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Dual citizen: Grete Eliassen Q&A

7.18.11

Grete Eliassen had a good season this year: Third in Winter X Slopestyle, first at Red Bull Cold Rush, the best female performance at the Powder Video Awards, and her Teton Gravity Research film debut in their latest release, "One For The Road," due out this fall. To top it all off, this week, the International Olympic Committee announced that (read more)

Bobby Brown, Grete Eliassen and Kaya Turski at Red Bull Tramp Camp

6.21.11 | by stantoncompany

Tramp Camp - no not that type of camp you sillies. Bobby Brown, Grete Eliassen and Kaya Turski were at in the Toronto area last week for Red Bull Trampoline Camp at Skyriders Trampoline Facility in Markham practicing their flips and tricks with Tramp award winning coaches, Matt Christensen and David Ross. Kaya Turski, the the first female skier to land (read more)

WSF Response to NY Times Article “Born on Sidelines Cheering Clamors to Be Sport”

5.25.11 | by stantoncompany

The New York Times released its third edition to its series about gender equity in athletics with the article, “Born on Sidelines, Cheering Clamors to Be Sport.” This article focuses on the development of competitive cheerleading, and the two organizations competing to be declared the sport's governing body by the NCAA. Nancy Hogshead-Makar, (read more)

At home with Grete Eliassen

4.7.11 | by stantoncompany

Accompanied by Devin Logan, freestyle ski goddess Grete Eliassen visits her hometown of Minneapolis, Minnesota – a city well know for its urban freestyle spots and great skiers... Click here to check out the video Source: redbull.com

Grete Eliassen: Breaking Records and Hitting the Books

3.8.11 | by stantoncompany

Grete Eliassen first began hitting jumps at age four, and now at 23 she holds the women’s world record for biggest air, at 31 feet (off of a 30 foot jump) that she claimed at the Canyons Resort in Utah last Spring. “I still have the photo in my house of my first Spread Eagle jump. You start on the (read more)