Archive for the ‘Snowboard’ Category
The 2012 to 2013 U.S. Freeski and Snowboard teams were officially named at Colorado’s Copper Mountain on Saturday.
Among those named was snowboarder Kelly Clark, a silver and bronze Olympic medalist, who has her sights set on earning gold at the Sochi Games in 2014. “The U.S. team has been a huge support and a contributor to the success of my snowboard career over the years,” she said in a release.
Being a member of the U.S. Freeski and Snowboard team does not  … More
This edit has more corking than a winery . Here are a bunch of backside double corks from the likes of Mikkel Bang, Mark McMorris, Shaun White, Seppe Smits, Mikey Ciccarelli, Jussi Oksanen, and Mikey Rencz.
Sure, there’s snow somewhere every month of the year, but what can you expect if you want to ski in, say, New Zealand in July? We enlisted writers who have traveled the world on skis to let you know what you can expect during ski season around the world. Weather can be fickle, but based on previous years, here are suggestions for where to be when.
JANUARY
Canada: Silver Star, British Columbia
Chances are, you’ve never heard of Silver Star, a resort with an unpretentious mom-and-pop feel that is outshone by Whistler Blackcomb far to the west. But this resort in the sunny Okanagan Valley, about five-and-a-half hours east of Vancouver, offers the perks of a larger operation  … More