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Westbound Wisdom: Backcountry Safety
by Westbound Boarder
posted March 31, 2010 at 10:02pm

I like to think I am pretty tough. I also like to think that I am a pretty good snowboarder. With years of experience behind me not only shredding the gnar, but competing too, I have always thought of myself as one who could at least handle (even conquer)...more

New snow means awesome conditions for Windells Easter Break Camp
by Pretty Tough
posted March 31, 2010 at 4:26am

Windells Easter Camp 2010 is quickly filling, but there are a few slots left for snowboarders, skiers and skateboarders. With tons of new snow falling on Mt Hood right now, shredding at Windells private-park will be epic for this year’s Easter Camp. ...more

Lindsey Vonn Wins Audi FIS World Cup Title
by Dyla Magazine - Women's Action Sports Coalition
posted March 16, 2010 at 10:20am

In a year when the success of the U.S. Ski Team was astounding, Lindsey Vonn (Vail, CO) and Ted Ligety (Park City, UT) capped off the excitement with some of the most prestigious awards in alpine skiing - Audi FIS World Cup titles. Vonn took the overall...more

Lindsey Vonn and Ellen DeGeneres team to help Haiti
by Dyla Magazine - Women's Action Sports Coalition
posted March 10, 2010 at 10:16am

Olympic gold medalist Lindsey Vonn (Vail, CO) has teamed with TV host and comedian Ellen DeGeneres to continue the earthquake relief efforts in Haiti by auctioning a signed pair of skis and poles on eBay. The Head skis and Leki poles, which feature Ell...more

Reader XC ski question answered: Why change skis in the 50k race?
by Fair Game News
posted March 5, 2010 at 8:43pm

An FGN reader asked a terrific question about why racers changed skis in the 50k race. Rosie Brennan, a member of the Dartmouth College XC ski team who spoke with FGN contributor Sarah Odell, offered this explanation: You do not have to change skis. In ...more

Vail names Ski Run after Lindsey Vonn
by Women Skiing and Sports
posted March 1, 2010 at 12:51am

In honor of its hometown hero, Vail has renamed an expert run Lindsey's. As of Feb. 28, the sign on the former International trail on the front side of Vail Mountain will bear the name of the first American woman to win an Olympic gold medal in Downhill. ...more

Lindsey Vonn, Olympic Champ
by Westbound Boarder
posted February 25, 2010 at 9:59pm

Lindsey is one of the few females to appear on a SI cover Throughout the past couple of weeks, we’ve covered the Olympic snowboard games in depth; however, I’d be remiss if I didn’t also take a step back and comment on the Olympic ski games as ...more

Iranian skier’s story is one of triumph
by Muslim Women in Sports
posted February 25, 2010 at 8:55pm

WHISTLER, B.C. — Marjan Kalhor’s green, knit toque is pulled down low on her forehead. Her hair is neatly tucked beneath the toque that’s embroidered with a single word: IRAN. She’s wearing a white ski jacket with a high collar and green ski pant...more

Ashley Caldwell – The youngest member of the US Olympic Team
by Sports Girls Play
posted February 25, 2010 at 10:13am

One of my favorite parts of the Olympics has to be the stories behind the athletes. Tonight I will be cheering extra hard for Aerial Skiier Ashley Caldwell – the youngest member of this year’s US Olympic team at 16 years old. She has only been trainin...more

GameOn Podcast: Michelle Gorgone & more!
by GoGameFace: Watch Sports Like a Girl
posted February 23, 2010 at 7:01pm

The ladies recap all of the weekend's hot Olympic stories, chat with Olympian Michelle Gorgone about her upcoming snowboarding giant slalom competition, and provide a highly anticipated Tigermania update! Links from today's show: Click here for more d...more

Chirine Njeim represents Lebanon at the 2010 Winter Olympics
by Muslim Women in Sports
posted February 23, 2010 at 5:52pm

Chirine Njeim is competing in her third Olympics for Lebanon, finishing 37th among 53 contestants in Saturday’s super-G event. To her credit, she successfully completed the race on a highly complex, very difficult track, and was able to keep the run...more

Skier Marjan Kalhor carries hopes for Iran, Iranian women
by Muslim Women in Sports
posted February 22, 2010 at 9:18pm

By Mike Lopresti, GannettWHISTLER — On the window of an apartment overlooking this ski resort town, an unusual sight at the Winter Olympics: The flag of Iran. Inside sits the demure 21-year-old woman who carried it in the opening ceremony, wearing both...more

