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Stevens Pass avalanche kills three
Massive slide in Washington state leaves three well-known and beloved local skiers dead
ESPN.com [ran on Page 1]
February 2012
Greg Hill's next mission
Revelstoke, B.C., adventurer to ski all spring without the use of his car. Instead, he'll ride his bike - as far as 150 miles
ESPN.com
February 2012
It happened at Winter X ...
A recap of the top stories and most gut-wrenching moments from the past week in Aspen
ESPN.com [ran on Page 1]
January 2012
Gnarly crash can't stop Norway's Gjefsen
Wearing casts on both hands from a brutal wipeout earlier in the week, Gjefsen wins Skier X gold
ESPN.com
January 2012
Mid-race pass leads Del Bosco to win
Skier X champ rebounds from last year's disappointing silver, when he lost his lead at the final moment
ESPN.com
January 2012
Nate Holland intent on winning sixth gold
After his hopes of a Snowboarder X six-peat were dashed last year, Holland is refocused and coming in hot
ESPN.com
January 2012
Bobby Brown reclaims Big Air gold medal
2010 champ outlasts hotshot rookie Mahler, who claims silver
ESPN.com
January 2012
Switch double flip brings surprise gold for Wise
At age 21, new father from Reno, Nev., is the oldest man on the podium
ESPN.com
January 2012
Kelly Clark defends her gold medal
Victory is Clark's 13th in a row and comes a decade after she won her first X Games gold
ESPN.com
January 2012
Sarah Burke memorialized in Aspen
Dozens of top pros, family members and friends honor late freeskiing pioneer with tribute
ESPN.com [ran on Page 1]
January 2012
Turski clinches slopestyle three-peat with switch 1080
Montreal skier pays homage to fallen Canadian teammate Burke after winning gold on day's final run
ESPN.com
January 2012
Wild shootout ends with gold for Wallisch
Pittsburgh native keeps unbeaten slopestyle season alive by holding off hungry rookie Goepper, 17
ESPN.com
January 2012
Winter X Games 2012: What to Watch For
A full primer of storylines going into an action-packed week in Aspen, Colo.
ESPN.com [ran on Page 1]
January 2012
Langely McNeal DQed for clothing flap
French protest leads to American's controversial disqualification from Skier X finals
ESPN.com [ran on Page 1]
January 2012
Can Dueck do it again?
Josh Dueck, star of the critically acclaimed documentary "The Freedom Chair," looks to defend his Winter X gold medal
ESPN.com
January 2012
Swiss rookie Mahler a top contender
Freeskiing prodigy Kai Mahler, 16, looks to unseat proven names in Winter X Ski Big Air
ESPN.com
January 2012
A home for Torin
How Torin Yater-Wallace, Aspen's homegrown X Games medalist, overcame homelessness and other struggles to thrive
ESPN.com [ran on Page 1]
January 2012
Hertrich ends world-record ski streak
After skiing every day for more than eight years, Rainer Hertrich lands in intensive care due to irregular heartbeat
ESPN.com
January 2012
Fortune Teller
California auto mechanic John Teller eyes another Winter X gold while helping to launch the ski-cross youth movement
ESPN.com
January 2012
Ups and downs
Ski mountaineering racer Pete Swenson has kept Breckenridge on the move while building a sport in the U.S.
