April 2007
Monthly Archive
General27 Apr 2007 04:30 pm
Snowboard - The Laker - Sports:
The Laker - Sports:
Trumann Democrat - T.J. and Mikaela Casey recently returned to Mound after taking part in the United States of America Snowboard Association (USASA) Nationals Tournament in Lake Tahoe, Calif. Because of their performances in the half pipe while competing there, they
General26 Apr 2007 05:30 pm
Snowboard - Boarder makes his cut
Boarder makes his cut
Union - Douglas Potter is carving his life out of a snowboard. The 19-year-old won the USA Snowboarding Association boardercross national championship (men’s 18-22-year-old division) April 4 at Northstar-at-Tahoe, as he prepares to make a run at the 2010
Thank you PR WEB.
PRWeb - RSN s The Goods Showcases 2005-2006 Ski and Snowboard Products: Footage from SIA Will Offer Consumers an Inside Look at New Technology RSN, Resort Television, attended the SnowSports Industries America (SIA) show in Las Vegas in January to
A Peak Experience
Concord Monitor - On good days, they have their own winter park with breathtaking vistas and can snowboard or hike outside. Every other week they rotate and go down the mountain for a more normal life. Explorers Club During the evening wine and cheese break, on
Parker: Denver boosters seeking a booth at Food & Wine fest
Rocky Mountain News - WILD RIDE: Ride of Your Life , a documentary about transplant recipient and Olympic snowboard medalist Chris Klug , will make its Colorado premiere at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Paramount Theatre, 1621 Glenarm Place. Klug, born in Vail, now calls Aspen home
Snowplay biz has banner winter
Arizona Daily Sun - Some 32,120 people showed up to ski and snowboard this winter. That is 62 percent less than the ski area’s 10-year average, according to data provided by Snowbowl. “We’re currently operating on lines of credit, and will operate on lines of credit all
Snow sports industry tapping market of female skiers and snowboarders
Glenwood Springs Post Independent - But as she finally comes to a stop at the bottom of the lifts and unstraps her board, it’s clear by her Prada sunglasses and Roxy snowboard that she is all girl. Wilkins, a Florida college student on vacation with her family, represents one of the
Oxbow Word Longboard Championship event overview
Surfers Village - As such, the company is a pioneer in the boardsports domain of surf, windsurf, kite surf, ski, snowboard, standup paddle, tow-in and the list goes on and on. This brand has long known how important it is to put together teams of exceptional
Local quartet excels at snowboard nationals
1960 Sun - LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Saugerties’ Erik Donaldson was the runner-up in the Kahuna Men’s (age 50-59) slopestyle division and Garrett Malone was 10th in the overall freestyle rankings to lead several local athletes who competed recently at the United
Tedd Florendo
KLAS-TV - Off camera, you can bet Tedd is either shredding snow on his snowboard in the winter, and either mountain biking or jetskiing in the summer. Tedd credits his success to his wonderful mother and late father, who he claims helped shape him into the man
General25 Apr 2007 06:30 pm
Snowboard - Memorable Celebrity Quotes
Memorable Celebrity Quotes
Starpulse.com - I always swore that I wouldn’t snowboard, but I did. People my age, they call it ‘grey on a tray.’” Kevin Bacon on his new love for winter sports. “My heart skips a beat when I see Uma Thurman’s name in my phone book. I don’t even bother calling her. I
Spring into action for resorts’ season-ending events
San Francisco Gate - Snowboard Academy Camp runs Saturday-Sunday; $99 includes two lift tickets, lunches, instruction, swag bag. (530) 426-3666. Bear Valley: Wine-tasting and live jazz, 2-5:30 p.m. Saturday, $15. Reggae on the Mountain, micro-brew festival and pond
Late snow keeping ski resorts open
KUSA-TV - LOVELAND - In the coming days, bosses might want to keep an eye out for employees calling in sick, especially those who like to ski or snowboard. A major winter storm could drop more than a foot of snow in the mountains which will make for some great
Del Norte County’s Junior Miss pageant garners six hopefuls
Daily Triplicate - She is active in ski and snowboard, oceanography and scuba, junior prom organizing and running events. Noll also dances and competes in speech, cheer and track. She holds honors for her academic achievements, history and science. Like her father
