Lake Tahoe will be well represented at the upcoming Winter Olympics in Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy. The U.S. Ski and Snowboard Olympic team was released Wednesday with 13 Lake Tahoe-area athletes making the 97-athlete roster headed to Italy. Of the athletes with ties to Tahoe, five are first-time Olympians, a list that includes 15-year-old Truckee native […]
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Jamie Anderson’s Olympic bid ends
There will be no fourth Olympic appearance for South Lake Tahoe’s Jamie Anderson. Her comeback has concluded. The three-time Olympian and two-time Olympic gold medalist in snowboard slopestyle was notably absent from U.S. Ski & Snowboard’s 97-person roster released Thursday that was headlined by Olympic veterans Lindsey Vonn, Mikaela Shiffrin and Chloe Kim. Anderson is one of […]
Jamie Anderson falters in quest for third Olympic Slopeside gold medal
A third straight Olympic gold medal in women’s snowboard slopestyle will have to wait for South Lake Tahoe’s Jamie Anderson. The outstanding snowboarding prodigy from Sierra-at-Tahoe, failed to delivery in three error-prone runs Saturday at the Beijing Olympics. Her top score (60.78) wasn’t close to earning Anderson a medal. She finished 9th. The 31-year-old Anderson […]
Tahoe’s Jamie Anderson goes for Olympic gold tonight
Lake Tahoe’s Jamie Anderson – the reigning queen of women’s slopeside competition – will be out to keep her crown Saturday night (Feb. 5) in the finals of Olympic women’s slopestyle snowboarding. A two-time Olympic gold medalist snowboarder in slopestyle, Anderson did what needed to be done in Friday’s qualifying round, taking fifth place with […]
Tahoe’s Jamie Anderson wins Mammoth World Cup
Lake Tahoe’s Jamie Anderson – the reigning queen of women’s slopeside competition – proved it again, winning Saturday (Jan. 8) at the Grand Prix at Mammoth Mountain in California. A two-time Olympic gold medalist snowboarder in slopestyle, Anderson looked totally under control in landing a switch double cork 1080 at Mammoth on her last hit […]
Another Olympics for Tahoe’s Jamie Anderson
Although she’s competed all over the world, snowboarder Jamie Anderson’s happy place remains the modest ski resort of her youth – Sierra-at-Tahoe. Riding on a hand-me-down snowboard at the South Lake Tahoe ski resort off Highway 50 was the bomb when the 9-year-old Anderson first took up the sport in 2000. Sierra-at-Tahoe became her home […]
Jamie Anderson continues Slopeside dominance
It’s been another spectacular season for Jamie Anderson, a decorated Olympic Slopestyle snowboarder who calls Sierra-at-Tahoe home. The South Lake Tahoe native recently won her 11th Dew Tour championship, besting the field of riders in Slopestyle at Copper Mountain in Colorado. Anderson managed to get another gold medal in somewhat poor conditions. It was snowing […]
Snowboarder Jamie Anderson will appear on Dancing with the Stars
It’s a proven fact that Jamie Anderson is a fabulous snowboarder. But can she dance? To get that answer, fans of the Lake Tahoe Olympic gold-medal winning snowboarder can find out tonight (April 30) by tuning into Dancing with the Stars. The show airs at 8 p.m. PST on ABC. The new Dancing with the […]
Sierra-at-Tahoe honoring Olympians Jamie Anderson, Maddie Bowman
U.S. Olympic teammates Jamie Anderson and Maddie Bowman will be honored Saturday (April 7) at Sierra-at-Tahoe ski resort. Competing in slopestyle snowboarding, Anderson captured a gold medal at the PyeongChang Olympics in February. She also earned a silver medal in the Big Air competition. The gold medal was a repeat performance for Anderson, who also […]
Lake Tahoe Olympians earn 4 medals
Led by snowboarder Jamie Anderson, Lake Tahoe Olympic athletes brought home four medals, including a pair of gold medals. Here’s a breakdown of how the eight Lake Tahoe athletes fared. Jamie Anderson: Despite treacherous conditions that had many women enraged that the slopestyle snowboarding event wasn’t canceled, Anderson scaled back her more aggressive plans for […]