PROWL OF THE WEEK
1960 Sun - A snowboard coat and hat were stolen overnight Feb. 7 from an apartment in the 2200 block of 12th Ave. W. Also ripped off were around 100 DVDs and a container of loose change. The victim told police the loss comes to an estimated $2,500, and the
Snowboard - Gunsauls places second at nationals
Gunsauls places second at nationals
Red Bluff Daily News -
Downhill training gets under way
Anchorage Daily News - SKIING — Under sunny blue skies, downhill training got started Tuesday at Alyeska Resort, which is hosting the 2007 U.S. Ski and Snowboard Alpine Championships this week and next. Libby Ludlow was the fastest woman down the 2,815-meter course
TSSC alpine skiers finish season strong in Aspen
Telluride Daily Planet - The snow may be hit or miss this spring, but Telluride Ski and Snowboard Club s alpine skiers nailed down solid results in the final races of the season. In the last two weeks, pre-qualified J3 (13 and 14-year-old) and J4 (11 and 12-year-old
Mountain of Business: Snow Brings Skiers Out
WQOW - Kids are enjoying the fresh snow at Christie Mountain. A mountain of snowfall is helping a local business get people to hit the slopes. Christie Mountain Ski and Snowboard Area in Bruce has received 32 inches of snow in the last two weeks. “We were
Welcome to Wescott’s party
MaineToday.com - A woman told Wescott she had her first snowboard lesson today and Wescott’s eyes lit up like it was his first day on a board. Wescott posed for a picture with another fan, shook another hand. At Sugarloaf, Wescott was already king of the mountain
Basin closing for grizzly bears Sunday
Daily Interlake - On Sunday, the entire Hellroaring Basin drainage at Big Mountain Resort, including all associated trails and the Hellroaring chairlift (Chair 11), will close for the remainder of the ski and snowboard season. This closure occurs each spring to
Robber gets 20 years
Record-Courier - It would be inappropriate. He is empathetic to the impact on their lives.” She said her client was humble and it was difficult to draw him out about his accomplishments, including his snowboard victories, fishing trophies, woodworking and furniture
Snowboard - Wedding All Downhill For Couple
Wedding All Downhill For Couple
BIG SKY, Mont. (AP) — It’s all downhill for newlyweds Matt Dodd and Ashley Hegseth. The couple tied the knot over the weekend at Montana’s Big Sky Resort.
Local riders primed for USASA nationals
SUMMIT COUNTY - Imagine 1,400 athletes moving into a ski town for a week. Add on another couple thousand family members, friends and coaches, and you have the world’s largest snowboard event: the annual USA Snowboard Association (USASA) National Championships.
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Last week, for my spring break, I spent a few days skiing in Vermont. Now, I’m sure this isn’t the ideal spring break for many of you. Vermont has no tropical beaches (like the Caribbean), no south-of-the-border lawlessness (like Tijuana) and no penguins (like Antarctica).
Snowboard - Skiers happy with season
Skiers happy with season
RIB MOUNTAIN — As the snow melts away at Granite Peak Ski Area, season pass holders and frequent visitors say conditions were better than usual at the slopes this winter.
Top boarders at ‘Loaf
CARRABASSETT VALLEY - Each time a different snowboard rider would screech down the mountain at breakneck speed, it was a chance to wow his fellow competitors.
Shop becomes teens board of education
MENOMONIE Henry Schwartz became an entrepreneur at age 15 when he bought a downtown Menomonie skateboard shop. Now 18, Schwartz has been awarded a $40,000 college scholarship because of his entrepreneurial spirit.
Its scary, its exhilarating
VAIL Skiing with your eyes closed is very dangerous, but if youre Scott Smiley you have no choice.
Contest winner brings top skateboarder to school
It was a fish striped with the colors of California fruit that 10-year-old Holly Lucero thought best captured the importance of the state’s agricultural industry.
Daniel Joseph Pfiester
GREEN BAY Daniel Joseph Pfiester, 23, of Green Bay, died Wednesday, March 21, 2007, in Ashwaubenon, Wis., the result of an automobile accident. Dan was born on April 14, 1983, in Escanaba, the son of Dan and Lona Pfiester.