Bend snowboarding champ paralyzed in fall
kgw.com - Tyler Eklund was practicing for the USA Snowboard Association National Championships, being staged this week at Northstar at Tahoe resort in Truckee, Calif. The eighth-grader from Bend slid smoothly through the turns, landed his
The Laker - Sports:
Trumann Democrat - T.J. and Mikaela Casey recently returned to Mound after taking part in the United States of America Snowboard Association (USASA) Nationals Tournament in Lake Tahoe, Calif. Because of their performances in the half pipe while competing there, they
Latest Headlines
Alpine Zone - Some lucky bunny who finds a golden egg in the Easter Egg Hunt will be going home with a new pair of Atomic skis or an Atomic snowboard. Okemo has made special arrangements with the Easter Bunny to have him hide hundreds of colorful, candy-filled eggs
Improving cash flow, securing the future
CNN Money - We jump out of planes, we scubadive, we snowboard,” says Zugheri. “Mark is right- we need something in writing to address the possibility of one of us becoming incapacitated.” As far as Nash’s plea to get him to stop day trading in his IRA, that’s a
General22 Apr 2007 10:30 pm
Snowboard - PM Makeover: Giving Back
PM Makeover: Giving Back
Popular Mechanics - The Watkins Street crew, along with eight other FDNY firefighters, provided transportation and support for 31 disabled vets (most of them injured in Iraq or Afghanistan), who were learning how to ski or snowboard under the tutelage of the Adaptive
General22 Apr 2007 12:30 am
Snowboard - Quiksilver, Inc. Appoints Joseph Scirocco as New Chief Financial
Quiksilver, Inc. Appoints Joseph Scirocco as New Chief Financial
dBusinessNews.com - The Company’s products are sold in over 90 countries in a wide range of distribution, including surf shops, ski shops, skateboard shops, snowboard shops, proprietary Boardriders Club shops, other specialty stores and select department stores. The
Tedd Florendo
KLAS-TV - Off camera, you can bet Tedd is either shredding snow on his snowboard in the winter, and either mountain biking or jetskiing in the summer. Tedd credits his success to his wonderful mother and late father, who he claims helped shape him into the man
NMSU students invite everyone to Aggie Day
Deming Headlight - A snowboard donated by The Beach will be raffled at 4:30 p.m. In addition to the Aggie Day afternoon activities, the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish will sponsor a free fishing clinic for children from 9 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. at the NMSU Duck Pond
General21 Apr 2007 01:30 am
Snowboard - Money Doesn t Grow on Trees
Money Doesn t Grow on Trees
Cornell Daily Sun - As long as they don t catch the flu, slip on the ice, crash a bike, snowboard into a tree, rupture an appendix or get hit by a bus, everything will be fine. Right? That leaves us wondering: what s left, if anything, at the end of the month
Boarder makes his cut
Union - Douglas Potter is carving his life out of a snowboard. The 19-year-old won the USA Snowboarding Association boardercross national championship (men’s 18-22-year-old division) April 4 at Northstar-at-Tahoe, as he prepares to make a run at the 2010
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Burton Snowboards hires Chuck Mason as VP of sales
Surfers Village - The combination of his experience at a top specialty retailer and leading sales teams of four snowboard brands will serve him well at Burton. Reporting to Burton s Executive Vice President and General Manager Clark Gundlach, Chuck is charged
Fire guts Blake Avenue duplex
Glenwood Springs Post Independent - I have someone else’s shoes on and a shirt and pants and a snowboard.” But Jenkins was philosophical about his losses. “I got my dogs, and all my roommates are safe, so that’s all that counts,” he said. The turtle made it Much of the house was destroyed
General18 Apr 2007 09:30 am
Snowboard - Czeschin wins finale to clinch Grand Prix overall title, while Bleiler
Czeschin wins finale to clinch Grand Prix overall title, while Bleiler
Summit Daily News - Snowboard Grand Prix series finale last weekend at snowy Tamarack Resort. U.S. Snowboarding pro rider Tommy Czeschin added another highlight to his already outstanding season Saturday winning both the final halfpipe competition and the overall Grand
Sam Roberts, K’Naan Kick Off Ski Fest
