Conditions were so treacherous that many women were enraged that the slopestyle snowboarding event wasn’t canceled Monday at the PyeongChang Olympics. But once the decision was made, U.S. snowboarder Jamie Anderson wasn’t among the dissenters. Anderson simply gritted her teeth, took some deep breaths, and did what she always does – remain calm and focused […]
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Sierra-at-Tahoe sending 3 athletes to Winter X Games
The annual Winter X Games will be taking place this week in Aspen, Colorado, and among the athletes are two skiers and on snowboarder from Sierra-at-Tahoe. Competing this week are South Lake Tahoe locals, Jamie Anderson, Maddie Bowman and Kyle Smaine. The X Games, which start Thursday and concludes Sunday, is an annual extreme sporting […]
Olympic snowboard champ Jamie Anderson giving back
BY JEFFREY WEIDEL Olympic gold medal snowboarder Jamie Anderson is giving back to her sport and her community. Anderson will sponsor three South Lake Tahoe students for her annual “Give Back With Love” sponsorship. Anderson, who was raised in South Lake Tahoe and calls Sierra-at-Tahoe her home ski resort, announced that this year’s recipients are Justice Ensign, […]
Olympic profile: U.S. snowboarder Jamie Anderson wins inaugural slopeside gold medal
Here’s a look at Jamie Anderson, one of the four Lake Tahoe medal winners at the Sochi Olympics.: Favored to win is never that easy, especially at the Olympics. Just ask Shaun White. Although White couldn’t ultimately deliver in Sochi, the favored Anderson certainly did, making her last effort her best one in the slopestyle competition. […]
Lake Tahoe’s Jamie Anderson captures gold medal in Women’s Slopestyle
American snowboarder Jamie Anderson was clutch, making the last effort her best one. And the result: the coveted gold medal in Women’s Slopestyle Sunday at the 2014 Winter Olympics. Anderson, a Lake Tahoe product who grew up challenging anything and everything at Sierra-at-Tahoe ski resort, laid down a superb run on her final trip down […]
Lake Tahoe snowboarder Jamie Anderson qualifies second in Olympic Women’s Slopestyle
U.S. snowboarder Jamie Anderson passed her first test at the 2014 Winter Olympics on Thursday in Sochi. The flamboyant snowboarder from Sierra-at-Tahoe ski resort had a strong showing in the first-ever Women’s Slopestyle competition in Winter Olympic history. Anderson took second in her heat and had the second best score overall with a 93.50, which […]
Shaun White injures wrist; is Oympic slopestyle course too dangerous?
Slopestyle skiing and snowboarding makes its debut at the 2014 Winter Olympics later this week? But taking center stage right now is a difficult course that has skiers and riders wary. The latest skier to feel the pain of the course at the Sochi Winter Olympics was snowboarding superstar Shaun White. White fell and jammed […]
3 Sierra-at-Tahoe skiers/riders earn berths on U.S. Winter Olympics team
Jamie Anderson and Maddie Bowman were both Lake Tahoe kids that progressed through the Sierra-at-Tahoe youth program, taking part in the Rippers and Sierra Team programs. Who knew what would lie ahead for these youthful women who continued to use Sierra-at-Tahoe as their home base? The pair will experience the ultimate in their sport next […]