It is good to see the women on the progression tip. Here’s Elena Hight with a double backside rodeo from X Games pipe practice on January 23, 2012. Smoothly stomped.
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Snowboarding
After a short run at local Canada politics and some divorce troubles the world’s first snowboard Olympic gold medalist Ross Rebagliati has now announced plans to open a “franchise of medical marijuana shops” called Ross’s Gold, according to a story in the Calgary Herald.
. . . Rebagliati said the federal government’s decision to get out of the medical marijuana business is opening a tremendous business opportunity for Ross’s Gold, which also goes under the company name Rebagliati Gold Ltd. . . “As the federal government gets out of the medical marijuana business, taxpayers will no longer be subsidizing its sale. Under the current program, the marijuana costs about $5 per gram. Under the proposed changes, that price will rise to about $8.80 a gram,” the company said in its statement. . . And the sky is the limit should the Canadian government ever decriminalize pot, he said.
Yeah, Ross. Sales could go sky high and we’re guessing a shop in Whistler would do quite well with all those tourists who suffer from debilitating illnesses.
[Link: Calgary Herald]
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Andrew Santos shot his friends at Grouse Mountain and then Kaz Yamamura turned the sounds captured into some pretty nice beats. Check it and you’ll see what we mean.
[Link: Reddit]
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Mary Bono Mack, the former congresswoman and widow of singer (and politician) Sonny Bono, broke her wrist while snowboarding at Colorado’s Purgatory weekend of January 19, 2013 with her husband Connie Mack, according to a story on MyDesert.com. It was reportedly her first time snowboarding.
Bono Mack was, according to her official Twitter account, vacationing at Purgatory at Durango Mountain Resort with husband Connie Mack when the incident happened. . . “Took my first snowboarding lesson ever today @skipurg with @conniemackiv. Hmmmm. Yeah.. no..don’t think I will make the switch from skis. . . [then later} Boarding experiment over. Broken right wrist. Damn. There goes ski season. Good time to work on my book. Great loving husband.”
Though who know will remember that Mack’s former husband Sonny died in January 5, 1998 at Heavenly Valley resort from “massive head injuries” after hitting a tree while skiing. Nice that Mack hasn’t let her past slow her down one bit.
[Link: My Desert]
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Here’s a 25 minutes reminder from the crew at Ambition Snowskates that you don’t need an SUV full of gear to have fun in the snow.
[Link: Ambition Snowskates via Shreddit]
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Think Stratton Mountain would be left lonely and pouty by the Burton US Open of Snowboarding moving west to Vail after all those years? Nope. They’re keeping the open scene rolling with the Vermont Open March 15-17, 2013.
The VTO will be a 3 day event with a festival atmosphere and a tribute to the pioneer days & spirit of snowboarding and the epic events that shaped an industry. This is a chance to actually ride and compete in retro style venues and events against Legends like Ross Powers and many more! Come for the weekend and ride with Legends, Pros, Amateurs, Washed Up Pros and long lost friends, hear some great music, go to some great parties, even try some old school equipment. Keep the spirit alive!!
A weekend entry costs $135 and includes three days of lift tickets, entry to all the venues, contests (rail jam, Halfpipe), and official parties.
[Link: Stratton Mountain]
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Black Santa hits the Danger Zone as Russell Winfield busts out the old lines while Scott Vine, Michael Gray, and Nick Visconti add a little spice from this decade.
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An Australian snowboarder, who was attempting to walk out of some steep terrain on Whistler Mountain with a friend apparently slipped and fell into a “treed area” and “suffered a head injury” according to a story in the Vancouver Sun.
Staff Sgt. Steve LeClair says it appears the man and a woman he was with found themselves in steeper terrain that they were able to handle and he fell while trying to walk down the slope. . . The young man was transferred to a hospital in Vancouver, but died Thursday night.
Our thoughts are with the mans family and friends.
[Link: Vancouver Sun]
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Yes, Octagon, the sports management super agency who represent Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps (as well as snowboarders Hannah Teter, Kelly Clark, Seth Wescott and Ross Powers skaters Andy Macdonald and Mitchie Brusco and surfers Ry Craike and Alana Blanchard) have added slopestyle slayer Jamie Anderson to their stable of athletes.
Jamie Anderson, a six-time X Games medalist and the 2012 ESPY Award winner for Best Female Action Sports Athlete, has signed with Octagon. In a sport making its Olympic debut, Anderson is widely regarded as the top slope style rider in the world. She holds the highest score in Winter X Games Slopestyle history and was the youngest medalist ever at age 15 when she won bronze in 2006. The South Lake Tahoe native finished 2008, 2011 and 2012 ranked first overall on the World Tour.
But you knew all that. In the near future we expect to see Anderson’s sponsors change and her media visibility go way, way up. Is there a reality show in her future? Hope so.
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Shaun White is apparently getting ready for the Sochi Games Slopestyle competition as he has just landed triple cork on a slope booter at Breckenridge. See how much all that hair was holding him back? For the landing follow the jump.
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