Winter Sports Roundup | Lysacek finds tie is as good as gold
Seattle Times - Olympic gold medalist Shaun White of Carlsbad, Calif., landed a 1260-degree maneuver to win the snowboard-superpipe title at the Winter X Games in Aspen, Colo. In the snowmobile freestyle, Joe Parsons of Yakima was second to Levi LaVallee of Longville
Putman, Rollnick win giant slalom races
Anchorage Daily News - Kiana Putman and Sean Rollnick each picked up victories Sunday in the Big Alaska USASA Giant Slalom at Alyeska Ski Resort. Putman posted the fastest time of the day at 72.73 seconds, while Rollnick posted the fastest men’s time of 73.23. Snowboard
Skiing | Kirkland’s Macartney is recovering from crash
Seattle Times - Ski and Snowboard Association medical director. Macartney was clocked at almost 90 mph before the last jump and landed hard enough to break his helmet, which made the crash look worse but might have helped. The helmet is designed to absorb energy by
All About the Tricks at Winter X Games
ABC News - The bigger the tricks that you do back-to-back, that gets you the best scores,” says snowboard master Shaun White, also known as the “Flying Tomato” for his ginger mane of hair. White is the face of the X games. He was one of the youngest to join the
Iowans to brave weather for first Winter Games
Des Moines Register - Sleepy Hollow; ski and snowboard competitions, various events begin at 4 p.m., Sleepy Hollow. Brenton Skating Plaza will offer free lessons at 8 a.m., demonstrations by area skaters at 9 a.m., limbo and other ice games at 9:30 a.m., ice-making
White wins gold in snowboard superpipe at X Games
Colorado Springs Gazette - ASPEN — Order has been restored in the snowboarding world. Shaun White is atop the Winter X Games podium again. The Flying Tomato broke a mini slump Sunday by overcoming blustery conditions to win the snowboard superpipe finals of Winter X
Before You Hit the Slopes
Channel 6000 - Ski and snowboard safety begins before you take off for the mountains. Start with your own muscles - don’t try to ski yourself into shape! - and move outward to your clothing and gear. Dress in layers of good quality, wind- and water-resistant
Snowboarder clings to thoughts of daughter to survive cold
Orange County Register - He opted to follow a ravine and ditched his snowboard somewhere along the way. He thought of his daughter, Jaden Ann. “She just got her first two teeth, and I wanted to see the rest of them come in,” he said. As the evening progressed, he
A Fight for Life Consumes Both Mother and Son
New York Times - Intellectually, of course, she knew otherwise, but she balanced that age-old contradiction with the insouciance of a helmetless 18-year-old on a snowboard. She believed in her own will, and, grandiose though it may seem, in her own star, Mr