March 5, 2008 12:32 PM
Julia Baumgartner wins Austrian Open!
Congrats to new K2 signing and long time Nikita snowboarder Julia Baumgartner (possibly one of the nicest people I've ever met): she won the Women's Slopestyle at the Swatch TTR Three Star Austrian Snowboard Masters on Sunday in Kuehtai, Austria!
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Posted by Gemma Freeman in Events, News, Pros, Snowboarding, TTR World Tour, Travel, Tricks and Technique, Woman of the Week
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February 21, 2008 8:59 AM
Bethany Hamilton Makes A Wish!
Writer, surfer and shark attack survivor, Bethany Hamilton may have only just turned 18, but she's already achieved more than most people three times her age.
The Rip Curl international team member has just had one of her most successful competitive seasons ever - finishing third in the Women's World Qualifying Series (WQS), and on her 18th birthday, she announced that she was joining the team for enviornmentally savvy footwear company Ocean Minded Inc.
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Posted by Gemma Freeman in ASP WQS Tour, ASP World Tour, Environment, Events, Links, News, Pros, Surfing, Travel, Tricks and Technique, Woman of the Week
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February 8, 2008 5:00 PM
Interview with Globe Girls' Claire Alleaume
Photo: Jenna Selby / CaughtInTheCrossfire.com
Gallaz maybe no more, but don't cry into your beers yet - Globe Girl has been set up to replace the brand, complete with a brand new team of street she shredders, including 2007's French Women’s Skate Champion: Claire Alleaume.
From Caen in the lower Normandy, Claire has been described as 'a must have accessory at parties... kind of like a jack-in-the-box,' is half english, loves knitting, likes kickflips to fakie and is a member of the all-girl Poseuz Crew. She also holds the world record for the number of kick flips a minute, which you can watch on YouTube.
For more on this Gallic grinder read the full awesome interview at CaughtInTheCrossfire.com.
Posted by Gemma Freeman in Girls who rock, Pros, Skating, Woman of the Week
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October 19, 2007 11:01 AM
Woman of the week: Jane Sowerby
Eariler this week The Sun had a feature on Jane Sowerby, a member of the British Disabled Ski Team development team. Jane was paralysed when she fell down a staircase in 2003. Now, just four years later, she's training for 2010 Paralympics with the British team. On her specially adapted ski chair (one ski at the bottom and two attached to her arms) Jane has reached speeds up to 40mph - impressive for an able bodied skier - I'm not sure I've got past 4mph on skis!
To find out more about Disability Snow Sport UK, visit their website, or check them out at the Metro Ski and Snow Show.
Posted by Charlotte Howells in Skiing, Woman of the Week
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October 8, 2007 12:52 PM
Girl of the week: Mountain biker Rachel Atherton
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Downhill mountain biker Rachel Atherton has been out most of the season after she broke her arm in five places right at the start, but now she's back after her injury, and riding better than ever. At the World Cup Series event in Maribor, she not only took first, but was so far ahead of her nearest rival (8.63 seconds), she won by one of the biggest margins, ever!
On her blog, Rachel said 'I think the injury did me good...I feel like I've learned so much, I feel better and stronger now on my bike than ever before'.
Visit www.athertonracing.co.uk to find out more about Rachel (and her two brothers!).
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Posted by Charlotte Howells in News, Pros, Woman of the Week
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September 12, 2007 12:21 PM
Girl grom: Snowboarder Maddy Mastro
Already sponsored by Roxy, Maddy Mastro started snowboarding when she was six, and is already hitting the park in Mammoth, only a year later. She was the 2007 US National Girls Division Overall Champion at Tahoe, getting first in slopestyle, slalom and giant slalom, and second in boardercross and halfpipe. Quite a talent, then. Maddy says her goals for next season are to 'to get out of the pipe and do more spins in the pipe. I want to get better at everything, and I want to do really big things.' With girls like Maddy already pushing things at seven-years-old, the future of womens snowboarding looks bright.
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Posted by Charlotte Howells in Snowboarding, Woman of the Week
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