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Hernandez Takes Career First Podium 03/16/2012
VALMALENCO, Italy (March 16) – Young gun Jacqueline Hernandez (Londonderry, VT) took the women's snowboardcross win today for the first World Cup podium of her career – after only six career starts. U.S. Snowboarding's Nick Baumgartner (Iron River, MI) was seventh, Nate Holland (Squaw Valley, CA) placed ninth which locks him into third for the... |
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White, Anderson Sweep Slope Gold 03/16/2012
TIGNES, FRA (Mar. 16) – Olympian and double threat Shaun White (Carlsbad, CA) took his second gold at European X Games Friday in the slopestyle competition. He executed yet another almost perfect score with a 97.00 on his second run with three doubles. Jamie Anderson (South Lake Tahoe, CA) also mimicked the nearly perfect run of White to take... |
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White, Vito Go One-Two 03/15/2012
TIGNES, France (Mar. 15) – With a first run score of 98.00, Shaun White (Carlsbad, CA) took European X Games halfpipe gold Wednesday night in Tignes. His nearly perfect score and huge run included a massive cab double cork 1080 that landed White with his fourth win of the season. Sprint U.S. Snowboarding Grand Prix champion Louie Vito (Sandy,... |
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Berger, Callister win Rev Tour pipe 03/14/2012
MOUNT SNOW, VT (Mar. 14)—Under sunny skies with warm temperatures, U.S. Revolution Tour rookie Kelly Berger (Mammoth Lakes, CA) took her first U.S. Revolution Tour victory of 2011-2012 at Mount Snow, VT. Mount Bachelor Sports Education Foundation's Kent Callister (Bend, OR) took second at Mount Snow as well as the overall men's halfpipe title. ... |
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Clark Leads U.S. Sweep at X Games 03/14/2012
TIGNES, FRA (Mar. 14) – Under a starry French sky, U.S. Snowboarding swept the snowboard halfpipe podium at European X Games. Olympian Kelly Clark (West Dover, VT) soared to yet another victory with an enormous frontside 1080. Olympian,... |
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Tuttle Slides to His First Podium 03/14/2012
VALMALENCO, ITA. (Mar. 14) – Alex Tuttle (Sugarloaf, ME) took his first World Cup podium at the FIS Snowboard World Cup in Valmalenco, Italy. Stian Sivertzen of Norway won the event and Hagen Kearney (Telluride, CO) was fifth. The team looks to its final World Cup race on this Friday, March 16 in Valmalenco, Italy.
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Shorr, Davis take Rev Tour titles 03/13/2012
MOUNT SNOW, VT (Mar. 13)—Boyne Mountain's own Karly Shorr (Milford, MI) kicked off the final stop of the 2012-2012 U.S. Revolution Tour with her second win in as many trips to Mount Snow, VT. The 17 year-old took the women's slopestyle title as well as the overall season's top step before rain began falling lightly on Carinthia Parks. Brandon... |
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Hight Ends Clark's Incredible Streak 03/10/2012
STRATTON, VT (March 3) – Elena Hight (S. Lake Tahoe, CA) won the Burton U.S. Open halfpipe today at Stratton Resort in Vermont ending Kelly Clark's (West Dover, VT) streak of 16 consecutive wins.... |
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Junior Worlds Snowboarding Team Named 03/09/2012
PARK CITY, UT (March 9) – Youth Olympic Games halfpipe gold medalist Ben Ferguson (Bend, OR), silver medalist Arielle Gold (Steamboat Springs, CO) and Sprint U.S. Grand Prix slopestyle silver medalist Indigo Monk (Manhattan Beach, CA), headline a group of 25 athletes named to the 2012 FIS Snowboard Junior World Championships Team for U.S.... |
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Vito Soars to Grand Prix Title 03/03/2012
MAMMOTH MOUNTAIN, CA (March 3) – Olympians Louie Vito (Sandy, UT) and Elena Hight (S. Lake Tahoe, CA) won Saturday's halfpipe, concluding the Sprint U.S. Snowboarding Grand Prix... |
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Sweet 16 For Clark 03/03/2012
LAAX, SWITZERLAND (Mar. 3) – Kelly Clark (West Dover, VT) made it 16 sweet wins in a row, taking the the Burton European Open in Laax. Under cloudless skies Clark threw a massive frontside 720 to help her claim the victory. Teammate... |
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Guldemond Takes Mammoth Win 03/02/2012
MAMMOTH LAKES, CA (Mar. 2) – After three days of wind and snow Chas Guldemond (Reno, NV) earned his second slopestyle win in a row, this time at the Paul Mitchell Progression Session at Mammoth. Teammate... |
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Final Sprint U.S. Grand Prix Stop Boasts Big Names at Mammoth Mountain 02/22/2012
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Cheever takes Third at Stoneham World Cup 02/21/2012
STONEHAM, QUEBEC (Feb. 21) – Jonathan Cheever (Saugus, MA) took his first podium of the season coming in third place at the Stoneham World Cup in Quebec today. Faye Gulini (Salt Lake City, UT) took fifth for the women’s snowboardcross finals. Nate Holland (Squaw Valley, CA)... |
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Guldemond Takes Slopestyle Crown 02/19/2012
OSLO, NOR (Feb. 19) – Chas Guldemond (Reno, NV) won men’s slopestyle finals and the overall Ticket To Ride World Champion title. Guldemond’s run was smooth and had a huge backside 1080 to an even bigger cab 1260. Jamie Anderson (South Lake Tahoe, CA) took second place... |
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Clark Wins 15th Straight 02/18/2012
OSLO, NOR (Feb. 18) – Kelly Clark (West Dover, VT) earned her 15th straight win taking the Ticket To Ride title at the World Snowboarding Championships halfpipe finals. Steamboat Springs’s... |
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Gulini Returns From Injury to Podium 02/12/2012
PARK CITY, UT (Feb. 12) — In only her second competition back from injury, Faye Gulini (Salt Lake City, UT) was U.S. Snowboarding's top finisher at the Sprint U.S. Snowboarding Grand Prix at Canyons Resort, taking second to win the women's U.S. Championship. |
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Clark Makes It 14 Straight Wins 02/11/2012
SNOWBASIN, UT (Feb. 11) — It was another competition and another victory for Kelly Clark (West Dover, VT) this time at the Dew Tour in Snowbasin where she secured her 14th consecutive superpipe win and claimed the Dew Cup. Clark locked the victory with her 95.0 final run... |
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Vito Wins Consecutive Dew Cups 02/11/2012
SNOWBASIN, UT (Feb 11) - Louie Vito (Sandy, UT) won the Dew Tour with its highest-ever score of 98.0 and in the process became the first superpipe athlete to win consecutive Dew Cups. Vito has been consistent on the tour finishing second in two previous stops but landed on the top of the... |
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Baumgartner Takes Third at Blue Mountain World Cup 02/08/2012
BLUE MOUNTAIN, ON (Feb. 8) – Nick Baumgartner (Iron River, MI) zipped into third place today at the World Cup at Blue Mountain, Ontario. It was a tight race and Baumgartner was neck and neck with David Speiser. This World Cup event marks the fourth consecutive World Cup with the U.S. on the podium. France’s Pierre Vaultier took the win... |