Archive for the ‘Sports’ Category
Q&A with Gretchen Bleiler
The pro snowboarder on her ultimate vacation, personal mantra and off-season workout.
Monday, January 09, 2012 | Q Editors
Gretchen Bleiler’s Olympic and X Games snowboarding medals and commitment to environmental causes make her a role model for women everywhere.… More | Posted: January 10, 2012
American skier Sarah Schleper retires from World Cup circuit after 15 years, 186 races
By Associated Press, Published: December 29
LIENZ, Austria – Sarah Schleper let out her trademark roar at the start of a World Cup race for the last time, then leisurely skied down the Hochstein course in a gray minidress, carrying a photo camera and picking up 3-year-old son Lasse midway through her run.… More | Posted: January 3, 2012
Getting ready for Winter X. Skiers, snowboarders are training indoors and outdoors for Winter X Games 2012
As Winter X Games Aspen 2012 inches closer, athletes are getting ready any way they can. That means spending more time in the gym or on trampolines and more time in the park and pipe fine-tuning their tricks.… More | Posted: January 3, 2012
Parkway Grad, Olympic Triathlete Comes Home This Holiday
Local Olympian, Sarah Haskins, talks to firefighters, grade-school students about nutrition and goal-setting.
Olympic Triathlete Sarah Haskins came home for the holidays last week from her winter home in Florida, where she lives with her husband, Nathan Kortuem.… More | Posted: January 3, 2012
Back from injury, Steamboat’s Schaffrick shows the sky’s the limit
Steamboat Springs – Part of Maddy Schaffrick’s charm is the understanding she has about the world around her.… More | Posted: January 3, 2012
Bleiler Signs With K2 Through 2014
K2 Snowboarding has extended its partnership with Gretchen Bleiler through 2014. Bleiler, X Games champion and Olympic medalist, has been a part of the K2 women’s snowboarding team for more than eight years, helping collaborate with brand’s product development, such as her K2 EcoPop snowboard, Contour boots, and Agogo bindings.… More | Posted: December 22, 2011
Gretchen Bleiler takes 2nd in women’s pipe at Dew Tour
One of the best rivalries in women’s snowboarding sprang to life in the Breckenridge halfpipe Saturday, as veteran U.S.… More | Posted: December 20, 2011
Freeskier Video Profile: Grete Eliassen
We’ve teamed up with our friends at Teton Gravity Research to bring you a series of exclusive athlete profiles.… More | Posted: December 13, 2011
Steamboat’s Maddy Schaffrick goes big in halfpipe to get 2nd at Grand Prix event at Copper Mountain
The 17-year-old Steamboat Springs snowboarder hadn’t competed in 18 months, and on Saturday – in her first competition back from injury – she registered the biggest finish of her young and promising career.… More | Posted: December 13, 2011