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174 Colorado skiers and snowboarders rescued after a lift cracks

Dec. 22, 2024 16:44 PM EST

WINTER PARK, Colo. (AP) — Officials were investigating Sunday what caused a crack in a Colorado ski lift that forced the evacuation of over 170 stranded skiers and snowboarders. The gondola lift at Winter Park Resort, about 70 miles (113 kilometers) west of Denver, automatically...

Olympic champ Ayumu Hirano will compete in Shaun White's new snowboarding league

Dec. 18, 2024 12:43 PM EST

ASPEN, Colo. (AP) — Olympic gold medalist Ayumu Hirano headlines the roster of snowboarders who will compete in The Snow League, Shaun White's new set of halfpipe contests that brings together top athletes to compete for $1.5 million in prize money. Hirano won gold at the Beijing...

Skier/snowboarder Ester Ledecka has 2 Olympic races on same day in 2026, hoping for schedule change

Dec. 12, 2024 17:18 PM EST

BEAVER CREEK, Colo. (AP) — As the situation stands, snowboarder/ski racer Ester Ledecka has two Olympic races on the same day in 2026, at nearly the same time and in Italian mountain towns hours apart. The Czech Republic standout simply can’t make both starting gates. So she may...

Ski racers, snowboarders challenge sport's governing body to reconsider lucrative investment chance

Dec. 11, 2024 06:02 AM EST

DENVER (AP) — A group of high-profile ski racers and snowboarders, along with executives and board members, are challenging their sport's governing body to reconsider a lucrative investment opportunity that could be worth more than $400 million. The International Ski and Snowboard...

Shaun White's new halfpipe league to air on NBC, Peacock

Nov. 19, 2024 13:05 PM EST

The new action-sports league being launched by Shaun White will air on NBC and stream on Peacock beginning next year. White announced earlier this year that he was putting together The Snow League, a four-stop circuit that will feature halfpipe snowboarding and freeskiing. On...

Shaun White and Nina Dobrev are engaged. He faked a dinner invite with Anna Wintour to propose

Oct. 30, 2024 15:41 PM EDT

Former skateboarder and Olympic snowboarder Shaun White and actor Nina Dobrev are getting married. White’s publicist Jennifer Peros confirmed the engagement Wednesday. White popped the question last weekend at The Golden Swan, a New York restaurant and presented...

A Canadian former Olympic snowboarder is wanted in a US drug trafficking case

Oct. 17, 2024 18:21 PM EDT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A former Olympic snowboarder for Canada has been charged with running a drug trafficking ring that shipped vast amounts of cocaine across the Americas and killed four people, authorities said Thursday. The FBI is offering a $50,000 reward for information leading...