Snowboarding school's in session for SL's Hohmeyer
For Spring Lake’s Adam Hohmeyer, his version of physical education atschool involves mornings on a mountain with his snowboard. read more
Tributes to Burke begin before X Games
Their calendars say it's time for the Winter X Games. Their hearts tell them it might be too soon. Less than a week after the death of their friend, Canadian freestyle skier Sarah Burke, the skiers, snowboarders and snowmobilers reconvened in Aspen on Wednesday to get ready for the start of what is typically one of America's most rowdy, raucous celebrations of sports.
Gone, not forgotten, skiers call Winter X Games a week to 'Celebrate Sarah'
ASPEN, Colo. - Their calendars say it's time for the Winter X Games. Their hearts tell them it might be too soon.
SSX to change your workingdefinition of 'tagging'
Forget about all that Facebook nonsense. SSX is trying to redefine the way you use the word "tagging" between friends with its geotagging feature, allowing players to set hard-to-reach points as challenges for other folks. That's way better than a photo gallery feature if you ask us. SSX to change your working definition of 'tagging' originally appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 13 Jan 2012 11:20:00 ...
Storming the Hill: A new trend, the passing of an old friend and more bikes in Bend
Snowskate? What the hell is “snowskate?” It's just like it sounds—one uses a skateboard-esque deck to surf the snow, man. Garfield Wright, winner of the 2010 Giant Slalom Snowskate Olympics held in Port Angeles, Wash., took some time out from Saturday’s rail jam at Hoodoo Snow Area to explain to me the sport and the required equipment. Apparently there are two major types of snowskates: single ...
Sarah Burke honored with torchlight parade at X Games
In the same superpipe where Sarah Burke pioneered her sport, a gathering of the world's best skiers and snowboarders honored the fallen skier with a somber descent in lightly falling snow late Thursday.
When is extreme too extreme?
By: Kristin Gobberg Every choice carries a risk. Every action holds a consequence. Typically, most people make decisions based on the risk-to-reward outcome and choose the path that offers the highest reward. We try to avoi...
Examining X's & Ohs: Aspen awaiting battles with gravity
The courses are set. The athletes and cameras are ready. Fire up the circus.Aspen's 11th dalliance with the Winter X Games begins Thursday with a tighter focus on Olympic sports.
Uncertainty clouds recovery of skier Burke in Utah
Canadian freestyle skier Sarah Burke's agent and her publicist were teary-eyed at a hospital Monday as they tried to explain the lack of any prognosis report for the Olympic favorite. Burke, 29, was seriously injured Jan. 10 in a training accident at the superpipe in Park City, Utah, and six days later remained sedated on a breathing tube as doctors tested her brain functions.
X Games preview strikes a somber tone
If Wednesday’s opening press conference was any indication, the recent death of professional skier Sarah Burke will hang heavy over this year’s Winter X Games. read more
