halfpipe skiing
Maddie Bowman, South Lake Tahoe Olympic champion, announces retirement from competition
Submitted by paula on Mon, 01/20/2020 - 1:28pm
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - One of South Lake Tahoe's Golden Girls, Maddie Bowman, has announced her retirement from competitive halfpipe freeskiing on Monday.
In an announcement, U.S. Ski & Snowboard said Bowman, Olympic gold medalist, X Games gold medalist and seven-year member of the U.S. Freeski Team, is stepping away and leaving in her tracks a lasting legacy of triumph, perseverance, and progression.
Lake Tahoe athletes on U.S. Ski and Snowboard teams
Submitted by paula on Wed, 11/21/2018 - 1:16pm
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - The United States Ski and Snowboard teams have been announced for this season and several local faces once again, including South Lake Tahoe Olympians Maddie Bowman and Jamie Anderson, are on that list.
Maddie Bowman, a South Tahoe High grad, has won an Olympic gold medal and seven X Games medals. She burst onto the ski halfpipe scene in 2012, and into the history books two years later by winning the first Olympic gold medal in women’s halfpipe skiing. She has now been on the Pro Halfpipe-Freeskiing team for seven years.
Lake Tahoe Olympians to be honored at Gold Medal Gala
Submitted by paula on Thu, 09/29/2016 - 6:44pm
Its been 50 years since the first gold medal in skiing and snowboarding was won by an American. Since Gretchen Fraser’s historic slalom gold at St. Moritz in 1948, 31 athletes from the U.S. have brought home 35 gold medals.
In the 2014 Olympics in Sochi, Russia, Maddie Bowman and Jamie Anderson from South Lake Tahoe each won gold, Bowman in women’s halfpipe skiing and Anderson in women’s slopestyle snowboarding.
Torino, Italy's 2006 Olympics saw South Lake Tahoe Olympian Hannah Teter win gold
US Skiers & Snowboarders On The Best Gifts They Ever Received
Submitted by paula on Thu, 12/25/2014 - 12:41am
Jamie Anderson and Maddie Bowman are asked this question in this USA team interview:
Which skier considers his skills on the snow the best gift he’s ever been given? How about the snowboarder who said her favorite was the gift of life? Find out what Team USA skiers and snowboarders remember as their favorite gift of all time. Happy gift-giving!
Maddie Bowman of South Lake Tahoe, 2014 Olympic halfpipe skiing gold medalist: Onesie Cookie Monster pajamas from my best friend a couple years ago.
South Lake Tahoe Sisters Named to Junior World Ski Championships Team
Submitted by paula on Wed, 03/19/2014 - 4:25pm
Local girls, Michael and Whitney Gardner, have been named to the 2014 U.S. Freestyle Junior World Ski Championships team.
They will join 20 other Americans competing in Valmalenco, Italy starting on March 30.
Both girls have attended Whittell High School, Michael is currently a student and Whitney is a graduate. They ski for the Heavenly Valley Ski and Snowboard Foundation.
Here is a list of the Junior World Team, including 3 from Lake Tahoe and 1 from Reno:
Halfpipe Skiing
Men
Jacob Beebe, Bend, OR (Sun Valley Ski Education Foundation)
Northstar Hosts Olympic Champion David Wise Saturday, March 15
Submitted by paula on Wed, 03/12/2014 - 11:15pmEvent Date:
March 15, 2014 - 11:30am
Northstar California Resort is proud to welcome Olympic champion David Wise and his family back to his home mountain with a full day of festivities open to the public, both skiers and non-skiers, this Saturday, March 15.
In celebration of David’s gold medal in men’s halfpipe skiing, his dedication to family and being a huge supporter of the Boys & Girls Club, The Wise family and The Village at Northstar will host kids from the Boys & Girls Club of Northern Nevada and North Lake Tahoe chapters for lunch; followed by activities for adults and kids alike, both on and off the slopes.
South Lake Tahoe's Maddie Bowman Prepares for Her Olympic Debut
Submitted by paula on Mon, 02/17/2014 - 10:09pm
South Lake Tahoe native Maddie Bowman is preparing for her debut at the 2014 Winter Olympics on Thursday, February 20. Maddie will be part of the inaugural Olympic Freeskiing Halfpipe event. Qualification rounds are Thursday at 6:30 p.m. Sochi time (6:30 a.m. Tahoe time) with the finals at 9:30 p.m. Sochi time (9:30 a.m. Tahoe time).
South Lake Tahoe's Maddy Bowman and Squaw Valley's Nate Holland Take Gold in X Games
Submitted by paula on Sat, 01/25/2014 - 12:57am
Less than two weeks before heading to Sochi, Russia for the 2014 Olympic Winter Games, Olympian Maddie Bowman from South Lake Tahoe won the Halfpipe Skiing Gold medal at the X Games in Aspen on Friday. Olympian Nate Holland from Squaw Valley took snowboardcross gold and David Wise from Reno won gold in the halfpipe skiing.
South Lake Tahoe's Maddie Bowman Leads U.S. Olympic Free Skiing Team
Submitted by paula on Sat, 01/18/2014 - 11:48pm
Freeskiing took another historic step towards its Olympic debut as the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association announced the nomination of 11 halfpipe and slopestyle skiing athletes Saturday night at the conclusion of the Visa U.S. Freeskiing Grand Prix presented by The North Face.
