Canadian Goodman wins US slalom title

SQUAW VALLEY, Calif. -- World champion Mikaela Shiffrin straddled a gate in the final run, handing the slalom title to Canadian Anna Goodman on Sunday in the U.S. Alpine Championship. The 18-year-old Shiffrin, from Vail, Colo., had a 1.22-second lead after the opening run, but straddled the gate in the tight middle section in the second run. "I just caught a little bit of a weird groove ...

Saudi Arabians in sidewalk skiing craze – video

Motorists in Saudi Arabia demonstrate a new trend of driving cars using only two wheels. 'Teams' congregate on the country's many desert roads to do tricks, including passengers changing wheels while the vehicle is in motion. A member of Impossible Team says the feat is not as dangerous as it ...

Pollution snowboarding whale focus of series at Schiff

- Schiff Natural Lands Trust will host its fifth Wild and Scenic Film Festival at Schiff Nature Preserve, 339 Pleasant Valley Road, at 6:30 p.m., Friday and Saturday, May 31 and June ...

Skiing Shasta A springtime trip allows a long ascent over snow and a fun fast trip back down

Photo courtesy of Tim Baldwin Sometimes a mountain speaks to you. Its voice vibrates across great swaths of land. The day I moved to southern Oregon, I knew I wanted to climb Mount Shasta. It's 1:30 a.m. and our skis are over our shoulders, headlamps on, 7,000 feet of elevation gain before us. A tapestry of night sky surrounds the mountain. Bunny Flat Trailhead is soon a memory. The U.S. ...