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Proposals sought for public art display at South Lake Tahoe's Champions Plaza
Submitted by paula on Mon, 04/13/2015 - 6:39pm
The City of South Lake Tahoe has completed the groundwork for Champions Plaza and now they're looking for an artist(s) to create an original art piece and/or flag designs to be permanently displayed at the the plaza located on the corner o Highway 50 and Lakeview Avenue, across from Lakeview Commons.
A Lake Tahoe breakfast tradition for more than 50 years
Submitted by paula on Fri, 04/10/2015 - 9:31pm
The scene: The 1950s were a huge decade of change for South Lake Tahoe, with the proliferation of casinos on the Nevada side and the creation of the one-chair Heavenly ski resort on the California side. But the main attraction, then as now, was the lake itself, its shore dotted with mom-and-pop motels, vacation cottages and souvenir shops. When the original Red Hut opened here in 1959, South Lake Tahoe was becoming popular but the tourism infrastructure was nascent.
NHP “Tip-A-Cop” Special Olympics Fundraiser at Hard Rock Café Lake Tahoe
Submitted by paula on Tue, 03/17/2015 - 2:03pm
Event Date:
March 20, 2015 - 5:00pm
Several Troopers from the Nevada Highway Patrol, as well as other employees for the Department of Public Safety, will be volunteering their time to raise money for Special Olympics Nevada and California on Friday, March 20, 2015 in the Hard Rock Café in South Lake Tahoe.
Meet champion skier at Bank of the West in South Lake Tahoe
Submitted by paula on Fri, 03/06/2015 - 8:27am
Event Date:
March 6, 2015 (All day)
Truckee resident Daron Rahvles will stop by South Lake Tahoe's Bank of the West on Friday to celebrate the beginning of the second stop on the Rahvles Banzai Tour at Kirkwood.
Rahvles will be at the bank, located at 2161 Lake Tahoe Blvd, from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. for a meet and greet,
The Rahlves' Banzai Tour is racing in it's purest form according to Rahvles' website. Big mountain freeride meets ski / boarder-cross action! The tour stops at Kirkwood on March 7 and 8, which is the second stop after February's Alpine Meadows. The final stop will March 14-15 at Sugar Bowl.
Medals were elusive for two South Shore snowboarders in X Game Superpipe finals
Submitted by paula on Sun, 01/25/2015 - 11:51am
South Lake Tahoe's Hannah Teter and Elena Hight both made it to the Snowboard Superpipe finals Saturday night at the X Games in Aspen, CO but were unable to turn their runs into medal contenders.
Teter, a six time X Game medalist, won the event in 2004 and came in third in 2005, 2009, 2010 and 2012. The 27-year old came in seventh this year with rounds of 51, 48 and 10.66.
25-year old Hight made her tenth appearance at the X Games this weekend. The five time medalist ended in eighth this year with rounds of 21.66, 46 and 32.
Maddie Bowman wins third straight gold medal at X Games
Submitted by paula on Wed, 01/21/2015 - 9:03pm
South Lake Tahoe's Maddie Bowman won her third straight gold medal Wednesday in the 2015 Women's Ski SuperPipe final at the X Games in Aspen.
She started off day one of the annual five day event with solid runs of 85.00, 78.00 and 85.66. The silver went to Ayana Onozuka (83.33) and a bronze to Brita Sigourney (78.66).
Bowman, who grew up on the slopes of Sierra-at-Tahoe, tied the late Sarah Burke's three straight X Game golds.
South Lake Tahoe skier Kyle Smaine a leader on Revolution Tour
Submitted by paula on Mon, 01/19/2015 - 8:20pm
South Lake Tahoe Olympian Maddie Bowman used the U.S. Revolution Tour as a stepping stone to the Olympics, and fellow SLT freeskier Kyle Smaine is making his move on the same tour.
An early season leader, Smaine is now headed to the tour's next stop January 26 to 30 at Pennsylvania's Seven Springs Mountain Resort.
South Lake Tahoe Olympian Jamie Anderson part of Celebrity Apprentice
Submitted by paula on Sat, 01/03/2015 - 12:41am
Watch this preview of the season opener of television's Celebrity Apprentice and you might recognize someone.
Jamie Anderson, South Lake Tahoe resident and Gold Medalist from the Sochi Olympics, is on the cast of popular television show which starts on Sunday night, January 4 at 9 p.m. on NBC.
