Torah came through the qualifier in first, which means she rode last in the first round of the final. That’s a huge advantage because you know exactly what you need before you drop in. At that point, Hanah Teter was leading with a 42, which was well within range. But when Torah fell early, she ended up in last place after the first round. Suddenly, she was in the worst position possible, having to be the first one down in the final round. Shaking off a fall quickly isn’t easy, but it helps sometimes to be thrown straight back up there. If she had to sit, wait and sulk over what went wrong (like Gretchen Bleiler did) the result could have been different. Torah stomped her final run to win gold.
After a lot of good food and wine over the Christmas days, it was time to pack the bags and fly out to Iceland to hook up with Eiki Helgason, his brother Halldòr Helgason and Gulli Gudmundsson to shoot rails in their home town Akureyri.
I met up with the rest of the media crew (Viktor Skogqvist; Johannes Brenning and Johan Wennerström) in Reykjavik to fly in a small plane to Akureyri. After some hustle at the check in counter, we were only allowed to … Details
Eight ladies who can tough it out in the snow make up the Women’s US Team for the 2010 Winter Olympics.Â
Lindsey Jacobellis is the first face in the preview video below. She won the silver medal in women’s snowboard cross in 2006. She might have gotten the gold since she had a three-second lead over her competitor, but … Details
