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Girls Only: Nikita Snowboard Clip Contest
by Pretty Tough
posted February 18, 2009 at 9:37pm

Girls, girls, girls…..The Nikita Snowboard Clip Contest is well under way so get in on the action. There’s still time to make the most of the winter and the snowy future forecasts by getting some new footage together and sending it to Nikita....more

Kelly Clark & Lindsey Jacobellis capture Cypress wins
by Pretty Tough
posted February 17, 2009 at 12:59pm

You’ll be hearing a lot about Cypress Mountain over the next year. Despite the resort name, there is no actual Cypress Mountain in the area, but it is the name of the Official Freestyle Skiing and Snowboard Venue for the 2010 Winter Games offering some ...more

Looking Ahead: Vancouver One Year Out
by Pretty Tough
posted February 12, 2009 at 3:42pm

While winter sport competition pushes on around the world, athletes look one year ahead to a competition that represents the completion of goals met and dreams reached for athletes everywhere - the Olympics....more

Speed Queen: Q & A with World Champion Lindsey Vonn
by Pretty Tough
posted February 11, 2009 at 12:14pm

Lindsey Vonn made history winning her second World Championships gold Monday at the FIS Alpine Ski World Championships in Val d’Isere. Vonn talked to journalists about her day and the accomplishment. Your goal was to get one gold medal, now you have t...more

Golden Girl: Lindsey Vonn makes history
by Pretty Tough
posted February 10, 2009 at 12:35pm

After collecting gold in the 2009 FIS World Championship super G last week, Lindsey Vonn (Vail, CO) stormed to another win in Monday’s weather-delayed downhill at Val d’Isere and was crowned the official queen of speed. Vonn clocked a 1:30.31 on the ...more

SNB: U.S. women sweep pipe in Italy
by Pretty Tough
posted February 8, 2009 at 7:55pm

The women of U.S. Snowboarding blew the competition out of the water Saturday as they swept the podium of a World Cup in Bardonecchia, Italy. In the fourth Halfpipe contest of the 2009 LG Snowboard FIS World Cup, Kelly Clark came in first followed by team...more

U.S. women score big in bobsled and luge
by Pretty Tough
posted February 7, 2009 at 4:21pm

Feb. 7, 2008 - With the Vancouver Winter Games fast approaching, the spotlight is on those specialized winter events like luge and bobsled. Even more fun than watching these lightning fast sports, is watching the U.S. women climb the podium at the world ...more

Winter X Games: Torah Bright Wins Gold in Snowboard SuperPipe
by ...Because I Played Sports
posted January 25, 2009 at 5:29pm

In the elimination round, Australian snowboarder Torah Bright set a Winter X Games scoring record of 97.66. Although she was not able to surmount that score, her score of 91.33 was enough to secure her the gold medal on Friday over silver medalist Kelly ...more

Torah Bright in the FUZE Haven at the Winter X Games
by Sports Girls Play
posted January 23, 2009 at 4:05pm

Australian snowboarding sensation Torah Bright hosted her fellow Winter X Games athletes at the FUZE Haven house in Downtown Aspen on Thursday night....more

Lindsey Vonn wins super-combined at World Cup
by ...Because I Played Sports
posted January 22, 2009 at 4:00pm

On Saturday, Lindsey Vonn of the United States won the World Cup super-combined race. This was after nearly crashing during a jump on the downhill leg....more

World Cup Rewind: Lindsey Jacobellis back on top
by Pretty Tough
posted January 12, 2009 at 6:52pm

U.S. Snowboarding’s Lindsey Jacobellis (Stratton Mountain, VT) threw down the gauntlet Sunday to win a World Cup snowboardcross race in Bad Gastein one day after finishing third....more

Snowsports: Maria Riesch claims Maribor
by Pretty Tough
posted January 12, 2009 at 6:51pm

The Ladies Audi FIS Alpine Ski World Cup Giant Slalom and Slalom races took place last weekend in a low mountain range close to Maribor, Slovenia’s second largest city....more

Kelly Clark wins Mt. Snow Dew Tour Snowboarding Superpipe
by Pretty Tough
posted January 12, 2009 at 2:14pm

January 11, 2009 - The top of the podium shone as Olympic gold medalist and hometown hero Kelly Clark won the Snowboarding Superpipe event at the Winter Dew Tour Sunday at Vermont’s Mount Snow ski resort. Gretchen Bleiler took the prior event in Brecken...more

SNB: Jamie Anderson wins Dew Tour Snowboard Slopestyle
by Pretty Tough
posted January 11, 2009 at 3:37pm

January 11, 2009 - Jamie Anderson has won the women’s event Saturday in the second stop of the inaugural Winter Dew Tour at Vermont’s Mount Snow ski resort. Anderson, of South Lake Tahoe, Calif. made good use of the course with a tail press to a nose ...more

Competitive mushing in Connecticut
by Pretty Tough
posted January 10, 2009 at 8:59pm

The International Sled Dog Racing Association, based in Minnesota, estimates there are 3,000 dog drivers in North America. About 40 percent of mushers in the United States live in Alaska. Then there is Kathy Lesinski, a physical education teacher in Conne...more

Winter Dew Tour: Second Stop Is On
by Pretty Tough
posted January 8, 2009 at 6:40pm

January 9, 2009 - Heading into Mount Snow, Vermont — the second stop of the Winter Dew Tour after Breckenridge — it’s the East Coast riders and skiers who have a hometown advantage. The sometimes adverse conditions — slush with ice — may tax a...more

Maria Riesch Wins World Cup Slalom
by ...Because I Played Sports
posted December 29, 2008 at 9:48pm

On Monday, Germany’s Maria Riesch won the women’s World Cup slalom for her second victory of the season, while American Lindsey Vonn finished third. Reish overcame an error in her second run to finish with a combined time of 1 minute, 55.97 seconds. V...more

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