Snowboard - Skiers happy with season
Skiers happy with season
Wausau Daily Herald - As a member of the Wausau East High School ski and snowboard team, their son Andrew, 16, has been out nearly every day of the week. Their daughter Abbie, 14, has made it just a few times. Kelly Pospychala, 44, of Wausau agreed with Skadahl that
Indra Petersons
KABC - Be careful what you name your kids! Indra also loves to snowboard and retreats to the local mountains as much as possible. When in town, Indra can be found pampering her rescued dog at any one of our local dog parks or dog trails and enjoying the
Fresh faces: Kent Rogert
Lincoln Journal Star - The Saturday of the big snow storm I strapped on a snowboard for the first time ever and went out to Mount Crescent for the entire day. It s just north of Council Bluffs a little ways. It was fun. I couldn t walk for four days. I go on vacation
Mount Baker slalom draws a crowd of cops
Seattle Times - The Legendary Banked Slalom, a famed snowboard race at Mount Baker Ski Area, draws the world’s top talent for a February get-together. When it’s over, everyone drives back down the mountain and right into the teeth of the Legendary Cop Shakedown. A
Where buying, selling is a zip
Bucks County Courier Times - If I’d taken them to a ski/snowboard shop? Fifty dollars. Put “em on eBay? Three hundred seventy-five dollars. His wife works, but since the birth of their daughter, Julia, three months ago, eBay has been his main source of income. This is my
WBKO Weather
WBKO - Top Drug Official Touts U.S.-Mexican Cooperation for Largest Cash Seizure in History Mastermind of USS Cole Attack Confesses Pentagon Says Mastermind Behind USS Cole and U.S. Embassy Bombings Confesses U.S. Will Give Visa to Iranian President U.S
Downhill diehards
Herald News - Some members also participate in the NASTAR (NAtional STAndard Race) circuit, Jones said, the largest recreational ski and snowboard race program in the world. Through a handicap system, skiers of all ages and abilities can compare their skills with
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AMD Ruby 4 (R600) demo is impressive
The Inquirer - Snow simulation is processed entirely on a GPU and can be dynamically melted or amplified to increase the snow cover (and the snow effect while Ruby is doing a snowboard scene in Janica Kostelic style). When it comes to the fur on Ruby’s collar, this
Snowboard - Neilson’s best on a ‘board
Neilson’s best on a ‘board
Vancouver Sun - As the quintessential everyman of the World Cup snowboard circuit, Drew Neilson — father, construction worker, ex-partier-turned-all business ‘boarder — found the perfect way to celebrate his first overall discipline title Saturday in Stoneham, Que
Area needs to show its extreme side
Chico Enterprise-Record - Both the Pleasant Valley and Chico High snowboard and ski teams were solid at this season’s Northern Section championships before making their presence felt at the state title meet as well. “Because we’re flatland schools, a lot of people don’t
School’s unorthodox schedule gives winter athletes a leg up
MSNBC - Before coming to Utah, Clayton had worked at the Stratton Mountain School, a ski and snowboard academy in Vermont “in almost every capacity besides janitor,'’ he said. What first struck him about the WSS was the “intelligence'’ of the schedule
Jeep Terrain Park Challenge
Mesabi Daily News - Wilson, 15, earned a spot in the snowboard portion of the national amateur challenge for the second year in a row winning local qualifiers at Giants Ridge and regional qualifying event at Welch Village, Minn., in February. By finishing first in each
Ascent of Descente
Salt Lake Tribune - Kahuna Creations’ owner Steve McBride established the headquarters and distribution center of his snowboard, longboard and surfboard-making company in Ogden before Geiger arrived on the scene. But he credits him with propelling the campaign forward.
