Snowboarding History: Technology boosts snowboarding growth in 1980s
The 1980s may conjure up images of Cabbage Patch Dolls, MTV and Pac-Man, the U.S. men's ice hockey team's "miracle" at the 1980 Olympics - and also snowboarding, which exploded onto the scene of winter sp Copyright 2012 Summit Daily News. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Summit Daily News Snowboarding History: Technology boosts ...
Panel discusses Aspen's place in snowboarding history
ASPEN — For a resort town whose flagship mountain was one of the last to allow snowboarders, Aspen figures with surprising prominence in snowboarding history.
Snowboarding History: Tom Sims: From skateboards to snowboards
Tom Sims, who maintains that he invented snowboarding after creating a "skiboard" in 1963, moved to California in 1970, running a skateboarding shop in Santa Barbara. Skateboarding quickly exploded, with Sims himself as wo Copyright 2012 Summit Daily News. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Summit Daily News Snowboarding History: Tom ...
Snowboarding History: Dimitrije Milovich and the Winterstick
Countless children of all generations have improvised techniques to coast down hills, even standing up to make the experience that much more thrilling. But not many have used that as an inspiration to create a snowboarding company. En Copyright 2012 Summit Daily News. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Summit Daily News Snowboarding ...
Mintz: X Games and ESPN award Shaun White a not-so-perfect 100
With 17 Winter X Games medals and two Olympic gold medals (not to mention five summer X Games medals in Skateboard Vert) there isn't much left for snowboarding superstar Shaun White to accomplish — especially now that he can claim to have completed the first-ever perfect run through the halfpipe at the X Games in Aspen last weekend.
Shaun White Makes Winter X History with Perfect Score
Shaun White achieved perfection in his final run on the Snowboard SuperPipe during the Winter X Games in Aspen, Colo. For the first time in the history of Snowboard SuperPipe, the judges determined that White's run was worthy of a score of 100. White already had the event won with his totals during the first two rounds, so he decided to put on a show for what was called his "victory run."
Tillman the Skateboarding Bulldog Spotlights America’s Most Talented Pups During "Who Let The Dogs Out"
A New Animal Planet TV Series & Talent SearchLos Angeles, CA (PRWEB) February 07, 2012 TV will never be the same after the world-famous Tillman the skateboarding/snowboarding/surfing bulldog hits the air with his high flying, cross country adventures during Animal Planet’s new “Who Let the Dogs Out” television series. Petco and Natural Balance Pet Foods gather a troop of superstar dogs and some ...
Ober Gatlinburg snowboarding event continues despite warm temperatures
A lack of snow did not stop a snowboarding event from happening at Ober Gatlinburg Saturday. Organizers were able to use what snow they had to have a perfect event.
Red Bull Crashed Ice World Championship Blasts Into U.S. History
SAINT PAUL, Minn. , Jan. 15, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- More than 80,000 people surrounded the Cathedral of Saint Paul today in hopes of seeing the U.S. athletes clinch the title of Red Bull Crashed Ice Champion. ...
Super Bowl Performance Leads to Springtime for Slackliners
People are still talking about the middle finger and the marching bands, but now they're finally coming back to the forgotten star of Madonna's halftime show — the flying dude in the toga.
