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24th annual Lake Tahoe Summit: Resilient Tahoe

Event Date: 
August 25, 2020 - 10:00am

LAKE TAHOE, Nev./Calif. - The 24th annual Lake Tahoe Summit has moved to a virtual format this year. U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada will be hosting the event that will feature Olympian David Wise as the keynote speaker.

Since the first Lake Tahoe Summit in 1997, the area’s congressional representatives have pledged to keep working together and with local, state, and private sector partners to restore Tahoe’s environment, improve forest health, and confront climate change.

Jamie Anderson of South Lake Tahoe wins gold again at X Games

South Lake Tahoe's Jamie Anderson has never missed a podium in the past 14 years of competing in the X Games, and this year is no different.

The 29-year-old queen of slopestyle took the gold on Saturday in Women's Snowboard Slopestyle at X Games Aspen 2020, giving her a 16th medal, the most for a woman in the history of X Games winter or summer events. Seven of those are gold and five silver.

Top 4 in the event on January 25:

Jamie Anderson
Laurie Blouin
Kokomo Murase
Hailey Langland

Maddie Bowman, South Lake Tahoe Olympic champion, announces retirement from competition

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.

Trash scavenger hunt with Olympian Jamie Anderson and Clean Tahoe

Event Date: 
October 3, 2019 - 3:30pm

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Clean Tahoe is hosting an event on Thursday afternoon with South Lake Tahoe native and Olympian Jamie Anderson, Don't Talk Trash - Pick It Up Scavenger Hunt.

On October 3 from 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., join the community at Lakeside Beach and participate in a trash pick up. Be at the beach at 3:30 p.m. to get supplies and scorecards. The fun begins at 3:50 p.m. and all have exactly one hour to clean the beach and neighborhood. Prizes will then be handed out.

No need to RSVP, just show up and have fun while helping the environment.

Jamie Anderson has big fall at X Games, grabs bronze in Big Air

Jamie Anderson of South Lake Tahoe and one of the most successful female snowboarders won her 16th X Games medal, winning the bronze on Thursday in Women's Snowboard Big Air.

Jamie took a hard fall during one run, landing on her face and leaving her with bruises that were visible when interviewed on television Friday. Half of her female competitors in Big Air didn't finish after they too crashed.

Lake Tahoe athletes on U.S. Ski and Snowboard teams

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.

South Lake Tahoe athletes celebrated at Walk of Champions unveiling

"Today is a very special day," South Lake Tahoe Mayor Wendy David said as she opened the unveiling ceremony for the Walk of Champions Friday. "Local athletes are honored for giving South Lake Tahoe recognition on the international and national stage."

Jamie Anderson makes debut on Dancing With the Stars Monday

Jamie Anderson grew up on a snowboard at Sierra-at-Tahoe near South Lake Tahoe, and since those early days on the slopes the world has found out about how talented she is from the X Games to two Olympics. Now the country gets to see the South Lake Tahoe resident on the dance floor as the 26th season of Dancing With the Stars begins on April 30.

She will be seen on the long-running reality competition show which features an all-athlete edition this season, and it will be a much shorter season in 2018, lasting just four weeks.

Jamie Anderson headed to Dancing With the Stars: Athletes

The complete list of athletes who have committed to ABC for a special four-week long Dancing With the Stars Athletes will be announced on Friday, April 13, but the names of four athletes have been revealed.

South Lake Tahoe's Jamie Anderson will be one of the dancing athletes according to Us Weekly and CBS Sports.

She'll be joining Olympians Tonya Harding, Adam Rippon and Jennie Finch. The rest of the athletes on the show which starts April 30 will be announced next Friday.

Sierra-at-Tahoe hosting Olympic homecoming and athlete celebration

Event Date: 
April 7, 2018 - 11:30am

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. – Sierra-at-Tahoe will be honoring local winter sports athletes with a celebration at their home mountain on Saturday, April 7. Jamie Anderson, Maddie Bowman, Hannah Teter and Kyle Smaine had undeniable success in the competitive year including bringing home Olympic Gold and Silver medals, World Championship titles and X Games Gold. The celebration will take place on the Solstice Plaza at Sierra’s base area and will include autograph signing, speeches by local dignitaries and a silent auction with proceeds going to Protect Our Winters and Jamie Anderson Foundation.