Summit Magazine
Winter 2012
No one is immune
2011 proved to be one of the deadliest in action-sports history. Why? A fair question with a complicated answer
ESPN.com [ran on Page 1]
December 2011
Shaun White returns to competition in style
Two-time Olympic champion flies high in pipe; Clark, Braaten, O'Brien also grab season-opening Dew Tour wins
ESPN.com
December 2011
Skiers Rolland, Wallisch win at Breck Dew Tour
Frenchman continues his halfpipe dominance, while American rebounds from injury with slopestyle victory
ESPN.com
December 2011
Brexico and the Holidays
The difference between the Holiday Season and Winter in a mountain town, as it relates to Christmas lights
Mountain Gazette
December 2011
Olympic freeskiing qualification process taking shape
Meeting held between AFP, F.I.S., athletes, agents, coaches and parents hints at potential road to Sochi, Russia
ESPN.com
December 2011
Clark, Mitrani top season-opening podium
Six men score 90 points or better during U.S. Grand Prix halfpipe contest at Copper Mountain
ESPN.com
December 2011
Sun Valley skiers sweep U.S. Grand Prix
Barrymore, Sigourney complete an unheard-of World Cup sweep by a local ski club
ESPN.com
December 2011
F.I.S. rift lingers as U.S. slopestyle team named
Olympic medalist Lago talks about a possible boycott as first-ever national team is announced
ESPN.com
December 2011
Invest $500K in a ski area, get a visa!
The strange (and very legal) tale of how Jay Peak raised nearly a quarter-billion dollars for capital improvements
ESPN.com
December 2011
ESPN holiday gift guide
The things we all need to go out and play in the snow
ESPN.com
December 2011
Can skiing save Valdez, Alaska?
What happens when an oil town runs out of oil? One of the world's adventure Meccas is about to find out
Skiing
November 2011
Growing big
Spurned by unprecedented popularity, big-mountain ski competitions come of age
Skiing
November 2011
World Cup events to be held in U.S.
What does it mean now that the long-running U.S. Grand Prix tour has earned World Cup status?
ESPN.com
November 2011
Andy Woods named U.S. halfpipe coach
U.S. Freeskiing tabs ex-national champion, X Games judge to lead its pipe skiers toward 2014 Olympic debut
ESPN.com
November 2011
State of the Sport: Backcountry
A series of interviews with an esteemed guide, avalanche forecaster and pro skier; also, an avalanche gallery
ESPN.com
November 2011
Frenchman Rolland moves from Rossignol to Coreupt
Four-time X Games champ leaves longtime ski sponsor for a more intimate contract with upstart French brand
ESPN.com
November 2011
Simon Dumont signs with Head skis
Olympic halfpipe hopeful joins Bode Miller, Lindsey Vonn and Ted Ligety after months of speculation
ESPN.com
November 2011
Germany's backcountry superhero
Oxford-educated businessman, Himalayan peak slayer, savior of the Dynafit brand -- all Benedikt Boehm lacks is a cape
Backcountry
November 2011
The lucky one
Italian ski mountaineer Giulia Monego uses her expeditions to give foreign kids hope
Backcountry
November 2011
U.S. slopestyle team named
Freeskiing pioneer Evan Raps lured out of medical school to coach Americans toward Olympic debut in 2014
ESPN.com
November 2011
State of the sport: Ski travel
An interview with Ice Axe founder Doug Stoup on the world's most exotic ski destinations
ESPN.com
November 2011
Ed Viesturs advising for new Idaho ski academy
Sun Valley school aims to become "the preeminent ski academy in the western United States"
ESPN.com
October 2011
Starting over
In the latest episode of Brexico, a mountain man moves to Hawaii
Mountain Gazette
October 2011
Joss Christensen signs with Fischer
Darkhorse Olympic contender in halfpipe and slopestyle explains why he left his longtime sponsor this year
ESPN.com
October 2011
FIS taps independent body for Olympic judging prep
Skiing's world governing body takes the unusual step of ceding control in advance of 2014 Winter Games
ESPN.com
October 2011
State of the Sport: Gear
An interview with Atomic's Jake Strassburger as part of a new ESPN series discussing the state of freeskiing
ESPN.com
October 2011
All walk, no talk
A pitch-by-pitch breakdown of Andreas Fransson's historic solo descent of Denali's south face
Backcountry
October 2011
Steep price to pay
Increased backcountry traffic in Chamonix, France, has locals wondering if disaster is imminent
Backcountry
October 2011
The Reunion
Some bonds run deeper than the mountains
Elevation Outdoors
October 2011
The changing face of U.S. heli skiing
How a group of guides and owners are trying to streamline a radical, unregulated industry
ESPN.com
October 2011
The next Pehota
Logan Pehota followed his legendary father Eric down a precipitous, 7,000-foot couloir at age 12. Next?
