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Skier Lindsey Vonn 2010 AP Female Athlete of Year
by Pretty Tough
posted December 19, 2010 at 11:57am

The year-end awards keep coming: Gold and bronze medals at the Vancouver Games, plus a third consecutive World Cup overall title, helped Lindsey Vonn become the 2010 Female Athlete of the Year, chosen by members of The Associated Press. She is the first ...more

Winter Dew Tour, Day 3 - Vito and Castellet Top The Podium
by Westbound Boarder
posted December 19, 2010 at 11:55am

I’m out here in Breckenridge, Colorado again for the third day of the first Winter Dew Tour Stop, the Nike 6.0 Open. With prelim rounds behind us, today riders prepped for the men’s and women’s ski and snowboard halfpipe finals. Unlike yesterday...more

2010 Winter Dew Tour kicks off at Breckenridge
by Pretty Tough
posted December 18, 2010 at 2:39pm

Breckenridge’s new 22-foot pipe is one of the best pipes in the world. With this week’s Nike 6.0 Open — the first stop of the Winter Dew Tour — at Breckenridge Ski Resort, hundreds of world-class athletes will be taking competitive runs down t...more

Westbound Boarder's Links to Surf This Week
by Westbound Boarder
posted December 11, 2010 at 10:46am

This week, some of the best from around the web! Fireriding? Check out this pretty sweet vid posted in Transworld. (Caution: Don’t try this at home, ladies!) “Halfpipe? Hasta la vista!” says Gretchen Bleiler: In her new blog on espnW.com (its E...more

Transworld Snowboarding Readers Poll Awards - Rider of the Year
by Westbound Boarder
posted December 6, 2010 at 1:39pm

Now is your opportunity to vote for the Transworld Snowboarding 12th Rider of the Year. You can enter in any shredder and and the male and female winners will be announced January 12th, 2011. This is a readers Poll so take this chance to support your fav ...more

UPDATE: Ladies’ speed season starts at Lake Louise
by Pretty Tough
posted December 4, 2010 at 6:11pm

It’s time for the ladies’ speed season start at Lake Louise – the first of three trainings is set for tomorrow. Each year, the venue hosts the world’s finest female Alpine skiers as they race for a spot on the podium. The women will race Downhill...more

New Obsession: Juicy Couture "Black Diamond" ski goggles
by A Glam Slam
posted December 3, 2010 at 7:57pm

Snow bunnies can bring some style to the slopes this season with the new "Black Diamond" ski goggles from Juicy Couture. The fun, feminine and sporty eyewear will be a great compliment to any ski ensemble. This is the third ski goggle to be unveiled by J...more

Giveaway: Helly Hansen Baselayers
by Westbound Boarder
posted December 2, 2010 at 11:49am

So the snow has been falling all across the West, which to me, means only one thing…winter is unofficially here! What does that mean to all of you? Time to gear up…and what better way to do so than starting with the basics. We are talking baselayers h...more

Bringing Changes to the 2022 Winter Olympic Games
by nerdbarry
posted November 30, 2010 at 12:38pm

The United States Olympic Committee USOC is not only looking to further the athletic accomplishments but make sustainable environmental changes to the Winter Games. And with the bid for the 2022 games being award in 2015, they must move fast with their ef...more

Nikita’s November Newsbite
by SkaterGirl
posted November 24, 2010 at 12:01am

More news from the lovelies over at Nikita! Click on the image for a larger copy, or download the PDF here… Nikita Newsbite November 2010 for a more readable copy, complete with links! Related posts:Nikita: Artist Series Nikita Newsbite: September 2...more

Women's Highlights from The Backyard Bang in Denver
by Dyla Magazine - Women's Action Sports Coalition
posted November 23, 2010 at 10:20pm

First place for women and $1000 was awarded to Courtney Cox for an unmatched arsenal of tricks on all the rail jam features throughout the 30-minute finals. Thousands of spectators swarmed the event set up at 1200 Lincoln St. in downtown Denver to cele...more

Finally! An acceptable pose for women athletes
by Wendy Parker's Extracurriculars
posted November 22, 2010 at 10:20pm

Another women’s pro soccer team has bitten the dust — a team that just won a league championship, in fact — as that same league maneuvers yet again to stay in business. But in the land of the Sisters of Perpetual Indignance, where small-bore cultur...more

Surprise feature in Columbia's Omni-Heat Jacket
by Women Skiing and Sports
posted November 22, 2010 at 12:14pm

My new Omni-Heat jacket by Columbia is incredibly warm and stylish. The warmth comes from the revolutionary thermal technology of the tiny silver dots in the inside of the lining that generates and retains heat created by your body. You can read about t...more

Lindsey Vonn trapped in snowstorm
by Women Skiing and Sports
posted November 21, 2010 at 8:27pm

I was excited to meet Lindsey at a Vail Resorts party prior to the opening of Warren Miller's newest show Wintervention Nov. 16 at Denver's Paramount Theatre. Soon after I arrived, she called the VR people from her cell phone saying she was stuck on I-70 ...more

First wave of invited athletes for Winter X 15
by Pretty Tough
posted November 21, 2010 at 5:38pm

Hard to believe it’s almost that time again. The folks over at ESPN have officially announced the first round of invited athletes for Winter X Games 15 in Aspen/Snowmass, CO, January 27-30, 2011. Here is a list of the women expected to compete: S...more

Oh ESPN The Magazine…You Never Cease to Amaze Me.
by One Sport Voice
posted November 20, 2010 at 1:11am

I’ve written previously about portrayals of female athletes in sport media (here & here) and particularly on the pattern of female athletes on the covers of ESPN The Magazine. and Sports Illustrated. Yesterday a colleague forwarded me the new cover o...more

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