Olympic viewing schedule for Jamie Anderson and Maddie Bowman

Update Saturday: Looks like weather has caused a delay in Jamie's Slopestyle. Schedule shows it rescheduled for 10:00 a.m. Monday in PyeongChang - 5:00 p.m. Sunday on the west coast. Sunday prime time coverage starts at 4:00 p.m.

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Opening ceremonies were held for the 2018 Olympic Games in PyeongChang, South Korea on Friday, and now the athletes hit a full schedule of events through February 25.

Golden State athletes with an eye on gold in Pyeongchang

Here’s a look at the athletes from California who will compete for the United States in the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, which run Feb. 9-25

SKIING

Maddie Bowman
Hometown: South Lake Tahoe

Comment: The 24-year-old won a gold medal in halfpipe four years ago in Sochi. This will be the second Olympics for Bowman, who won gold in superpipe in four consecutive Aspen X Games (2013-16).

Social media: On Instagram, maddie_bowman; Twitter, @maddiebowman

Bryce Bennett
Hometown: Tahoe City

Kyle Smaine of South Lake Tahoe wins halfpipe at Mammoth

Kyle Smaine of South Lake Tahoe was the surprise winner of the final selection event for the U.S. freeski halfpipe Olympic team at Mammoth Friday, but will it be enough to earn him a discretionary selection?

The 26-year-old Sierra-at-Tahoe skier has a chance.

The U.S. freeski team added four more athletes to its halfpipe roster for PyeongChang on Friday night.

Alex Ferreira and Torin Yater-Wallace are joining David Wise on the men's team, while Brita Sigourney and Devin Logan are joining South Lake Tahoe's Maddie Bowman on the women's team.

Maddie Bowman closer to Olympics with spot in Friday finals in Snowmass

Reigning Olympic gold medalist halfpipe skier Maddie Bowman celebrated both her birthday Wednesday and a ticket to the finals of the Toyota U.S. Grand Prix at Snowmass this weekend.

The 24-year-old South Lake Tahoe native competed against the top eight women half pipe skiers, qualifying easily behind Cassie Sharpe, the 2016 X Games Oslo champion.

Champions Plaza “Spirit of Competition” unveiled

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - The long awaited 11 foot tall bronze sculpture "Spirit of Competition" perched on top of a 4.5 ton boulder was unveiled during a ceremony at Champions Plaza Friday.

Sculptor Gareth Curtiss transported his creation from his studio in Fortine, Montana just two days ago in the back of his van, early Thursday morning the bronze sculpture was picked up with a crane and placed on top of the boulder, bolted in and wrapped up for the ceremony.

South Lake Tahoe women win medals during Aspen's X Games

Women from the South Shore of Lake Tahoe will once again bring home medals from the X Games held this weekend in Aspen, Colorado.

South Lake Tahoe's Elena Hight, 27, made her thirteenth X Games appearance, and is now a six-time medalist. She won the Women's Snowboard SuperPipe with a 87.33 over Xuetong Cai and Chloe Kim. Another South Lake Tahoe rider, 30-year-old Hannah Teter, came in eighth. She too is a six-time medalist in the X Games.

Super Snake at Sierra-at-Tahoe to be featured on ABC special

Event Date: 
October 16, 2016 - 1:00pm

A special course created on the snow at Sierra-at-Tahoe will be featured on the October 16 edition of the action sports show, ABC's 'World of X Games.'

SuperSnake, a cutting-edge hybrid course on snow that combines snowboarding and skateboarding, will unveil the never-been-done build out and completely unconventional riding experiences that brought elite skateboarders and snowboarders together to ride alongside each other for the first time ever at Sierra-at-Tahoe near South Lake Tahoe. The film is 22 minutes long and will showcase not only this new snowsport, but Lake Tahoe slopes.

Maddie Bowman wins Visa U.S. Freeskiing Grand Prix at Park City

Just a week after winning her fourth-straight X Games gold medal in women's halfpipe, South Lake Tahoe's Maddie Bowman has struck gold again, this time at the Visa U.S. Grand Prix in Park City.

The American freeskiing halfpipe star and Westminster College student nailed her third and final run in Firday, earning a 89.80 to top Japan's Ayana Onozuka.

Onozuka's first run of 88.80 set the pace for the day, but then Maddie used her newly-learned switch-900 trick to lead her to victory.

Maddie Bowman leads pack at U.S. Freeskiing Grand Prix at Park City

Park City, UT (Feb. 3, 2016) – The U.S. qualified seven total skiers to the finals of the Visa U.S. Freeskiing Grand Prix at Park City on Wednesday, with Maddie Bowman of South Lake Tahoe leading the way with the top spot for the women while Aaron Blunck (Crested Butte, CO) was the top American for the men, qualifying in second.

