a 34-year-old snowboarder died in a tree well at Sun Valley Resort on Saturday. Derek Klein, 34, of Meridian, Idaho was found unresponsive at around 1:30 p.m. on Saturday near Sun Valley’s Can-Can ski run. Sun Valley Ski Patrol responded to the scene. CPR was administered as … Continue reading Sun Valley Snowboarder Dies in Tree Well
Ludlow, VT – Vermont’s Okemo Mountain Resort will light up the night sky and a specially constructed rail garden on its Bull Run this Saturday for the Light the Night Rail Jam presented by Amp Energy Drink. $5,000 in cash and prizes will go to the best skiers and riders in this jam-format competition. The Bull Run trail, located … Continue reading Okemo Light The Night Rail Jam This Saturday
Sugar Mountain, NC – The Tennessee family of a teenage snowboarder who jumped 30 feet to avoid spending the night on a stopped Sugar Mountain chairlift has sued the North Carolina resort. Temperatures were in the teens with wind chills in the single digits on February 14, 2016 when Sugar Mountain’s GW Lift stopped for the evening with … Continue reading Family of Teen Stranded on Chairlift Sues Sugar Mountain
Karachaevo-Cherkesskaya Republic, Russia – Shevchenko Kirill’s helmet cam has proven that obstacles encountered while snowboarding in Russia aren’t limited to the usual assortment of rocks, trees and terrain park features. Kirill’s action camera was rolling recently at the Arkhyz ski resort in the North Caucasus Mountains when he collided with an obstacle of an entirely different kind. … Continue reading WATCH: Hazards of Snowboarding in Russia Include Rocks, Trees…and Sheep
