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Winter Sports News Roundup
by Sports Girls Play
posted December 20, 2009 at 7:06pm
The fact that we got 19″ of snow in the past 48 hours has got me in the mood to talk winter sports – after all, the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver are right around the corner!
The US Women’s Ice Hockey team has been named and two of its team ...more
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Kelly Clark wins Copper Mountain Grand Prix
by Pretty Tough
posted December 15, 2009 at 6:35pm
Copper Mountain has a longstanding history with the U.S. Snowboarding Grand Prix tour, having hosted events in 1998, 1999 and last season.
Last week, the Copper halfpipe was stacked with big air and beauty as the best women in the sport hit up the 22...more
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Look sleek on the slopes
by A Glam Slam
posted December 15, 2009 at 3:21pm
Hit the slopes in style on your ski vacation this season.
Introducing every ski bunny’s dream: the new Gucci Eyeweb Ski Goggles. The luxe
Italian brand has just released unisex ski goggles that come in black or white,
with the signature red and green st...more
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Willie Yli-Luoma and his new coffee cup
by Westbound Boarder
posted December 12, 2009 at 12:46pm
The long drive to Mt. Hood and a large, warm cup of coffee go hand and hand… With the winter freeze going on right now I can’t help but drink a lot more of this warm stuff than usual. So naturally, it doesn’t surprise me when I hear another pro clam...more
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Sick Season Opener (aka My First Day Up!)
by Westbound Boarder
posted December 9, 2009 at 1:12pm
Last weekend when I was home in Portland for Thanksgiving, Danielle and I packed our bags and hit the hill for the my season opener. (In fact, I do believe it was both of our first days up). It was such an amazing day - several inches of new, fresh po...more
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WX14 Invited Riders
by Pretty Tough
posted December 8, 2009 at 1:53pm
If you’re curious about who made the cut of invited athletes to Winter X Games 14 in Aspen, look no further. This is the first wave of women heading to Aspen in January (including Pretty Tough Team rider Kimmy Fasani). The second wave will be announced ...more
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Bring on the Olympics: Luge
by After Atalanta
posted November 27, 2009 at 9:21pm
It's the day after American Thanksgiving and you know what that means...Time to talk luge. (What? Did you think I was really going to go the mall on Black Friday?)When I was in Canada a few weeks ago commercials for the Olympics were everywhere. Not so mu...more
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Heavenly Opens
by Westbound Boarder
posted November 20, 2009 at 11:36am
Danielle and I have been quite the world travelers lately. Well, US travelers, anyway. Danielle just spent what I hear was an amazing week in Hawaii, and a day later she took off for a week in Alaska! Not without a fair share of surfing/snowboarding...more
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Fans can design Lindsey Vonn’s Olympic helmet
by Pretty Tough
posted November 19, 2009 at 10:51pm
As the Winter Olympics draw close, we can’t wait to bring you all the exciting promotions and activities being planned to support the Games and all the athletes.
One of our fave winter athletes is skier Lindsey Vonn. Now NBCOlympics.com invites fans ...more
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Spencer O’Brien on FUEL TV Tonight
by Westbound Boarder
posted November 18, 2009 at 11:57am
Tonight, FUEL TV’s the Daily Habit will feature female snowboarder extraordinaire Spencer O’Brien. In case you aren’t familiar with Spencer, she’s one of the hottest up-in-coming female snow pros; also the reigning 2008 Dew Tour Slopestyle Champ...more
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Ski Jumping: Not everyone is moving on
by After Atalanta
posted November 16, 2009 at 11:21am
The IOC has stated that, in the wake of the Canadian appeal's court decision to uphold the lower court decision, it is pleased that it can now move on and focus on the forthcoming games.Yes, it must be nice when a legal entity says it cannot hold you resp...more
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Final blow for female ski jumpers
by After Atalanta
posted November 14, 2009 at 12:41pm
The appeal, filed by a group of female ski jumpers attempting to get their sport into the Vancouver Games, was dismissed after two days of hearings in a Canadian court of appeals this week. The court agreed with the lower court ruling that it was the IOC ...more
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Ski jumpers still fighting
by After Atalanta
posted November 12, 2009 at 9:35pm
In my ongoing effort to offer some support for the women (and men) who continue to fight for women's ski jumping in the Vancouver Olympics (less than 100 days away now) I direct you to this article from the Christian Science Monitor. It is quite thorough ...more
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Links to surf this week 11-06-09
by Westbound Boarder
posted November 6, 2009 at 7:08pm
Our favorite articles of the week; check ‘em out!
