Tag: NBC

Kelly Clark and Shaun White Win Golds at Burton U.S. Open of Snowboarding—Major Success in Vail, CO for Industry’s Most Prestigious

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Undeniably, the Burton U.S. Open of Snowboarding is the most prestigious event in the sport snowboarding, attracting the top pros from around the world, media attention, and this time, due to a new location from Stratton Mountain, VT, to the mega-resort of Vail, CO, more fans than ever before in the event’s 31 year-long history. […]

To Write Love on Her Arms Wins $1 Million Grant From Chase—What This Means for the Youth Culture Non-Profit

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TWLOHA, beloved youth culture non-profit, wins $1 million from Chase.To Write Love On Her Arms (TWOLA) is one of youth culture’s most popular non-profits as it deals with people dealing with depression, cutting, suicide, and addition—aspects that until TWLOHA came into being, were often overlooked within this demographic. On December 12, 2011, presented on a […]

Shaun White Wins Olympic Gold Medal in Snowboarding Halfpipe with 1260 Double McTwist

White would prefer his signature trick be re-named the Tomahawk after a giant steak he ate after winning gold at the X Games. Here’s what went down during the Vancouver Games’ most exciting night.

Olympics Channel with U.S. Olympic Committee Pisses-off International Olympic Committee, Plus Latest Trends on New Sports in the Olympics and the Youth Olympic Games

How Canoe Sprint beat out Softball as a new Olympic sport is beyond me, not to mention that Snowboarding isn’t even in the Youth Olympic Games and Curling is. How the IOC keeps creeping backwards.

NBC Sports X MTV = Alli

In a move to bring some of the top action sports properties under one big umbrella organization, the Alliance of Action Sports may give the industry serious mainstream leverage.