Articles by stephanwb
You may recall Alice Mckennis bone shattering ski accident last winter. The x-rays make you want to cringe and hope that she'll be back in fighting spirits like she was before the injury.
Well, the first signs of hope that Alice's ski race career is on the upswing comes from Alice herself...
Shot in the spring time at Mammoth, shredder Kevin Malone got some sweet shots snapped off of his session! Ahhhhh… snow, once such a dream, seems so far away, like a dark highway at night (anybody remember that quote from the original Terminator? “The future, once so clear, now seemed like a...
We mourn the loss of a member of the ski community. Jeret “Speedy” Peterson passed on Monday July 25th. Member of the US Ski Team Freestyle Aerial team, Jeret won a silver medal at the Vancouver Olympic Games.
He is survived by his mother, Linda Peterson, and a sister, Erica.
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What are ski boys supposed to do during the off-season? Those talented enough, go hit the wake surfing. Here, Shredder Andy Phillips and some of the guys of the US Ski Team hit the Jordanelle for a fun session with all kinds of sweet GoPro video angles…
Yahoo! I love skiing, I love blue sky, I love sun, I love kids, I love training, I love working hard, I love being so tired from hard work I just crawl into bed begging for my pillow and at 4 am just giggle while I peel myself out of bed to go again. and again and again! Love this life!
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I recently received an email from good Shred Friend Mark Syrovatka who had rave reviews coming from the Mount Hood ski race camp and Ted Ligety signing sessions a few weeks ago.
It would seem to me that if you’re a racer looking for a weekend of mentorship and inspiration, hitting Mount Hood...
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Shredder Naku emailed us on a snowboard movie he’s in coming out in the Fall 2011.
“Ashley” by Coldfocus Productions and directed by Matteo Maggi seems to have something a little different going on than a standard snowboard movie. I don’t know about you, but while I love sick action in my action...
Japanese Skier Akira Sasaki and his band of volunteers from the Skiers Helping Japan Group took to the ocean and out to a forgotten island that hasn’t received any federal support yet. Ravaged by Earthquake and tsunami, the population has been left to fend for themselves for months.
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Ted with his ProtegesLooking to up your race game?
Ted Ligety and Andrew Weinbrecht have hauled in Olympic hardware, World Cup globes and World Championship wins and are now offering their skills up in a summer ski camp at Mount Hood.
While Ted’s clinic has already begun, Andrew’s is still...
Our Globetrotting Shred ambassador, Matthieu Perez, is crankin’ along. While his winter shred season in Europe was quite the downer, as it was for all you all out there, he recently got a solid promotion at his gig promoting outdoor summer products, AND he’s also turned 36. Holy crap, that’s old...
Pretty amazing news coming out of Japan from Akira Sasaki and his Skiers Helping Japan volunteer group. You may recall our blog post from back in March about the Japan Earthquake and Tsunami, how a bunch of skiers including Akira Sasaki, Julia Mancuso, Chemmy Alcott, and ex ski racer Kazuko...
Meet Swiss Paralympic Ski Team shredder Joachim Roethlisberger. Born March 17th, 1989 in Unterseen, Switzerland, he has been living with a physical disability ever since, called Athrogryposis. He has stiff joints with a musculature that’s severely underdeveloped from his fingers to his...
More is not necessarily better.
Take one look at the freeski shredder Luke “Ocho” Allen rip it up in the park, and you’d agree: his 2 toe deficit is no hinderance whatsoever. Luke was born with 2 sets of 4 toes, instead of the usual 5 per foot. The nickname “Ocho” was coined by his sophomore...
Shredder Resi Stiegler spends a lot of time on Maui in the off-season. And if the rumors are true, then she may just be here a lot more. Engaged to Kevin Pritchard, a Maui boy? If true, there will be some heartbroken guys all over...
Photos by the GREAT Kevin Pritchard!
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Marco Feichtner checked in with us and shot us some pics of a recent surf trip to Portugal. OK, while I don’t see any waves in the pics whatsoever, I’m sure there much have been a swell that came through at one time or another. In any case — as expected — Fichtl and the snowboard crew had a...