Flippin’ Chicks Take Over Glamor Mag: A few weeks ago, Gretchen Bleiler, Kelly Clark, Hannah Teter, and Lindsey Jacobellis participated in a photo shoot for Glamor’s Feb. issue. Check out the pho...more
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Trick or Backyard Bang Rail Jam?
by Westbound Boarder
posted November 4, 2009 at 3:37pm
Halloween always symbolizes one thing for most people… costume’s, candy, and an excuse to get your drink on. Although for snowboarders in the great northwest, it means that the upcoming shred season is almost here. For me, that is all that it symboliz...more
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Film Review: Stance
by Westbound Boarder
posted November 4, 2009 at 11:43am
If you look back through snowboard history, females have come a long way from where they were even ten years ago to where they are today, constantly pushing the envelope and upping the caliber of competition. Recently, Stan Evans (Producer) and Jeremy M...more
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Backyard Bang Snowboard Rail Jam
by Westbound Boarder
posted October 29, 2009 at 2:40pm
Kona Brewing, Co. and many others, are at it again. Bringing you another sick event (check out the infamous pond skim), The Backyard Bang Rail Jam, with beer, prizes and costumes to boot! It all happens this Halloween - Saturday October, 31st (for thos...more
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Mt. High launches snazzy new iPhone app
by Westbound Boarder
posted October 27, 2009 at 7:51pm
Last week, Mt. High ski resort (and my local mountain) announced that it will be launching an iPhone application with a release date of November 15. Before you read any further, I’d like to preface this post with a “disclaimer” - I don’t own ...more
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Winter sports season in full swing
by Women's Sports Blog
posted October 27, 2009 at 7:01pm
Figure skating, speed skating, and skiing have all held competitions within the last few days. It's an Olympic year (YAY! SO VERY EXCITING!) so there's an excuse for people to pay more attention than usual. I think it's odd how most Americans seem to ...more
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Links To Surf This Week
by Westbound Boarder
posted October 23, 2009 at 12:53pm
My just left for Costa Rica, and its starting to rain in LA (OK, well, it sprinkled the other day… that so counts!) - naturally my mouse wandered to travel sites this week ;) Here are some of our favorites!
Interested in skiing in Austria? Um, I am!...more
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Ski Fever & Snowboard Show: Portland & Seattle
by Westbound Boarder
posted October 21, 2009 at 3:55pm
The flier speaks for itself, however for the millionth year in a row, the Ski Fever & Snowboard Show, is back! Not familiar? All of your local board shops gather around to give you the best deals on really old, old and this seasons new gear. At the Fever ...more
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Shaun White’s Secret Halfpipe
by Westbound Boarder
posted October 20, 2009 at 7:52pm
As if snowboarding at 13,487 feet in the back country of Colorado’s San Juan range is not enough, imagine having your own, personal, private, secret halfpipe built there, exclusively for you. Well our dreams just so happen to be Shaun White’s reality ...more
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Links to surf this week
by Westbound Boarder
posted October 16, 2009 at 7:27pm
Again, as always, our favorite links of the week. Check ‘em out and leave a comment with your faves!
Ride With Vito: After a fab debut on TV show Dancing with the Stars, pro snowboarder Louie Vito’s bringing action sports to the living room’s of...more
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Athlete's perfume blends rose oil with confidence
by Pretty Tough
posted October 16, 2009 at 1:03pm
Ahh, the sweet smell of success.
2009 U.S. freestyle skiing champion Michelle Roark, has never lacked ambition. At age 5, she decided she wanted to become a chemical engineer and compete in the Winter Olympics.
Roark has been to one Olympics (Torino), ...more
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Mammoth Opens Friday; Ski for Free!
by Westbound Boarder
posted October 15, 2009 at 11:16am
Photo taken on Mammoth on Wednesday morning, 10.14
To those of you who are busy prepping for the upcoming snowboard season… Well, it’s coming just a little bit sooner than you might think. Though a few Colorado resorts saw opening day last weeken...more
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