Archive for the ‘Sports’ Category
Jamie Anderson Wins Canadian Open Slopestyle
CALGARY, AB (February 5, 2011) – For the second day the Chinook winds continued to blow off and on during the men’s and women’s slopestyle finals competition, where seasoned pro Jamie Anderson (USA) and up-and-coming American rider Sam Hulbert took home first place and valuable points towards both the BGOS and TTR Titles, along with $7,500 cash each.… More | Posted: February 9, 2011
Aspen Times article mischaracterized superpipe competition
Dear Editor:
In response to the article written by Jon Maletz on the front page of The Aspen Times on Sunday, Jan.… More | Posted: February 9, 2011
Grete Eliassen Checks in Prior to Winter X Games
Grete Eliassen is in a league of her own. As one of the most accomplished women in freeskiing, she’s driven to expand the role of women in the sport, pushing for more exposure and more participation.… More | Posted: February 9, 2011
Jamie Anderson dishes Beauty Secrets and Hair and Makeup Must-Haves to Teen Vogue
X Games Snowboarders Dish Their Beauty Secrets And Hair and Makeup Must-Haves
Jamie Anderson may only be 20 years old, but she knows a thing or two about milestones.… More | Posted: February 1, 2011
Bleiler Helps Develop Holga Cameras
One Saturday in the fall, while watching TV, Patrick DelliBovi noticed that snowboarding queen Gretchen Bleiler was using his company’s camera in an 35-minute travel film called “Uniquely.”… More | Posted: January 31, 2011
Plum TV’s Top of the Mountain featuring Gretchen Bleiler & ALEX Bottle
This episode hosted by Ramona Bruland and Olympic medalist Gretchen Bleiler is all about women’s specific snow sports.… More | Posted: January 31, 2011
New York Times: At X Games, Battle for Sponsors Is Also Fierce
In snowboarding, they call this the Olympic hangover year. And for Torah Bright, a gold medalist in snowboard halfpipe at the Vancouver Games and a Mormon who does not drink, it has been a time to nurse ailments.… More | Posted: January 29, 2011
No slowing rapid progression of Winter X tricks
Gretchen Bleiler remembers a time, not that long ago, when her discipline was a giant laughingstock, a painful undercard to snowboarding’s marquee event.… More | Posted: January 29, 2011
The charitable side of X
As the X Games has grown and matured, so have its athletes, and many of this week’s big names are seizing the opportunity to utilize their star power and the X Games stage to do something bigger than themselves and their sport.… More | Posted: January 29, 2011