Archive for the ‘Snowboarding’ Category
Olympic snowboarder Gretchen Bleiler visits jamboree
Gretchen Bleiler, the 2006 Olympic silver medalist in snowboard halfpipe, visited the mountain boarding event on Saturday at the 2010 National Scout Jamboree.… More | Posted: August 4, 2010
Who’s your Maddy?
16 year-old Maddy Schaffrick chats with Brando about being the youngest kid on the U.S. Snowboarding team, corking her 720’s, and the perils of a broken arm.… More | Posted: June 22, 2010
Snowboarding Barbie with Gretchen Bleiler
A snowboarding Barbie is part of the “I Can Be” collection, which introduces girls to the wide world of careers.… More | Posted: June 14, 2010
Gretchen Bleiler named one of Planet Green’s Top 5 Eco Athletes
Planet 100 is a new webseries from Planet Green that gives you the top environmental stories in 100 seconds or less.… More | Posted: June 7, 2010
Off-piste with Gretchen Bleiler
Snowboarder Gretchen Bleiler talks to CNN’s Justin Armsden about taking on the half-pipe at the Olympics and chasing gold medals.… More | Posted: May 7, 2010
COVERGIRL Snow Angels Invitational 2010 Video
Here’s a little video from Associate Editor, Tawnya Schultz, from COVERGIRL Snow Angels Invitational at Aspen/Snowmass featuring Gretchen Bleiler, Elena Hight, Ellery Hollingsworth, Kelly Clark and more.… More | Posted: April 20, 2010
Getting back to roots of snowboarding
Olympic-level halfpipe snowboarders spend much of the year training for and competing in contests, be it at summer locations in the Southern Hemisphere, preseason sessions in Colorado or on the competitive circuit at events such as the Winter X Games.… More | Posted: April 15, 2010
The World’s Best Summer Internship
It’s spring break time and a lot of college students are thinking about summer internships. While those internships may bring to mind doing menial tasks such as fetching coffee for people you hope to learn from, there is one internship out there that takes the cake.… More | Posted: April 7, 2010
Kelly Clark wins Snow Angels Invitational
Snow Angels riders get Aspen pow fix before the big halfpipe show.
On an overcast Saturday at Aspen Snowmass, with more than two feet of fresh snow having fallen on the slopes in the week leading up to the event, Kelly Clark took home a prize of $10,000 for winning the third annual COVERGIRL Snow Angels Invitational superpipe competition.… More | Posted: April 5, 2010