South Lake Tahoe's Top Stories of 2014
Submitted by paula on Wed, 12/31/2014 - 11:31am
When reflecting over the past year it's hard to remember all that happened in one's life, unless you're good at keeping a journal and you have time to re-read it.
As I look back at what happened in South Lake Tahoe over the last 365 days, a lot happened, but what may seem to be a top story to me may not seem as important to a reader.
I reviewed our analytics, the numbers that are kept to show how many people read South Tahoe Now stories at any given point, and drew from those numbers to come up with the "South Lake Tahoe's Top Stories of 2014."
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.
5 Exercises To Get Ski And Snowboard Ready
Submitted by paula on Mon, 12/22/2014 - 9:59am
Ready to hit the slopes this winter? If you spend most of your week cooped up at a desk, weekend ski and snowboard trips could leave you with strained muscles and a sore back. But with the right preparation, including strengthening your hamstrings, quadriceps, back and core, you won’t have to risk injury or suffer from the usual aches and pains, says Mike Morin, alpine program director at Stratton Mountain School, who coached the U.S. Ski Team for 10 years through the Lillihammer, Salt Lake City and Torino Winter Olympics.
South Lake Tahoe Olympian Maddie Bowman wins on Dew Tour
Submitted by paula on Sat, 12/13/2014 - 12:34am
Olympic gold medalists Maddie Bowman and Jamie Anderson repeated as Dew Tour Mountain Championships winners in Breckenridge, Colo., on Friday.
Bowman, 20, won in her first ski halfpipe competition since May knee surgery. Either of her runs would have taken the trophy. She landed right and left 900s in each, scoring 88.75 and 91.25.
“I felt a different pressure [after the Olympics],” Bowman said, according to the U.S. Ski Team.
Lake Tahoe's Hannah Teter and Julia Mancuso earn podium spots
Submitted by paula on Sat, 12/06/2014 - 8:53pm
In two different countries on Saturday, a Lake Tahoe skier and boarder represented the area well as they finished on the podium.
Reno's David Wise wins opening freeskiing event in Colorado
Submitted by paula on Sat, 12/06/2014 - 10:01am
COPPER MOUNTAIN, CO: Olympic Gold Medalist David Wise, who is a Lake Tahoe skier and Reno resident, is bringing home top honors after a heated early season battle that went down today at the first stop of the Sprint U.S Grand Prix tour and opening FIS Freestyle World Cup event of the season in Copper Mountain, CO. The brand new three run, best run counts format gave today’s finalist a lot of opportunity for progression, but David Wise’s consistent skiing and back-to-back double cork prowess set the stage early in the game.
Olympians to participate in Heavenly Valley's High Roller Hold'Em this spring
Submitted by paula on Thu, 11/13/2014 - 8:41pm
Event Date:
April 4, 2014 (All day)
Three Olympic athletes from the inaugural USA slopestyle snowboarding team will arrive in South Lake Tahoe this spring to compete in Heavenly Mountain Resort’s signature event, High Roller Hold ‘Em, on Saturday, April 4, 2015. Olympic Gold Medalist Sage Kotsenburg will place his bets against fellow Olympians Billy Morgan and Chas Guldemond, as well as High Roller Hold ‘Em veterans Gjermund Braaten and Eric Willett.
LTCC library to be renamed the Roberta L. Mason Library
Submitted by paula on Thu, 10/30/2014 - 10:26pm
The name Roberta Mason has been synonymous with Lake Tahoe Community College for the last 40 years, and her name will soon be permanently added to a college building.
South Lake Tahoe's Jamie Anderson wins two ESPY Awards
Submitted by paula on Wed, 07/16/2014 - 11:25pm
Jamie Anderson of South Lake Tahoe won two awards at Wednesday night's ESPY awards in Los Angeles. She won the award for Best Female Action Sports Athlete and Best Female U.S. Olympian.
Anderson, the 23 year old who brought home a Gold Medal, also won the ESPY for Best Female Action Sports Athlete in 2012. She won inaugural Women's Slopestyle Event at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.
An ESPY Award is an accolade presented by the American cable television network ESPN to recognize individual and team athletic achievement and other sports-related performance.
"South Lake Tahoe Will Be With Us Long After We Are Gone" - Olympian John Carlos
Submitted by paula on Fri, 06/27/2014 - 11:41pm
Regarded by many as the best track and field team ever, members of the 1968 Olympic team returned to the site of their high altitude training center and U.S. Olympic Men's Track & Field Trials on Friday as the location was honored with a California State Historical Marker.
