As the gold medal slopestyle favorite heading into the Sochi Olympics, Jamie Anderson carried the most pressure of all 12 women who made the finals this afternoon. But while the world watched as she prepared to drop in for her second run, she simply smiled, took a deep breath, and did her best to let go of it all.
Third from last to drop, Jamie had just endured a series of high scoring runs from Finland’s Enni Rukajarvi, England’s Jenny Jones, and Switzerland’s Sina Candrian who landed the first contest 1080 for a woman. After posting only an 80.75 on her first run, she now needed … More
What does one do after earning a spot on the podium in slopestyle at the Winter Olympics?
If you are Norway’s Ståle Sandbech, you celebrate by turning your flowing locks of hair into an incredibly large mohawk.
Sandbech, who won bronze medals at X Games Aspen 2014 last month for slopestyle and big air, was awarded the silver Olympic medal at the medal ceremony Saturday night in Sochi.
Unofficially, he was awarded a gold medal for big hair … Pictures and more
Thanks to massive snowfalls in the recent weeks, the Engadin valley is currently abundant with snow, offering the perfect venue for this extraordinary freeride event. Lots of big names in freeriding (skier and snowboarder) have gathered to be part of world’s only parallel freeride event.
In order to present the most dynamic pictures possible, every participant carried an onboard-camera. This clip of round 1 is filmed entirely from the perspective of onboard-cams. The event had to be stopped after round 1 because of high blowing wind. Be curious how the 12th edition of ENGADNISNOW 2014 will proceed on Sunday.
The humor got lost in translation.
Canadian bobsledders posted pictures of themselves wearing few articles of clothing but lots of facial hair. Several of them couldn’t keep a straight face, perhaps because bobsledder Justin Kripps taking the picture could keep a straight face, or perhaps because there was something inherently un-straight about the pose.
For reasons that remain as mysterious as those that caused the bobsledders to … More