Olympic skier David Wise won’t have his family in Beijing, but the next best thing is happening – family, friends and well-wishers will be in his hometown of Reno at a watch party. The Northern Nevada supporters of Reno’s born-and-raised Wise can cheer him on Feb. 18 (5-7 pm) during a watch party at The […]
Olympic freestyle skiing
Olympic profile: David Wise, the ‘UnDude’ delivers gold in freestyle halfpipe
Here’s a look at David Wise, one of the four Lake Tahoe medal winners at the Sochi Olympics.: He was nicknamed “The UnDude” by the New York Times, which kind of sums it up. He’s a married man with a cute 2-year-old young daughter and admits that family comes first, while skiing is a distant second. […]