Aspen, CO – When you’re a little kid in a mountain town, hucking air and dropping into steeps is just what you do. As a little ripper in Crested Butte, you don’t even need a terrain park – the mountain’s natural terrain provides all of that. Crested Butte kids were as home dipping their tips into … Continue reading Behind the Gold: It’s About Having Fun
Mammoth Lakes, CA – Whitefish, Mont.’s Maggie Voisin scored her first major win at the Toyota U.S. Grand Prix at Mammoth Mountain on Sunday, topping the ski slopestyle podium for the women in the first qualifying event for the 2018 Olympics. Voisin, who started her season with a second-place podium finish at the Dew Tour … Continue reading Voisin Wins Toyota U.S. Grand Prix Slopestyle
Golden (BC), Canada – “Wrangle the Chute,” a big mountain showdown, will return to B.C.’s Kicking Horse Mountain Resort this March. The annual competition on Kicking Horse’s “Truth and Dare” venue is one of the top freeride ski and snowboard events in Canada. From March 8-12, the 2-star and 4-star Wrangle the Chute contests are presented … Continue reading “Wrangle the Chute” Returns to Kicking Horse
Mammoth Lakes, CA – The 2017 Toyota U.S. Grand Prix tour concludes this week at one of the nation’s premier ski and snowboard resorts, Mammoth Mountain in California. The Grand Prix will serve as the first 2018 U.S. Olympic team qualifier for both halfpipe and slopestyle. Recently recording the snowiest January on record, Mammoth Mountain is … Continue reading Toyota U.S. Grand Prix Concludes at Mammoth
Aspen, CO – European skiers dominated the X Games big air events on Saturday night in Aspen. British skier James Woods won gold in a tiebreaker over Sweden’s Henrik Harlaut, and Kai Mahler of Switzerland took bronze in the two-scores-count format. Breckenridge, Colo.’s Bobby Brown had the best finish for the Americans, finishing just outside the medals … Continue reading European Skiers Dominate X Games Big Air
Seiser Alm, Italy – While X Games 2017 was taking place in Colorado, American freeskiers grabbed huge podium finishes at the FIS World cup slopestyle event in Seiser Alm on Saturday. Colby Stevenson, of Park City, Utah, earned his first World Cup win and Caroline Claire of Wilmington, Vt. earned her first World Cup podium with … Continue reading Stevenson Wins World Cup Slopestyle
Aspen, CO – Park City’s McRae Williams was bested by Norway’s Øystein Bråten in the men’s ski slopestyle at X Games Aspen 2017 on Saturday, while Estonia’s Kelly Sildaru took a repeat women’s gold on Sunday. Williams earned his silver medal in slopestyle with stylish rail riding and a stomped, technical jump line, which joins his gold … Continue reading Norway’s Braten, Estonia’s Sildaru Win X Games Ski Slopestyle