"Qualifying went really well," said the South Tahoe High graduate. "Everyone’s pretty tired after X Games but everyone went out and did the best that they could do and laid down a good qualifier, so I’m excited for finals."

Maddie Bowman wins gold; Jamie Anderson silver in XGames

All three runs for South Lake Tahoe's Maddie Bowman in the Women's Ski SuperPipe X Games today beat all competitors on the course, earning her a fourth straight gold medal in the event. The 22-year-old Olympic gold medalist has also won a silver and bronze in the X Games.

Bowman scored a 85.33 on her first run Friday, followed by a 87.33 and 89.00. Second place finisher Ayana Onozuka of Japan ended up with a high run of 85.00. Bronze medalist Annalisa Drew of the USA had an 83.00.

One Obsession: Jamie Anderson

A mellow, down to earth, tree-talking yoga enthusiast, Jamie Anderson is not your average Olympic gold medalist. But when you observe the 25-year-old snowboarding phenom in her hometown of South Lake Tahoe, Calif., everything snaps into focus.

Olympian Jamie Anderson gives back to kids on the South Shore

Jamie Anderson continued her Give Back With Love sponsorship program on Tuesday, by giving three local students a dream package of equipment and a ski pass.

Anderson wanted to be present to give the students their prize but, according to Sierra-at-Tahoe, Jamie has been tied up with the X Games and Burton European Open. They wanted to get the kids up on the hill as soon as possible so didn't wait for Anderson's return but she'll join them on the slopes once back in South Lake Tahoe.

Medals were elusive for two South Shore snowboarders in X Game Superpipe finals

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.

South Shore's Jamie Anderson wins Silver at X Games

South Lake Tahoe's Jamie Anderson won her 10th X Games medal in Aspen, CO today, bringing home silver.

Anderson led the group of athletes in Snowboard Slopestyle through the first two rounds but failed to land cleanly on the last, allowing defending two time X Game Gold medalist Silje Norendal to win her third straight gold.

Today's event was Anderson's third straight X Game silver.

The Sierra-at-Tahoe snowboarder's medal count for X Games: 4 Gold, 4 Silver and 2 Bronze.

Maddie Bowman wins third straight gold medal at X Games

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 Olympian Jamie Anderson part of Celebrity Apprentice

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.

US Skiers & Snowboarders On The Best Gifts They Ever Received

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.

Olympians to participate in Heavenly Valley's High Roller Hold'Em this spring

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.

South Lake Tahoe Celebration, Parade and Party Being Held For Its Three Olympians

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.

Reno's David Wise Wins Gold in the Sochi: Skis out of Northstar in Lake Tahoe

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.

South Lake Tahoe's Jamie Anderson Takes Gold in Sochi

South Lake Tahoe's hometown girl Jamie Anderson cleaned up her second run to earn the first-ever women’s slopestyle snowboarding gold medal Sunday at the 2014 Sochi Olympic Winter Games.

South Lake Tahoe's Maddy Bowman and Squaw Valley's Nate Holland Take Gold in X Games

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 Jamie Anderson Wins Sprint U.S. Grand Prix Title at Mammoth

Two days after clinching a spot on the U.S. Olympic Team, South Lake Tahoe's Jamie Anderson took the Sprint U.S. Grand Prix overall slopestyle title and a $10,000 cash prize with her win Saturday at Mammoth Mountain.

Anderson is looking forward to representing her country in Sochi, "It’s not just the local Tahoe community; it’s the entire U.S. and even my friends throughout that world that are supporting me. It’s really special to come together for the Olympics because of how much love you get from your country and representing your nation. It’s like nothing I’ve ever done before."

Shaun White Overcomes Early Round Crash to Make U.S. Slopestyle Snowboarding Team

MAMMOTH MOUNTAIN, CA (Jan. 16) – Olympic halfpipe champion Shaun White (Carlsbad, CA) mathematically clinched a spot on the first-ever U.S. Olympic team for slopestyle snowboarding on Thursday at the Paul Mitchell Slopestyle at the Sprint U.S. Grand Prix.

Heavenly to Unveil Innovative DJ Cat This Week in South Lake Tahoe

Something new will be hitting the slopes at Heavenly Mountain Resort on Friday, and its not something to ski or board on.

Aaron Hagar, son of legendary musician Sammy Hagar and owner of Rat Runners Garage, has teamed with Heavenly to create a state of the art mobile DJ on what used to be a grooming machine.

