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PGS racers: They're just like us

Alyssa Roenigk

...more than 80 countries who will compete in 86 events in 15 sports at the 21st Winter Olympic Games. Better get started. PGS (Parallel Giant Slalom) Snowboarding A few facts to make you a smarter...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 12, 2009

Olympic-bound! (Via Malibu)

Alyssa Roenigk

Oh, the things Olympians do for money. The Olympics are 100 days away, which means a few things for aspiring five-ring snowboarders. The mountains are...

Blog Entry | Conversation | October 26, 2009

For Johnson, mind is what matters

Alyssa Roenigk, For GIRL Magazine

Whether she's competing in the Olympics or on "Dancing with the Stars," Shawn Johnson isn't surprised when she wins ... she's already pictured it a thousand times

Story | Conversation | October 19, 2009

For Sale by Owner

Alyssa Roenigk, ESPN The Magazine

This column appears in the October 19 Body Issue of ESPN The Magazine. Weeks before this magazine hit mailboxes, the media wrote about the photograp...

Story | Conversation | October 07, 2009

Uncorked!

Alyssa Roenigk

Breaking down an Olympic-sized trick.

Story | Conversation | September 18, 2009

Riders To Watch

Alyssa Roenigk

...White pocketed at least two never-done-before tricks he will begin debuting during the Grand Prix Olympic qualifiers this fall. Not to be outdone by White, Nike built Pearce his own private halfpipe as...

Blog Entry | Conversation | July 30, 2009

Six Months To Showtime

Alyssa Roenigk

...are up for grab. And only six months for you to study up. Snowboard Halfpipe made its Olympic debut at the Nagano games in 1998, alongside IGS (individual giant slalom), which was tossed in favor...

Blog Entry | Conversation | July 30, 2009

Progression Session

Alyssa Roenigk

...place to progress," says halfpipe coach Ricky Bower. "It was a zoo down there before the last Olympics. This year will be even worse." The New Zealand session will be used to perfect tricks learned...

Blog Entry | Conversation | July 29, 2009

The circus is coming to town

Alyssa Roenigk

...of year.) During the next seven months, many of the U.S. team's best hopes for Olympic medals will train at this 85,000-square-foot playhouse in preparation for Vancouver. During that time...

Blog Entry | Conversation | July 09, 2009

Silence is golden

Alyssa Roenigk, ESPN The Magazine

Crowds love Ashley Fiolek. If only she could hear them roar.

Story | Conversation | June 03, 2009

Action Sports Report

Alyssa Roenigk

...viewers were undoubtedly left wondering what the heck they'd just seen. Gymkhana? Isn't that an Olympic equestrian event? Well, yes. But, no. This form of Gymkhana, which Block all but invented as a...

Blog Entry | Conversation | May 28, 2009

Sea Change

Alyssa Roenigk, ESPN The Magazine

World Title surf legend Kelly Slater toys with a radically different plan for making waves: He wants to blow the whole sport up and start from scratch

Story | Conversation | April 23, 2009

Nothing breaks up these friends turned rivals

Alyssa Roenigk, ESPN RISE Magazine

Balancing fierce competition with friendship can be tricky, but athletes across the country show it can be done

Story | Conversation | April 20, 2009

The Action Sports Report

Alyssa Roenigk

...the second-annual Snow Angels Invitational, a women's-only halfpipe contest created and hosted by 2002 Olympic silver medalist Gretchen Bleiler. The event was designed as a season-ending opportunity for the women to...

Blog Entry | Conversation | April 10, 2009

Rare Air: Reggie Bush and Red Bull

Alyssa Roenigk

It's Thursday morning in Tampa, three days before Super Bowl XLIII, and Reggie Bush has just boarded a seaplane decked in Red Bull logos. Twenty minut...

Blog Entry | Conversation | January 30, 2009