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US’s best snowboard parallel GS hope eliminated
Salt Lake Tribune, United States - Feb 22, 2006BARDONECCHIA, Italy - US snowboarder Tyler Jewell of Sudbury, Mass., was knocked out of the Turin Olympics snowboard parallel giant slalom by Slovenian Dejan …

Rossignol/Quiksilver Hire VP of Hard Goods Snowboard Division
First Tracks, UT - Feb 20, 2006… This new snowboard hard goods division will be located at the firm’s Mountain Center presently under construction in Park City, Utah. …

For Kashmir quake victims, UK Muslim decides to snowboard down …
Webindia123, India - Feb 25, 2006A 24-year-old business analyst, Adil Latif, is preparing to jump out of a helicopter and hurtle down the French Alps on a snowboard later this year. …

Snowboard podium family affair
Ottawa Sun, Canada - Feb 22, 2006By AP. BARDONECCHIA, Italy — Since they were kids, Swiss snowboarders Philipp and Simon Schoch have raced countless times, whether …

Snow business like snowboard business
Management-Issues, UK - Feb 23, 2006During the 2006 Winter Olympics, a new event was introduced the amazing Snowboard Cross which brought the language, style, and unpredictability of the …

Meuli wins Olympic women’s snowboard parallel giant slalom gold
Yahoo! News - Feb 23, 2006BARDONECCHIA, Italy (AFP) - Reigning world champion Daniela Meuli gave Switzerland a sweep of the Olympic snowboard parallel giant slalom gold medals Thursday …

Snowboard Cross: Jacobellis lets judgment, gold get away
Long Beach Press-Telegram, CA - Feb 18, 2006By Steve Dilbeck. That’s it in the end. That’s what Lindsey Jacobellis has to live with for, oh, the rest of her life. There’s turning …

Jewell Eliminated from Medal Contention in Snowboard PGS
Transworld Snowboarding.com, CA - Feb 22, 2006US snowboarder Tyler Jewell (Sudbury, Mass.) was knocked out of the snowboard parallel giant slalom by Slovenian Dejan Kosir in Wednesday’s 1/8 finals in …

Swiss brothers take gold and silver in snowboard slalom
Seattle Times, United States - Feb 22, 2006Bardonecchia, Italy (Sports Network) - Philipp Schoch of Switzerland won the gold medal in the snowboarding parallel giant slalom event at the Winter Olympics …

Snowboard Cross: Jacobellis wipes out the gold
Seattle Post Intelligencer - Feb 17, 2006By LEE JENKINS. BARDONECCHIA, Italy — Lindsey Jacobellis had about 100 yards to the finish line on Friday. She had one jump remaining on the course. …

Ride s Snowboard Art IV Winners Announced at Opening Reception
Transworld Snowboarding.com, CA - Feb 27, 2006Vashon, Washington Last night s Snowboard Art IV Opening Reception proved to be the best in Ride s four-year history of holding this graphic competition. …

TORINO: Snowboard: Switzerland’s Daniela Meuli wins giant slalom …
SkiRacing.com - Feb 23, 2006BARDONECCHIA, Italy As they so often do in the Swiss-dominated event of parallel giant slalom, clanging cowbells announced the winner. …

Brothers nab top spots in snowboard slalom
Coos Bay World, OR - Feb 23, 2006By Brett Martel, AP Sports Writer. Since they were kids, Swiss snowboarders Philipp and Simon Schoch have raced countless times, whether …

BC program aims to put First Nations snowboard on the team
KING5.com (subscription), WA - Feb 26, 2006… to achieve their dreams and their goals and as to date we’ve been in two competitions and won four medals, said Aaron Marchant, the snowboard team manager. …

Showing their sunny side
Steamboat Pilot & Today - In an effort to help, the Sunshine Kids Foundation is bringing 25 youths from six states and Washington, D.C. to Steamboat Springs for a winter vacation from Sunday to March 11. “Instead of a family outing, Sunshine Kids brings the kids together so

LOCAL GOLD
Coast News - The Flying Tomato is officially San Diego s golden boy. On Feb. 12, Carlsbad resident Shaun White bested teammate Danny Kass in the snowboard halfpipe competition to earn his first career Olympic gold medal. The prohibitive favorite to

Snowboard contest planned at Andes Tower Hills
Echo Press - The Faction, a snowboard shop in Alexandria, will be hosting a snowboard contest at Andes Tower Hills on Saturday, March 11. According to Jason Lybeck of The Faction, It s the largest snowboard contest in western Minnesota. The contest, which