ESPN.com
September 2011
Ken Block interview: Detroit
He's a global stunt-driving phenomenon, but Block still battles to break through on racing's top level
ESPN.com
September 2011
Get Revelstoked to Tailgate
Popular backcountry freeride festival expanding from Alaska to British Columbia
ESPN.com
September 2011
Red Bull to cover its athletes' health
New partnership puts action-sports sponsor on similar level as USOC and major pro teams
ESPN.com
September 2011
Behind the footage with Adam Delorme
How a part-time property manager made the most of a tiny break to ski for Level 1 Films
ESPN.com
September 2011
The Russians are getting ready
Sochi CEO Dmitry Chernyshenko provides a window into the freestyle preparations for the 2014 Olympics
ESPN.com
August 2011
The brothers from Vermont
A profile of Lars and Silas Chickering-Ayers, two of freeskiing's top big-mountain contenders
ESPN.com
August 2011
Tanner Hall to release halfpipe video game
iTunes app will be unveiled at Winter X Games in January
ESPN.com
August 2011
Deegan improves from RallyCross silver to gold
Ford Fiestas sweep podium as Pastranathon ends with superstar T-boning wall with bronze in reach
ESPN.com [ran on Page 1]
July 2011
The madness that is Enduro X
In event's X Games debut, favorites Forsberg and Blazusiak are golden
ESPN.com
July 2011
Doran rallies to XG17's biggest upset
British driver dominates Finland's Grönholm to capture unlikely Rally Racing gold
ESPN.com
July 2011
Shaun White finally beats rival PLG
On his final run of the night, White comes through in dramatic fashion to win coveted Vert gold
ESPN.com [ran on Page 1]
July 2011
Risky strategy pays off for Dhers
Reigning BMX Park gold medalist skips third run on hot day at XG17 but collects another gold medal
ESPN.com
July 2011
Legend Burnquist returns to top
Brazilian skater posts night's two best scores to win third gold medal in Big Air
ESPN.com [ran on Page 1]
July 2011
Bestwick gets his five-peat
Incomparable BMX Vert wizard does just enough on a historic night
ESPN.com [ran on Page 1]
July 2011
McCann wins BMX Big Air gold medal
Two-time silver medalist seals victory on final run of competition
ESPN.com
July 2011
Pastrana breaks foot, ankle in crash
Highly touted "Pastranathon" comes to an end 30 seconds after it starts, sidelining action sports' biggest star
ESPN.com [ran on Page 1]
July 2011
X Games 17: What to watch for
A comprehensive preview of the brightest stars and biggest events at this year's X Games
ESPN.com [ran on Page 1]
July 2011
Making history on Denali
Fresh off a massive first descent, Swede Andreas Fransson continues to chase the most dangerous game on snow
ESPN.com
July 2011
Graduated Scales
Colorado Mountain College CEO wins admirers through a different brand of leadership
Colorado Summit Magazine
Summer 2011
Finnish phenom makes improbable recovery
In April 2010, Pekka Hyysalo endured a traumatic brain injury. Within a year he was skiing again
ESPN.com
July 2011
Gore under investigation
Why the maker of Gore-Tex is being probed in the U.S. and Europe
ESPN.com
July 2011
Jonesing
Why do we jones? What is a jones? The first episode of a new blog, Brexico, for the Mountain Gazette
Mountain Gazette
July 2011
Rally in the streets
An unprecedented new racecourse through downtown L.A. will be debuted at X Games 17
ESPN.com
July 2011
Blood sport
How has Anita Ortiz, a 47-year-old mother of four and full-time teacher, come to dominate ultrarunning?
