Archive for the ‘Snowboarding’ Category
Snowboarder Gretchen Bleiler on MSNBC: Olmypians in their own words
To watch Gretchen, and several other Olympians talk about their inspiring journeys to the 2010 Winter Olympic Games, please visit MSNBC.com… More | Posted: February 4, 2010
Slopestyle offers skier and snowboarders more creativity
Though not featured at the Winter Olympics, terrain park slopestyle is a popular discipline among snowboarders and freeskiers.… More | Posted: February 4, 2010
Jamie Anderson, Grete Eliassen, Kristi Leskinen & others featured on Action Sports @ 710 ESPN Radio
Brandon Graham and Mark Willard host this Winter X Games 14 special, with guests Jamie Anderson, Tucker Hibbert, Nate Holland, and more!… More | Posted: February 3, 2010
Snowboarding phenoms Maddy Schaffrick and Jamie Anderson set to appear as Winter Dew Tour arrives at Mount Snow Resort in Vermont for the Toyota Championship, February 4-7; Anderson top contender for Dew Cup overall title.
The Winter Dew Tour, the world’s premier season-long winter action sports tour, concludes its sophomore season with the last of three stops, the Toyota Championship, beginning Thursday, Feb.… More | Posted: February 2, 2010
Coca-Cola’s 6 Pack of Athletes want to know, “Do You Play Air Guitar?”
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AP favors Gretchen Bleiler to win Gold in 2010 Vancouver Olympics
The Associated Press makes their medal projections for the 2010 Vancouver Olympics:
ALPINE SKIING
Men
Downhill
GOLD-Manuel Osborne-Paradis, Canada
SILVER-Michael Walchhofer, Austria
BRONZE-Didier Cuche, Switzerland
Super-G
GOLD-Aksel Lund Svindal, Norway
SILVER-Bode Miller, United States
BRONZE-Didier Defago, Switzerland
Slalom
GOLD-Ivica Kostelic, Croatia
SILVER-Reinfried Herbst, Austria
BRONZE-Giuliano Razzoli, Italy
Giant Slalom
GOLD-Benjamin Raich, Austria
SILVER-Max Blardone, Italy
BRONZE-Aksel Lund Svindal, Norway
Super-Combi
GOLD-Carlo Janka, Switzerland
SILVER-Aksel Lund Svindal, Norway
BRONZE-Julien Lizeroux, France
Women
Downhill
GOLD-Lindsey Vonn, United States
SILVER-Maria Riesch, Germany
BRONZE-Anja Paerson, Sweden
Super-G
GOLD-Lindsey Vonn, United States
SILVER-Anja Paerson, Sweden
BRONZE-Elisabeth Goergl, Austria
Slalom
GOLD-Marlies Schild, Austria
SILVER-Maria Riesch, Germany.… More | Posted: January 31, 2010
Maddy Schaffrick: X GamesՉ۬youngest competitor
The X Games have been around long enough that there is now a generation of athletes who grew up on the event.… More | Posted: January 31, 2010
“Number Two, Woo-Hoo!” Jones Takes Women’s Snowboard Slopestyle on Her Final Run
Jenny Jones went into her last run knowing that if she wanted to repeat in Women’s Snowboard Slopestyle, that she would have to put up a big number to surpass Jamie Anderson.… More | Posted: January 31, 2010
Bleiler Again Tops Clark, Setting Up Potential Showdown
Gretchen Bleiler defeated Kelly Clark for the second time this month, setting up a potential showdown in the halfpipe at the Winter Olympics in Vancouver in February.… More | Posted: January 31, 2010