Snowboard and Ski Gear

Velisek, Ricker just miss podium at World Snowboard Champs – TSN
HOENGSEONG, South Korea – Canadians Tom Velisek and Maelle Ricker narrowly missed the podium at the FIS World Snowboard Championships, each finishing fourth in the snowboard cross Sunday. Velisek, from Squamish, B.C., was edged out by American Nick

Snowboard Ramp Goes Up on East River – Gothamist.com
The Lower East Side is about to get cool again, at least for a couple of days. On February 4th snowboarders will start taking practice runs down the ramp that’s being built on the side of the East River (you can get a nice view from the Williamsburg

PGA of Australia announces new Asian tour for ’09 – PGA Tour
SYDNEY (AP) — Tournaments from Australia, China and South Korea will be involved in a six-event Asia-Pacific series this year, the latest development in an administrative struggle to control golf in the region. The PGA of Australia announced the

Rice sails to snowboard big air victory – Aspen Times
Travis Rice, of Jackson Hole, Wyo., shows off his gold metal after winning the snowboard big air competition in Winter X Games competition Thursday at Aspen’s Buttermilk ski area. Nathan Bilow/AP ASPEN — The fans have spoken. Jackson Hole’s

Top 5 Mountains for Snowboarding – Blackbookmag.com
We’ve got a few months left of cold days filled with the awesome combination of rain/snow (rainow? snowain?). But that also means that there’s a few more months left to hit some fresh powder with your board. Wonder where to go? Wonder no longer. Here

First-ever Mr. Gay World to be crowned at Whistler’s 17th Annual Gay – e-Travel Blackboard
Already a unique celebration of diversity and inclusiveness, Whistler’s WinterPRIDE, taking place from February 1-8, is even more special this year, bringing with it the first-ever Mr. Gay World competition. This year marks the 17th year of

It’s snow fun for non-skiers in Idaho – Olympian
With Oregon’s Cascade Mountains cloaked in a bright white cape, as fluffy as an egret’s plume, talk of skiing and snowboarding abounds. But what if you don’t ski? Maybe balance is not your strong point. Maybe peering down a steep slope with a

WORLD SPORTS at 0000 GMT – PR Inside
AUSTRALIAN OPEN: Nadal, Williams sisters back in action MELBOURNE, Australia _ Rafael Nadal and Serena and Venus Williams are back in action in second-round play on Thursday at the Australian Open. BC-TEN–AUSTRALIAN OPEN. Matches begin at 0000 GMT

“Ski Bum” Pic Flap – The Smoking Gun
JANUARY 14–Embarrassed that one of its employees took–and then distributed–photographs of a skier dangling upside down and pantsless from a Vail ski lift, a Colorado firm is threatening legal action in a bid to suppress any further publication of

‘Holiday havoc’ warning over pound – Channel 4 News
The weak pound “may yet wreak havoc” on short breaks, ski holidays and foreign shopping trips, consumers have been warned Luxury holidays are also under threat and ferry-based holidays may steal market share from flight-inclusive ones, a holiday

Ski Report – International Herald Tribune
4 of 4 lifts, Wed-Fri: 12p-9p; Sat/Sun: 9a-4p; open Wed-Sun; Black Mountain — Mon Open Sat/Sun 6 00pm powder machine groomed 12 – 24 base 22 of 22 trails, 100% open, 3 of 5 lifts, Sat Mt Abram — Tue Open Thu-Sun 6 44am packed powder machine

Music : Flamingos warm up winter – Martha’s Vineyard Times
Put on your pink and orange-flowered shirt, stick a flower in your hair, and go to the Chilmark Community Center on Saturday night to take the chill out of the winter, Caribbean style. The Chilmark school parent teacher organization (PTO) is holding

Charlie David’s Excellent Telluride Gay Ski Week Adventure – Gay Wired.com
The air may be thin in the oxygen-deprived heights of Telluride, one of Colorado’s prize gems, but it is nonetheless intoxicating for out actor/writer/producer and erstwhile musician Charlie David and the hundreds of gay men who annually pour into

Hit the slopes this winter – Payson Roundup
A quick trip to go skiing is only about an hour away for those of us in the Rim Country, we just have to go north to Snow Bowl or east to Sunrise. If a longer ski weekend is on your wish list, there are lots of great spots in neighboring states that