Archive for the ‘Skiing’ Category
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
Skiers tapped for U.S. slopestyle team
The U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association named 10 athletes for its first freeskiing slopestyle national team Friday morning.… More | Posted: November 4, 2011
Grete Eliassen’s ski season through her Holga
The life of a pro skier and snowboarder is a filled with copious amounts of travel and adventure.… More | Posted: September 19, 2011
Dual citizen: Grete Eliassen Q&A
Grete Eliassen had a good season this year: Third in Winter X Slopestyle, first at Red Bull Cold Rush, the best female performance at the Powder Video Awards, and her Teton Gravity Research film debut in their latest release, “One For The Road,” due out this fall.… More | Posted: July 18, 2011
Bobby Brown, Grete Eliassen and Kaya Turski at Red Bull Tramp Camp
Tramp Camp – no not that type of camp you sillies. Bobby Brown, Grete Eliassen and Kaya Turski were at in the Toronto area last week for Red Bull Trampoline Camp at Skyriders Trampoline Facility in Markham practicing their flips and tricks with Tramp award winning coaches, Matt Christensen and David Ross.… More | Posted: June 21, 2011
WSF Response to NY Times Article “Born on Sidelines Cheering Clamors to Be Sport”
The New York Times released its third edition to its series about gender equity in athletics with the article, “Born on Sidelines, Cheering Clamors to Be Sport.”… More | Posted: May 25, 2011
At home with Grete Eliassen
Accompanied by Devin Logan, freestyle ski goddess Grete Eliassen visits her hometown of Minneapolis, Minnesota – a city well know for its urban freestyle spots and great skiers…
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Source: redbull.com… More | Posted: April 7, 2011
Grete Eliassen: Breaking Records and Hitting the Books
Grete Eliassen first began hitting jumps at age four, and now at 23 she holds the women’s world record for biggest air, at 31 feet (off of a 30 foot jump) that she claimed at the Canyons Resort in Utah last Spring.… More | Posted: March 8, 2011
Ladies weekend celebrates freestyle skiing
Professional skier and Uniontown native Kristi Leskinen grew up buying snowboarding videos – not skiing videos – for one simple reason.… More | Posted: February 25, 2011