Archive for the ‘Skiing’ Category
Brita Sigourney Places First For Women’s Superpipe Freeski Semi-Final
Women’s Freeski Pipe Semi-Finals
The Dew Tour iON Mountain Championships at Breckenridge, Colorado kicked off with Women’s Freeski Superpipe Semi-Final, in order to set the stage for a week full of great competition.… More | Posted: December 12, 2012
U.S. Freeskiing Team Named at Copper Mountain
COPPER MOUNTAIN, CO (Dec. 8) – The 2013 U.S. Freeskiing Team, a powerhouse squad of 33 athletes led by four-time X Games medalist Tom Wallisch (Pittsburgh, PA) X Games Champion David Wise (Reno, NV), Overall Association of Freeskiing Professionals Champion Devin Logan (West Dover, VT) and four-time X Game medalist Torin Yater-Wallace (Basalt, CO) was named today at Copper Mountain.… More | Posted: December 10, 2012
GRETE ELIASSEN: FITTER, HAPPIER
With slopestyle set to make its Winter Olympics debut in the Russian city of Sochi, Grete Eliassen is ahead of the curve.… More | Posted: December 4, 2012
Shaun White, Gretchen Bleiler and more set to compete at Dew Tour ION Mountain Championships
Dew Tour to Debut Ski and Snowboard Big Air and Downtown Breckenridge Events
Burr Ridge, III – November 19, 2012 – The Dew Tour today announced the first round of confirmed athletes for the iON Mountain Championships in Breckenridge, Colo.,… More | Posted: November 19, 2012
Athletes announced for XG Aspen ’13
X Games Aspen 2013 kicks off first event of the Global Expansion
On Thursday, ESPN announced the first wave of invited athletes for X Games Aspen 2013, which is taking place Jan.… More | Posted: November 16, 2012
Debrief with Grete Eliassen on the London Olympic Games
Last night, the world watched as the 2012 Summer Olympic Games drew to a close in London.… More | Posted: August 14, 2012
Separate jumps for female athletes?
Based on survey results, Kristi Leskinen advocating for separate Slopestyle jumps for women. Kristi Leskinen is proposing that female skiers compete on separate courses from men.… More | Posted: March 27, 2012
Title IX almost 40: In it for the long run
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Grete Eliassen was not going to let a little thing like a torn anterior cruciate ligament stand in the way of her lobbying congressional leaders to support women’s sports.… More | Posted: February 6, 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