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Nikita Chickita USA 2010
posted on March 9, 2010 at 6:58pm

by :  Jenna Goldberg Jessica Jensen Sweeps Nikita Chickita USA 2010 "It was my first all-girl event and I had so much fun!" Winner Jessica jensen You’re bombing a run in Utah when you look over at a contest zone located at the...more

The 'Flying Tomato' hits another bullseye
posted on March 8, 2010 at 7:12pm

With the Olympics behind him, Shaun White has time to focus on yet another hobby: fashion design. The "Flying Tomato" already had a successful line of clothing with Target, which was launched in 2008. But after another gold medal win, the retailer and maj...more

MDP, The People Crew, and where they are today
posted on March 4, 2010 at 7:17pm

Since the beginning of Snowboarding there has been groups, cliques, filming crews, etc. One of the most well known crews has been Mack Dawg Productions, aka MDP. Led by founder and originator Brad Kramer, MDP has been documenting snowboarding and skateboa...more

Spring Boarding, Anyone?
posted on March 2, 2010 at 7:12am

Can you believe this pow at Keystone?! Today is March 1, which means that spring is finally here (well, technically the official “first day of spring” is March 20, but with 70 degree temps yesterday, it may as well already be spring here in LA!)  ...more

Olympics, Almost Closing Remarks (plus, a giveaway!)
posted on February 27, 2010 at 11:20am

This coming weekend marks the last few events of the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, Canada, as Sunday’s closing ceremonies will officially end the games.  The last two events in snowboarding will happen tonight and tomorrow at Cypress, the men’s and wom...more

Snowboarding Video Interview with Andrea Nowack
posted on February 25, 2010 at 5:36pm

Last weekend I got the opportunity to sit down and chat with Andrea Nowack, a Women Talk Sports blogger. Her blog is Westbound Boarder (www.westboundboarder.com), which she writes with her friend Danielle Helberg. The blog covers pretty much every sport w...more

Cholula Tripple Air, This Weekend’s Tripple Success
posted on February 23, 2010 at 3:57pm

Hot sauce and snowboarding … sounds like the perfect day, right?  This past weekend, I went up to Mt. High to watch the 12th annual Cholula Tripple Air competition (also put on in part by Monster Energy and Powder and Sun ride shop), featuring some o...more

It Ain't Over 'Till It's Over- TTR World Tour Full Steam Ahead
posted on February 23, 2010 at 11:49am

The Winter Olympics- possibly the highlight of an elite snowboarder's career- is over. Torah Bright (AUS) Hannah Teter (USA) and Kelly Clark (USA) flew home happy, with medals hanging from their necks. Torah got the gold, and alongside her TTR Title i...more

Women of Winter on Wednesdays at Squaw Valley USA
posted on February 22, 2010 at 6:14pm

Introducing WOW! Women of Winter on Wednesdays. Join Squaw Valley USA for a 2-hour all women ski and snowboard adventure that is “on the GO!” This non-traditional clinic will be led by top instructors who will guide you around the mountain with tip...more

Snowboard: Australia's Bright wins women's halfpipe
posted on February 19, 2010 at 5:26pm

Torah Bright won Australia's first gold of the Vancouver Games in women's halfpipe Thursday, ending long-standing US domination of the sport. Bright's winning score was 45.00 points, with 2006 champion Hannah Teter of America scoring 42.4 and her team-...more

Bright Competes, Wins Gold
posted on February 19, 2010 at 11:28am

Why did I think she had been injured and wasn't going to go?   She crashed the Americans-only party the network was trying to set up (and they tried to make it stereotypically attractive blondes only, too, by paying much less attention to Clark in their...more

Olympics - Share Your Thoughts
posted on February 19, 2010 at 11:28am

The Olympic halfpipe events, which most participants have spent months, even years, preparing for, have come and gone, and it really was quite a good time.  Shaun White totally stole the show (and for good reason) but with all the hype around White ...more

Team USA: Teter Silver, Clark Bronze in Pipe
posted on February 19, 2010 at 11:27am