Olympic athletes deserve better
Denver Post - After this year’s television coverage of the Winter Olympics, it seems we’ve learned a few hard lessons. Stuff like: Coming in second place is losing; trying your best isn’t good enough; the medal race is all that matters; and only a few countries

Ordeal in elevator a bright memory
Denver Post - In search of hot chocolate to take the chill off the opening ceremony, I had wandered next door to a hockey arena, where less stout journalists were hunkered down in the basement. At a concession stand, I ordered a hot chocolate, which is considered

Community datebook
Anchorage Daily News - The LIFEmobile will be at REI, 1200 W. Northern Lights Blvd., today from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Whole-blood donors can visit the blood bank in Dimond Center on the second floor across from the theater, 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Mondays-Wednesdays, 9 a.m.-5 p.m

AHS girls boarders qualify for finals
Ashland Daily Tidings - Mount Hood Ashland had a bittersweet day at the boardercross competition at Timberline. The Grizzlies qualified six girls for Sunday s boardercross finals, but one of Ashland s top hopes, senior Hallie Beaver, had to drop out of the competition

Parade to welcome home Olympic hero
Aspen Times - The silence overwhelmed Basalt’s Jason Smith as he stood on his board, anxiously waiting for the starting gate to drop in his first Olympics boardercross race. There were no encouraging words from the friends who join Smith at the top of most courses

The weekend: big air, ballet and more
Aspen Times - Big air, ballet and a psychedelic, new-wave, apr s-ski rock opera are but a sampling of what s going on this weekend. And, there s a bunch of live music at nightspots up and down the valley. For the music scene, scroll down. As for the

Race Issues
News Busters - As NewsBuster Mark Finkelstein pointed out this morning , Hollywood s liberal streak is now so obvious even the news media are taking notice. But it isn t just that celebrities are liberal activists in their spare time liberal talking points

The weekend: big air, ballet and more
Aspen Times - Big air, ballet and a psychedelic, new-wave, apr s-ski rock opera are but a sampling of what s going on this weekend. And, there s a bunch of live music at nightspots up and down the valley. For the music scene, scroll down. As for the

Depending on your view, fun or Games
Boston Globe - The Olympics, I mean. What do they really mean to the athletes? That’s not always an easy question to answer. They all aren’t winning gold. They aren’t all winning silver. They aren’t all winning bronze. Most of them aren’t winning anything, and most

Turin bids arrivederci to Winter Olympics
Lexington Herald-Leader - TURIN, Italy - Now, that’s Italia. The 20th Winter Olympics ended on a clear, chilly night Sunday with shimmering lights, theatrical music and a decidedly Italian flavor that had been missing for much of the last 17 days. It ended with a regal clown

Fletcher claims snowboard PGS bronze
Pocono Record, PA - Feb 24, 2006BARDONECCHIA, Italy As they so often do in this Swiss-dominated era of parallel giant slalom, clanging cowbells announced the winner. …

Ski and Snowboard Events Calendar Busy at Northstar
First Tracks, UT - Feb 20, 2006Truckee, CA (Monday, February 20, 2006) - California’s Northstar-at-Tahoe ski and snowboard resort south of Truckee is hosting a myriad of events for skiers …

XX OLYMPIC WINTER GANES: TORINO 2006: Snowboard: Time for the …
noticias.info, Spain - Feb 17, 2006/noticias.info/ Karine Ruby is the history of ladies snowboard in person. … In the meantime her legs had began to move in the direction the snowboard cross. …

Snowboard Cross Comes to Brundage
First Tracks, UT - Feb 20, 2006… proven to be a crowd favorite at the 2006 Torino Winter Olympics, but you don t have to travel far to compete in (or watch) an exciting Snowboard Cross event …

Snowboard Bindings Recalled Due to Fall Hazard 
The snowboard binding’s plastic base can break during use, posing a risk that snowboarders can fall and suffer a serious injury.

British Team Olympic send-off party 
Olympics send-off party The final evening of the auction was celebrated with the Olympics send-off party at the Ski Club of Great Britain. Snowsports GB brought along as many of the ski and snowboard Olympic Team as could make it [Finlay Mickel & Roger Cruickshank had to stay in Chamonix for this week’s race] and, as you can see from the photos, invitees and bidders were able to mingle with our

Former Mr Switzerland sets snow trend 
As versatile as a Swiss Army Knife, the latest Swiss invention has become the trendiest toy on this year’s ski slopes.

Avalanche set off in town 
A pair of snowboarders kicked off a rare event in Steamboat Springs on Wednesday afternoon. Call it an urban avalanche. “It happened so quickly,” John St. John said. “It didn’t hesitate, and it came in a big way. Right there in the middle of town.”

