It seems like the U.S. Olympic Alpine Skiers were feeling like the Olympic Games were slipping away from them, as the Austrians had been dominating the medal count. With Lindsey Vonn out due to injury, people looked to Bode Miller and Ted Ligety to step up to the plate for the Americans. Up until […] Read more…
The Winter Games have already been filled with dramatic showdowns and underdog domination; and Men’s Slopestyle Skiing may be the highlight of this trend. Park City’s, Joss Christensen executed an exciting, dialed, and most of all a fun run for the crowd and judges, bringing him to the top of the podium with Gold […] Read more…
One of the reasons people enjoy sports of any kind is for the dramatic turn of events that can occur at anytime. Sometimes we get so set on certain athletes taking the prize that we forget to look around at who else might step up to the plate. Well, the Olympic Halfpipe snowboarders provided […] Read more…
There are many records to be set and stories to be told by the Olympic athletes that make all of these events possible, and Women’s Ski Slopstyle and Ski Jump will make their way into the books today. The two events have their similarities in that they are both extreme sports where airtime plays […] Read more…
We are only a couple of days into the 2014 Winter Olympic Games and history is already being made. It has been interesting to watch the coverage of Snowboard Slopestyle over the last couple of days. The course was getting a lot of bad press in terms of smooth transitions and overall design. The […] Read more…
Every year at the end of January myself and my team of buyers for Skis.com and Snowboards.com head out to Denver for the annual SIA show (Snowsports Industry Association) to see all of next years gear. This year was no exception; ten of us spent 4 days at the show and then 7 of us […] Read more…
It only happens every 4 years and this year is shaping up to be a spectacular year in the Winter Olympics. The US has some strong representation in skiing and snowboarding events. And with new events like skiing halfpipe and slopestyle, it is sure to be an interesting few weeks on the snow. Many of […] Read more…
The final update from our on site X Games Blogger: I’m on the way home from Aspen right now and what a week at the X Games. Last night ended with a throw down in Men’s Snowboard SuperPipe between Iouri Podladtchikov, Louie Vito, and Danny Davis. After Davis put a high flying and […] Read more…
Update from day 3 at the X Games from on site blogger Michael: While watching the X Games, we may forget that someone had to build all of the remarkable features for the course. Every year these sports are progressing, and it takes more time and design than we might think to plan a world-class […] Read more…
Day two update for our on site X Games blogger Michael: Getting into the second day of the X Games was exciting, with Men’s Ski SuperPipe looming and Snowboard Big Air, which is always a spectacle. After watching the elimination rounds for Ski Pipe on Wednesday, I knew we were going to get […] Read more…