Anchorage’s Sulynnette Vega-Ledesma saved her best performance for last. The 20-year-old snowboarder became a gold medalist in the advanced super-G, clocking 1 minute, 5.76 seconds at the Special Olympics World Winter Games in Bardonecchia, Italy. Having collected a...
Wasilla’s Nathaniel Hunt called his shot and owned it. The 27-year-old decimated his competition in the intermediate giant slalom in alpine skiing, clocking 1 minute, 13.03 seconds to become world champion at the Special Olympics World Winter Games in Turin, Italy....
Grace Miller of Palmer has one arm and Katy Maddry of Wasilla has one leg — but that hasn't stopped them from reaching the pinnacle of their sports. Miller and Maddry are thrilled to be competing at the Winter Paralympics in Beijing along with Andrew Kurka of Palmer....
Racing in her first international competition, Kate Maddry of Wasilla captured a bronze medal in the women’s boardercross at the Para Snowboard World Cup in Canada. She joined fellow American Brittani Coury on the podium as Team USA went first-third. Maddry, Mat-Su...
Callan Chythlook-Sifsof of Girdwood found her way back onto the World Cup podium today in Austria. The 24-year-old Alaskan teamed with fellow U.S. Snowboard Team member Lindsey Jacobellis to win silver in the women’s team World Cup. It was the third career World Cup...
Just when things were going better than ever, World Cup snowboarder Callan Chythlook-Sifsof of Alaska hit rock bottom. Literally. The 22-year-old Olympian suffered a season-ending knee injury Thursday while freeriding in Utah, landing awkwardly on a rock at the bottom...
Come wish Olympic snowboarder Callan Chythlook-Sifsof of Girdwood good luck Friday at the Dena'ina Center before she embarks on another World Cup season.
Alaska’s new snowboarding queen Callan Chythlook-Sifsof advanced to the X Games finals in women’s boardercross tonight, continuing her run of success this week. Chythlook-Sifsof, of Girdwood by way of Dillingham, placed sixth in Friday’s qualifying on Day 2 of the X...