Meet the WX14 favorites and Olympic hopefuls
Four-time defending Winter X Snowboarder X gold medalist Nate Holland and 2006 Winter Olympic gold medalist Seth Wescott are top talents for the U.S. But you knew that. The rest of the skilled U.S. rippers are relatively unknown. They shouldn’t be. Here’s a breakdown:Â Â …Â Details
Nate Holland and Lindsey Jacobellis won the the World Cup snowboard cross races today in Bad Gastein, Austria, improving their chances of making the U.S. Olympic team.
This is Lindsey’s first win this season, and her 20th overall. She beat out Norway’s Helene Olafsen for the victory. “I’m stoked. I definitely needed that. I’ve been in kind of a little slump lately, and this felt great,” Jacobellis said. “It takes off a lot of the pressure that this has happened. It supports  … Details
Stine Brun-Kjeldaas introducing the world famous Swatch TTR 6Star All Female event – the Roxy Chicken Jam. Coming at you from its new location at Saalbach Hinterglemm the Roxy Chicken Jam will not disappoint. Watch as Olympic Medalist Stine talks you through whats happening this weekend and as she explains about the snowboarding events efforts to become carbon neutral.
HILO, Hawaii » The largest group of skiers ever to climb up Mauna Kea at one time made the arduous trip up the mountain over the weekend to enjoy skiing on the new snow which fell on the slopes Friday night.
Early Sunday morning when the skiers met on the snowy slopes there were between 35 and 40 of them present. Many of them were members of the Hawaii Ski club and their friends.
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