La Molina, Spain – World Cup snowboardcross champion Lindsey Jacobellis (Stratton Mountain, VT) nailed down her fifth World Cup win of the season Friday, finishing first in Spain in a photo finish. Fellow U.S. snowboarder Nick Baumgartner (Iron River, MI) stood on the men’s podium in second. Seth Wescott’s (Sugarloaf, ME) World Cup title hopes were dashed when Austrian Markus Schairer won to clinch the globe with one race remaining…Â Details
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He had the right accoutrements: the Giro helmet, the warm sweatshirt, the puffy gloves and the trendy ski pants. And he had the right slightly-nihilistic attitude: He refused the helmet until his instructors talked him into it.
The only thing different about Samudio was his legs.
He just had one of them – the left one. The other leg was amputated below the knee after his Humvee was hit by a grenade Dec. 1, 2008, in Western Baghdad.
“I just got my prosthetic last week… Details
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The Wii Fit with Wii Balance Board brought many different types of sporting activities into the home. Despite my questions around how can it really work and how can you really get as much aerobic exercise as when you go to a gym class, I have been more than pleasantly surprised – it’s fantastic!… Details
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