A crowd of a few hundred people gathered at Echo Summit for "Return to the Summit" which honored the unique location as well as the unique time and team. There were tumultuous times in 1968 prior to the Olympics with the assassinations of Martin Luther King, Jr and Bobby Kennedy as well as the Vietnam War.
Historical Marker Celebration at Echo Summit's 1968 Olympic Training Facility
Submitted by paula on Mon, 06/16/2014 - 9:06pmEvent Date:
June 27, 2014 - 10:30am
The 1968 Olympics in Mexico City saw records fall and fists rise. Perhaps one of the more memorable Olympics all began at the training facility near South Lake Tahoe at the top of Echo Summit.
On Friday, June 27th a historical marker will be placed at the location of the Echo Summit training site in what is being called "Return to the Summit."
Nevada Highway Patrol to Take Part in "Tip a Cop" Day at Lake Tahoe's Hard Rock Cafe
Submitted by paula on Wed, 06/11/2014 - 7:15pm
Event Date:
June 14, 2014 (All day)
Several Troopers from the Nevada Highway Patrol, as well as other employees for the Department of Public Safety, will be volunteering their time to raise money for Special Olympics Nevada and California on Saturday, June 14, 2014 in the Hard Rock Café in Stateline between 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. and between 5 p.m and 9 p.m.
The NHP and DPS will be assisting the wait staff as they serve patrons in order to earn "special tips."
Leadership Lake Tahoe: Elevate Your View, Video III by Jack Durst
Submitted by paula on Wed, 05/21/2014 - 10:44pmDana Williams on Sustainability and small town politics at the Leadership Lake Tahoe Summit.
As mayor of Park City, Utah (home of the Sundance Film Festival and the 2002 winter Olympics) Dana Williams has faces many problems familiar to Lake Tahoe: how do you overcome the oppositional politics of a small town with a set political culture? How do you balance the need to accommodate huge numbers of tourists while keeping your locals happy? How do you make your town a world leader in sustainability when your state government fights you all the way?
Two Way Gratitude Street Between Olympians and the South Shore Community
Submitted by paula on Sun, 03/16/2014 - 12:10am
Back on home turf, Maddie Bowman, Jamie Anderson and Hannah Teter from South Lake Tahoe spent Saturday doing everything from autographing hundreds of posters to standing in front of thousands of cheering fans.
The "Golden Girls" are all glad to be home after the whirlwind they've been on since the 2014 Olympic Games. The celebration and parade held in South Lake Tahoe, Meyers and Sierra at Tahoe was the first time the three Olympians had been together since Sochi.
South Lake Tahoe's Jamie Anderson Continues Her Winning Ways
Submitted by paula on Fri, 03/07/2014 - 8:25pm
Olympic gold medalist Jamie Anderson of South Lake Tahoe landed another major slopestyle victory at the Burton U.S. Open Friday. Anderson clinched the TTR World Snowboard Tour slopestyle title with her win at the snowy Vail Mountain venue. Canadian Spencer O’Brien took second and Isabel Derungs of Switzerland third in the women’s final. Canada’s Mark McMorris took the victory for the men with Norwegian Stale Sandbech taking second and Candian Max Parrot third.
South Lake Tahoe Celebration, Parade and Party Being Held For Its Three Olympians
Submitted by paula on Thu, 02/27/2014 - 9:57pm
Event Date:
March 15, 2014 - 1:00pm
South Lake Tahoe, the tight-knit ski community big on Olympic athletes will honor its three USA team members in a city-wide celebration, Saturday, March 15.
Jamie Anderson, Maddie Bowman, who won gold for snowboarding slopestyle and freeskiing halfpipe respectively, and Hannah Teter who placed fourth in snowboarding halfpipe, will be lauded at Sierra-at-Tahoe Resort.
Updated Lake Tahoe Olympic Medal Count
Submitted by paula on Thu, 02/20/2014 - 9:51pm
The medals won by Lake Tahoe athletes grew by one on Thursday, bringing the total to 4. The three gold medals were won by Maddie Bowman, Jamie Anderson and David Wise. Julia Mancuso won bronze.
There are three days left of competition in the 2014 Olympics in Sochi. The closing ceremonies will air on NBC Sunday night from 8:30 pm to 10:30 pm.
Maddie Bowman of South Lake Tahoe Wins Gold in Sochi!
