American Angeli VanLaanen stamped her passport to the Winter Olympics in emphatic fashion Saturday night with a resounding halfpipe victory at the Visa U.S. Grand Prix in Park City, Utah. A little over an hour later, two on the men’s side clinched berths as well as Coloradans Aaron Blunck and Lyman Currier snagged spots on the first Olympic U.S. ski halfpipe team.
“I’m on top of the world right now,” said VanLaanen. “I just went out and skied my best and it felt amazing to land my run. It’s a dream come true … More
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Olympic pressure doesn’t affect only the athletes; it impacts resorts, too. Just ask Mammoth Mountain, California’s Unbound terrain park director, TJ Dawoud. As the man in charge, it falls on Dawoud to make sure that everything on the snow is ready when the ski area hosts events. In a normal year it’s a tough job, but pile snowpack levels measuring a dismal 20 percent of normal on top of the critical final three Olympic snowboarding qualifying events and it suddenly goes from challenging to beyond reason.
Unexpectedly, due to poor weather in Breckenridge, Colorado, and, previously, challenging snow conditions in Lake Tahoe, California, Mammoth Mountain found itself hosting the last three of five Olympic qualifying snowboard halfpipe and slopestyle events … More
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Tim Eddy and Taylor Carlton take it to uncharted territories searching for new features while filming for Gone Wild. They use their mountaineering skills to stay safe, while pushing the limit of splitboarding. See how Tim and Taylor put their neck on the line during an extreme mission in Colorado.
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‘Start Seeing Freeskiing’, offering a history of the thrilling sport that has emerged onto the world stage. Target athletes and champion skiers Simon Dumont, Torin Yater-Wallace and Roz Groenewoud share their thoughts on the momentous season ahead.
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