Archive for February, 2010



France’s Desmares competes during her qualifying run of the women’s snowboard parallel giant slalom at the Vancouver … (Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)

Saturday 27 February 2010 @ 10:02 am

France’s Nathalie Desmares competes during her qualifying run of the women’s snowboard parallel giant slalom on Cypress Mountain at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics, February 26, 2010. REUTERS/Mike Blake

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Saturday’s Snowboard Start List (Connecticut Post)

Saturday 27 February 2010 @ 9:02 am

Saturday’s Snowboard Start List (3) Sylvain Dufour, France. (5) Jasey Jay Anderson, Canada. (17) Chris Klug, Aspen, Colo. (19) Tyler Jewell, Steamboat Springs, Colo. (25) Adam Mcleish, Britain. (30) Petr Sindelar, Czech Republic.

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France’s De Faucompret competes during her qualifying run of the women’s snowboard parallel giant slalom at the … (Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)

Saturday 27 February 2010 @ 9:02 am

France’s Camille De Faucompret competes during her qualifying run of the women’s snowboard parallel giant slalom on Cypress Mountain at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics, February 26, 2010. REUTERS/Mike Blake

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Snowboard: Sauerbreij wins parallel giant slalom gold - AFP News : Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics (Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics)

Saturday 27 February 2010 @ 9:02 am

Vancouver (AFP) - Nicolien Sauerbreij captured the Netherlands’ first Olympic Games snowboard title on Friday with victory in the women’s giant parallel slalom at a rain-swept, fog-bound Cypress Mountain. The 30-year-old Amsterdam native confirmed her status as world number one, edging out Russian 22-year-old Ekaterina Ilyukhina with Marion Kreiner of Austria taking bronze. After taking the …

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Austria’s Meschik competes during the women’s snowboard parallel giant slalom at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics (Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)

Saturday 27 February 2010 @ 8:02 am

Austria’s Ina Meschik competes during her second qualifying run of the women’s snowboard parallel giant slalom on Cypress Mountain at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics, February 26, 2010. REUTERS/Mike Blake

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Austria’s Guenther celebrates in the finish area after her run in the women’s snowboard parallel giant slalom … (Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)

Saturday 27 February 2010 @ 8:02 am

Austria’s Doris Guenther celebrates in the finish area after her run in the women’s snowboard parallel giant slalom qualifiers, on Cypress Mountain at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics, February 26, 2010. REUTERS/Chris Helgren

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Canada’s Zakreski and Germany’s Kober fall after their qualifying run of the women’s snowboard parallel giant slalom … (Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)

Saturday 27 February 2010 @ 8:02 am

Canada’s Kimiko Zakreski (L) and Germany’s Amelie Kober fall in the finish area after their qualifying run of the women’s snowboard parallel giant slalom on Cypress Mountain at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics, February 26, 2010. REUTERS/Chris Helgren

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Dutch Sauerbreij wins women’s PGS snowboard Olympic gold (People’s Daily)

Saturday 27 February 2010 @ 8:02 am

Nicolien Sauerbreij grabbed the first Olympic medal for the Netherlands in snowboard as the third time Olympian clinched the title of women’s parallel giant slalom at Cypress on Friday. Sauerbreij, 30, beat Russian Olympic debutant Ekaterina Ilyukhina to clinch the title. Austrian Marion Kreiner took the bronze medal. It’s the fourth gold of the Netherlands at the Vancouver Games and its first …

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Canada’s Zakreski falls after her qualifying run of the women’s snowboard parallel giant slalom at the Vancouver 2010 … (Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)

Saturday 27 February 2010 @ 7:02 am

Canada’s Kimiko Zakreski crashes into the wall in the finish area after her qualifying run of the women’s snowboard parallel giant slalom on Cypress Mountain at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics, February 26, 2010. REUTERS/Chris Helgren

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Snowboard made from two Apple PowerBook G4s available on eBay (ZDNet)

Saturday 27 February 2010 @ 7:02 am

If you live in the Northeast and are looking for an alternative way to get to work this morning (is this being called “Snowpacalypse 2010″ this time?), check around your house for some old laptops, string ‘em together and you got yourself a snowboard! No, really… by Rachel King

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