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ALAMEDA, Calif., Feb. 6, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The North Face, an original partner of U.S. Freeskiing, is taking the next step in its dedication to freeskiing with a broadened focus on both elite and development direction in the sport through U.S. Freeskiing's new Rookie Team. This partnership builds off the brand's charter sponsorship of the U.S. Freeskiing Team, which began in 2011 just before halfpipe and slopestyle skiing were announced as new Olympic sports. The North Face is...

BOSTON, July 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- SNAP Infusion SUPERCANDY(®), the first-to-market, Naturally Designed SUPERCANDY(®), is proud to announce its official partnership with the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association (USSA), the national governing body of Olympic skiing and snowboarding. SNAP Infusion is a sports nutrition brand that delivers quick and delicious products for the active lifestyle. As a U.S. Ski Team, U.S. Snowboarding and U.S. Freeskiing partner, SNAP Infusion will be...

HALF MOON BAY, Calif., March 20, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- GoPro, maker of the world's most versatile cameras and producer of today's most engaging content, congratulates its athletes competing in Winter X Games Tignes, France. GoPro athletes were big contenders who rounded out the podium; winning five medals combined, with Shaun White taking home two gold medals, dominating the SuperPipe and winning gold in Slopestyle after a two-year hiatus from the event. Jamie Anderson scored an...

For winter sports athletes, including Olympians competing in Vancouver this week, the altitude of the sports venue can have a significant impact on performance, requiring athletes in skill sports, such as figure skating, ski jumping and snowboarding, to retool highly technical moves to accommodate more or less air resistance.When considering the challenges and benefits of training and performing at sea level verses altitude, people often think of the effect altitude can have on oxygen...

By Nelson Graves TURIN (Reuters) - U.S. Olympic bosses promised to crack down on wayward athletes after a freestyle skier got into a fight at the Winter Olympics, an Alpine champion was seen out late in a bar the night before a big race and two speedskaters openly feuded. "This team has a taken a hit in terms of its comportment here in Italy because of a couple of incidents involving some high-profile athletes," Jim Scherr, chief executive officer of the U.S. Olympic Committee (USOC),...

TURIN (Reuters) - U.S. freestyle skier Jeret Peterson has been expelled from the Winter Olympics after getting into a fight, U.S. officials said on Saturday. Peterson, who finished seventh in the freestyle skiing aerials on Thursday despite completing one of the most difficult jumps, was sent home early after "an altercation with an acquaintance from the United States," the U.S. Olympic Committee said in a statement. U.S. officials could not be reached for immediate comment on the...

By Mark Meadows SAUZE D'OULX, Italy (Reuters) - Clyde Getty, a 44-year-old American-turned-Argentine, was proud of his achievement despite finishing last in the men's Olympic aerials qualifier on Monday. Getty, born to Argentine parents, was a member of the U.S. freestyle skiing team in the 1990s but later became an Argentine citizen and managed to qualify for the Salt Lake City Games in 2002 where he finished 25th. Argentina's only freestyle skier, he returned for another go in Turin...

By Bill Barclay SESTRIERE, Italy (Reuters) - Zip your top up properly, leave the wig and false mustache in your chalet and, whatever you do, do not sip the wrong kind of cola. Doping aside, there are plenty of weird and wonderful ways to get yourself disqualified from the Winter Olympics and at times the rules and regulations governing each sport read like a pedants' manifesto. In ski jumping, for example, a competitor who fails to zip his suit up to the very top risks more than...

BARDONECCHIA, Italy (Reuters) - Canada has no regrets about Vancouver-born Dale Begg-Smith defecting to Australia despite missing out on a men's moguls gold medal, their freestyle skiing chief said on Thursday. World Cup leader Begg-Smith, 21, snatched gold with the last run of the final on Wednesday to give Australia their first medal of the Turin Games and third gold in Winter Olympic history. It could all have been very different if Begg-Smith, along with brother, Jason, had not...

By Mark Meadows SAUZE D'OULX, Italy (Reuters) - Canadian-born Australian Dale Begg-Smith has gone from Internet mogul to men's Olympic moguls champion but his air of mystery will hang around like Wednesday's mist on the Italian Alps. Favorite Begg-Smith, 21, snatched gold in the men's freestyle skiing moguls, twisting and turning his way to Australia's first medal of the Turin Games in the last run of the final. He has struck gold before, running an Internet company which media...