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Quiksilver surfing contest to return to LI

Despite a tropical storm that canceled much of this year's event, the Quiksilver Pro New York surfing contest will be back in Long Beach next year. The Association of Surfing Professionals released its 2012 schedule this week, putting [...]

Posted On : Nov, 18 2011 | Comments : 0

Silver-screen snow

SURELY everyone is on drugs in the ski resort of Sun Valley, Idaho. They can't possibly be this nice, this happy, this generous, without Xanax in the water supply. If you're looking for a town that epitomises all that is good abou [...]

Posted On : Oct, 17 2011 | Comments : 0

Owen Wright outlasts Kelly Slater to win Quiksilver Pro

Australian surfer Owen Wright bested 10-time world champion Kelly Slater in the final round of the Quiksilver Pro New York in a picture perfect day in Long Beach, N.Y. Blue skies, warm temperatures and soft offshore winds on Long Island m [...]

Posted On : Sep, 10 2011 | Comments : 0

Canada’s Llewellyn wins silver at world water skiing champio...

Canadian water skier Jaret Llewellyn of Innisfail, Alta., took the overall silver medal on Sunday at the world championships. Canada ends the competition with two medals and fifth place in the combined team standings. On Sunday, Llewellyn [...]

Posted On : Jul, 25 2011 | Comments : 0

Heil ends freestyle ski career with silver in Norway

Mission accomplished. Jenn Heil ended her World Cup career in fine form Sunday, helping Canada to a four-medal day with a silver medal in women's freestyle skiing dual moguls event at Myrdalen-Voss, Norway. "I don't thi [...]

Posted On : Mar, 21 2011 | Comments : 0

McIvor wins silver in World Cup skicross

Canada's Ashleigh McIvor raced to a second-place finish in skicross at a freestyle World Cup event Sunday at San Candido, Italy. The Olympic gold medallist from Whistler, B.C., lost to Fanny Smith of Switzerland. Heidi Zacher of Germ [...]

Posted On : Dec, 20 2010 | Comments : 0

Skiing Wells scorches to slopestyle silver

Jossi Wells confirmed his status as New Zealand winter sport's glamour boy with the country's first Winter Games medal on Saturday. Wanaka's Wells scorched to a silver medal in the freeski slopestyle as the Games opened at the Remarkables u [...]