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Olympic hopeful Arielle Gold: Backstage with Rascal Flatts 09/16/2013
IRVINE, CA (Sep. 16) - FIS World Champion and 17 year old Olympic hopeful Arielle Gold (Steamboat Springs, CO) had the opportunity to meet her favorite band, Rascal Flatts, while on a layover in Irvine, CA, on Saturday. Gold, who was on her way home from a month of training in New Zealand, coincidentally landed in L.A. on the same day that the... |
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Mitrani Recovering from Training Crash 09/03/2013
CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand (Sept. 3) – Snowboarder Luke Mitrani is recovering at a Christchurch hospital after successful surgery to stabilize a fractured vertebrae. Mitrani was injured Sunday (Sept. 1) while training in the halfpipe at Cardrona. According to U.S. Snowboarding Medical Director Kyle Wilkens, New Zealand doctors said that Monday’s... |
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Clark Opens Sochi Season With Win 08/23/2013
CARDRONA, New Zealand (Aug. 24) - Kelly Clark (W. Dover, VT) opened the Sochi Olympic season with a win in the Audi Quattro New Zealand Winter Games halfpipe Saturday. Gretchen Bleiler (Aspen, CO) was third in the first FIS Snowboard World Cup halfpipe of the season. It was a reassuring victory for Clark, who survived a first run fall to come... |
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Anderson Takes Slope Opener in Cardrona 08/18/2013
CARDRONA, New Zealand (Aug. 19) - X Games champion Jamie Anderson (South Lake Tahoe, CA) persevered through fog and a nine-hour comp day to pickup a season opening slopestyle victory at the FIS Snowboard World Cup in Cardrona, part of the New Zealand Audi Quattro Games. Anderson, who also won the Sprint U.S. Grand Prix World Cup at Copper... |
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Kely Clark Finalist for Sportswoman of the Year 08/13/2013
PARK CITY, UT (Aug. 13) - Olympic gold medalist Kelly Clark (West Dover, VT) has been nominated as a finalist for the 2013 Sportswoman of the Year. The Women's Sport Foundation will host the 34th Annual Salute to Women in Sports on October 16th. Winners are determined by the Foundation's Award Committee and the public. ... |
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Top Snowboarders to Train at High Cascade 07/12/2013
MT. HOOD, OR (July 12) – U.S. Snowboarding’s top riders will be preparing for the upcoming Olympic Winter Games in Sochi with a pair of on-snow training sessions at High Cascade Snowboard Camp in Mt. Hood. Olympic medalists Kelly Clark (W. Dover, VT), Hannah Teter (Belmont, VT), Gretchen Bleiler (Aspen, CO) and Scotty Lago (Seabrook, NH) will... |
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Shaun White Talks Sochi on "Late Show" 07/12/2013
PARK CITY, UT (July 13) - Shaun White sat down with David Letterman on the Late Show to discuss his plans for the Olympic Winter Games in Sochi next year. White reflected on his halfpipe wins in Vancouver and Torino, discussed his plans for returning to his slopestyle roots and shared his thoughts on up-and-coming competitor ... |
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Kelly Clark Nominated for ESPY 06/28/2013
PARK CITY, UT (June 28) - Two-time Olympic medalist Kelly Clark (West Dover, VT) has been nominated for an ESPY award. Under the category of Best Female Action Sports Athlete, Clark's impressive season included two X Games gold medals and her 60th career victory - more than any male or female snowboarder. ... |
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Athlete Spotlight: Alex Deibold 05/23/2013
Alex Deibold is as comfortable in the halfpipe as he is on the snowboardcross course, yet when he took third at the U.S. Champs in '07, the Stratton Mountain School grad stamped his name on the competitive world of SBX. According to the man himself, you ride because "snowboarding is fun—and when you compete, you're pushed to improve whether you... |
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Mammoth Set for Pre-Olympic Training Camps 05/20/2013
MAMMOTH MOUNTAIN, CA (May 20, 2013) – Top Olympic skiers and snowboarders will be heading to California’s Mammoth Mountain Ski Area in the lead up to Sochi. The U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association has named Mammoth Mountain as an Official Training Ground for U.S. Freeskiing and U.S. Snowboarding, providing valuable spring and fall training camps... |
