Posts Tagged ‘2010 Olympics’
As a 13 year old grommet, Australian Torah Bright’s snowboarding talent, drive and passion took her to Whistler, BC where she first lived on her own for a whole season. Now nearly a decade later, that same talent, drive and passion has taken her to the pinnacle of women’s snowboarding: The top rung of the Olympic halfpipe podium. It seems only fitting that this
Read More Post a comment (0)The fans were waiting. Shaun White could see them packed in the stands at the bottom of the hill ready for snowboarding’s greatest showman — all of 23 years old — to go do his thing.
Only he couldn’t. Not for a minute anyway.
His second Olympic halfpipe gold medal already won, White turned to U.S. Snowboarding coach Mike Jankowski and told him,
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Olympic gold medalists Shaun White (Carlsbad, CA), Kelly Clark (Mt. Snow, VT), Hannah Teter (Belmont, VT), and Seth Wescott (Sugarloaf, ME) each highlight a talent-filled roster as the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association (USSA) announced the 2010 Olympic Snowboarding Team Monday.
USSA President and CEO Bill Marolt, together with the U.S. Olympic Committee and Team partner Visa, announced the roster of 18 athletes to compete in the snowboard events at Cypress Mountain in Vancouver.
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