SheRide, a Durango Mountain Resort-based series of snowboard camps, is dedicated to offering women a safe and different experience from trying to “keep up with the boys.”
Julie Visnich, the founder and director of SheRide, says, “Our top priority is helping women meet their goals and have a fantastic time. Our team does everything we can to jump in and get to know you from the start. We’re happiest when you’re happy.”
SheRide is conducting its latest camp at …Â More info
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So why the hell would two dudes decide to make an all-female snowboard film? Aren’t there plenty of riders, male and female, around SLC to shoot with? …Â More in
Sven Kramer won his third straight men’s gold medal to match a feat last accomplished by Eric Heiden in 1979, and Martina Sablikova won her first women’s title at the World Allround Speedskating Championships on Sunday.
Heiden, a U.S. speedskater regarded as the best men’s in history, won three straight beginning in 1977.
U.S. skaters Trevor Marsicano and Chad Hedrick, a former inline skater from Texas who led a 1-2 United States finish in the last worlds at Hamar in 2004, finished fifth and sixth, respectively, in the men’s event… More info
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: North Carolina kid trades inline skates for ice skates and rises quickly through the ranks, just in time to make a run at the Winter Olympics.
No one is calling Heather Richardson the next Joey Cheek just yet, but she’s definitely an athlete to watch as the countdown to the Vancouver Olympics hits the one-year mark this week.
Richardson, a 19-year-old from High Point, is the reigning U.S. champion in long-track speedskating’s sprint events and recently finished 20th at the World Sprints…. More info