“It’s like cheating, it really is. That’s what they (skiers) said about snowboarding. Then they decided: ‘We should cheat, too.'” Jeremy Nelson, about the ease of using the new skis Â
Erick Ward keeps answering the same question — especially on a powder day. Does he miss snowboarding?
“Not at all, I haven’t really thought about it,” says Ward, who lives in Bend. “I haven’t missed it at all.”
Ward, 42, is … More
Lindsey Vonn showed she is back to her best by winning a women’s World Cup downhill race on Saturday, just weeks after concussion curtailed her world championship campaign.
Vonn was slightly behind Slovenia’s Tina Maze at the first time split on the Olympia course but won in 1 minute, 40.93 seconds for her seventh win of the season and 40th overall—extending her American record for men and women.
“It’s still hard to believe … More
ANGEL FIRE, N.M. — What goes up must come down — in wild, blazing speeds at the 2011 Snow Shovel Races.
Adrenaline junkies and curious first-timers fly by the seat of their pants on metal grain snow shovels, legs up, steering with their hands pressed in the snow down a 1,200 foot-long mountain track, vying for the best time out of two runs.
Part whacked-out sledding, part unconventional luging, this extreme sport came to be from ski resort workers using shovels as sleds to get from one place to another in the 1970s. It evolved to become an intense competition, with tricked-out shovels and high speeds leading the way  … More