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Creativity over competition: A year of change for Gretchen Bleiler
At 29, Gretchen Bleiler has found snowboarding success — and learned how to handle her stardom. Now she’s thinking next steps.…
More | Posted: June 8, 2011Trotter leads Bagwell tourney while Latanna takes 3rd place
AVON PARK – Richard Trotter of Ft. Lauderdale shot a 2-under 70 to take the first-round lead of the 42nd annual Bagwell Junior Golf Tournament on Saturday at River Greens Golf Course.…
More | Posted: June 6, 2011O.C. surfers shine at San Onofre tournament
Mike Losness from San Clemente and Claire Bevilacqua from Perth, Australia, are the champions of the first event in the 2011 Bud Light Lime Surf Series.…
More | Posted: June 1, 2011Triathlete Sarah Haskins — on a roll to London
Sarah Haskins ran alone to the finish line in the 90-degree heat in Monterrey, Mexico, her blonde braid swinging behind her.…
More | Posted: June 1, 2011POW Athletes Talk Climate Change
This week, pro skier Timy Dutton and pro snowboarders Jeremy Jones and Nick Visconti visited high schools in the Tahoe area to talk about climate change as part of Protect Our Winter’s Hot Planet/Cool Athletes program.…
More | Posted: May 23, 2011Women at Work
by Tripp Mickle Feb 18 2010
Halfpipe snowboarder Gretchen Bleiler decided to sign with an agent who focuses on the business behind women’s sports.…
Olympic Names & Faces: Bilodeau In Demand By Canadian Companies
Published February 18, 2010
Bilodeau Has Received Hundreds Of E-mails,
Calls From Companies Wanting To Sponsor Him
The GLOBE & MAIL’s Brenda Bouw reports Canada freestyle skier Alexandre Bilodeau’s telephone “hasn’t stopped ringing” since he won the men’s moguls competition Sunday, becoming the first Canadian to win a Gold Medal on home soil, and e-mails are “piling up by the hundreds as companies compete for a piece” of Bilodeau.…
More | Posted: May 19, 2011Approaching the athletic afterlife with ‘Fortytude’
Bonnie Bernstein sits with Sarah Brokaw, author of Fortitude, to get tips for athletes on surviving outside of sports.…
More | Posted: May 9, 2011X-Games Champion, Gretchen Bleiler, Promotes Eco-Friendly Living
Pro-snowboarder Gretchen Bleiler has made a habit of taking championship trophies home. Now the X-Games halfpipe gold medalist hopes that fans will join her in starting a new habit: giving up disposable plastic water bottles.…
More | Posted: April 28, 2011Quiksilver Foundation Grant Supports Protect Our Winters
Hot Planet/Cool Athletes is a partnership between POW and Alliance For Climate Education (ACE) and is customized version of the acclaimed ACE Assembly, a new multimedia presentation available to any pro snow sports athlete interested in speaking to schools on behalf of climate change awareness/education.…
More | Posted: April 28, 2011