Archive for the ‘Ski’ Category
Friday, April 3rd, 2009
I wasn’t aware that states could have an official sport. This could be awesome if every state had an official sport and one day out of the year can be a state holiday designated just for that sport. And since there are only a limited number of popular sports, the ...
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Thursday, March 26th, 2009
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The world of action sports has suffered another loss. ESPN reports that Shane McConkey was killed earlier today in a ski-BASE accident in Italy. McConkey, 39, fell at least 400 feet after his parachute failed to ...
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Thursday, March 26th, 2009
Gatorade is continuing its push into action sports by signing on as the title sponsor of the the amateur Free Flow Tour, part of Alli, the Alliance of Action Sports. The deal, which was announced earlier this week, expands the FFT beyond the skate/BMX summer tour that has existed since ...
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Tuesday, March 17th, 2009
Earlier we were speaking about collaborations and how diluted the whole market is for callabos. Most of the time they don’t try hard enough. Other times they work out just perfectly. Just look at the example of the latest Grenade and Monster Energy who have joined forces to bring the ...
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Sunday, February 22nd, 2009
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Tanner Hall added to his impressive list of honors Saturday by winning the superpipe finals at the last stop of the 2009 Winter Dew Tour at Northstar-at-Tahoe. Hall's 93.75 was just enough to get by Simon Dumont (92.50), the only other person to win a superpipe contest at the Dew ...
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Saturday, February 21st, 2009
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Tom Wallisch scored a surprise win as the freeskiing slopestyle finals went down Saturday at at Northstar-At-Tahoe's Toyota Championship, the final stop of the 2009 Winter Dew Tour. Wallisch entered the contest as a wildcard in slopestyle, having missed the previous two events.
Wallisch's 92.83 was enough to give him ...
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Sunday, February 1st, 2009
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The news quickly spread all over the world; Ryan St Onge was back. He won the Deer Valley Freestyle World Cup aerials with a triple backflip and four twists -- called a "double full full full," and while in the air with the ...
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Saturday, January 31st, 2009
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It was a bluebird day on Thursday, and Deer Valley put on its usual excellent show. The opening day of the event featured moguls, with a bump course that was slightly in the shadows, and so remained firm, ...
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Saturday, January 24th, 2009
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A steady snowfall may have slowed down the action for the Women's Skiing SuperPipe finals at Winter X 13 in Aspen, but Sarah Burke came through with her third-consecutive win in the event.
Burke didn't have it easy, however, with Jen ...
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Friday, January 23rd, 2009
This is action sports like never before. And you're the judge! Check out the 3 semifinalist videos in the VOTE tab. Then VOTE for the one you think deserves the grand prize. You have the power to send your favorite to the 2010 Winter X Games
Here's how: Like the video? ...
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