So maybe we can’t all ski like Sarah Burke. But we can at least try! Last summer ahlivv girl Sarah Burke showed us how. So as we roll into spring, prepare yourself for a little summer ski and snowboard action. Get caught up on some tricks, challenge yourself for next year’s ski and snowboard seasons.
Erin called in her favorite lady shredders for a day of riding and a fun shoot. She gave each girl a different outfit to show off on the mountain for a full day of snowboarding. We spent all day hiking the park and taking fun photos! I don’t think I have ever gone snowboarding with so many girls.
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Competition day. But first, a side note. As more and more of my teammates switch to iphones, I have develeped a pet peeve. The fart application on the iphone drives me nuts. I am now surrounded by artificial fart noises at dinnner, in the car and on the airplanes. I find it inappropriate and immature. [...]
Despite all of these external negatives, I had a much better day of training . The moisture packed the snow down, creating deeper and firmer moguls, and I successfully made it down the 250 meter course more than once.
Today was the first of two days of training before the World Cup on Friday in Norway. The mogul course was open from 1-3:30 in the afternoon so I had breakfast and enjoyed several cups of coffee while I searched for cheap flights to France in March. That is the last event of the year and due to the economic troubles the freestyle team has no funding. After the confusing internet search, I did 45 minutes of yoga in my room and got ready to head up to the mountain.
Many people don’t know that Breck was one of the first resorts to allow snowboarders on its slopes. Today, with more than 20 years in developing cutting edge freestyle terrain, Breck offers four world-class parks and half pipes with features ranging from beginner to expert level. The resort is recognized around the world for its advanced park system and consistently earns top 3 rankings from all of the major ski and snowboard mags every year.
A boardslide is the second progressive step in hitting rails or boxes on your snowboard. The first step is to 50/50 the rail, which is simply sliding the feature parallel. A boardslide will allow you to progress into sliding the rail backwards or spinning. When I was learning how to boardslide I was very intimidated by doing an ollie into a boardslide. I learned the wrong way which was doing an ollie onto the box 50/50 then rotating my body to make my board perpendicular to the box. With my ‘How To Boardslide’, I will hopefully teach you the right way… and the steezy way, since that is the most important part of snowboarding, right?
Canadian mogul skiers Jennifer Heil and Alexandre Bilodeau made the most of their home-course advantage Saturday as they grabbed World Cup wins at Cypress Mountain, B.C. The rivalry between American Hannah Kearney and Heil gained more steam at the event as judges gave Heil the win over Kearney for the second week in a row. Kearney, who has yet to miss a podium this season, retains her 45-point lead in the points race, mid-way through the season. Both women have two victories apiece.
Since it was the most significant snowfall of the year, the resorts were packed. So, D and a few friends decided to take turns shuttling Loveland Pass with their very cute pups. Barring some cold waits at the bottom of Loveland Pass, and some face shots (aren’t those the worst!), the trip was well worth it.
As I write this blog I am the number one female mogul skier in the world. I have never had this honor and I am hannahlarge.jpgenjoying it thoroughly. I earned this current title by winning the first world cup in France, getting third in Quebec, and first and second at two competitions in Utah. I am in Vancouver now for the Olympic test event and am hoping to continue my with consistent results. As a member of the US Freestyle team, I wear a uniform at all competitions and training camps, but in my personal training I am free to express my own style. With five weeks off over the holidays I had ample opportunity to sport my new Nikita outfit.
Hannah Kearney took her second victory on the season last Thursday at Deer Valley. She started the day tied for first in the World Cup Moguls with Jennifer Heil of Canada.
Girls, we have a hottie alert to share! Single, married or dating, ain’t no shame in scoping out a beautiful specimen of the male world.
The ollie is the most important, basic and fundamental trick in snowboarding, or skateboarding. Snowboarding without knowing how to ollie is, well, not really snowboarding because it’s the foundation that all other tricks are based on. Unfortunately, I spent my first 5-6 years snowboarding doing it completely wrong. See here’s the thing, doing an ollie is not simply jumping up and down on your snowboard (I know, I was shocked too). To properly perform an ollie, you take advantage of your snowboard and use that to propel you higher than you could hope to jump alone. Having a solid ollie will take you anywhere you want to go with your snowboard – jumps, big spins, urban on rails, spinning on rails – the possibilities are endless.
Sarah Burke is a busy lady. She wins super pipe and slopestyle contests from Dew Tour to X games. We are keeping our fingers crossed this year that Sarah Burke will not only win the women’s ski superpipe championship at the x-games, but that she will also complete her profile. Sarah’s busy, what can we [...]
ahlivv’s own Hannah Kearney has kicked off her competition season with a win at the World Cup Event in France. Hannah came out confident and aggressive and took home first place in the dual moguls. Check out the run that won her first place!
