By John LaConte VAIL — One is a four-time Olympian and the first woman to land a 1080 in competition. The other recently became the youngest snowboarder to win gold at the X Games. Together 31-year-old Kelly Clark and 14-year-old Chloe Kim have been dominating women’s halfpipe for the last year and a half — […]
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By John LaConte VAIL — One is a four-time Olympian and the first woman to land a 1080 in competition. The other recently became the youngest snowboarder to win gold at the X Games. Together 31-year-old Kelly Clark and 14-year-old Chloe Kim have been dominating women’s halfpipe for the last year and a half — […]
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By John LaConte VAIL — It was a history-making run for Mark McMorris at the 33rd annual Burton U.S. Open. But the way things are progressing these days, it was only good enough for second place behind Japan’s Yuki Kadono.After landing back-to-back triple cork 1440s on the final two jumps of the slopestyle course on […]
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By John LaConte VAIL — It was a history-making run for Mark McMorris at the 33rd annual Burton U.S. Open. But the way things are progressing these days, it was only good enough for second place behind Japan’s Yuki Kadono.After landing back-to-back triple cork 1440s on the final two jumps of the slopestyle course on […]
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By Chris Freud EDWARDS — First off, many happy returns to Gordon Smith, who turned 80 years young on Friday.And where else would Smith be than taking stats for Battle Mountain boys lacrosse’s season-opening 13-8 victory against Conifer on Friday afternoon in Edwards?As with any opener, the No. 6-ranked Huskies showed some good stuff and [&h
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By Chris Freud EDWARDS — First off, many happy returns to Gordon Smith, who turned 80 years young on Friday.And where else would Smith be than taking stats for Battle Mountain boys lacrosse’s season-opening 13-8 victory against Conifer on Friday afternoon in Edwards?As with any opener, the No. 6-ranked Huskies showed some good stuff and [&h
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By John LaConte VAIL — Slopestyle snowboarder Jamie Anderson topped the podium again this year at the Burton US Open. But that’s just one of the things she’s excited about right now.“The course was awesome this year,” she said after the win on Friday. “When I saw Spencer stomp her back 9 I got really […]
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By Melanie Wong VAIL — It’s a blindingly sunny and clear day in Vail, and the roads are still thawing out after a frigid night and 7 inches of recent snow — it’s a good day to go motoring, as the Mini Cooper folks would say.Specifically, I am test-driving the brand new Mini Cooper S […]
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By Edward Stoner VAIL — It’s been just over five years since former professional snowboarder, Kevin Pearce crashed during a half-pipe training session in Park City, Utah. Just two months before the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, it was his head that took the full force of the near-fatal fall, tearing him away from a […]
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By caramie schnell Brooklyn trio Moon Hooch has performed in some unlikely spots, including a cow pasture in rural Virginia and in the middle of a freeway bridge in South Carolina. Perhaps they’ll take their first Vail performance as an opportunity to film a song slopeside. The members of Moon Hooch got their start busking […]
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