Nordic Ski Regionals: Day 2
by Endurance Meg
posted February 22, 2010 at 10:17am

Today was the skate races! Men: 15K, Women: 10K. Both were exciting races to watch. On the men’s side, Oskar Lund finished first for Michigan Tech, followed by Jesse Lang and Jesse Smith. The men’s overall winner, George Cartwright, skated across t...more

Bode Miller - Expressions of a Champion
by Westbound Boarder
posted February 21, 2010 at 3:23pm

I need to come clean and admit something here. The men’s downhill has been and always will be, my favorite Olympic event. The downhill is the bull riding event of the Olympics. Instead of an 8 second ride however, you’re expected to stay on for about...more

Nordic Ski Regionals: Day 1
by Endurance Meg
posted February 21, 2010 at 2:14pm

Yesterday, I watched the men’s and women’s NCAA Midwest Regional classic races at the Michigan Tech Trails! Woohoo! Check out some of the video I took here: Michigan Tech represented well! Henna finished fourth for women and Oskar won the collegi...more

2010 Olympics: Kelime Cetinkaya
by Muslim Women in Sports
posted February 20, 2010 at 11:45am

Turkey's Kelime Cetinkaya competes in the women's Nordic Cross Country individual sprint qualification at Whistler Olympic Park during the Vancouver Winter Olympics on February 17, 2010. AFP PHOTO / DON EMMERT (Photo credit should read DON EMMERT/AFP/Gett...more

NBC: World's best "girls" give it their all in the women's downhill
by Sports, Media & Society
posted February 18, 2010 at 9:18pm

As Julia Mancuso whipped around the gates during the women’s downhill at the Vancouver Olympics, the NBC announcers noted the icy and difficult conditions. “She likes a course that is rough and bumpy,” said analyst Christin Cooper. “She says that ...more

2010 Olympics: The influence of advertising on quality broadcast journalism
by ...Because I Played Sports
posted February 18, 2010 at 6:36pm

Imagine yourself as Linsey Vonn yesterday – a native of Saint Paul, Minnesota, who has been working her whole life, since she was two years old, to bring home an Olympic gold in women’s downhill skiing. She finally does it, gives hugs to her family i...more

Lindsey Vonn: The Epitome of Mental Toughness
by One Sport Voice
posted February 18, 2010 at 6:32pm

Congratulations to Lindsey Vonn who demonstrated the epitome of mental toughness by winning the gold medal in women’s downhill at the Vancouver Olympics. Mental toughness is defined as being able to perform at the top range of your abilities, on comma...more

Emily Brydon on Lindsey Vonn: "She's superhuman"
by Athletic Women Blog
posted February 18, 2010 at 12:49pm

If you watched women's Olympic downhill skiing yesterday, you understand why Emily Brydon and her fellow competitors might think such a thing. We saw again the awesome difference strength can make in sports, seemingly almost any sport. The Vancouver Sun m...more

Cross country ski racing for dummies: What to know about a thrilling Olympic event
by Fair Game News
posted February 16, 2010 at 12:22pm

By Sarah Odell Let’s take a breather. Time out from Lindsey Vonn and women in bathing suits. For me, one of the most frustrating aspects about Olympic coverage is that we usually can only watch sports that the United States dominates (or sports that ar...more

Vancouver Olympics all about the people
by Kaci Kust
posted February 14, 2010 at 6:46pm

As an athlete watching the Olympics, it makes you really think about each Olympians’ individual stories. Each one of them has lived a life dedicated to their sport. They’ve each made personal sacrifices. They’ve woken up early and stayed up late pra...more

Lindsey Vonn's helmet designed by Idahoman
by Women Skiing and Sports
posted February 14, 2010 at 5:07pm

When Lindsey Vonn races at Whistler, she'll be wearing a helmet with artwork of an Idaho man who entered a contest sponsored by NBCOlympics.com. The flame design by Laddie Lee Whitwork won first place and got him a trip to Vail where Lindsey and her husba...more

Sarcasm over, SI: time for real pics of female athletes
by Fair Game News
posted February 13, 2010 at 6:06pm

By Laura Pappano OK, I’ve learned something valuable: My effort at a tongue-in-cheek fan letter to SI for their “un-coverage” of female athletes was not clearly tongue-in-cheek to many readers on this site or the Women Talk Sports network site. Fi...more

NOT the same: Vonn v. Kitt Sports Illustrated covers
by One Sport Voice
posted February 13, 2010 at 12:29pm

Sports Illustrated Covers of Olympic Skiers In rebuttal to the “Vonn Watch” Sports Illlustrated cover blog post I made, many people commented and pointed out that A.J. Kitt was similarly posed in 1992 and no one called it sexual. I don&rsqu...;more

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