Category: People
Lake Tahoe’s Desolation, Via SUP
Backcountry paddling trip offers trials, rewards Written and Photographed by Ryan Salm Using the melodic music pumping from the car stereo to get into a rhythm, we inflated our brand-new Naish paddleboards. A cobalt sky dotted with a few lonely clouds opened northward, framed by the granite extending into Desolation Wilderness. The breeze was gentle […]
Daydreaming with Ed Youmans
Interview by Andrew Pridgen Former Diamond Peak general manager Ed Youmans has spent his life working in the mountain recreation industry. After three decades in ski resort management and 15 years flying paragliders, Youmans recently launched Daydreams Paragliding based in his hometown for the past 17 years, Incline Village. Daydreams Paragliding conducts scenic tandem flights […]
Eye to Eye: Dave Nettle
Interview by Greyson Howard Dave Nettle is a consummate mountain adventurer, with climbs ranging from the Sierra Nevada to the Himalayas, the Alps to Baffin Island over the course of 42 years. A familiar face to many Tahoe-area climbers and skiers, Nettle worked at the North Shore’s Alpenglow Sports for 16 years and is the […]
Indoor Ascent
Written and Photographed by Paul Raymore Attached by harness and 11-millimeter climbing rope to her belay partner, 14-year-old Kristina Goetz of Incline Village steps onto a tiny foothold on the vertical wall and climbs. Over the course of the next five minutes—combining the flexibility of a ballerina with a tightrope walker’s balance—Goetz executes a series […]
Olympics 2014: Is Julia Mancuso the Greatest U.S. Women’s Skier Ever?
Written By Kyle Magin Julia Mancuso is crafting a befuddling legacy. No female U.S. Olympic downhill skier has done what she’s done after winning bronze earlier this week at Sochi in the downhill combined race: Namely, win as many medals as she has (4—a gold, two silvers and the bronze) or win as consistently at […]
Olympics 2014: White Pulls out of Slopestyle, Guldemond, Fellow Snowboarders Take Shots
Written by Kyle Magin Two-time Olympic gold medalist and Northstar California Team Rider Shaun White announced today he withdrewfrom the Sochi Olympics snowboarding slopestyle competition. The move drew criticism from some teammates. White cited a practice-run injury for his decision to pull out, and later questioned the safety of Sochi’s slopestyle course, joining a few teammates […]
Olympics 2014: Moseley’s Golden Moment
Sixteen years after taking the Olympics by storm and winning gold in Nagano, a look back on Jonny Moseley’s iconic run Written by Sylas Wright Jonny Moseley remembers it like it was yesterday—standing atop the sun-drenched Nagano Olympic moguls course, running through his mental checklist, confident, anxious, the pressure of a nation on his shoulders. […]
Olympics 2014: Squaw Valley’s Forgotten Miracle
More than five decades later, the players and head coach from the 1960 U.S. hockey team remember American hockey’s first gold medal Written by Matthew Renda It was Saturday, February 27, 1960—the second to last day of the Squaw Valley Winter Olympics—and the recently built Blyth Arena was packed to the rafters. The seething throng […]
Olympics 2014: Follow Them!
The Tahoe/Truckee/Reno region sent 15 athletes to the Sochi Winter Games, which open Friday in Russia! Follow your favorite athletes on their social media accounts as they post and tweet out updates and pics from the Games! Jamie Anderson Facebook @Jme_Anderson Maddie Bowman Facebook @maddiebowman Stacey Cook Facebook @staceycookUSA Danny Davis Facebook @theDDeadshow Travis Ganong […]
Olympics 2014: Olympic Dreams for Tahoe/Reno Athletes
A plethora of Tahoe athletes hope to represent the United States in Russia (Ed’s Note: This story went to press before the Olympic teams were announced, so any athlete who made the teams will have an * next to their name in this story.) Written by Alison Bender On Friday, the best athletes in the […]