Olympic gold medalists Hannah Teter (Belmont, VT) and Kelly Clark (Mt. Snow) added silver and bronze to their respective trophy cases, while Australia's Torah Bright brought the gold medal Down Under with a final run 45.0 in Thursday night's women's hal...more

Spring Training
posted on February 18, 2010 at 4:55pm

Thank the President's! Or thank my lovely employer for granting me Monday off this week. I was shocked to learn that a lot of people are not getting Presidents' Day off as a holiday any more. I've always had this day off, through many, many jobs, so it ce...more

Who's haute? Hannah Teter
posted on February 18, 2010 at 4:53pm

It's been a successful Winter Olympics thus far for Team USA, with five gold medals and surely more on the way. Hannah Teter will seek to add to that list today, as she competes in the women's snowboard halfpipe. Hannah began snowboarding at age 8 and qui...more

U.S. Snowboarding Best Friends
posted on February 18, 2010 at 4:32pm

The U.S. women’s snowboard team is a snowboarding dream team. Gretchen Bleiler, Hannah Teeter and Kelly Clark are each extremely talented snowboarders… they also happen to be best friends. They are cheering for each other at the same time tha...more

Tonight, the Olympic Show was painted white
posted on February 18, 2010 at 8:13am

Tonight back at Cypress Mountain, the Olympic Games continued, with the much-anticipated men’s halfpipe competition taking center stage. And with all four US riders – Scotty Lago, Greg Bretz, Louie Vito, and Shaun White – making their way into the m...more

Debunking the Double Cork, Today’s trick to watch
posted on February 17, 2010 at 2:19pm

It is the infamous trick that has been all the rage this Olympic season - the double cork 1080.  And with a successful two days of snowboardcross behind us, it is the trick everyone will be watching out for over the next two days.  Today, the men’s Ol...more

Jacobellis gets hard-luck fifth
posted on February 17, 2010 at 12:37pm

Story by: Matthew Piper In an instant, Lindsey Jacobellis (Stratton Mountain, VT) saw her hopes of gold slip away. The 2006 silver medalist was kicked off course in a banked turn to pave the way for Canada's Maelle Ricker, who nearly didn't qualify fo...more

Jacobellis returns home empty handed (again)
posted on February 17, 2010 at 8:19am

Today and throughout the week, the 2010 Olympic Games in Vancouver continued … So far, I have really enjoyed watching the events I have been able to watch.  Growing up as a little girl, the ice skating was always my favorite; that is, until snowboardin...more

Vancouver 2010: Trailblazing U.S. Halfpipe Team
posted on February 15, 2010 at 8:49am

  The sport of halfpipe snowboarding has come a long way since its inclusion in the Olympics in 1998, and no group of athletes has been more instrumental in its recent evolution than the 2010 U.S. Olympic Halfpipe Team, which met the press for its arr...more

SBX Team Ready for All Comers
posted on February 11, 2010 at 6:15pm

After a gold and silver in Torino, the U.S. Olympic Snowboardcross Team might well have a target on its back at Cypress Mountain. But so does everybody else in the daring sport that pits four boarders against each other on an obstacle-laden battle to th...more

"Politics is culture is politics": Mayer, Social Media, and the Narcissistic Cult of Self
posted on February 11, 2010 at 4:12pm

I don't actually care about John Mayer one way or the other -- anybody trying this hard to get attention should simply be ignored because any publicity is good publicity, right? Of course, I found his controversial comments abhorrent, but sadly not a ...more

Crystal Mountain to host The North Face Masters of Snowboarding for the first time
posted on February 11, 2010 at 4:03pm

Fresh off the tour’s first stop, The North Face Masters of Snowboarding (TNF Masters) arrives at Crystal Mountain, Washington, February 9-12, 2010, for the first time in the event’s history. Big-name pros, along with up-and-comers from around the glob...more

B4BC at Holiday Valley
posted on February 9, 2010 at 12:52pm

  Holiday Valley Resort recently announced that a generous sponsorship from the Western New York Breast Health Center in Amherst, NY has been pledged to the second annual Boarding for Breast Cancer event. Boarding for Breast Cancer is a non-profit fun...more
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