Trail Runner [cover story]
August 2011
Pulmonary edema derails historic Lhotse attempt
Americans Jamie Laidlaw and Kris Erickson were trying to ski world's fourth tallest peak
ESPN.com
June 2011
U.S. names first national halfpipe ski team
Nine athletes make the cut in advance of sport's 2014 Olympic debut
ESPN.com
June 2011
26.2 miles on a skateboard
Inaugural Skateboard Marathon World Tour to kick off July 30
ESPN.com
June 2011
Alex Prochazka and the 80-foot backflip
An interview with a pro mountain biker who can also hold his own on snow
ESPN.com
June 2011
Why buildings are better than cliffs
JT Holmes gives an inside look at his wingsuiting stunt work for Transformers 3
ESPN.com
June 2011
Dream Job: Alaska heli guide and pilot
Snowboarder Christian Cabanilla is living one of the industry's most unique lives
ESPN.com
June 2011
Want to buy a ski resort?
Colorado's Powderhorn ski area goes up for public auction in August, with no minimum bid
ESPN.com
June 2011
Todd Franzen: cancer free
Eight months after a risky stem-cell transplant to fight Hodgkin's Lymphoma, this ex-pro snowboarder is full of life
ESPN.com
May 2011
Skateboard towing accidents on the rise
A brief history of street towing, along with pros' theories on why so many people are dying from it
ESPN.com
May 2011
Down home with Sean Pettit
An interview with the 18-year-old Whistler phenom many refer to as the future of skiing
ESPN.com [ran on Page 1]
May 2011
Davenport, Beidleman ski legendary Lhotse Face
In interview from Everest base camp, Aspen guide details rare ski descent in shadow of world's highest peak
ESPN.com
May 2011
Surfing's world governing body adds new nations
India, Hungary, Ghana, Kirabiti join International Surfing Association, bolstering the sport's Olympic hopes
ESPN.com
May 2011
Road warrior
Behind the Curtain interview with Lee Metzger, an avalanche forecaster whose job is to keep Colorado's highways clear
ESPN.com
May 2011
Colorado by foot and lift
A story and photo gallery from a ski season's worth of road trips around the state
ESPN.com
May 2011
Kip's greatest gift
Remembering a wonderful friend and uber-talented athlete, Kip Garre
ESPN.com
May 2011
A champion's heartbreak
Freeskiing world champ Angel Collinson opens up about the death of her boyfriend, skier Ryan Hawks
ESPN.com [ran on Page 1]
April 2011
Olympians sweep wild Alaska race
Skier Marco Sullivan and snowboarder Jayson Hale hold off locals at Arctic Man
ESPN.com
April 2011
Unskied Lines: Lhotse Couloir
Two Americans are attempting a first ski descent of the world's fourth largest mountain: 27,890-foot Lhotse
ESPN.com
April 2011
The face of the Freeskiing World Tour
Behind the Curtain interview with Frankie Alisuag
ESPN.com
April 2011
Hugo Harrisson interview
Three-time world champ and freeskiing film star talks about scaling back due to fatherhood
ESPN.com
March 2011
Telemark skiing escapes hippie rut in Italy
At the Polartec Scufoneda festival, freeheelers celebrate their sport's new freeride-centric direction
Denver Post
March 2011
Hero complex
A brash new company is revolutionizing crisis response. So why all the enemies?
