Iouri Podladtchikov Takes 2nd in FIS Sochi Superpipe!
Posted Feb. 14, 2013
Kelly Clark (USA) and Taku Hiraoka (JPN) have clinched the halfpipe test event for the up-coming 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, Russia. In the finals of the best twelve women and men of the fourth FIS Snowboard Halfpipe World Cup staged in the “Extreme Park” of Rosa Khutor today, the 2002 Olympic Gold medalist nailed it on the women's side with 88.25 points. The U.S. Snowboarding veteran, who extended her World Cup lead to 3,200 ...
The Lure Of Sochi With Hana Beaman From ESPN.com
Posted Feb. 12, 2013
Shortly after snowboard slopestyle was announced as an Olympic discipline in July 2011, two people on seemingly opposite sides of the sport bumped into each other at Mt. Hood, Ore. U.S. Snowboarding head coach Mike Jankowski and Hana Beaman, a three-time X Games Snowboard Slopestyle silver medalist, knew each other from the pro circuit, albeit less so lately. It had been four years since Beaman, now an elite backcountry film rider, won her last X Games medal, and it ...
"What's The Word" with Eric Willett at Winter X Games 2013
Posted Jan. 23, 2013
Vans Team Riders Eric Willett and Iouri Podladtchikov have arrived in Aspen, Colorado for Winter X Games 2013 ready to ride. Practice has already started as the riders feel out the terrain and prepare for the biggest contest of the year. We'll be here rolling with the crew and giving you the inside look into all the action and behind the scenes. First off is a brand new "What's The Word" with the contest killa Eric Willett, who ...
Sprint U.S. Grand Prix Opens with Slopestyle Qualifiers
Posted Jan. 10, 2013
COPPER MOUNTAIN, CO (Jan. 9) – The Sprint U.S. Grand Prix opened its 17th season with slopestyle qualifiers at Copper Mountain today. The newly added Olympic sport of slopestyle snowboarding saw over 100 athletes from 37 countries at the first domestic FIS World Cup of the year and 5Star World Snowboard Tour event. Fan favorites Chas Guldemond (Reno, NV) and Eric Willett (Breckenridge, CO) both made it to finals, that takes place on Friday. The weekend will be televised on ...
U.S. Snowboarding Team Named at Copper
Posted Dec. 9, 2012
COPPER MOUNTAIN, CO (Dec. 8) – The 2013 U.S. Snowboarding Team halfpipe and slopestyle teams, led by Olympians Kelly Clark (West Dover, VT), Scotty Lago (Seabrook, NH), Louie Vito (Sandy, UT) and World Snowboard Tour champion Chas Guldemond (Reno, NV), was named today at Copper Mountain. The team features a world-class roster of 26 internationally ranked snowboarders. They begin their competition season with the Dew Tour Dec. 13-16 at Breckenridge followed by the Sprint U.S. Grand Prix, the first ...
Eric Willett On U.S. Snowboard Slopestyle Team
Posted Dec. 14, 2011
COPPER MOUNTAIN, CO – With a host of new action sports events on the docket for the 2014 Olympics just two years away, the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association (USSA) formally announced 2011-12 U.S. Snowboarding and U.S. Freeskiing teams Dec. 9th, 2011 from its training facility at the Sprint U.S. Grand Prix at Copper. The announcement includes first year teams in slopestyle snowboarding and skiing, as well as halfpipe skiing – all the result of decisions by the ...
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