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Olympic snowboarder Nick Baumgartner discusses what it took to bring home gold
Read full article: Olympic snowboarder Nick Baumgartner discusses what it took to bring home goldNick Baumgartner was the oldest athlete to compete for Team USA at the Beijing Olympics, and after competing in three other Olympics, he was hoping to finally win gold.
Pickney Olympian Jake Vedder returns, surprises snowboarders at Mt. Brighton
Read full article: Pickney Olympian Jake Vedder returns, surprises snowboarders at Mt. BrightonSnowboard Cross Olympian and Pinckney’s own Jake Vedder placed sixth in the Olympic Games. Now he is back, hoping to inspire the next generation.
Beyond quad corks: After progressive Olympics, where does snowboarding go next?
Read full article: Beyond quad corks: After progressive Olympics, where does snowboarding go next?Following Olympic history makers Su Yiming, Chris Corning and Ayumu Hirano’s groundbreaking performances, one question remains: what’s next?
While you were sleeping, this U.S. athlete brought the world to tears with the ultimate redemption story
Read full article: While you were sleeping, this U.S. athlete brought the world to tears with the ultimate redemption storyLindsey Jacobellis of the United States is one of the greatest snowboarders of all-time with five world championships and eight X-Games titles, but had been known more for a giant mess-up than all of her other accomplishments.
Video: Marino earns slopestyle silver, 1st USA medal of 2022 Games
Read full article: Video: Marino earns slopestyle silver, 1st USA medal of 2022 GamesJulia Marino put together a picture-perfect Run 2, perhaps a career-best, with a cab double underflip 900 and a frontside double 1080 to claim snowboard slopestyle silver and Team USA’s first medal of the 2022 Games.
Video: Americans Gerard, FitzSimons, Corning make slopestyle final
Read full article: Video: Americans Gerard, FitzSimons, Corning make slopestyle finalAmerican snowboarders Sean FitzSimons, Red Gerard and Chris Corning placed a respective third, fifth and 11th in qualifying to advance to the final in slopestyle, an event in which Gerard is the defending gold medalist.
Video: Jamie Anderson moves to slopestyle final as No. 5 qualifier
Read full article: Video: Jamie Anderson moves to slopestyle final as No. 5 qualifierAmerican Jamie Anderson rode the "shred shed" roof, landed a perfect frontside 720, hit a big drifting backside 540 and closed with a cab 720 on her first run of snowboard slopestyle qualifying to advance to the final.
Farmington native becomes first African American snowboarder sponsored by ski resort
Read full article: Farmington native becomes first African American snowboarder sponsored by ski resortA young man from Farmington is making waves in the world of snowboarding as one of the fastest rising stars in the industry.