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Temecula rider whips up X Games gold

admin — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 09:07:46 +0000

It’s triple official: No one whips it like Todd Potter. The Temecula rider won his third consecutive Moto X Best Whip gold, defeating five other motocross standouts by earning a whopping 52 percent of the fan text vote Friday at X Games 16.

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Colo. man to head Heavenly ski resort at Tahoe

admin — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 08:07:41 +0000

A Colorado ski resort executive has been selected to head the Heavenly Mountain Resort on Lake Tahoe’s south shore. Vail Ski and Snowboard School Director Pete Sonntag will begin Aug. 1 as Heavenly’s vice president and general manager. In his position at… Lake Tahoe - Heavenly Mountain Resort - Ski resort - United States - Colorado

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Okanagan Boardshop Shoots For MTV Status

admin — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 08:07:38 +0000

Kelowna’s The Bakery Boardshop and Lounge has entered the MTV casting call contest with a video that portrays the Skateboard & Snowboard lifestyle growing up in the okanagan.

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Vail ski scholars ride into future

admin — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 07:07:06 +0000

Vail Ski and Snowboard Academy graduates Kristi Waring, left, Michael Penhale, Cannon O’Brien, Anouk Guilmineau, and RD Cordova stand for the National Anthem to start their commencment ceremony Wednesday at the Donovan Pavilion in Vail.

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Miah Wheeler named head coach at Windells

admin — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 10:07:55 +0000

Windells Academy, the snowsport-specific school launched by the famous ski and snowboard camp on Oregon’s Mount Hood, announced Friday that Miah Wheeler will serve as their new snowboard director and head coach. “We are excited to have someone who brings such a variety of strengths to the table at Windells Academy. With almost a decade of coaching experience, Miah is going to be a vital asset to …

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Shaun White tries to regain skate mojo

admin — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 09:07:38 +0000

With snowboard stowed away, Olympic gold medalist is getting back on his skateboard

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Shaun White prepares for X Games 16 Skateboard Vert

admin — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 10:07:28 +0000

In the months after an Olympics, most athletes experience something they call “the Olympic Hangover” — that period of time after the Olympic fever has cooled and before another major event looms on the horizon. The same, however, can’t be said for Shaun White, the 2010 Olympic gold medalist in snowboard halfpipe. He doesn’t have time for a hangover. Just weeks after appearing on Oprah and …

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Carlsbads Gagnon outduels White in skateboard vert

admin — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 07:07:03 +0000

The five fans sitting in the middle of the Nokia Theatre made no secret where their skateboarding allegiances rested. Emulating Shaun White, they wore red tinsel wigs. Owing to Whites Flying Tomato nickname, one scrawled Fly Tomato Fly on the back of her T-shirt.

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HCSC Spin Cycle 010.

admin — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 10:07:29 +0000

High Cascade Snowboard Summer Camp brings back the Spin Cycle event for 2010. PHOTOS: Aaron Blatt

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Ricker gets vote for Canadian flag-bearer

admin — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 10:07:11 +0000

Canada’s Maelle Ricker receives the Olympic gold medal in snowboard cross racing at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver, Canada February 17, 2010. Ricker is the first Canadian woman to win an Olympic gold medal in Canada.

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