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Sochi Spots On Line in Grand Prix 05/13/2013
PARK CITY, UT (May 13) – Tickets to Sochi will be on the line for snowboarding and the newest Olympic sport of freeskiing in America’s longest standing winter action sports tour, the Sprint U.S. Grand Prix. The Sprint U.S. Grand Prix also incorporates the Visa U.S. |
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Chelone Miller Remembered 04/08/2013
MAMMOTH LAKES, CA (April 8) - Professional snowboarder Chelone “Chilly’ Miller (Mammoth Lakes, CA) was known just as much for his optimism and kind personality he was for his fearless presence on Mammoth Mountain’s biggest park features. He passed away early Sunday morning from an apparent seizure, stemming from a 2005 motorcycle accident that... |
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Anderson Second in Slopestyle 03/22/2013
TIGNES, France (March 22) – Jamie Anderson (South Lake Tahoe, CA) threw down a stylish and technical run to win silver in snowboard slopestyle at X Games Tignes on Friday. She was gunning for an X Games three-peat, after winning gold at X Games Tignes in 2011 and 2012. She put down a progressive line in the first round, but couldn’t match it in... |
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Vito Victory in X Games Halfpipe 03/21/2013
TIGNES, France (March 21) – On his 25th birthday, Louie Vito (Sandy, UT) locked in his second X Games gold with an outstanding third run, providing a climactic end to an all-time X Games Tignes halfpipe competition. After a few minutes of deliberation, the judges awarded Vito a score of 92.66, just 0.66 points ahead of Arthur Longo from France... |
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Baumgartner 7th in SBX Finals 03/21/2013
SIERRA NEVADA, Spain (March 21) – In the final World Cup snowboardcross race of the season, veteran Nick Baumgartner (Iron River, MI) finished seventh, winning the small final with teammate, rookie Hagan Kearney (Telluride, CO), right on his tail in eighth. France’s Pierre Vaultier won the men’s race. Faye Gulini (Salt Lake City) took the top... |
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Clark Wins at X Games Tignes 03/20/2013
TIGNES, France (March 20) – Despite the falling snow, Kelly Clark (West Dover, VT) took her 62nd podium and the gold medal at the X Games Tignes women’s halfpipe on Wednesday. Elena Hight (South Lake Tahoe, CA) rode away with the silver and 16-year-old rookie Arielle Gold (Steamboat Springs, CO) landed on the podium with bronze.
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USA Second in Team SBX 03/17/2013
VEYSONNAZ, Switzerland (March 17) – Inches from victory, Nick Baumgartner (Iron River, MI) and Nate Holland (Squaw Valley, CA) took a photo finish second at the third and final FIS World Cup snowboardcross team event. Canadian team Christopher Robanske and Robert Fagan won the race. Jonathan Cheever (Saugus, MA) and Seth Wescott (Sugarloaf, ME... |
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Kotsenburg Fifth in Spindleruv 03/16/2013
SPINDLERUV MLYN, Czech Republic (March 16) - Sage Kotsenburg (Park City, UT) threw down and earned a season-best fifth finish at the Spindleruv World Cup slopestyle on Saturday, the top spot for U.S. Snowboarding. Torstein Horgmo from Norway rode with authority and landed on the top of the podium for the men. Enni Rukajarvi from Finland took... |
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Baumgartner 7th in SBX 03/16/2013
VEYSONNAZ, Switzerland (March 16) – Muscling through the tense heats, Nick Baumgartner (Iron River, MI) finished seventh in the Veysonnaz World Cup snowboardcross Saturday, securing the top finish for U.S. Snowboarding. The race left Baumgartner in fourth place in the World Cup snowboardcross standings, within reach of the top three as the team... |
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Holland Second in Arosa World Cup 03/09/2013
AROSA, Switzerland (March 9) – Nate Holland (Squaw Valley, CA) took his first World Cup podium of the season with a second place finish in the World Cup snowboardcross Saturday. In the finals Holland used the third jump to launch past Australia’s Alex Pullin to lead, but Pullin lurched ahead of Holland at the finish, winning by an inch or less... |
