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Vail’s Schleper commits to Ski Team return – She is eyeing her fifth Olympics, her father says
Four-time Olympic skier Sarah Schleper has committed to return to the U.S. Ski Team next winter, her father, Buzz, said.…
More | Posted: May 20, 2010Greteview
With a pile of Winter X medals in her trophy case, including a Slopestyle Bronze from this year, 23-year-old Grete Eliassen is no stranger to pushing the limits of women’s freeskiing.…
More | Posted: April 20, 2010Grete Eliassen heads to Aspen for Freeskier photo shoot
The pipe at Buttermilk is one of the best pipes out. It hosts the X Games, the Aspen/Snowmass Open and last night, it hosted a solo Grete Eliassen as she worked to bag some shots for the third annual Freeskier Women’s Issue dropping this November.…
More | Posted: April 15, 2010RED BULL ATHLETE GRETE ELIASSEN SOARS TO NEW HEIGHTS
Women’s Free Skier and X-Games Medalist Achieves Hip Jump World Record
The Canyons Resort, UT – April 9, 2010 – Despite unprecedented spring snow storms, including 22 inches of snow on jump day, the Canyon’s park crew shoveled, cut and shaped more than 45 thousand yards of snow to create the largest snow terrain park feature ever built in Utah.…
Ski racer Sarah Schleper may not retire after all
In November of 2009, Sarah Schleper was very sure she wouldn’t be part of the professional ski racing scene by now.…
More | Posted: April 6, 2010Ford, Schleper Win Slalom Titles
Call it a belated birthday present – after turning 21 on Saturday, 2010 Olympian Tommy Ford (Bend, OR) took his first U.S.…
More | Posted: March 22, 2010Interview: Grete Eliassen – Newest Member Of Team Marker-Volkl
Grete Eliassen is one of the most versatile women in skiing. She’s also one of the busiest, juggling a full competition schedule while filming her own movie, Say My Name.…
More | Posted: March 18, 2010U.S. Ski Team and the Century Council bring awareness to underage drinking
U.S. Ski team joined forces with the Century Council to host the first ever Kid’s Day during the Winter Olympic Games.…
More | Posted: March 18, 2010Snowmageddon: Grete Eliassen and Keri Herman jib the District of Columbia
A month ago, an Atlantic storm blanketed our nation’s capital under a thick cover of snow. It was the most snow to ever fall in the District of Columbia — or anywhere in the nearby area, for that matter.…
More | Posted: March 9, 2010Schleper’s other baby: Alpine skiing
Sarah Schleper, 31, is married and has a child, but she’s never settled down. She might finally do that after her final Olympic race, the slalom.…
More | Posted: February 26, 2010