It was a beautifully terrible day. There’s something about stormy days on the mountain; you can’t hear yourself speak up against the wind. The snow is swirling around you madly. The surface of the slopes disappears with the blowing layer of wind and snow. Vertigo comes and goes. You can barely feel your fingersโit’s nicer when […]
Laurenne Ross
Dreams of Sochi
If all goes according to plan, at least three Bend athletes will make the trip to Sochi, Russia in early February to compete in the 22nd Olympic Winter Games. Dakota Blackhorse-von jess, Nordic skiing Dakota Blackhorse-von Jess is well known for racing in a backward-facing trucker hat, perhaps the better for his competitors to read […]
Bend’s Laurenne Ross Crushing Alpine World Cup Circuit
In early March, Bend’s Laurenne Ross took second in a World Cup downhill race in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germanyโher first ever World Cup podium! Crushing!This week the 24-year-old shredder is in Lenzerheide, Switzerland at the World Cup Finals. Races were canceled yesterday because of fog, but were expected to continue to today. An update from the US […]