andPOP - (andPOP) - People from all over the world have descended upon Whistler for the start of the Telus World Ski & Snowboard Festival. Sam Roberts opened the 10-day festival with a concert on Friday. Stephen Marley and K’Naan have also performed and
General17 Apr 2007 01:30 pm
Snowboard - Best of Boulder County ‘05
Best of Boulder County ‘05
Boulder Clarion - The Flatirons are rumbling. Pearl Street is quaking. The prairie dogs are scurrying deep into their burrows. Boulder is in the midst of a Richter Scale-smashing upheaval. The signs are everywhere. The site of the once-sprawling Crossroads Mall is now
Three times golden
Aspen Times - Bobby was a head and shoulders above all the other racers out there,” coach Rohan Verplank said in an Aspen Valley Ski and Snowboard Club news release. “Some of the Central Division [Midwest] kids were knocking their knees [when they saw the course
All Downhill For Skiing Bride, Groom
Click2Houston.com - BIG SKY, Mont. — 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. She’s a snowboard instructor, so her guests rode snowboards. The groom is a ski instructor, and his
General16 Apr 2007 03:30 pm
Snowboard - April 30 deadline for Ski Utah’s photo contest
April 30 deadline for Ski Utah’s photo contest
Salt Lake Tribune - The annual Ski Utah photo contest deadline is April 30. Organizers are looking for the best action and winter scenery shots from the 2006-07 ski and snowboard season. Some photos received for the contest may be used in Ski Utah’s 2007-08 Winter
COVER STORY
Anchorage Press - Anchorage used to have a privately owned indoor skate park, operated by Boarderline, but the skate and snowboard shop went out of business last year. Boarderline also sponsored the only professional skate and snowboard team in the state. Pollard was
All Downhill For Skiing Bride, Groom
Click2Houston.com - BIG SKY, Mont. — 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. She’s a snowboard instructor, so her guests rode snowboards. The groom is a ski instructor, and his
Hockey: Generals fall to Fort Wayne
MLive.com - Maybe the hockey gods don t want the Flint Generals to reach the .500 mark again this season. Or perhaps their latest attempt to get back to level ground failed because they came out flat against one of the United Hockey League s best teams
Plan for year-round Texas ski park under way
KVUE - Designs are already under way for the proposed $750 million Bearfire Ski Resort. Proposals include a man-made, snow-capped mountain, snow caves and a frozen lake for ice skating. Developers claim it would be the first snowboard and
KAI-id Establishes Largest Industrial Design Firm in Maine
dBusinessNews.com - A degreed industrial designer, Yau s design for a half BMX bike/half snowboard sport vehicle, the Omo-Board, helped create a new extreme sport, snow-biking. Yau obtained a bachelor s degree in industrial design-transportation from Coventry
Eric Kinney, President
PRWeb - For York County native Adam Longnecker, his thrill of choice is careening down the face of a mountain with a snowboard attached to his feet. He has made a full-time career out of chasing an adrenaline rush. - 2005-01-03 Asian Personals News - Love of
Three times golden
Aspen Times - Bobby was a head and shoulders above all the other racers out there,” coach Rohan Verplank said in an Aspen Valley Ski and Snowboard Club news release. “Some of the Central Division [Midwest] kids were knocking their knees [when they saw the course
General15 Apr 2007 07:30 pm
Snowboard - Do the ski-season stretch
Do the ski-season stretch
CNN - The views are the most stunning part of skiing in New Zealand, said Earl Saline, a ski and snowboard school instructor in Winter Park, Colorado, who has spent several seasons teaching at Cardrona Alpine Resort on the South Island. “You’re up on the
Tedd Florendo
KLAS-TV - Off camera, you can bet Tedd is either shredding snow on his snowboard in the winter, and either mountain biking or jetskiing in the summer. Tedd credits his success to his wonderful mother and late father, who he claims helped shape him into the man
Ski for free: The backcountry offers ski runs that are fresh and free
Greeley Tribune - Even so, Turecek did encourage beginners to give it a shot, saying the east side beginners could hike up the boot tracks and snowboard down all day long, even if they haven’t boarded much at all, let alone at the resorts. Berthoud Pass grabs the
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