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by Brian Rosa
reprinted from freezeonline.com
Tanner Hall, Jon Olsson, and C.R. Johnson should just become roommates. Seeing as how they spend so much time getting cozy on the podium together, why wouldn’t the top three U.S. Freeskiing Open Slopestyle finishers share living quarters? Tanner...
by Brian Rosa
reprinted from freezeonline.com
Sweden’s Jon Olsson threw silky smooth 900’s, flares, and flatspins all day long en route to his second Halfpipe victory in less than two weeks. For Olsson, who took X Games gold in Halfpipe exactly one week ago in Aspen, it was his second time...
reprinted from freezeonline.com
Tanner Hall tackles his buddy after CR's winning jump.
Armed with a lethal Bio 1260, C.R. Johnson beat out Tanner Hall in front of a record crowd tonight in the Big Air final of the 2002 U.S. Freeskiing Open. Over 15,000 fans roughed out a chilly evening to...
by the USSA News Desk
Daron Rahlves makes a turn on his way to winning the gold medal in the men's super-G at the World Alpine Ski Championships in St. Anton, Austria, last year. Rahlves became the first American to capture the event since the super-G was added to the world championship...
LAKE PLACID, N.Y. (AP) - Eric Bergoust, who clinched his second straight World Cup aerials title this past weekend, and moguls gold medalist Jonny Moseley will get to defend their Olympic titles next month.
Bergoust and Moseley were among the 14 freestyle skiers nominated for the Olympic Games...
by Mike Jaquet
reprinted from www.freezeonline.com
In another day of X Games firsts, Jon Olsson used technical tricks and super smooth style to claim the first-ever X Games Superpipe Gold today in Aspen. In his first run in the best-of-three run format, Olsson dialed in a flare toxic grab at...
By Sean Mulligan
EXPN.com
Jan. 17, 2002
For 18-year-old Tanner Hall, things seemed to be under control after his first run in Thursday's Skiing Slopestyle event. Following his second run, it looked like the competition was in the bag. Wrap up the gold medal, then go and collect the fat check...
By Julia Ferguson
KITZBUEHEL, Austria (Reuters) - Austrian skier Hermann Maier will not race at next month's Olympics because of a leg injury, robbing the Salt Lake City Games of one of the biggest name in winter sports.
The double Olympic champion broke his right leg in a motorcycle accident...
by the SkiNet News Desk
credit:ESPN
Aspen, CO, Jan. 17, 2002--ESPN's Winter X Games, the signature winter action sports event, will be held in Aspen, Colorado, beginning today through Jan. 20, 2002. Under the terms of a two-year agreement, the Winter X Games will be held in Aspen, Colorado...
RADSTADT, Austria (AP) - Hermann Maier's injured legs showed improvement Monday, but it's still unclear whether the Austrian skiing star will be able to compete in the Salt Lake City Olympics.
Maier broke his right leg and suffered nerve damage in his left leg in a motorcycle accident in...
Squaw Valley USA - Squaw is staying at the forefront of the pipe and park movement with a new and expanded Superpipe--a 400' long professionally designed and cut halfpipe on Squaw Valley's upper mountain. The new larger pipe is located in one of Squaw Valley's two terrain parks creatively...
by the SkiNet News Desk
Jay, VT, Jan. 2, 2002--What forecasters thought would be a dusting has resulted in a 36+ hour storm that has produced more than 2 ft of snow at Jay Peak since late Saturday.
"It is true Jay Peak weather!" stated Bill Stenger, President/GM of Jay Peak. "It is not...
While snowboarders have been competing in the half-pipe for more than a decade, the pipe has been gaining popularity in the free-skiing ranks. In October of this year ESPN decided to add the Super-pipe as a new event to the 2002 Winter X-Games being held in Aspen, CO. The EXPN Super-pipe at...
Three missing snowboarders were found Saturday night at Sierra-at-Tahoe -- and then arrested.
Saying it is cracking down on those who disregard resort boundary signs, the El Dorado County Sheriff's Department arrested the trio for allegedly boarding out of bounds deliberately.
"Instead of...
from freezeonline.com
Heading into its fourth year, the Open is regarded as the best and most anticipated event in the freeskiing world. Includes competition in skiing, for both men and women, as well as music, product demos and sampling. The Open also boasts THE largest prize purse of any...
By Jane Barrett
VAL GARDENA, Italy (Reuters) - Austria's Stephan Eberharter bounced back on to the podium on Saturday, winning the second Val Gardena downhill and extending his lead in the men's World Cup standings.
Eberharter, who was pipped into fourth place in Friday's downhill, shot out of...
By Francois Thomazeau
VAL D'ISERE, France (Reuters) - Bode Miller put the United States back on the map of Alpine skiing technical events with an historical giant slalom win Sunday.
``It's a relief to put all the pieces together at last,'' said the New Hampshire-born Miller, the first American...
by Ethan Stone
Our days of sifting in anguish through SKI magazine are over. AXIS has arrived, a total newschool magazine dedicated to the spirit of jibbing and freeriding. No more apres-ski reviews or praises of Sun Valley to numb your ski-thirsty mind.
Dubbed "The Rider's Voice," AXIS...
Reno, NV, Dec. 3, 2001 (AP by Martin Griffith)--The latest in a series of potent storms brought more heavy snow and high wind to the Sierra Nevada and the Lake Tahoe area, shutting down schools, highways and even ski resorts.
The storm dumped up to 3 1/2 feet of snow in the mountain range...
By LANDON HALL, Associated Press Writer
TIMBERLINE LODGE, Ore. (AP) - Bill Johnson returned to the slopes Friday, skiing down Mount Hood just eight months after a frightening crash left the 1984 Olympic downhill champion in a coma with a brain injury.
``It felt great. I turned a lot,'' Johnson...