Pro snowboarders to line up Lake Tahoe Heavenly High Roller Hold 'Em big air competition

Heavenly is raising the stakes, and it’s no bluff, as the south shore Lake Tahoe resort plays a full house of big-air specialists. Heavenly Mountain Resort announced Chas Guldemond, Ulrik Badertscher, Gjermund Braaten, Sage Kotsenburg and Torstein Horgmo as the first five competitors in High Roller Hold ’Em on Saturday, April 6.

In partnership with Snow Park Technologies and hosted by two-time Olympic gold medalist Shaun White, High Roller Hold ‘Em combines the thrill of a high-flying big air competition with the cunning strategy of Texas Hold ‘Em poker.

Sierra-at-Tahoe to host first-ever Tanner Hall invitational

Sierra Resort at Lake Tahoe will host renowned freeskier and X-Games gold medalist Tanner Hall with the first ever Tanner Hall Invitational set for March 30.

Tied to the birth of freesking, Hall is well accomplished with multiple X Games gold medals in both slopestyle and superpipe. Hall has invited 15 of the best skiers in the world to participate in this one-of-a-kind event with a feature that will progress skiing and offer a different format than the traditional slopestyle contest, said Sierra spokesman Steve Hemphill.

Terrain park builders get TV show spotlight

Terrain parks at ski resorts have grown from targeting a niche market with skateboard-inspired jumps and rails to part of prime time, with events like the X Games Superpipe finals attracting wor...

Terrain park builders get TV show spotlight

Terrain parks at ski resorts have grown from targeting a niche market with skateboard-inspired jumps and rails to part of prime time, with events like the X Games Superpipe finals attracting wor...

Shaun White to host Heavenly's High Roller Hold 'Em big air competition at Lake Tahoe

Heavenly Mountain Resort at south shore Lake Tahoe is playing its ace this spring, partnering with Snow Park Technologies and two-time Olympic gold medalist Shaun White to host High Roller Hold ’Em, the industry’s most high-energy, innovative big air competition.

The casino-inspired event means there's $50,000 at stake. It will combine the thrill of a high-flying big air competition with the cunning strategy of Texas Hold ‘Em poker. Throw in a live DJ, fireworks, laser lights and the Heavenly Angels, and this will be an epic party befitting Lake Tahoe’s south shore.

Check your head

It would seem the days of looking like a newbie because you're rocking a helmet on the slopes are over.After all, Shaun White wore one during his gold-medal run at the Winter X Games last weeken...

Check your head

It would seem the days of looking like a newbie because you're rocking a helmet on the slopes are over.After all, Shaun White wore one during his gold-medal run at the Winter X Games last weeken...

Tahoe shoots for new competition

It would require an unprecedented level of cooperation between the public and private sector to bring the Winter X Games to Lake Tahoe, tourism officials say. ESPN, which owns the extreme sports...

Tahoe shoots for new competition

It would require an unprecedented level of cooperation between the public and private sector to bring the Winter X Games to Lake Tahoe, tourism officials say. ESPN, which owns the extreme sports...

Tahoe shoots for new competition

It would require an unprecedented level of cooperation between the public and private sector to bring the Winter X Games to Lake Tahoe, tourism officials say.

Tahoe shoots for new competition

It would require an unprecedented level of cooperation between the public and private sector to bring the Winter X Games to Lake Tahoe, tourism officials say. ESPN, which owns the extreme sports...

Winter X Games snowmobiler dies after Colo. crash

DENVER (AP) - Caleb Moore, an innovative freestyle snowmobile rider who was hurt in a dramatic crash at the Winter X Games in Colorado, died Thursday morning. He was 25.Moore had been staying at...

Winter X Games snowmobiler dies after Colo. crash

DENVER (AP) - Caleb Moore, an innovative freestyle snowmobile rider who was hurt in a dramatic crash at the Winter X Games in Colorado, died Thursday morning. He was 25.Moore had been staying at...

South Shore women dominate X Games

The South Shore ladies showed how it's done in the Sierra last weekend under the X Games' spotlight. Sierra-at-Tahoe riders Maddie Bowman and Jamie Anderson both took good at the at X Games Aspe...

Snowmobiler in critical condition after Winter X

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (AP) - Snowmobiler Caleb Moore remains in critical condition after a dramatic crash at the Winter X Games in Aspen.A publicist for the family reissued a statement Tuesday than...

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