Canadian snowboarder Jasey-Jay Anderson overcame a 0.76 second deficit in the the final of men’s parallel giant slalom, to win gold Saturday at Cypress Mountain. Anderson triumphed through fog and rain, edging rival Benjamin Karl of Austria,who took silver. It was a long-time coming for  Anderson, who has 59 podium finishes and 26 victories in 207 career [...] Continue Reading

Nicolien Sauerbreij of the Netherlands maintained the consistency during the competition to take the gold in the snowboard parallel giant slalom final, at the Vancouver Olympic Games. In the misty Cypress Mountain, Sauerbreij rode the final against Russia’s Ekaterina Ilyukhina where the Dutch got the first snowboard medal for her country. Ilyukhina took the silver. The fight [...] Continue Reading

  In his third Olympic appearance, Alexei Grishin of Belarus finally captured a gold medal on Thursday on Cypress Mountain, while the Canadian men were shutout of a medal finish.   Grishin, who was the bronze medallist in Salt Lake City and took fourth place in the 2006 Olympics in Turin, claimed the gold medal this time [...] Continue Reading

Australia’s Lydia Lassila took home gold in the ladies’ Olympic aerials event on Wednesday. Continue Reading

With the snow pouring down on Cypress Mountain, Canadian Ashleigh McIvor flew over the final jump to earn a gold medal in women’s ski cross on Tuesday at the Vancouver Winter Games. Norway’s Hedda Bernsten won silver, while Marion Josserand of France finished in third. “This is just the most amazing moment of my entire life, I’m [...] Continue Reading

The Canadian men’s Olympic hockey team will play Germany on Tuesday for a chance to match up against the Russians in the quarter-finals. Continue Reading

Michael Schmid of Switzerland is the first time Olympic gold medalist in the men’s ski cross on Sunday at Cypress Mountain. Continue Reading

Top Canadian was led by Chris Del Bosco who qualified in second place with a time of 1:12:89. Stanley Hayer finished in 10th place and Davey Barr in 25th. Continue Reading

Canadian Veronika Bauer failed to qualify for the finals in women’s aerials after placing 15th in Saturday’s qualifiers at Cypress Mountain in Vancouver. Despite sitting in third place after her first jump, Bauer could not stick the landing on her second attempt and finished the day with a total score of 160.46. Alla Tsuper of Belarus was [...] Continue Reading

Australia´s Torah Bright put a big smile on her face by becoming the new Olympic champion in the snowboard halfpipe event at the Vancouver 2010. The native of Cooma arrived at these Games with two concussions suffered while training. But nothing could stop her from landing a difficult switchback 720 that took her to the lead at Cypress Mountain. “I [...] Continue Reading