Topic: United States

Olympic Alpine Skiing 2010

2010 Olympic Alpine Skiing was held at Whistler Creekside in Vancouver , British Columbia from February 13 through February 27 . Competitors to watch include Ted Ligety , Bode Miller and Julia Mancuso of the United States , Benjamin Raich and Marlies ...

Slalom skateboarding

Slalom Skateboarding is a form of downhill skateboard racing that first appeared in the 60's and 70's and has made a resurgence in popularity in the 2000s. There are five types of Slalom race formats; Super Giant Slalom, Giant Slalom, Hybrid Slalom ...
This type of skiing is thought to have been started by Odd Kjelsberg of Winterhur, Switzerland in 1889. Among these are North America , Europe, Japan, Australia, and New Zealand . North America uses a series of colored shapes to advise skiers ...

Getting started with ski racing

Do you enjoy the thrill of speeding down a steep slope? If your answer is "yes," you are a perfect candidate for a career as a ski racer. NASTAR has race courses at various ski resorts throughout the United States. When you ...

Skiing

Skiing has been practiced for over 4,000 years, but it did not become a popular recreational sport until the 20th century. The full range of ski competition is held every four years at the winter Olympics. The FIS world championships are also ...
The 2010 Winter Olympics at Vancouver are exciting to watch as athletes from all over the world come to compete. There are 22 athletes from Team USA competing in Alpine Skiing at the 2010 Olympics. The alpine skiing events at the 2010 ...
US women's ski coach Jim Tracy leaves after 2 successful seasons and strong OlympicsU.S. women's ski coach Jim Tracy stepped down on Friday, less than five weeks after guiding the team to a strong showing at the Vancouver Olympics.He did not give ...

Lindsey Vonn stops by SELF

Before I left the office on Friday, one of my idols stopped by to say hi... You know her as the Olympic gold medalist in the downhill at Vancouver and also as the beautiful and strong, athletic and fierce competitor who made ...

Vonn wins third successive World Cup

GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany (Reuters) - Lindsey Vonn of the United States skied through more pain on Friday to win the women's overall World Cup title for the third year running.Vonn ignored a bruised right knee after crashing in Thursday's giant slalom to win ...

Vonn crashes out of giant slalom

GARMISCH-PARTERNKIRCHEN, Germany (Reuters) - Lindsey Vonn, on the brink of clinching her third successive overall World Cup title, crashed in the first leg of the season's final giant slalom on Thursday.Vonn, who has already won the season's downhill and super-G titles, could ...