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Why Sage Kotsenburg’s upset in slopestyle bodes well for White’s biggest rival
Danny Davis is the quintessential snowboarder’s snowboarder. He’s got style for days and no matter what—up to and including massively debilitating injury, whether to himself or to his best friends—Davis rides for the unadulterated, soul-freeing love of snowboarding. He’s the antithesis to his teammate and biggest rival, Shaun White: While White is known as a machine-precise force of nature who does whatever is necessary to exceed the abilities of his competitors, Davis is more a force with nature, giving off the harmless-hippie vibe that belies his superior athletic talent … More
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