Archive for the ‘Sports’ Category
MY PERFECT ADVENTURE: BRITA SIGOURNEY
One of the world’s top female freeskiers tells us about her urge to visit Indonesia, the time she saw blue-footed boobies in the Galapagos Islands, and why she sometimes imagines life as a professional surfer
When it comes to picking an ideal landscape, some of us are beach people and some of us are mountain people.… More | Posted: January 17, 2013
My Perfect Adventure: Maddy Schaffrick
The youngest snowboarder at two Winter X Games tells us about her fantasy to surf with Taylor Lautner, why she wants to visit an Amish town, and what always brings her back to snowboarding, even after an injury
She’s young, but Maddy Schaffrick is no rookie.… More | Posted: January 16, 2013
Back in halfpipe, snowboarder Gretchen Bleiler tries to regain form after serious eye injury
In an ambulance with her face badly bleeding after a trick went horribly wrong in training, Gretchen Bleiler blurted this out: Snowboarding wasn’t worth it.… More | Posted: January 15, 2013
Brita Sigourney takes 3rd at Sprint Grand Prix in Copper
FIS World Cup halfpipe competitors in the 2013 Visa U.S. Grand Prix Freeskiing finals at Copper Mountain got a classic Colorado welcome on Friday, waking up to a whiteout and several inches of new snow, but then finding bluebird conditions once the event was underway.… More | Posted: January 11, 2013
Bleiler Undaunted By ‘Orbital Blowout’
In two weeks, snowboard star Gretchen Bleiler will open her season at the X Games in her hometown of Aspen – just six months after shattering her eye socket in a trampoline accident.… More | Posted: January 10, 2013
Actor, columnist, cook: Meet Yoga’s glamour girl Kathryn Budig
She spent many years acting in theatre until she realised she was meant to be a yoga teacher.… More | Posted: January 8, 2013
Visa U.S. Freeskiing Grand Prix to Open at Copper
COPPER MOUNTAIN, CO (Jan. 2) – New to the Olympic sports roster, halfpipe and slopestyle freeskiing, will hit Copper Mountain Jan.… More | Posted: January 4, 2013
Local Olympian wins opening World Cup competitions
BOZEMAN – It was hard for Heather McPhie to stay focused when she clicked into her bindings in Finland on Dec.… More | Posted: January 3, 2013
Brita is back
Brita Sigourney has recovered from a knee injury and is back on top of the podium
Two-time Winter X Games medalist Brita Sigourney has recovered from the torn ACL knee injury that sidelined her at Winter X Games Tignes last March.… More | Posted: January 2, 2013