Outside
April 2011
ASP world champ boycotts tour
Cori Schumacher to protest new event in China by sitting out 2011 season
ESPN.com
March 2011
Rollan' into the future
How a French barber's son has emerged to dominate halfpipe skiing the past two years
ESPN.com
March 2011
Nick Goepper's road to Tignes, France
Indiana native hasn't had it easy on his way to debuting at the Euro X Games
ESPN.com
March 2011
Found
Inside a mother's 44-year search for the baby she gave away
Connecticut Magazine
March 2011
The skier who does it all
Why Duncan Adams, 18, continues to pursue big-mountain and pipe skiing at their highest levels
ESPN.com
March 2011
Trevor Bayne interview
As a snowboarder, skateboarder and wakeboarder, the Daytona 500 champ isn't your traditional Southern boy
ESPN.com
March 2011
The social media contract
In action sports, an athlete's followers and fans are like a direct marketer's low-hanging fruit
ESPN.com
March 2011
Lawsuit imminent after Sugarloaf accident
Does skiing's "inherent risk" cover chairlifts falling 30 feet to the ground?
ESPN.com
February 2011
Powder plant
How a Danish architect plans to build a ski slope on top of a trash incinerator in downtown Copenhagen
ESPN.com
February 2011
Coast-to-coast crusade
Ultramarathon man Dean Karnazes is running across the country to educate Americans about obesity
Parade
Feb. 27, 2011
Under the radar
A profile of ski mountaineer Kip Garre
Backcountry [cover story]
February 2011
Crested Butte Extremes
20 years after its founding, the world's longest running big-mountain competition gets rowdy
ESPN.com
February 2011
The man who changed two sports
Before passing away on Valentine's Day, Chuck Allen left a huge imprint on surfing and snowboarding
ESPN.com
February 2011
The real story of E.J. Poplawski
Adaptive snocross racer comes clean about drugs, guns, SWAT standoff -- and Hepatitis C
ESPN.com
January 2011
The ghost of the triple flip
Going into the X Games, only three men had landed one. A brief history of the rarest trick in snowsports
ESPN.com
January 2011
Over the radar
Tracing the roots of Bobby Brown's rise to freeskiing superstar
ESPN.com
January 2011
Pemberton's golden girl
Olympic ski cross champ Ashleigh McIvor is the kind of mountain girl you don't find every day
SkiingMag.com
January 2011
Kings of Killington
All the coverage from the second stop on the Winter Dew Tour
ESPN.com
January 2011
Human Express
Dispatches from Karl Meltzer's 2,064-mile run across middle America
Trail Runner
January 2011
The Lost Art of Dropping By
Why the old-fashioned spontaneous visit still works in a mountain town
Mountain Gazette
January 2011
The man with two faces
A yearlong correspondence with freeskiing legend Kent Kreitler reveals why he quit the sport
ESPN.com
January 2011
Greg Hill reaches 2 million feet
Canada's backcountry skiing superman details his unprecedented quest
ESPN.com [ran on front page]
January 2011
Winter Dew Tour coverage
Read up on the Breckenridge installment of freeskiing and snowboarding's richest series
ESPN.com [ran on front page]
December 2010
One sport's patent mess
With rival snowboard manufacturers going at it over patents, a question of enforcement arises
ESPN.com
December 2010
Season Preview: Halfpipe Snowboarding
A look at three themes that will play out during the 2010-'11 season
ESPN.com
December 2010
Unexpected turnover on the U.S. Snowboard Team
Why one Olympic medalist quit and another surprisingly rejoined the national team
ESPN.com
December 2010
Vito, Farrington start the year on top
Nearly 18 inches of fresh snow doesn't deter American stars at Copper Mountain
ESPN.com
December 2010
Canadians sweep first-ever skiing competition
In a step toward Olympic inclusion, halfpipe skiers embrace new role at Grand Prix
ESPN.com
December 2010
O, Canada
A window inside the Warren Miller crew's heli-skiing trip to Gothics Lodge in British Columbia
Snoworld
Fall 2010
The lore of Gore
An inside look at one of the sports world's most exclusive companies
ESPN.com
November 2010
From Banana Man to Olympic history
How Scott Rawles, an old-school moguls coach and ski bum, led the U.S. skiers to a record medal haul
Denver Post
November 2010
Air Force pilgrimage
College football's best-kept secret is a small, overachieving school in Colorado Springs
ESPN.com [ran on front page]
November 2010
Unskied Lines: Caroline Face, Mt. Cook
The southest face of New Zealand's tallest peak is a wild and dangerous place -- and offers a tantalizing ski line
ESPN.com
October 2010
Skiers vs. Indians
The battle between Arizona Snowbowl and surrounding Native American tribes has torn apart the town of Flagstaff
ESPN.com
October 2010
80.83 mph on a skateboard
How Czech-born daredevil Mischo Erban shattered the world record on a secret hill in northern Colorado
ESPN.com
October 2010
Avalanche forecaster talks powder, pain in the backcountry
Colorado's Scott Toepfer explains how he balances his search for euphoria with his fear of death
Buzz.Snow.com
October 2010
'We want to be the Vegas ski resort'
Can Utah's newest ski area, which failed as a private mountain, flourish by serving gamblers and desert people?
