Saturday, March 21st, 2009
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Shaun White wasn't the men's halfpipe winner at the US Open of Snowboarding for the first time in four years. The red-haired one apparently strained his ankle while training last week and was unable to compete in Saturday's finals.
With that opening, not only did Danny ...
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Sunday, February 22nd, 2009
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Aussie Torah Bright was pretty much a non-factor this season at the Winter Dew Tour but she showed today why she's considered one of the best female snowboarders on the scene with a blazing final run that secured her the win at the Toyota Championship at Tahoe-at-Northstar.
Bright was trailing Kelly ...
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Friday, January 23rd, 2009
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Torah Bright followed up her amazing qualifying performance from Thursday by taking the gold in Friday's SuperPipe finals. Bright's 91.33 was more than enough to give her the top spot as Kelly Clark, who finished with the silver, managed an ...
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Thursday, January 22nd, 2009
Torah Bright is back in a big way. After being MIA on some of the biggest contests so far this season, she dominated the women's snowboarding superpipe qualifiers on Thursday at the Winter X Games 13.
Following up Bright in the standings were Kelly Clark and Hannah Teter, with Ellery Hollingsworth ...
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Monday, December 22nd, 2008
If the creators of THE SISTERHOOD OF THE TRAVELING PANTS were to make a third installment of the highly successful, tremendously heartwarming series, featuring some of the most famous young and hip female actors, I say that they do it up at Mountain High Resort during the ROXY Sunset Session. ...
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Saturday, September 27th, 2008
Roxy Girl Torah Bright was featured in the UK's Guardian talking about some of her favorite things. Among the nuggets:
- Her favorite place to snowboard is St. Moritz in Switzerland. But her home country of Australia is close behind.
- She actually loves skiing, too. "It's a nice break from snowboarding."
- ...
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Thursday, August 21st, 2008
"I Ride Park City" snowboard film world premiere at the PCMR Town Lift Plaza. The film features top riders including Park City All Stars Shaun White, Torstein Horgmo, Aaron Biittner, Torah Bright, Scotty Arnold, Stevie Bell, Bode Merrill, Erin Comstock and Drew Fuller. Featured friends include Eero Ettala, Heikki Sorsa, ...
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Tuesday, April 29th, 2008
Sometimes I stumble across a random story and get my interest piqued. This was such a story. "Torah Voted Best Ever" screams the headline, followed by:
AUSTRALIA'S Torah Bright has been voted the best female snowboarder of all time in a stunning tribute to the Cooma-raised queen of extreme.
Bright, ...
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