Submitted by paula on Thu, 02/20/2014 - 11:23am
South Lake Tahoe's Maddie Bowman won gold today in Sochi! She went into the Olympic Freeskiing Halfpipe finals sitting comfortably in third, led all women with an 89 in the finals. Marie Martinod of France won silver and Ayana Onozuka of Japan won the bronze.
The South Tahoe High graduate, who won the last two XGames in the event, is competing in her first Olympics at age 20. She is now the first woman to ever win a gold medal in the inaugural Olympic Ski Halfpipe.
Ty Sprock of South Lake Tahoe to Compete in Junior World Ski Championships
Submitted by paula on Wed, 02/19/2014 - 9:05pm
South Lake Tahoe may just have a future Olympian in its midst. 18 year old Whittell High School graduate Ty Sprock is one of 16 elite U.S. athletes that will be competing in the 2014 FIS Alpine Junior World Championships in Slovakia February 26 through March 6.
Ted Ligety of the U.S. Wins Gold in Giant Slalom: Tim Jitloff of Lake Tahoe 15th
Submitted by paula on Wed, 02/19/2014 - 8:23am
Lake Tahoe skier Tim Jitloff finished 15th in today's Giant Slalom in Sochi, 1.84 seconds behind winner Ted Ligety of the United States.
Jitloff, who calls Reno, NV home, had runs of 1.23:23 and 1.23:90 for a total time of 2.47:13. Ligety's race total was 2.45:29.
The Giant Slalom race will be seen on NBC Wednesday night.
Olympians from Lake Tahoe Have Higher Medal Count Than Some Countries
Submitted by paula on Wed, 02/19/2014 - 12:07am
The gold medals won by Jamie Anderson and David Wise, along with the bronze won by Julia Mancuso have put the Lake Tahoe medal count above those won by Great Britain and Finland, and the same as Australia and Latvia.
Lake Tahoe's medal count can still increase with Maddie Bowman's Freeskiing Halfpipe coming up on Thursday, and the men's Giant Slalom and Slalom on Wednesday and Saturday where Tim Jitloff will try to medal as well.
Reno's David Wise Wins Gold in the Sochi: Skis out of Northstar in Lake Tahoe
Submitted by paula on Tue, 02/18/2014 - 11:28am
David Wise of Reno, Nevada won gold today in the first ever Olympic Men's Freeskiing Halfpipe in Sochi. The Wooster High Grad topped competitors with a first run of 92 and hit the deck and didn't finish his second run.
The 23 year old Wise calls Northstar of Lake Tahoe his home resort. He won the gold medal in the X Games the last three years.
Lake Tahoe's Julia Mancuso Competes in Her Final Olympic Race in Sochi
Submitted by paula on Tue, 02/18/2014 - 10:02am
Rain and fog greeted the women in Tuesday's Giant Slalom race in Sochi. Julia Mancuso of Lake Tahoe was racing in her final Olympic event for 2014 and did not finish. Mancuso won the bronze last week in the Super Combined, making her the most successful American female Alpine skier in Olympic history with four medals.
18 year old American Mikaela Shiffrin was just .50 seconds behind the gold medalist Tina Maze of Slovenia and ended up in fourth in the Giant Slalom.
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).
2 US Medals in Men's Super G; Lake Tahoe's Travis Ganong 23rd
Submitted by paula on Sun, 02/16/2014 - 1:03am
Two American men won medals in Sunday morning's Super G race in Sochi: Andrew Weibrecht from Saranc Lake, NY wins the Silver while there was a tie for the Bronze between Bode Miller from Easton, NH and Jan Hudec from Canada. With a time of 1:18:14, Kietil Jansrud from Norway won the Gold.
25 year old Travis Ganong from Truckee came in 23rd. Earlier in the week Ganong finished 5th in the Men's Downhill.
Julia Mancuso of Lake Tahoe Places 8th in Sochi Super G
Submitted by paula on Sat, 02/15/2014 - 2:23pm
North Lake Tahoe's Julia Mancuso led Team USA once again Saturday, posting the best American finish in eighth at a rough and unforgiving super G, the final women’s speed event of the 2014 Sochi Olympic Winter Games. Another difficult course set plus temperatures in the 40s yielded DNFs in seven of the first eight racers, but Austrian Anna Fenninger dialed it in for gold on the inconsistent course.
Large Group Shows Up to Hear About South Lake Tahoe Airport Master Plan
Submitted by paula on Thu, 02/13/2014 - 11:39pm
They came to have their opinion heard. They came to call for the closure of the airport. They came to support the airport. They came to be a part of the South Lake Tahoe Airport Master Plan process.
