The sport of Para Snowboard competition owes its success to the determination of a group of pioneering riders who in 2005 began their quest to have the sport included at the Paralympic Winter Games.
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As the second half of the Bjornsen nordic clan, Erik Bjornsen continues to carve out his own niche on the U.S. Cross Country Team, making his Olympic debut in 2014 and competing in six events.
VAL GARDENA, Italy (Dec. 17, 2014)—The men’s speed team is in the Dolomites this weekend and is looking fast, with Steven Nyman taking the win at the first and only downhill training run.
VOSS, Norway (Mar. 17) – Dylan Ferguson (Amesbury, MA) took fifth in the FIS Freestyle Aerials World Cup Finals in Voss, Norway, Saturday, locking him into fourth in the season overall standings. Nevin Brown (Streetsboro, OH) finished a career-best eighth. Dmitri Dashinski of Belarus was the men’s winner, with China’s Mengtao XU snagging the women’s top spot.
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Franconia, NH (June 4) - The Eastern Ski Writers Association (ESWA) has awarded Mikaela Shiffrin (Eagle-Vail, CO) and Kieffer Christianson (Anchorage) with the 2013 Don A. Metivier Golden Ski Award.
This is Shiffrin’s third and Christianson’s first win. The winners were officially recognized at the New England Ski Museum in Franconia, NH, on May 31.
Breckenridge, CO (Dec. 11, 2015) — American skier Brita Sigourney (Carmel, CA) hit the podium at the first major freeskiing contest of the season, the Dew Tour Breckenridge. Sigourney took third in the superpipe competition with a run that included a leftside 900 and an alley oop 540. Teammate Annalisa Drew (Andover, MA) was the top seed, but wasn’t able to lay down a run in the final and finished sixth.
INNSBRUCK, Austria (Jan. 20) - Aspen Valley Ski and Snowboard Club racer Julia Mueller-Ristine (Aspen, CO) capped her 2012 Winter Youth Olympic Games with 12th in slalom, less than 24 hours after meeting Olympic gold medalist Lindsey Vonn (Vail, CO). Vonn was in Innsbruck for a few hours to meet with all Youth Olympic athletes, but spent some time talking privately with Mueller-Ristine. The Youth Olympics close Sunday with men's slalom, featuing Ski & Snowboard Club Vail athlete Alex Leever (Vail, CO).
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CANMORE, Alberta (March 12, 2016) – Jessie Diggins (Afton, MN) pulled out all the stops in the eighth and final stage to claim a coveted spot in the top-five overall at Ski Tour Canada Saturday.
Madison Varmette continues to flip, twist and progress in aerials, all while rehabilitating from a disorder that could have potentially ended her active lifestyle
