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Telluride teammates Wade Parkinson (close) and Zak Watkins (far) square off during their dual in the first round of Sunday's competition.
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SQUAW VALLEY - After becoming the 2010 national champion in singles moguls on Friday , Telluride Freestyle alum Joe Discoe missed the sweep by a single point today, taking 2nd overall in duals after losing the championship dual to fellow U.S. Team member Jeremy Cota 18-17.
Discoe earned the t...
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Growing up in Telluride I’ve grown accustomed to being unimpressed by other ski areas. In my days competing, traveling and skiing throughout Utah and Colorado, I’ve almost always been disappointed, with the exception of Snowbird (haven’t made it to Alta yet).
Squaw had been pretty well hyped t...
Joe Discoe (middle) poses in the finish area during the flowers ceremony after winning the moguls event at Nationals, in between fellow U.S. Team skiers Jeremy Cota (left) in 2nd, and Michael Morse (right) in 3rd.
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SQUAW VALLEY, Calif. - Telluride Freestyle Team product Joe Discoe won U.S. Nationals today at Squaw Valley, beating out fellow U.S. Team mates Jeremy Cota in 2nd and Michael Morse, who competed at this year's Olympics, in 3rd.
The win just about wraps up Discoe's recent torrid streak to close...
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Jesse and I are flying out to Squaw Valley for the weekend for nationals. Telluriders Zak Watkins, Wade Parkinson, Lindsey Cannon and Keaton McCargo will all be competing at the event, as well as Lane Stoltzner (skiing for Steamboat, but always a Tellurider) and U.S. Team member Joe Discoe.
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It’s been nice to get away from the tight mogul competition schedule, and enjoy some relaxing time in Telluride. For the past few weeks now, we’ve taken a break from traveling to Rocky Mountain and World Cup events. We’ve used our free time to shoot some of the beautiful landscapes around town,...
(Photo courtesy of Tristan Shu)
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Coming off three major wins in less than a week, Telluride professional freeskier Gus Kenworthy needs your help. Last year, pro freeskier Jon Olsson created the Jon Olsson Super Sessions (JOSS) film and photo contest in conjunction with Team Newschoolers . The contest allows teams of three com...
skiers air bag
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Avalanche Air Bags Go Wireless
Saint Bernard sidelined? Use your remote-control avalanche-proof air bag
Photo: Dom Daher
BY Michael Dumiak // February 2010
24 February 2010—The most extreme winter athletes in the world are in Vancouver this week, at the Winter Olympics. But when in...
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It appears that the collaborative snow dances of Telluridians have pleased Ullr (the Scandinavian god of skiing and snow), and he’s rewarded us with 29 inches of fresh powder. Of course, the naysayers may say that Ullr and the snow songs and dances we do for him have nothing to do with our ...
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Over a week ago now, I, along with Jesse Hope and my friend David Rabin, had the pleasure of meetin’ up with the Bump Club at the Corner House Grill to watch the Olympic women’s freestyle moguls event.
It was bittersweet. I couldn’t help but get nostalgic for my own Bump Club days, traveling...
Feb 19, 2010 | 0 | 61 |
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Continued from Part One - The Gawdawful Truth
Elks - Cult or Club
I had never thought of the Elks as being a cult until I got an email of support from a past member from the Grand Junction Elks Lodge who quit over disillusionment and despair on the falsehoods the BPOE presents to new m...
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Law enforcement officials in San Miguel County are searching for the whereabouts of 33-year-old Matthew Busker, who was reported missing on Monday. (Courtesy photo_
ALL AMERICA CITY MANAGER – Montrose City Manager Bill Bell flourished the award Sunday evening in Denver. Montrose was awarded the title of All America City this weekend. (Photo courtesy Scott Shine)
TELLURIDE ACADEMY STAFF – Gathered for a pre-season photo just prior to the Monday, June 10, launch of its 33rd Summer Season. (Courtesy photo)
PRODIGAL DAUGHTER – Trish Greenwood, Ridgway Elementary School’s new principal (here with husband Jim Nowak), is returning to the school where she began teaching, in 1989. (Courtesy photo)
HEALTHY FAWN – Leave them alone, even if they seem to be abandoned. They more-than-likely are not. (Photo courtesy of David Hannigan, Parks and Wildlife)
HIGH TIMES – The Gold Belt Theatre was part of the “small empire” of vice developed by the brothers Vanoli in late Victorian Ouray. The Ouray County Historical Society Evenings of History presentation next Tuesday (June 18) will look at artifacts from the Vanoli Block, and what it all means. (Courtesy photo)
BEN WAYNE LILLARD, 1957 - 2013
DIXIE KEITHLY, April 3, 1931 – June 9, 2013
TROUT LAKE is currently being drained in order for Xcel Energy, which owns the recreational area, to complete work on the output of the lake’s dam. (Photo by Brett Schreckengost)