An overflowing crowd showed up at the South Lake Tahoe City Council chambers Thursday night to hear about the process involved in preparing the upcoming plan for the future of the airport, why a new plan is needed and what it takes to replace the outdated 1992 Master Plan.
Hannah Teter from South Lake Tahoe Just Misses Podium with 4th in Snowboarding Halfpipe
Submitted by paula on Wed, 02/12/2014 - 11:35am
Hannah Teter from South Lake Tahoe just missed a medal today, edged out by just .25 by USA teammate Kelly Clark. She scored a 90.5 in the first round and touched down and scored a 26.75 in the second round.
American Kaitlyn Farrington won the Gold, Tora Bright from Australia took Silver and American Kelly Clark the Bronze.
Julia Mancuso of Lake Tahoe Finishes 8th in Sochi Downhill
Submitted by paula on Wed, 02/12/2014 - 7:56am
Super combined bronze medalist Julia Mancuso of Lake Tahoe led the U.S. Ski Team with eighth in Thursday's Olympic downhill as Dominique Gisin of Switzerland and Tina Maze of Slovenia made history with a tie for gold. An Olympic medal tie has happened four times since 1948 in alpine skiing, but before today, had never happened for a gold medal.
Lake Tahoe's Julia Mancuso Wins 4th Olympic Medal; Takes the Bronze in Sochi
Submitted by paula on Mon, 02/10/2014 - 7:54am
Lake Tahoe's Julia Mancuso produced a true champion performance Monday, becoming the first American skier in history to win a medal in three straight Olympic Winter Games with her bronze in a tricky super combined event at the Rosa Khutor alpine center.
Mancuso skied into the lead in the downhill portion and then ripped up the slalom course that bumped nine skiers off course, finishing third behind gold winner German Maria Hoefl-Riesch and silver winner Austrian Nicole Hosp.
U.S Does Not Medal in Olympic Downhill; Travis Ganong of Lake Tahoe 5th
Submitted by paula on Sun, 02/09/2014 - 8:48amLake Tahoe's Travis Ganong made his Olympic debut with the best finish of his career in today's Olympic Downhill race in Sochi. The Squaw Valley skier led the race at one point but was bumped by Norwegian Kjetil Jansrud, who finished third behind race winner Matthias Mayer of Austria and Christof Innerhofer of Italy.
Curling Gaining Popularity in South Lake Tahoe
Submitted by paula on Thu, 02/06/2014 - 11:40pm
You can do it in summer and winter, rain, snow or sunshine. You can do it if you're young or old. You can do it during daylight or nighttime. You can even do it if you're not in top physical condition. You can do it at the Olympics or at your local ice arena. And to do it you need brooms and stones and you can even wear tennis shoes.
What is it you ask? Curling!
Event Schedules for Lake Tahoe's Olympic Athletes
Submitted by paula on Mon, 02/03/2014 - 10:02pm
Athletes from around the world are headed to Sochi, Russia for the start of the 2014 Olympics on Thursday, February 6. Television viewers will be able to follow all ten Lake Tahoe area athletes starting on the first day of competition. The following is the NBC schedule of events, subject to change. Local athlete event times will be highlighted below in bold:
Thursday, Feb. 6 on Primetime 8 pm to 11 pm
Snowboarding (Men's and Women's Slopestyle)
Ten Lake Tahoe Area Athletes Part of Olympic Contingent Headed to Sochi
Submitted by paula on Mon, 01/27/2014 - 6:32pm
The USA has a record 94 athletes headed to Sochi, Russia for the 2014 Olympic games next week.
Here is a list of the teams (Lake Tahoe, Reno and Truckee athletes in bold):
2014 OLYMPIC SNOWBOARDING HALFPIPE AND SLOPESTYLE NOMINATIONS
Men’s Alpine Snowboarding
Justin Reiter, Steamboat Springs, CO (2/2/1981)
Men’s Halfpipe
Greg Bretz, Mammoth Lakes, CA (12/19/1990) *
Danny Davis, Truckee, CA (6/22/1988)
Taylor Gold, Steamboat Springs, CO (11/17/1993)
Shaun White, Carlsbad, CA (9/3/1986) *
Women’s Halfpipe
Lake Tahoe Skiers Nominated for U.S. Olympic Alpine Team
Submitted by paula on Sun, 01/26/2014 - 3:31pmThe U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association Sunday nominated 20 athletes to the U.S. Olympic Alpine Ski Team that will compete in Sochi next month. The team is highlighted by Olympic gold medalists Bode Miller (Franconia, NH), Ted Ligety (Park City, UT), Julia Mancuso (Squaw Valley, CA) and World Champion Mikaela Shiffrin (Eagle-Vail, CO).
