Date of Birth: October 12, 1977 Where Was He Born: Bretton Woods, NH Interesting Youth Highlights: Bode’s parents took a novel approach to raising him and for many years they lived in a cabin without running water or electricity. He did not attend regular school until after his parents divorced. Bode grew up playing many [...]

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• Skier Profile for Bryon Friedman The turning point in Bryon Friedman's life was when he moved to Utah and began to take advantage of its prime skiing mountains. Bryon was only nine years old, but he quickly found the mountains of Utah to be home to him. Since then, Bryon has mixed schooling and ski......
• Skier Profile for Lindsey Vonn Lindsey Vonn was born in St. Paul, Minnesota on 10/18/1984. Her hometown, however, is Vail Colorado which is where she got her start in skiing. She has been skiing for a total of nine years, and has claimed titles both as a junior and upon reaching adulthood as well. Lindsey......
• US Ski Team Member Profile of David Babic David Babic in a current member of the US Ski Team that is quickly rising in popularity. He was born in Berlin, VT and currently resides in Washington, VT. He has been on the team for four years, and this 29 year old athlete is definitely a rising star you’ll......
• Skier Profile for Morgan Smyth Morgan Smyth was born in Northampton, MA on February 10, 1986. She started skiing at the age of 2, but was not entirely convinced she liked cross country skiing at first. Once she got into it, she became somewhat of a tiger, placing in numerous Junior World Championships. Now that......
• Athlete Profile: Seth Wescott Seth Wescott is the current snowboard cross gold medalist, and now in Arosa, Switzerland, he has the fastest runs, winning the SBX World Cup and earning 1000 cup points overall. This was the first World Cup win for the Maine native, who managed to out speed Markus Schairer, David Speiser......

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180 – While in the air a rider makes a 180 degree turn and will land fakie, except for riding in a half pipe where a 180 will bring the nose around to face forward again. 360 – While in the air the ride makes a 360 degree turn, which makes a full circle so [...]

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• Snowboarding Glossary Backside Wall - The backside wall is the wall that will be behind you when riding straight down the middle of a half pipe. Looking down from the top of the half pipe the left wall of the half pipe will be the backside wall for regular-footers, and for goofy-footers......
• Snowboarding Glossary Continued Lien Air - This involves the front hand grabbing the board's heel edge, and the snowboarder's body leans out across the nose of the board. This is essentially a method used on the front side wall. Lien Method Air - This is a combination between a Lien and a Method.......
• Snowboarding Glossary Continued Hucker - This is someone that throws him or herself wildly into and through the air without landing on their feet. Iguana Air - This is what you have when the rear hand is grabbing the toe edge of the board near to the tail of the board. Indy Air......
• Snowboarding Glossary Flute - A snow column that can be found on rocks and other terrain features as well as almost vertical slopes. Free riding - This is the term for casual snowboarding that is done on any terrain type. There are no gates, half pipes, rules, or contests. This is all......
• Snowboarding Glossary Continued Sky - This is a term that is used to describe when big air is achieved by a rider. Slalom - This is a term that is used to describe a type of Alpine snowboarding racing where the racer has to run along a designated course where a series of......

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Resi Stiegler was born on November 14, 1985 in Jackson Hole, Wyoming which is where she resides. She has been on the United States Ski Team for seven years now. She is an Alpine ski racer that first appeared in the 2006 Winter Olympic Games. She grew up in prime skiing country, and was skiing [...]

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• The Best New Skis for the 2008-2009 Season One of the best things about skiing is that every year, new products come out that are designed to support you in your quest to become a better ski, ski faster and have a lot of fun. This year, there are quite a few new entries in the field, so......
• Skier Profile for Morgan Smyth Morgan Smyth was born in Northampton, MA on February 10, 1986. She started skiing at the age of 2, but was not entirely convinced she liked cross country skiing at first. Once she got into it, she became somewhat of a tiger, placing in numerous Junior World Championships. Now that......
• Skier Profile for Bryon Friedman The turning point in Bryon Friedman's life was when he moved to Utah and began to take advantage of its prime skiing mountains. Bryon was only nine years old, but he quickly found the mountains of Utah to be home to him. Since then, Bryon has mixed schooling and ski......
• Athlete Profile: Dan Wakeham The first male Olympic competitor on snowboard in Britain, Dan Wakeham has announced that he will be retiring from the world cup circuit. He has recently announced that following seven years with the British snowboarding team, he will be retiring from World Cup level competition. Dan Wakeham is only 27......
• US Ski Team Member Profile of David Babic David Babic in a current member of the US Ski Team that is quickly rising in popularity. He was born in Berlin, VT and currently resides in Washington, VT. He has been on the team for four years, and this 29 year old athlete is definitely a rising star you’ll......

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