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Posted Fri, 02/26/2010 - 12:22 by katie
February 26, 2010 - WHISTLER, British Columbia -- Maria Riesch of Germany led the first run of the woman's slalom Friday, as Lindsey Vonn of Vail, Colorado skied out in her final race on the Olympic Alpine program.
Riesch timed 50.75 seconds through steady snow as her best friend and big rival Vonn went out in the top half.
Vonn straddled a gate when she could not correct her line after her right, outside ski slid away coming out of a left-hand turn.
Posted Thu, 12/31/2009 - 10:23 by katie
BORMIO, Italy — Bode Miller is in the middle of a holiday break from the ski circuit, resting his sprained ankle, working on his conditioning and spending time with his daughter.
When he returns Jan. 6 for a slalom in Zagreb, Croatia, the two-time overall World Cup winner will have a month of racing to secure his starting spots for the U.S. team at the Vancouver Olympics.
Posted Thu, 12/31/2009 - 10:11 by katie
About to kick off its inaugural winter season, the winter leg of the Gatorade Free Flow Tour will hold contests across the country throughout the month of January, looking to find the top amateur winter athletes in snowboarding (slopestyle and superpipe) and freeskiing (slopestyle and superpipe). Spread out across the East (3) and West Coasts (3), the Midwest (1) and the Rocky (2) and Wasatch Mountains (1), the winners at each stop of the 10-event schedule will be flown to the Gatorade Free Flow Tour Finals for a chance to earn the year-end title.
Posted Thu, 12/31/2009 - 09:59 by katie
Year-round backcountry skier and a professor at the University of Nevada-Reno, Kam Leang is on the forefront of innovation in ski and snowboard technology. He currently is teaching a mechanical engineering class where his students are incorporating nanotechnology into skis they're building. One set will somehow fold down to fit in a suitcase; the other pair will utilize a "particle dampener" to reduce vibrations.