Ahead of the curve 
LUDLOW The icy walls soar to the bluebird sky as you look down the barrel of the halfpipe at Okemo. The winter sun is searing hot, causing momentary confusion that maybe you’re on a beach instead of a Vermont mountain.

SNOWBOARD NEWS 
American snowboardcross rider Seth Wescott made history on Feb. 16 in a come-from-behind run to win the first Olympic gold medal awarded in snowboardcross.

Verizon Wirless offers snowboarding mobile games 
Verizon Wireless is cashing in on some of the hype remaining from the Winter Olympics; the company announced a number of snowboarding games available to its customers with V CAST-enabled phones.

Native Americans Seek Olympic Recognition 
BY KARA BRIGGS c. 2006 Newhouse News S ervice A decade ago, Stew Young was flying down the slopes of the Swiss Alps, hoping his personal best would be good enough to take him to the Olympics.

The slopes are within reach 
For those who dont already ski or snowboard, the Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, might have spurred an interest. These days, the two closest snow resorts to Tracy Dodge Ridge and Bear Valley are trying to make it as easy as possible for valley residents to enjoy a day on the slopes.

Warm winter has impact on GC’s Adventure Sports 
MCHENRY - Ice climbing, cross country skiing and snow-shelter building aren’t the easiest activities to accomplish during unseasonably warm weather.

US girls glitter gold in Olympic Halfpipe 
“The American Ski & Snowboard Association add on to all their email Best in the World. This has long been derided in the alpine world, but with the top two places on the podium in both men and womens halfpipe, they proved that they are the best and that the rest of the world is playing catch up.

Defending Miller, Jacobellis
Modesto Bee - Contrary to the popular myth, the Olympic Ideal doesn’t demand “going for the gold.” It merely asks for “doing your best.” On these grounds, we’ll defend Bode Miller and Lindsey Jacobellis, the Americans wearing the biggest goat horns so far at the

Tucker Mountain to get lift
Summit Daily News - SUMMIT COUNTY After more than six years of stop and start studies, the U.S. Forest Service has approved an extensive slate of projects at Copper Mountain Resort, including a new lift on Tucker Mountain, re-alignments of existing lifts, new trails

Washington Post
News Busters - So what do longshoremen, the unionized men and women who offload and onload cargo ships at our nation’s ports, feel about the Dubai Ports World acquisition of port terminal operations in six U.S. ports? Depends whom you ask. CNN’s Lou Dobbs, long a

Web buzz spread word to ‘boarders
Denver Post - Old T-bar towers from the previous Evergreen ski area lie on Echo Mountain’s parking area in November, waiting to be used in light fixtures for the terrain park’s new lots. (Post / Glenn Asakawa) Echo Mountain Snowboard and Ski Park will open for the

Phil Sheridan | Our true stars buried by avalanche of hype
Philadelphia Inquirer - TURIN - If there is one lesson to be taken from the Winter Olympics that conclude today, it is: Do something first, take your bow second. That’s how it used to be, remember? Before the marketers and corporate sponsors started creating Frankenstein

Snowboard state finals start today
Ashland Daily Tidings - Mt. Hood Fifty high school snowboarders from the Southern Oregon League headed to Mt. Hood late Thursday for the state finals that begin today. Ashland sent 28 competitors , 16 boys and 12 girls. The Ashland girls will be going for their fourth

Olympic athletes deserve better
Denver Post - After this year’s television coverage of the Winter Olympics, it seems we’ve learned a few hard lessons. Stuff like: Coming in second place is losing; trying your best isn’t good enough; the medal race is all that matters; and only a few countries

Bellarmine student dies in Squaw Valley mystery
San Jose Mercury News - Alyce Reyneri and her son Thomas parted ways in the middle of the Squaw Valley slope just before lunch Friday. She waved goodbye, shouted that they’d meet at the bottom, then watched her son head off on his snowboard, like he’d done since he was 6

AVSC sending 17 freestylers to Junior Olympics
Aspen Times - In two recent moguls competitions at Aspen Highlands, 18-year-old local Zac Giammarrusco seamlessly merged “old school” bumps skiing with a “new school” trick, and charmed judges in the process. Giammarrucso’s off-axis “truck driver” - a full 360

A Commercial Vision
Time - Brian Jungen still remembers what first attracted him to the idea of using athletic gear as an art material. “It was bizarre looking,” he says. “I remember seeing some snowboards in the back of my brother’s truck and being struck by how they almost