Published on January 7th, 2009
The Gatorade Company, a division of PepsiCo, announced today the addition of 17-year-old snowboarder Ellery Hollingsworth to their elite team roster. This is Hollingsworth’s first beverage sponsorship deal.
As a member of the US Snowboarding Team, Hollingsworth is a hopeful for the 2010 Winter Olympics, and is qualified to compete in the 2008/09 Junior World Championships, Winter X Games and Dew Tour Series.
“I’m really excited about joining the Gatorade team,” said Hollingsworth. “This is going to be a really busy year with a lot of travel and competitions. I want to ride as much as I can so I’m stoked to have the support I do from Gatorade because I really see them helping me a lot in maximizing my hydration and nutrition strategies so I can keep raising the bar in terms of my skills.”
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Published on January 7th, 2009
Mountain High Resort, ROXY, and SNOWBOARD Magazine have partnered to create Sunset Sessions, a new series of evening park clinics for girls in January and February. Geared towards girls who are comfortable on green and blue runs, Sunset Sessions provides an encouraging environment where participants can progress at their own pace with Mountain High’s certified female coaches. The ROXY Team ups the experience by hitting the slopes with the girls and providing ROXY product demos.
Sunset Sessions is offered in two four-week sessions and takes place every Wednesday in January and February from 7-9pm. For $99* each participant receives a four week clinic, a free subscription to Snowboard Magazine, an opportunity to demo ROXY snowboards, and a chance to ride with the ROXY Team. Each clinic ends with complimentary hot drinks and dessert.
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Published on January 7th, 2009
The brainchild of Waterville Valley team rider, Colleen Quigley, The Ladies Room is an all girls snowboard camp for ages 8+. This unique camp features coaching from top female professional snowboarders, that include Hana Beaman, Jacqui Berg, Desiree Melancon, Iris Lazz and a special guest to be named later. The Ladies Room will cater to all levels of female snowboarders with a focus on terrain park riding. Whether you are learning how to approach a double barrel rail or dialing a frontside 180 off a medium-sized tabletop jump, The Ladies Room will teach you all you need to know.
The two-day price will be $235 and includes all day coaching, breakfast, lunch, prize packs and giveaways from sponsors: Burton Snowboards, Eastern Boarder, Nikita, Snowboarder Mag, Oakley, Dakine, Red Bull, Air Blaster, A.S.S Industries and Zinka . This camp isn’t all about riding, you also get the pure satisfaction and bragging rights that you got to ride and hang with five of the most progressive female snowboarders in the world.
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Published on January 7th, 2009
1st Annual Women’s Issue of SNOWBOARD magazine with a cover shot of Gretchen Bleiler by Zach Hooper. If you subscribe to SNOWBOARD magazine you’ll be getting this supplement to the magazine in the mail as well.
Articles featured include Barrett Christy writing about injuries and staying healthy on the mountain, a look at Torah Bright’s pro model, Breast Cancer Awareness products in snowboarding, a conversation with Jamie Anderson and Tara Dakides, articles with Donna Carpenter and Natasha Zurek, girl talk with 6 professional female riders on their starts to riding, packing light and winter driving tips. Articles that go beyond the mountain are about Tyson Beckford and Santogold.
Published on January 7th, 2009
Monster Kawasaki Team Green’s Sara Price returned from the WMA Cup held January 1 – 2 at Freestone County Raceway, Wortham, Texas with two more amateur wins.
Price, who turned 16-years-old just this past September, plans to finish out her amateur race career this Winter and to turn pro at the opening round of the AMA/WMA National Championship in May. She raced the Women’s Intermediate and Women’s Collegegirl in the 6th Annual WMA Cup winning all four motos.
“I really enjoyed the Freestone track and the competition at the WMA Cup” said Price “I thought it was really important to support such a large women’s event that offers classes for females of all speeds and age. I hope there will be more events like this in the future and I am really looking forward to racing this track again as a Pro”.
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Published on January 7th, 2009
Considered hands down the most prestigious Junior event in the world, the Billabong ASP World Junior Championships at North Narabeen, Australia have played host to the world’s top shelf 20 and under talent. Rip Curl teammates Pauline Ado and Bethany Hamilton dismantled the tough field of international competitors to emerge first and second respectively.
For Ado, she etched herself in the history books as the only French surfer to ever win an ASP World Title. Simultaneously, she is the only non-Aussie female to ever win the ASP World Junior Championships.
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Published on January 7th, 2009
Honda of Houston/Fox Racing’s Jessica Patterson kicked off the New Year with a 1 – 1 sweep at the WMA Cup, held January 1st at the Freestone County Raceway, Wortham, Texas.
New Year’s Day marked the first women’s pro race of the 2009 season with a stand-alone event at the Freestone County Raceway. Many top pro racers made the trek to Texas for the WMA Cup and were greeted with great weather conditions for racing. Moto One took place early in the morning and saw the familiar sight of Jessica Patterson (Hon) getting the holeshot, followed by Sherri Cruse (Suz), Tarah Gieger (Yam), Tatum Sik (Yam) and the rookie bike of Jackie Ives (Yam). Patterson led from the start to checkers. Cruse tried to hold off Gieger but on lap three Gieger made the pass, Cruse made a charge to catch Patterson and Gieger but crashed in a rut dropping to the back of the pack. Tatum Sik and Elizabeth Bash (Kaw) battled most of the moto. At the checker’s Sik finished 3rd behind Gieger in 2nd and Patterson in 1st.
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Published on January 6th, 2009
GIRL POWDER® and a Los Angeles Reality TV Producer are looking for young women ages 16-25, who are snowboarders and/or skiers that play hard and also work hard for a pilot. Do you want to be a pro snowboarder or skier? Or are you already on your way to becoming top of your sport - maybe you are competing in the 2010 Olympics? We want to hear from you! Have you struggled to make it in the industry? Is something holding you back from making it to the top? Or are you the best at what you do? We are looking for all types of personalities who would be willing to live in a house on a mountain, while training and building a snowboarding brand for a possible show.
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Published on January 6th, 2009
We’d like to wish everyone a wonderful 2009 from Chica RIder!
+ Chica Rider launches Leticia Bufoni official website
http://chicarider.com/portal/news/noticias-chica-rider/52-proyect/187-leticia-bufoni-chica-rider-network.html
+ Also, brazilian rider Ruany Caroline is part of our network… check out her official site
http://chicarider.com/portal/news/noticias-chica-rider/52-proyect/180-ruanycaroline-chica-rider-network.html
+ Have a look at the photos of the last 2008 Chica Rider skate clinic, so much fun!
http://chicarider.com/portal/news/noticias-chica-rider/48-proyect/181-ultima-clinica-de-skate-del-ano.html
+ Follow mexican rider Renata Ruiz on her trip to Los Angeles and SF where she’s skating with Anne Sophie Julien, Eloise Theoret and Leticia Bufoni
http://chicarider.com/portal/news/mundo-world/186-california-attack.html
Published on January 6th, 2009
Since its inception in 1992, the MasterCraft Pro Wakeboard Tour has hosted contests throughout North America, but in 2009 the five-stop series will debut in three new cities. The Tour organizer, World Sports & Marketing, released today the ’09 Tour schedule with return visits to Fort Worth, Texas, and Reno/Sparks, Nev., along with new stops in Knoxville, Tenn., Louisville, Ky., and Pleasant Prairie, Wis.
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