BREW REVIEW
Anchorage Press - We refined it a tad, and now, finally, it’s a full blown part of our flagship series. He should know. He works nights at the brewery so he can catch waves in Yakutat and snowboard in between. I guess it takes time to make it just right in a
For Norwich Snowboarder, Anything
Valley News - A native of Norwich and Hanover High Class of 2006, but now a resident of the world, Pearce ripped it up during the 2006-07 Ticket To Ride (TTR) World Snowboard Tour. For two weeks, Pearce was the top-ranked snowboarder in TTR before a ragged
Snowboard - New thrills, spills on the slopes
New thrills, spills on the slopes
Tacoma News Tribune - No. When I snowboard I can go an entire day without falling, Carlson, 32, said. On a snowskate, you re lucky to go one run without falling. Dre Powell, a 25-year-old snowskate rookie from Gig Harbor, says she falls regularly. It s
Skiers happy with season
Wausau Daily Herald - As a member of the Wausau East High School ski and snowboard team, their son Andrew, 16, has been out nearly every day of the week. Their daughter Abbie, 14, has made it just a few times. Kelly Pospychala, 44, of Wausau agreed with Skadahl that
Play in the snow and save
Statesman Journal - College students ages 19 to 23 can ski or snowboard any two out of three consecutive days for $59 at Mount Bachelor, where kids ski free when accompanying adults buy one of several ski-and-lodging packages. Mount Bachelor is also offering a five-pack
Operators use marketing to draw minorities to the slopes
Seattle Times - From left: Ye Long, 18; Vinh Khanh Hoang, 15; Tracey Nguyen, 17; and Isaiah Johnson, 17, all of Seattle, prepare to snowboard with their SOS group at The Summit. In one frame, a bespectacled African American, with yellow alpine skis over his right
Snowboard - Operators use marketing to draw minorities to the slopes
Operators use marketing to draw minorities to the slopes
Seattle Times - From left: Ye Long, 18; Vinh Khanh Hoang, 15; Tracey Nguyen, 17; and Isaiah Johnson, 17, all of Seattle, prepare to snowboard with their SOS group at The Summit. In one frame, a bespectacled African American, with yellow alpine skis over his right
Williams threatens to tow illegal parkers
MLive.com - FLINT The city needs to get tough on parking problems downtown, says Mayor Don Williamson. The city has put up One hour parking signs on First Street, and the mayor said the signs will go on other streets in the business district, limiting
Hudak pulls off halfpipe repeat
Rutland Herald - Ski and Snowboard Association. “Part of it is athletes are interested in halfpipe, but also it’s keeping the whole thing fun. (The skiers) get to fool around in the halfpipe and have a good time. It’s a great asset for us. It’s a great development
Head To Reno-Tahoe
KGO - Spring is the perfect time to visit Reno Tahoe! Sunny blue skies and plenty of snow on the slopes means Reno-Tahoe is THE place to put some WOW in your weekend! There is still plenty of time to ski and snowboard, so check out all the great ski and
Village Greens opens Thursday
Daily Interlake - Big Mountain Snowboard Team members Carmel Johnston, 18, Dar Johnston, 16, Caden Michnal, 13, and Hayden Eaton, 11, have all qualified for the U. S. Amateur Snowboard Association (USASA) Nationals at Northstar at Tahoe, Calif. scheduled for March 31
Loon Wraps Up ‘King Of Spring’ Events with Slush Pool Party &
Alpine Zone - 12:32 PM - Mar 22, 2007 Pico Mountain Extending Ski and Snowboard Season to Sunday, April 1 12:30 PM - Mar 22, 2007 Winter Goes Out with a Splash at Burke Mountain 2:15 PM - Mar 20, 2007 Whiteface Offering a Spring Thing
BREW REVIEW
Anchorage Press - We refined it a tad, and now, finally, it’s a full blown part of our flagship series. He should know. He works nights at the brewery so he can catch waves in Yakutat and snowboard in between. I guess it takes time to make it just right in a
Tyson Powers the Fight Against Hunger in Vermont
PrimeZone - Ski and Snowboard Association, the national governing body of Olympic skiing and snowboarding, fields and maintains teams of world-class athletes for competition including the Olympic Games. USSA’s manages nationwide programs in six different Olympic
Snowboard - Months from completion, Downtown Center draws interest
Months from completion, Downtown Center draws interest
Binghampton University Pipe Dream - The closer you can get someone to your front door, no matter what your business is, the better chance you have of selling things, said James Sherrick, manager of Berger s, a ski and snowboard shop down the block from the center. Ty Fish, who owns
ESPN International Winter Sports 2002 Cheats (Xbox) Category
Softpedia - Skate, ski-jump, snowboard By: Alexandru Stanescu, Editor, Gaming Reviews (Consoles) Experience the intensity of international winter competition by Konami, the makers of the classic Track & Field series
Snowboard - Bleiler takes silver at Open
Bleiler takes silver at Open
Aspen Times - Bright and men’s halfpipe winner Shaun White were each presented with $100,000 prize checks by Jake Burton for winning the respective women’s and men’s series crowns - the largest payout ever at a snowboard event. “Man, I’m so pumped right now, and I
Kirsten Clark announces her retirement
Washington Post - Ski and Snowboard Association president and CEO. The peak of Clark’s career came between 2001 and 2003, when she had eight top-three finishes on the World Cup circuit. Most were in downhill but she reached the podium once in super-G and once in giant