Hong Kong (AFP) – Olympic moguls champions Dale Begg-Smith and Jennifer Heil will be looking to dazzle in Vancouver as they bid to defend their freestyle skiing titles with confidence sky-high. The top draw in snowboarding is Shaun White, the reigning halfpipe gold medallist, highly fancied to add to his huge haul of trophies as [...]
Salt Lake City (AFP) – Snowboarder Kevin Pearce remained in critical but stable condition in hospital Saturday, two days after suffering a serious head injury in training. Pearce, 22, struck his head on the side of the halfpipe while attempting a cab double cork – a difficult twisting double back flip. “Kevin sustained a severe [...]
Hong Kong (AFP) – Olympic moguls champions Dale Begg-Smith and Jennifer Heil will be looking to dazzle in Vancouver as they bid to defend their freestyle skiing titles with confidence sky-high. The top draw in snowboarding is Shaun White, the reigning halfpipe gold medallist, highly fancied to add to his huge haul of trophies as [...]
Los Angeles (AFP) – American snowboarder Danny Davis suffered a spinal fracture in a quad bike accident Sunday and will not compete in next month’s Vancouver Olympic Winter Games. In updates on his Facebook Internet social networking page, fans of the 21-year-old halfpipe star learned that Davis will not compete in any other events this [...]
Vancouver (AFP) – Penpix of stars to watch at the February 12-28 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver: SNOWBOARD Shaun White Halfpipe champion Shaun White is bidding for his second Olympic gold and it would take a brave punter to bet against the “Flying Tomato” adding to his stellar list of snowboarding prizes. White turned the [...]
Park City (AFP) – Shaun White turned in a near-perfect performance Saturday to seal a halfpipe victory in the US Snowboarding Grand Prix and underscore his status as a gold medal favorite at the Vancouver Olympic Winter Games. Reigning Olympic champ White and 2002 women’s gold medallist Kelly Clark headline the US halfpipe team for [...]
