North American Open 2008 Recap

If the early feedback from the athletes is any indication, the 2008 Paul Mitchell Opens Freeski Tour’s first event, the North American Open (NAO), has officially changed the landscape for freeskiing competitions in the United States. The NAO took over Breckenridge Ski Resort from February 21-24, 2008, as hundreds of amateur and professional freeskiers, as well […]

SIA, WWSRA, 48STRAIGHT, Red Bull PlayStreets & the North American Open

SIA
I attended my very first SIA trade show in Las Vegas a few weeks ago to check out next years gear and party… the gear looks sick and the partys were a blur.

My top two highlights of the show would have to be the new Orage Ltd Collection mens and womens outfits that will […]

2008 Suzuki US Freeskiing Open Recap

The 2008 Suzuki US Freeskiing Open is over. The absence of some big names and the varying weather conditions made way for some new names to make it on to the podium. The 08 open saw it’s share of bad weather and other distractions, the slopestyle finals happened as a storm was passing through and […]

Winter X Games 12 Recap

My last minute random trip to Winter X 12 was a raging success, I didn’t even have to sleep in my truck. Here is the rundown followed by the results that matter, skiing results. The first night Tanner Hall won superpipe gold and was bombarded with snowballs on his victory lap by spectators that […]

Qualifying Results - Winter X Games 12 Mens Ski Superpipe

Qualifying Results from Winter X Games 12 Mens Ski Superpipe
Top 10 advance to finals
Name / Bib No. / Hometown / Score
1. Tanner Hall / 526 / Kalispell, Montana / 95.33
2. Simon Dumont / 504 / Bethel, Maine / 89.33
3. Kevin Rolland / 531 / La Plagne, France / 82.66
4. […]

Winter X Games 12 $1,000,000 Purse & HD Broadcast

At the upcoming 2008 Winter X Games athletes from around the globe in the sports of skiing, snowboard and snowmobiling will be competing for a million dollars in prize money, this will be the first million dollar purse in X Games history. Medalists will see the largest increase, with first-place finishers receiving 50 percent […]

There is a new freeski competiton series in town

Not to be confused with the US Freeskiing Open, there is a new freeskiing series in town, it is called the “Paul Mitchel Opens Freeski Tour” (it sounds like an odd title to me but whatever). The Opens Freeski Tour consists of three competitions they are

Esurance ICER AIR Returns to San Francisco on November 2-3, 2007

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‘07′ Orage Masters Canceled!

The 5th annual anti-comp that is called “The 2007 Orage Masters”, may or may not have been canceled. I can’t find any information to confirm either way but It should have taken place this weekend. As of now there has a complete lack of coverage on Freeskier.com and Newschoolers.com, except in the NS forums where […]

2007 Big Bear Freeski Open TV Schedule

(PRLog.Org) – CHICAGO ( April 2007) — rEvolution, the Chicago-based integrated sports marketing and media services agency, announces the television broadcast schedule of the 2007 Paul Mitchell Big Bear Freeski Open, held March 3-4, 2007 at Bear Mountain Resort in Big Bear Lake, Calif. The event features some of the world’s best freeskiers and rising […]