14 Vermont Athletes Heading to the Olympics

This year at the Winter Olympics in Sochi Russia, Vermont will be represented by 12 athletic ladies, who are bound to show the world the strength of GIRL POWER!  Of course, girls are not the only Vermont residing athletes headed to the Olympics, they will be joined by two men; Andy Newell, a 30 year old cross-country skier, of Shaftsbury; and Nolan Kasper of the U.S. Alpine Ski Team, 24, from Warren.

Our "Female Fleet" includes women from a variety of sport specialties.

Representing the snowboard front we have, of course, Kelly Clark, 30, of West Dover, this will be her 4th Olympic appearance; Jackie Hernandez, 21, of Londonderry; two-time time medalist Hannah Teter, 27, of Belmont; snowboard cross silver medalist, Lindsey Jacobellis, 28, of Stratton; and newcomer Ty Walker, 16, of Stowe.  

Vermont has 3 female cross-country skiers attending; Sophie Caldwell, 23 of Peru; Ida Sargent, 26, of Orleans; and Liz Stephen, 27, of East Montpelier.

We're sending 2 women for biathlon; Hannah Dreissigacker, 27, of Morrisville; and Susan Dunklee, 26, of Craftsbury.

Finally, we'll be sending 2 female skiers; Olympic gold medal mogul skier, Hannah Kearney, 27, of Norwhich; and freeskiing newcomer Devin Logan, of West Dover.

For many reasons this is going to be an exciting Olympics (it's in Russia for one), but knowing Vermont is represented by our finest athletes will make it even more exciting!  Remember to tune into NBC February 6th, to watch the games, we'll be watching here at SlopeStyle!

Original Source: http://timesargus.com/article/20140127/NEWS03/701279963/0/SEARCH

Buuuuurrrrrr.....!

Buuuuurrrrrr....it's cold!  It's cold in the city, it's cold in the country, but, it's most definitely cold on the mountains.  Guys, remember to bundle up out there; layers are important; my philosophy is that you can always take them off, but if you don't have them, you can't put them on.  At SlopeStyle, we are fully stocked in face-masks from BlackStrap, Seirus, and locally made FACE.  We have plenty of base-layers from Under Armour and Hot Chillys.  Glove liners, hand warmers, toe warmers, Hotronics, etc!  We have everything you need to prepare you for this brutal arctic weather.  Stay Warm!

Winter Isn't Dead Yet!

It's snowing!!!!  Winter hasn't quit on us yet, there's still hope!  No, we haven't gotten a substantial dumping, but over the last few days, mother nature has been dropping a few inches here and there.  Those few inches, over the course of days, gradually add up to feet, and before you know it our ski season will be taking off again!  We got reports from Jaypeak saying they got 8 inches of fresh snow, Bolton got at least 6 inches, and Sugarbush has at least 4 inches.  We still have plenty of winter left, if you guys need your skis tuned or have any equipment that's due for an upgrade, stop on down to SlopeStyle and we'll hook you up!

Here's a picture from Jaypeak today to get you stoked:

The Ride Hellcat

The Ride Hellcat is one of my favorite boards from this years lineup, and we have it here, at SlopeStyle!  If you are an aggressive snowboarder chick, chances are, you'll feel the same way.  From Ride's All-Mountain Freestyle collection, the Hellcat is a board that can take you anywhere, whether you're trying to reach new heights in the park, or, like me, you simply like to go fast!  Due to the Membrain top sheet, which is urethane rather than the traditional plastic, the board is super light weight, making it easy to maneuver.  At the same time, there is carbon strategically positioned throughout the board torsionally stiffening it, for unrivaled pop and edge hold.  The Hellcat is the first women's board with Ride's PopWalls which are strings of carbon in the sidewall at the tip and the tale. When I rode this board last year it was a pretty hardpack/icy day, the PopWalls kept the board stable, and it had amazing edge hold.  I was easily keeping up up with the boys on this amazing snowboard!

Avalanche

Sad news coming from Colorado this past Tuesday.  An Avalanche occurred in the back-country outside of Vail resort, killing the grandson of one of Vails co-founders.  Three other people, both skiers and snowboarders, were caught in the avalanche but were rescued and had no major injuries.  The Avalanche occurred near the tree line of back-country wilderness wear there is no ski patrol.  The area is apparently fairly avalanche prone, and the avalanche was most likely caused by the skiers skiing it.  On a scale of 1 to 5 for avalanche danger, yesterdays conditions around Vail was about a 3, which apparently is when most accidents like this occur, because people are fooled by seemingly fair conditions.  Our prayers go out to the family of the man who died, and hope people exercise caution in future back-country adventures.

Read More: 

http://news.yahoo.com/avalanche-kills-one-person-vail-area-colorado-official-212358493.html

http://www.cnn.com/2014/01/07/us/colorado-avalanche/index.html