25 Apr Who is Rick Gunn?
It’s a sunny, warm afternoon at Kirkwood Mountain Resort, but it’s been so sunny and warm lately that the snow has turned to concrete. Nobody without obsidian edges is having much fun. Well, except one person. ...
25 Apr Family Ties
Many an athlete has represented the Lake Tahoe region over the years on the grandest winter sports stage of all: the Olympic Winter Games. After the most recent iteration in Beijing, JC Schoonmaker can add his name to that lengthy list. But while a significant...
06 Dec Calm Like a Bomb: Jamie Anderson’s Uncanny Ability to Excel in the Clutch
Jamie Anderson didn’t win 19 X Games medals and two Olympic golds without extraordinary talent. But the South Lake Tahoe snowboarder’s skill in staying chill—that is, the ability to maintain Zen at the world’s most tightly wound, high-stakes athletic events—is what sets her apart from...
06 Dec The Call From the Wild
Claire Hewitt-Demeyer had just unloaded a chairlift when she got the call. On this particular Friday afternoon in February 2021, the South Lake Tahoe snowboarder was taking advantage of the lifts at Kirkwood to get as many runs in as possible, rather than venturing out to...
06 Dec Bryce Bennett: Trained by the Steeps of Tahoe
Bryce Bennett is not your average ski racer. Most conspicuously, at 6-foot-7, the North Lake Tahoe native towers over most of his U.S. teammates and World Cup competitors alike. He readily admits to enjoying summer over winter (better fishing weather, for one). And he is...
06 Dec Travis Ganong: The Mind of a Seasoned Speed Skier
With nearly 200 World Cup starts under his belt, highlighted by two downhill victories, four podiums and 37 top-10 finishes, Travis Ganong could hang up his racing skis today and proudly reflect on a long, successful career at the pinnacle of his sport....
27 Sep Michelle Parker: Choosing Her Own Line
From young phenom to big-mountain veteran, Tahoe talent Michelle Parker has found success by following her heart...
27 Sep Hermann Goellner: A Freestyle Skiing Pioneer
Still fit and climbing rocks at age 78, Hermann Goellner in his prime was among a rare breed of freestyle skiing greats, performing fearless inverted tricks well before they became the norm...
27 Sep It Takes a Village to Raise a Freerider
From the local contest circuit to the pinnacle of big-mountain competition, Ross Tester’s rise to elite status can be traced back to the deeply nurturing Tahoe ski community that raised him well...
25 Jun A Life of Lofty Achievement
Imagine looking up at a vertical slab of rock twice the height of the Empire State Building. You’re not a climber. You’re afraid of heights. And you were born with cerebral palsy, a condition that impairs muscle coordination. Such were the challenges presented to Stephen Wampler...