ESPN.com
October 2010
Rare turbine saves family ski hill
Boosted by more than $1 million in government money, tiny resort awaits a 331-foot, revenue-generating wind tower
ESPN.com
October 2010
The jewel of Bajhang
Maoists, man-eating bugs, and mysterious peaks in previously unskied Western Nepal
The Ski Journal
Summer 2010 (4.1)
A rocky run
Three-part series on running and fishing Colorado's Continental Divide during the 118-mile TransRockies Run
ESPN Outdoors
September 2010
Defining Diagnosis
Fighting a deadly disease, former pro snowboarder Todd Franzen rediscovers his purpose
ESPN.com [ran on front page]
September 2010
Crash changes racer's life
Two-time world champion Monique Merrill has a new view on mortality after a horrific wreck in France
Denver Post
September 2010
A higher degree
How a mountain college challenged the status quo
5280
September 2010
Why our gear represents our personality
An essay on adventures with outdoor gear and what they teach us about people
Mountain Gazette
September 2010
Thinkers: Rick Greenwald
Meet the biomechanist (and longtime skier) who is trying to unlock the mysteries of brain injuries in sports
ESPN.com
September 2010
Unskied Lines No. 5: Mount Francais, Antarctica
Behold nearly two vertical miles of heavily crevassed, avalanche-prone magnificence. Can it be skied?
ESPN.com
September 2010
Thinkers: Hans Smith
The president of Armada Skis details the genius behind their innovative designs and what it takes to turn a profit
ESPN.com
September 2010
A legendary runner's comeback
Melody Fairchild, 37, aims for the 2012 Olympics two decades after she became a national sensation
Denver Post
September 2010
Thinkers: Chris Manly
The weather guru behind Snowforecast.com explains how his site grew to 15 million hits a year
ESPN.com
September 2010
Thinkers: Katal Innovations
How a tragic snowboarding accident led two engineering students to create a revolutionary aerial training device
ESPN.com (ran on front page)
August 2010
XC Running: A Winter Olympic sport?
Why running on snow could be added to the Olympic docket before a number of skiing events
ESPN.com
August 2010
Seizing success
Never mind the plunging economy. The entrepreneurial spirit is alive and well in Colorado's high country
Summit Magazine
Summer 2010
The one who counts
Elizabeth Hawley, 86, never climbed a mountain. So how did she become a mountaineering icon in Nepal?
Rock and Ice
September 2010
The doctor is in
He used to be Michael Jackson's personal physician. Now, this local legend uses trails for a greater good.
Trail Runner
August 2010
Thinkers: Tom Wallisch
Part One in a seven-part series on skiing's most innovative personalities
ESPN.com
August 2010
'Too many riders trying to get paid'
One year after a major free-agency movement, why are skiing's top teams at a standstill?
