There aren't many 10-year-olds who can quickly garner international attention. Then again, there aren't many kids who are skateboarding like Sky Brown, a girl who is already beating grown men in competitions. Sky, who's from Miyazaki, Japan, started skateboarding (much to her parents' dismay) at two years old. “I didn’t want her to get on a skateboard,” her father, Stu [...]
What's more exciting: Getting your driver's license or making X Games history? That's a fair question for snowboarder 16-year-old Hailey Langland, who just became the first woman to land a double cork at X Games. And, she did it as time was running out. Take a look at the historic moment in Aspen, Colo.: Completely over the moon. Thanks @XGames [...]
By Kim Constantinesco Eyes and cameras cast on Mike Schultz at the opening press conference during X Games 2015, athletes like Shaun White, Danny Davis, Jamie Anderson, and Kelly Clark listened with great intent. A bit apprehensive about his up-and-coming first boardercross race, where six snowboarders fly down the mountain careening around turns, and taking on jumps just to get [...]
February may be a short month, but it certainly wasn't void of some great stories. Our top stories for the month include features on Krystal Cantu, a CrossFit athlete who excelled in the sport after losing her arm in a car accident, as well as a group of Special Olympic snowboarders who got to pair up with pro riders and [...]
The 2015 Winter X Games in Aspen was full of thrilling events. However, perhaps none provided as much joy as the Special Olympics Unified Snowboarding competition. We were on hand to capture it all, as pro riders such as Hannah Teter and Jamie Anderson dished out fast runs and high-fives to some amazing athletes, who flew in from all over [...]
The X Games put on a Special Olympics Unified Snowboarding competition Thursday, which involved pairing 10 pro snowboarders with 10 Special Olympics athletes to compete in a dual giant slalom race. Prior to the race, we caught one athlete named Cody meeting his idol and snowboarding gold medalist, Jamie Anderson. Their interaction is full of fun, passion, and incredible human [...]