Noah Salasnek had one of the smoothest skate styles in snowboarding. He never forced his way into anything, but always stood out. Thanks to some prodding from Chris Roach, Noah got in front of the Powder and Rails cameras to talk about the day.
We still smile whenever we think about his old Sims graphic–the one with the trucks and wheels on the base. We’re glad Noah’s story is finally getting out.
[Link: VBS.com]
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So the beacher report, a blog that apparently covers sports and hot girls, says that Summer Spiro is Shaun White’s girlfriend and one of the “sports WAGs to watch this year.” They say:
The blond beauty is the girlfriend of the multi-talented Shaun White, who will be shredding up the Olympics for a second time. . . Spiro is not just a pretty face. She’s a musician who has a band with her sister Ruby called—wait for it—Ruby Summer.
Obviously, we’ve been so distracted by Shaun’s double-doubles that we completely forgot about his love life. We apologize and hope it doesn’t happen again.
[Editors’ Note: We thought it was clearly obvious in the above post that we know nothing about Mr. White’s love life or who his girlfriend is. We were merely pointing out what the bleacher report was saying. Today we got an email from Shaun’s Red Bull handlers saying the story is “not true, can you please remove off your site. Shaun’s girlfriend is not Summer Spiro.” We reworked one sentence to clear things up.]
[Editors’ Note on previous Editors’ Note: Today we received a second email from Shaun White’s handlers at Red Bull. This time with the following message: “Thanks, it’s really not a big deal. The photo is actually not even of Summer, so bleacher reports just release a false story, no worries. Can you please remove the additional note you put, regarding my communication, please.” So for the record: bleacher report made up their post entirely. They probably should have used this photo instead then they only would have been half wrong.]
[Link: bleacher report]
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One the high points of Shaun Palmer’s wonderful horrible life was when he made the US Olympic snowboard team for the 2006 Torino Olympics. When a torn Achilles tendon pulled him out of the Olympics we were all pissed that the guy USA Today once called the “world’s greatest athlete” wouldn’t have a shot at an Olympic medal.
But, according to a Scott Willoughby story in the Denver Post, you can’t count the 41-year-oid Pizalm out just yet.
Palmer is back this season for another shot at the Olympics, saying that the injury doesn’t affect his snowboarding these days. And after qualifying second at the opening World Cup snowboardcross race of the season a month ago and 12th here in Telluride last weekend, it would seem that the speed is still there. . . He could become the oldest man to qualify for the U.S. Olympic Team with a repeat of his 2006 performance, but he has only three chances left to do it — the next one in Bad Gastein in January. After two of five Olympic qualifying races, he has finished no better than 17th.
We can think of nothing cooler than Shaun Palmer on an Olympic podium.
[Link: Denver Post]
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Greg Martin and the UK-based crew at Friday are proof that doing good work and sticking to the game makes great business sense. And it looks like there are a few others who understand, according to a post on BoardSportsSource.
Friday Management Group (FMG), has announced the signings of snowboard legend Terje Haakonsen (NOR), US star Jake Blauvelt and US up-and-comer Matt Ladley to its roster.
Friday is an agency to watch, most certainly.
[Link: BoardSportsSource]
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Anyone who really cared about this made-for-TV sporting event from Breckenridge probably watched it on NBC over the weekend.
We were super stoked for Danny Davis, Ipod, JJ Thomas, Kiersti Buass, Jamie Anderson, and especially 16-year-old Tyler Flanagan for ripping things up.
For history sake we’ve listed the results for the halfpipe and slopestyle results from December 19-20, 2009 after the jump, or you can check Nick Lipton’s approved, official, event-sponsor-cleared PR coverage by clicking here.
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Kurt Welden, 31, of Austria got in way over his head on the Moelltal Glacier in Carinthia, Austria last week and had to be rescued, according to a story in the Mirror.
A reckless snowboarder clings to the mountainside inches from certain death on the edge of a cliff. . . He had left the safety of the piste . . . in search of fresh powder. . . After stopping he managed to dig away enough snow so his board wouldn’t slip while he waited for help.
Guess the moral of the story is don’t ever ride with Kurt Welden.
[Link: Mirror.co.uk]
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Burton is going all in on their current Web Presents promotion and it’s worth checking out simply for the voyeuristic spectacle of the whole thing. It started on December 15, 2009 but we just got over to check it out.
The whole thing reminds us a little of the old JenniCam Show popular in the late 90s because it proves just how much we all love watching normal people do stuff no matter how boring it is.
Then again $1,000 shopping sprees to the “next person to walk into the NYC Burton store with a orange tank top on and say the words ‘cold room'” can be compelling content.
[Link: Burton.com]
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Four years later and Lindsey Jacobellis is still answering for that method in Torino. This time to USA Today.
“I’ve been asked about it a million times,” she says. “My stock answer is: ‘I was pretty young and got caught up in the moment. I was having too much fun. I was excited to be in the finals, I almost got knocked out.’ “
Reminds us of a letter we wrote her back in 2006. . . The good news is she appears to be back on track for Vancouver and is busy (as the above pouty, doe-eyed, insouciant Under Armour photo would suggest) exploiting all of her talents this time around.
[Link: USA Today]
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Nina Van Zandt, 22, of Shelburne, Vermont has come up with a great new business idea: the Snowboarding Nanny, according to a story in the Burlington Free Press.
I’m looking for a few families that would want me to pick their kids up after school (age 7 and up) and take them snowboarding and then bring them home to help them with their homework and make dinner.
Van Zandt says she’s also interested in massage therapy which kind of makes her a quad threat: a snowboarding, baby-sitting, chef who gives massages.
[Link: Burlington Free Press]
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One of snowboarding’s true originals gets a little much deserved coverage as Shawn Farmer shows up on VBS.com’s Powder & Rails.
Powder and Rails takes you to the Legends of Tahoe event at Donner Ski Ranch for a couple classic Shawn Farmer moments. Some may say he’s crazy, but we’re here to prove he may actually be a genius. At Shawn’s apartment, we check out one of his inventions and engage the man in some snowboarding discourse. From his first video scenes to his preference for gigantic boards and rapping, no stone is left unturned. We even get a Farmer philosophy lesson just moments before he closes the convo by shot gunning a beer.
[Link: VBS TV]
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