ESPN.com
July 2010
Welcome double back
Australian motocross pioneer Cam Sinclair's improbable return from a catastrophic double backflip attempt
ESPN.com (ran on front page)
July 2010
Nosebleeders unite
Why the farthest seats from home plate are also some of the best in baseball
ESPN.com (ran on front page)
July 2010
Building Rosa Khutor
An inside look at the 2014 Olympic venue, from the man the Russians hired to build it
SKI Magazine
July 2010
Inside the K2 ski attempt
Swedish mountaineer Fredrik Ericsson is on the verge of one of the greatest feats in skiing history
ESPN.com
July 2010
Unskied Lines No. 4: Denali South Face
Chris Davenport has had this complicated, 8,000-foot line in his sights for years
ESPN.com
July 2010
Power human
Canadian maverick Greg Hill is in the midst of the most ambitious year in backcountry skiing history
ESPN.com
June 2010
The bitch is back
One year after its debut, the vaunted Breck Epic gets even harder
BIKE
July 2010
Unskied Lines No. 3: Grand Teton
First skied in 1971, the Grand still has never been descended without downclimbing or rope assistance
ESPN.com
June 2010
Arne Backstrom obituary
The life and tragic death of a freeskiing star
ESPN.com
June 6, 2010
Three of a kind
For years, the Backstrom name has been tied to one gifted skier. Ingrid's two younger brothers, Arne and Ralph, seem intent on changing that
ESPN.com
May 2010
Greg Stump, uncensored
Freeskiing's legendary filmmaker talks about his life, his smoking-hot girlfriend, and The Legend of Aahhh's
ESPN.com
May 2010
Unskied Lines No. 2: Mount Saipal, Western Nepal
This 6,000-foot face averages 45 degrees from the summit of a 23,000-foot mountain
ESPN.com
May 2010
Unskied Lines No. 1: Mount Francis, Valdez, AK
The first in a series on the world's hairiest lines
ESPN.com
April 2010
New beginnings
Racer-turned-freeskier Angel Collinson, 19, left quite a mark in her debut season
ESPN.com
March 2010
Stomping Grounds: Summit County, Colo.
How a crusty old mining community became a major winter sports epicenter
ESPN.com (ran on front page)
March 2010
Post, Bouvier win extreme skiing titles in epic Crested Butte snow
Massive snowstorm turns bonier-than-ever conditions into three feet of powder
ESPN.com
February 2010
A Turn for the Better
Olympic ski cross racer Chris Del Bosco struggled with addiction for a decade,
but that demon -- much like his competition -- is behind him
ESPN.com
February 2010
Peak Conditions
Ski mountaineer Jamie Laidlaw, 29, has made his name descending coveted lines around the world
Middlebury Magazine
Winter 2010
Life According To ... Katie Uhlaender
Back-page interview with fearless -- and at times peerless -- Olympic skeleton racer
5280
February 2010
Clips
Lofty Goal
Profile of the NHL's first black player, Willie O'Ree, and the
secret he kept
Boston Globe Magazine
(cover story)
December 2007
Miracle in Moab
World champion adventure racer Danelle Ballengee's improbable survival story
Summit Daily News
December 2006
*cited in the Best American Sports Writing anthology
Searching for Snuffy
How the men of the 10th Mountain Division helped me discover my long-deceased
grandfather
5280
December 2006
Lonely Heights
Why a genius, beloved coach was exiled from distance running
Running Times
May 2009
Online version with sidebar:
The case of the disappearing talent
Ride on the Wild Side
Profile of Alaskan snowmobiling legend Jay Quinlan
EXPN Magazine
Septempber 2008
A Passion for Pain
A week inside endurance racing's toughest event, Primal Quest
Summit Daily News
July 2008
The Lost Art of Getting By
Drinking water out of jars, skiing 200 days a year -- for some,
it's the life
Mountain Gazette
January 2009
Eyes on the Storm
A revolutionary sensor changes the way we get our weather forecasts
Popular Science
September 2009
Magazines
Cheat Sheet: Guide to backcountry skiing
A wide-ranging package on venturing into uncontrolled snow
Skiing Magazine
October 2009
The Accidental Activist
Profile of 1800s miner-turned-environmentalist Edwin Carter
5280
April 2009
Instant Ironman
How a less-is-more approach to race training produces
startling results
National Geographic Adventure
March 2009
And you call yourself a ski bum
By-the-numbers profile of world record holder Rainer Hertrich
Outside
August 2006
Wellness keys: Fill 'er up
Mountain bike champ Josh Tostado's transformative (and robust)
diet
Outside
January 2009
Life
According to ... Jeff Kullman
Back-page interview with Colorado's mountain-highway chief
5280
November 2008
Dopers, beware
U.S. Anti-Doping Agency CEO Terry Madden doesn't joke around
5280
December 2007
Mr.
