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 – American women took two of the three podium spots in snowboard halfpipe at the X Games on Saturday night. Elena Hight, of South Lake Tahoe, Calif., won her first X Games gold medal and fellow Californian Chloe Kim earned bronze. China’s Xuetong Cai separated the two with the silver medal. In a contest where only … Continue reading Hight Wins X Games Halfpipe Gold
Aspen, CO – U.S. Snowboarding athlete Julia “Jules” Marino, of Westport, Conn., had a breakout performance this week at the X Games. After earning a bronze medal in big air on Thursday night, she dominated the slopestyle competition on Saturday, stomping her way to a gold medal. She bested veteran Jamie Anderson of South Lake Tahoe, … Continue reading Marino Cashes In With Another X Games Medal
Aspen, CO – After capturing gold in last year’s X Games Aspen Big Air, Canadian snowboarder Max Parrot made history on Friday night at X Games Aspen 2017 by landing the world’s first Quad Underflip in competition. Parrot edged out Norway’s Markus Kleveland (82.00) with a combined score of 83.00. Fellow Canadian Mark McMorris, of Regina, … Continue reading Max Parrot Defends Big Air Title at X Games
Seiser Alm, Italy – Finland’s Enni Rukajarvi, and Seppe Smits of Belguim, who had each earned the first-ever slopestyle world championships title back in 2011, have claimed victory in today’s third slopestyle competition of the 2016-17 World Cup staged under a bluebird sky at Seiser Alm. It was the first time that the Italian resort hosted a snowboard World … Continue reading Rukajarvi and Smits Win at Seiser Alm
Aspen, CO – Emerging from one of the most competitive fields ever to compete in men’s halfpipe at X Games, Americans Matt Ladley and Taylor Gold, both of Steamboat Springs, Colo., scored podium finishes on Thursday night, earning silver and bronze, respectively, behind Australian Scotty James. James won Thursday night’s competition with a run that featured … Continue reading Ladley and Gold Land on X Games Halfpipe Podium
Aspen, CO – Young Hailey Langland put down an historical performance in Thursday night’s big air competition at X Games, winning gold with a trick that had never before been landed by a female in competition. Sixteen-year-old Langland, of San Clamente, Calif. stomped a Cab double cork 1080 off the 80-foot big air jump at Aspen … Continue reading Hailey Lands First Cab Double Cork 1080 at X Games
