Recent Articles
The Top 25 Athletes in Tahoe/Reno History
By Kyle Magin Our panel of local sports experts ranked the greatest Tahoe/Reno athletes of all time, individuals outstanding for both their stats and impact on their sports. 1. Greg LeMond, 1961— There exists two different eras in the Tour de France the American conscience—before Greg Lemond and after. Cycling’s most prestigious race barely registered […]
Tough Mudder Preview
By Kyle Magin TQ Managing Editor Are you ready for Tough Mudder? The all-out obstacle course dreamed up by ex-British Special Forces and laid out across 11.38 miles at Northstar California Resort this weekend? TQ checked out the course for a preview Friday morning. For a little background, Tough Mudder is a 3-year old […]
Tony Hawk lands in Tahoe
By Kyle Magin At 4 p.m. on Wednesday, July 18, Tony Hawk and his Birdhouse Skateboards posse are scheduled to ride in a demonstration at Woodward Tahoe at Boreal Mountain. You probably know him from his years of professional skateboarding, his Tony Hawk Pro Skater video game series or as that other famous boarder from […]
Full-Length Ballet comes to Sand Harbor
The performance of Giselle features an area native By Kyle Magin Giselle, an iconic performance in the world of ballet, tells the story of a young peasant girl who falls in love with an unattainable interest, her death and the triumph of love over evil. It’s performed the world over by top ballet companies, one […]
Winter Fest 2012— Peggy Fleming, the 49ers and curling come to Tahoe
By Kyle Magin Tahoe is nothing if not eclectic. On Friday, Gold Medalist Peggy Fleming gave impromptu skating lessons on the Resort at Squaw Creek skating rink, where just hours later San Francisco 49ers greats past and present practiced their hand at curling alongside members of the U.S. National Team. What a place. The team […]
Guns, skis and the push for biathlon at Tahoe
With the lung-bursting cardio of Nordic skiing and the precise, cool-headed aim of marksmanship, biathlon is a clear case of “opposites attract.” Though biathlon’s origins are rooted in Norwegian military training and its fan following is staunchly European, its coming-of-age took place in Tahoe. The discipline was first included in the 1960 Winter Olympic Games, […]
Getting kids on Tahoe’s slopes
To many families, winter in Tahoe means ski lessons, season passes and bluebird days together at a favorite resort. But not to all: With rising poverty rates, teenage obesity at an all-time high and more single-parent homes than ever before, not all kids have the means or opportunity to learn a winter sport. Fortunately, there […]
Q&A with Julia Mancuso; talking lingerie, tiaras, podiums and Sochi
Raised on the slopes of Squaw Valley USA, skier Julia Mancuso has three Olympic medals (more than any other American female alpine skier) and a fistful of World Championship and World Cup podium finishes to her name. When not flying down a snow-covered mountain, “Super Jules,” as she is known to her fellow U.S. Ski […]
Daron Rahlves gets you pumped for ski season
Four-time Olympian, most decorated American male downhill and Super G skier and winner of the legendary Hahnenkamm, Sugar Bowl Ambassador and Truckee resident Daron Rahlves still hits it hard every winter. But the secret of his success is the off-season: “The more you do in summer, the less you’re going to be sore and get […]
Snowmaking in Tahoe: Northstar and Heavenly Pump up The Best Christmas Snow Conditions
Despite the sparse natural snow, Tahoe’s two Vail-owned resorts are pumping up their snowmaking muscle for Christmas week. We rode both of them on Friday, and have ridden three more resorts since. Northstar California Northstar is rolling out the white carpet to skiers and snowboarders in time for the holidays. Vail’s Sierra Nevada […]
