U.S. skier Julia Mancuso of Lake Tahoe has three Olympic medals. Can she claim a fourth? Although she has experienced a lackluster World Cup season thus far, don’t rule out the possibility that Mancuso will be on the medal stand at the 2014 Winter Olympics. In a training run Thursday on the challenging downhill course in […]
Winter arrives: Lake Tahoe ski resorts expecting 4 feet of snow
It’s snowing in Lake Tahoe – a lot! How about 4 feet of new snow by Monday at Lake Tahoe ski resorts? It could happen. This is the snow storm the Lake Tahoe ski resorts have been seeking all winter. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), there could be as much as 4 […]
Northstar rider Chas Guldemond settles for 5th in Olympic Men’s Slopestyle
Following the preliminary round of the Men’s Slopeside event on Thursday, Chas Guldemond has put the pressure on himself to perform the next time he heads down the controversial course at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. Despite the competition beginning in Sochi, talk still continued regarding Shaun White’s decision to abandon the slopestyle event. […]
Kayla Anderson named new Marketing Manager at Diamond Peak ski resort
Diamond Peak Ski Resort and the Incline Village General Improvement District announced today that its new Marketing Manager is Kayla Anderson. Anderson previously spent two years as the IVGID Marketing Coordinator. The last four years Anderson was at Mt.Rose ski resort where she was the PR/Web Manager. Anderson is originally from Redding, but has resided […]
Four Squaw Valley skiers, riders set to make 2014 Winter Olympic debut; Julia Mancuso seeks another medal
Three athletes with ties to Squaw Valley ski resort in Lake Tahoe are preparing to make their debut at the 2014 Winter Olympics. The four Squaw Valley athletes – Julia Mancuso, Travis Ganong, Nate Holland and Marco Sullivan – are all in Sochi and representing the U.S. Winter Olympics team. Here’s a look at the […]
Lake Tahoe snowboarder Jamie Anderson qualifies second in Olympic Women’s Slopestyle
U.S. snowboarder Jamie Anderson passed her first test at the 2014 Winter Olympics on Thursday in Sochi. The flamboyant snowboarder from Sierra-at-Tahoe ski resort had a strong showing in the first-ever Women’s Slopestyle competition in Winter Olympic history. Anderson took second in her heat and had the second best score overall with a 93.50, which […]
Lake Tahoe will be represented by 9 skiers, riders at 2014 Winter Olympics
The 2014 Winter Olympics begins this week in Sochi and Lake Tahoe will be well represented. There will be nine skiers and riders from Lake Tahoe ski resorts competing in the Winter Games in Sochi, which run from Feb. 7-23. Here is a look at the Tahoe athletes competing for Olympic medals in February. Northstar […]
Will Lake Tahoe’s Jamie Anderson capture Olympic gold in Women’s slopestyle?
Jamie Anderson could become a household name by this weekend. Despite what critic Bob Costas says, slopestyle skiing will most likely draw great nationa interest on Saturday and Sunday (Feb. 8-9) when competition begins at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. A Sierra-at-Tahoe ski resort competitor, Anderson is the favorite to capture a gold medal […]
Shaun White injures wrist; is Oympic slopestyle course too dangerous?
Slopestyle skiing and snowboarding makes its debut at the 2014 Winter Olympics later this week? But taking center stage right now is a difficult course that has skiers and riders wary. The latest skier to feel the pain of the course at the Sochi Winter Olympics was snowboarding superstar Shaun White. White fell and jammed […]
Norwegian slopestyle favorite Torstein Horgmo crashes; out of Olympics
Shaun White’s quest for an Olympic gold medal in slopestyle at the 2014 Winter Olympics just got a little better. Norwegian snowboard slopestyle competitor, Torstein Horgmo, a 2014 Winter Olympic favorite, crashed Monday during a training session at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park. The crash took place on the Olympic slopestyle course. Torstein Horgmo is now officially […]