2014 Olympic Alpine Team Nominations
Men
David Chodounsky, Crested Butte, CO (6/25/84)
Erik Fisher, Middleton, ID (3/21/85) *
Travis Ganong, Squaw Valley, CA (7/14/88)
Jared Goldberg, Holladay, UT (6/15/91)
North Lake Tahoe's Julia Mancuso Finishes 7th, Gains Momentum for Sochi
Submitted by paula on Thu, 01/23/2014 - 10:01am
CORTINA d'AMPEZZO, Italy – Julia Mancuso from Squaw Valley, CA continued to gain momentum toward Sochi with seventh Thursday in an Audi FIS Alpine World Cup super G in Cortina for her best race of the season. Stacey Cook (Mammoth Mountain, CA) added to the U.S. momentum with ninth, her best super G finish since 2007. Austria’s Elisabeth Goergl won the race, which was a replacement for the canceled super G race last weekend due to a powerful winter storm that sidelined the weekend’s speed events.
U.S. Olympic Cross County Team Nominations Announced
Submitted by paula on Wed, 01/22/2014 - 3:12pmThe U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association announced the nomination of 14 cross country athletes Wednesday morning. World Champions Kikkan Randall and Jessie Diggins will lead the team that includes seven athletes with Olympic experience. Randall, a two-time World Cup sprint champion, is going into the Games as a strong favorite. The U.S. team has been heralded for the strength of its roster throughout the season thus far and is expected to challenge the strong international field for Olympic medals.
Men’s Cross Country
Erik Bjornsen, Winthrop, WA (7/14/1991)
U.S. Olympic Ski Jumping and Nordic Team Nominations Announced
Submitted by paula on Wed, 01/22/2014 - 3:06pm
Ski Jumping
U.S. Olympic Snowboarding Team Nominations Announced
Submitted by paula on Tue, 01/21/2014 - 5:03pm
From USSA - Three Athletes added to team after initial publishing
U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association announced the nomination of 13 halfpipe and slopestyle snowboarding athletes Sunday afternoon at the conclusion of the Sprint U.S. Snowboarding Grand Prix. Slopestyle snowboarding will be contested in the Olympic Winter Games for the first time ever in Sochi. The five event qualifying series came down to the final stop at Mammoth Mountain, with all but two spots decided during the final event weekend.
Men’s Alpine Snowboarding
2014 Olympic Halfpipe and Slopestyle Team Nominations Announced
Submitted by paula on Tue, 01/21/2014 - 3:56pm
USSA - Five additional freeskiing athletes were nominated by the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association to be a part of the Olympic debut of halfpipe and slopestyle skiing. In addition, skicross athlete John Teller (Mammoth Lakes, CA) was nominated to the team, following his win in the final Olympic qualifying World Cup last week. With the confirmation of quotas within freestyle skiing, the USSA added two skiers in halfpipe and three in slopestyle to round out the full team.
Men’s Skicross
John Teller, Mammoth Lakes, CA (3/9/1983)
U.S. Olympic Freestyle Team Nominations Announced
Submitted by paula on Tue, 01/21/2014 - 3:45pm
The U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association announced the nomination of nine moguls and aerials athletes to the U.S. Olympic Freestyle Ski Team. The team will be led by reigning Olympic Champion Hannah Kearney and Olympians Patrick Deneen, Heather McPhie, Emily Cook and Ashley Caldwell. The athletes were nominated based on results on the International Ski Federation World Cup.
Men's Moguls
Patrick Deneen, Cle Elum, WA (12/25/1987) *
Bradley Wilson, Butte, MT (6/5/1992)
Women's Moguls
Hannah Kearney, Norwich, VT (2/26/1986) *
It's Not Just South Lake Tahoe Athletes Who Are Headed to the Olympics, Local Doctors are too!
Submitted by paula on Mon, 01/20/2014 - 12:38pm
There are more local additions to the U.S. Olympic team than the three South Lake Tahoe athletes who were named to the U.S. Olympic team. Two local doctors are also headed to Sochi for the winter games.
Terrence Orr, MD, and Jonathan Finnoff, DO, both physicians with Tahoe Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, will volunteer as team physicians at the 2014 Winter Olympics.