Unconventional
Profile of unlikely--and yet highly successful--college athletic
director Erin Quinn
Middlebury Magazine
Fall 2007
In the line of fire
The backstage life of a Secret Service agent on the presidential campaign trail
Middlebury Magazine
Fall 2008
*can be viewed upon request
Requiem for a dream
First rape, then Lyme disease--yet Tara Sheahan never let go of her Olympic pursuit
Middlebury Magazine (cover story)
Winter 2006
Speed Racer
Interview with Olympic mountain biker Mary McConneloug
Boston Globe Magazine
August 2008
Divide and Conquer
A road trip through the stunningly empty Southern Colorado mountains
National Geographic Adventure
August 2008
Beach Patrol
The beta on green sunscreens, lake, river, and standup-paddle surfing, and shark attacks
National Geographic Adventure
June/July 2008
The Lost Art of Talking Yourself Out of a Ticket
Wherein I get a $243 speeding ticket and write a story about my pathetic excuses
Mountain Gazette
July 2009
Bleeding to death in the desert
As-told-to interview with Danelle Ballengee, part of cover package on survival
Outside
November 2007
2007 Best Adventures
Contributed two trips to the package: Rafting down the Class V Gore Canyon in Colorado,
and sailing and surfing the U.S. and British Virgin Islands.
Men's Journal
May 2007
2007 Summer Hot List
Small piece on Climax Jerky, a roadside delicacy outside Leadville, Colorado
Men's Journal
August 2007
A typical Crossfit workout
Sidebar to longer package on the Crossfit phenomenon
Men's Journal
June 2008
34 reasons to drink in a ski town (not that you needed any)
Short profile of colorful bartender Lee Walker and his restaurant, Angel's Hollow
Skiing
November 2008
Online
Saving Grace
Max Mancini's long road back from unthinkable tragedy
ESPN.com (ran on front page)
October 2009
The Wild West of the East: A Ski Expedition to Nepal
A compilation of web posts and photos from a 40-day adventure into the Himalaya
Skiing Magazine
September, October & November 2009
Newspapers
Singletrack minds
A first-person recap of the 190-mile Breck Epic mountain bike
stage race
Denver Post
July 2009
Bode Miller takes legacy seriously
Preview of an improbable season in which Miller won the World
Cup overall title
L.A. Times
November 2007
No-go zones for snowboarding down to three
A window inside a dying culture: the last of North America's ski-only resorts
L.A. Times
March 2008
Revenge ride turns into passion quest
On the nation's highest, most punishing courses, Josh Tostado can't be beaten
Denver Post
July 2008
Loveland vs. A-Basin
Inside the heated race between two tiny ski areas to open America's winter season
Denver Post
October 2008
Who skis every day
From the young to the elderly, this addiction wears many faces
Summit Daily
February 2008
Who We Are
A monthly series spotlighting mountain-town residents with wild stories to tell
Summit Daily
Gonzo
Ma Moose
Jeff Tarczon
$0.02 columns
A sampling of the weekly sports column I wrote for a group of Colorado newspapers
The Avs are like the Broncos who are like the statue
The Juice got thirsty one too many times
Young, feisty Rays make you forget how bad they were
When fate turns on a fairy tale career |